Tour of Oman

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

excellent win
look forward to seeing some coverage.

As for bennati, this early season stuff is only a good sign imo.

and asif rabobank take 3 of the 4 opening stages of oman, impressive

 

[theyoungest]

According to the Rabosport.nl report, Bos said it was a very chaotic sprint. No train could hold because of strong wind. Then at 700m he saw Graeme Brown pass, Bos jumped into the wheel and Brown kept going till 300m. Then other trains tried to pass. Brown blocked them and Bos started sprinting from there.
The whole time he felt someone was in his wheel, but couldn't pass, and it turned out that someone was Bennati.
So indeed, it seems Bennati lacks pure speed, his 2nd place is from trying to hold Bos' wheel.

If you can't jump off the wheel of someone who's been sprinting 300 m into a strong headwind, that's not very good.

 

[boomcie]

Got to say Benatti will be a contender for the green jersey at this years TDF if he keeps reeling in the podiums so consistently. Also, he is a survivor, so he can take points where the pure sprinters can't.

Although I do seem to recall he was not sure on whether he would ride the Tour at all this year.

 

[Moondance]

Yay for the Boss! It's looking like he's finally getting the kinks out of riding on the road, because all of his road wins in prior years came against mediocre competition. Now he's beat a very good cast of characters twice... Very promising.

 

[theyoungest]

Yay for the Boss! It's looking like he's finally getting the kinks out of riding on the road, because all of his road wins in prior years came against mediocre competition. Now he's beat a very good cast of characters twice... Very promising.

Mediocre competition... some bloke named Bark Slavendish, or something like that

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

brown is probably a better leadout man then a leader also. He can knock the competition out of the way at the very least anyway

 

[Moondance]

If you can't jump off the wheel of someone who's been sprinting 300 m into a strong headwind, that's not very good.

I'm more surprised that noone else came within length of Bos.

Bos might yet prove the master of the looooong sprint.... He is a former Kilo World Champ.

 

[Moondance]

Mediocre competition... some bloke named Bark Slavendish, or something like that

Yes.... That was when Cav was still nursing a killer toothache or something like that and couldn't bike for...

 

[theyoungest]

Yes.... That was when Cav was still nursing a killer toothache or something like that and couldn't bike for...

Doesn't matter, still counts

 

[taiwan]

Bos might yet prove the master of the looooong sprint.... He is a former Kilo World Champ.

Might be an effective measure against Cav... After all Petacchi has possibly the best record vs the Manxman.

 

[sublimit]

Mediocre competition... some bloke named Bark Slavendish, or something like that

I cant believe I'm sticking up for Theo Bos.. I must be mad.

Graeme Brown can be a great lead out guy though, I've always advocated that because he usually gets near the front, has a lot of power and presence but cant quite finish the win off but leading out somebody quicker like Bos or Matthews is good..

 

[Ferminal]

brown is probably a better leadout man then a leader also. He can knock the competition out of the way at the very least anyway

Yeh, would make Renshaw look like a fairy as a leadout.

 

[The Hitch]

Doesn't matter, still counts

Wow. And your supposed to be one of the more moderate dutchies

 

[theyoungest]

Wow. And your supposed to be one of the more moderate dutchies

He did beat him. That's all there's to it

In a few years time, no one will remember that Cav was riding around like an overfed zombie back then.

 

[Jamsque]

I love that modern sprinters are ranked by how many times they have beaten Cav.

 

[Moondance]

He did beat him. That's all there's to it

In a few years time, no one will remember that Cav was riding around like an overfed zombie back then.

Please, cycling fans are like elephants... They'll never forget things like extenuating circumstances. Even the Jan van Speijk-class of Dutch ultras wont ever be able to forget.

 

[The Hitch]

He did beat him. That's all there's to it

In a few years time, no one will remember that Cav was riding around like an overfed zombie back then.

And in a few years time well all remember that at the Vuelta Vincenzo Nibali did what Bobby Gesink never could.

Beat Denis Menchov

All ill remember from this though is that Bos got me cq points.

I love that modern sprinters are ranked by how many times they have beaten Cav.

Its a good system considering the sprinter most responsible for beating Cav is mark himself.

 

[killswitch]

Can't wait for MSR.


http://twitter.com/f_cancellara
Thanks for helping me out with english better writing. Hole team and whole team.Tiger woods make hole in one. Whole team has done nice job.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

HTC, or mainly Goss, complaining that Brown pushed everyone out of the way giving Bos and Bennati a clear run

 

[Jamsque]

HTC, or mainly Goss, complaining that Brown pushed everyone out of the way giving Bos and Bennati a clear run

Graeme Brown sprinting recklessly? Whoever heard of such a thing!

 

[TRDean]

HTC, or mainly Goss, complaining that Brown pushed everyone out of the way giving Bos and Bennati a clear run

Sounds to me like Brown did a good job!!

 

[palmerq]

Can't wait for MSR.


http://twitter.com/f_cancellara
Thanks for helping me out with english better writing. Hole team and whole team.Tiger woods make hole in one. Whole team has done nice job.

is that really cancellara, some of the posts are amazing nonsense.. but i understand this one :S

 

[Hoop Dogg]

http://twitter.com/f_cancellara
Thanks for helping me out with english better writing. Hole team and whole team.Tiger woods make hole in one. Whole team has done nice job.

Canc still needs more help with his english, he should know tiger has made many more holes than one in the past couple of years!

 

[boomcie]

Brown is an utter lunatic. If he were to become the lead-out man for Rabobank, one might as well start calling him the "loco locomotive".

 

[theyoungest]

Brown is an utter lunatic. If he were to become the lead-out man for Rabobank, one might as well start calling him the "loco locomotive".

He hasn't done anything out of the ordinary in the past few years. He has made a name for himself as a crazy sprinter, but there's not much proof of that, recently.