Tour of Oman

[Christian]

An interesting comment on the race

Lol this feed is hilarious.

Locals in Al Siwayh village try joining race convoy for #TourOfOman, creating potential danger for peloton!

Goats almost cause crash disaster for leaders pack in #TourOfOman. All members safe!

Nice to see Sinkewitz in the break!

 

[auscyclefan94]

Slow racing today. Moderate cross wind on the journey back to Sur. It is almost a false flat all the way to about 180km with a downhill run back into Sur after that.

 

[Highlander]

The Twitpics are also great. I just learned that Bedouins drive around in snazzy pick-up trucks in the desert.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

interesting.

will be fascinating to see how the teams - especially katusha and rabo - tackle the climb.

I think Gesink will be up there, dunno if he will win. Top 3 I'd expect tho.
I still like jrod tho.

Most likely scenario. Vino attacks early but blows up. Gesink sets a steady pace, and it ends up in a way only Rodriguez can follow.
Rodriguez keeps waiting, waiting, waiting and then strikes with another final KM uphill sprint like he did a few times in the Vuelta.

If Rodriguez makes the mistake to attack himself he usually blows himself up (happened in the Tour once and in the Vuelta twice)

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Most likely scenario. Vino attacks early but blows up. Gesink sets a steady pace, and it ends up in a way only Rodriguez can follow.
Rodriguez keeps waiting, waiting, waiting and then strikes with another final KM uphill sprint like he did a few times in the Vuelta.

If Rodriguez makes the mistake to attack himself he usually blows himself up (happened in the Tour once and in the Vuelta twice)

yeah i'm not sure gesink will be able to drop jrod here, so I can see that happening. Such a shame we cant watch it

ahwell only a week to het volk. I seriously cannot wait

 

[sublimit]

yeah i'm not sure gesink will be able to drop jrod here, so I can see that happening. Such a shame we cant watch it

ahwell only a week to het volk. I seriously cannot wait

Yep, the season starts next week for me with hopefully rubbish weather!

 

[Ferminal]

This is going to end in darkness for sure...

 

[theyoungest]

Most likely scenario. Vino attacks early but blows up. Gesink sets a steady pace, and it ends up in a way only Rodriguez can follow.
Rodriguez keeps waiting, waiting, waiting and then strikes with another final KM uphill sprint like he did a few times in the Vuelta.

If Rodriguez makes the mistake to attack himself he usually blows himself up (happened in the Tour once and in the Vuelta twice)

There's also Fuglsang, Blanco, Sinkewitz... they all could win this. It's not some massive col we're talking about here. There was also a seriously steep climb in the Ruta del Sol last year. Same point in the season, won by Pardilla in front of the bigger names.

 

[Havetts]

There's also Fuglsang, Blanco, Sinkewitz... they all could win this. It's not some massive col we're talking about here. There was also a seriously steep climb in the Ruta del Sol last year. Same point in the season, won by Pardilla in front of the bigger names.

Huh what 5.8 km's with 10% average, rising to what 17% max? No way in hell if Gesink / Rodriguez will ride tempo they wont be able to follow .

 

[theyoungest]

Huh what 5.8 km's with 10% average, rising to what 17% max? No way in hell if Gesink / Rodriguez will ride tempo they wont be able to follow .

Pardilla won that stage by attacking early on the climb, together with VDB. Someone like Fuglsang could pull that off as well.

 

[MADRAZO]

Pardilla won that stage by attacking early on the climb, together with VDB. Someone like Fuglsang could pull that off as well.

Also dont forget Pardilla is a great climber and would propably be 3. favorite behind Purito and Gesink if he participated here.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Huh what 5.8 km's with 10% average, rising to what 17% max? No way in hell if Gesink / Rodriguez will ride tempo they wont be able to follow .

Fuglsang might, he is strong
Blanco, well if he is charged properly, yeah.

Sinkewitz, no way.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Pardilla won that stage by attacking early on the climb, together with VDB. Someone like Fuglsang could pull that off as well.

Pardilla and Gesink have a history together, they raced against eachother in the U23 category too. Gesink always kicked Pardilla's behind...

 

[Ferminal]

Go acf!!!

Radio reports tell us a member of @BMCProTeam has tried to make a breakaway! We will try to update you on this #TourOfOman info.

 

[sublimit]

Twitter is saying something about a BMC rider making a breakaway?!

wheres ACF when you need him?

 

[Tuarts]

Stage 3 - Thursday 17 February - Sur > Sur 208 km

Route:

Profile:

Weather
http://www.weather-forecast.com/locations/Sur

DAOTEC called, he wants his cat back.

 

[Sasquatch]

Twitter is saying something about a BMC rider making a breakaway?!

wheres ACF when you need him?

His hands will be too sticky to type.

 

[Christian]

I like Tour of Oman but today must be torture for the riders. After the transer to the start by boat, the 208 km race, they still have a 250 km transfer to the hotel ...

 

[jens_attacks]

this should be bennati's day.

 

[boomcie]

Boss wins.

 

[ingsve]

Bos ahead of Bennati and Goss.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Who's Boss

Very cool this.

 

[roundabout]

Bos ahead of Bennati and Goss.

Maybe there's something about Bos after all.

 

[will10]

Cav get over the climb?

 

[Ferminal]

Great, Bos again!