Tour of qatar - Stage 1: Dukhan - Al Khor Corniche, 146km

[Moondance]

Does anyone know what the GC looks like now?

1. Tom Boonen (België/Quick Step) 3u02m32s
2. Mark Renshaw (Australië/HTC-Highroad) + 4s
3. Fabian Cancellara (Zwitserland/Leopard-Trek) + 8s
4. Juan Antonio Flecha (Spanje/Team Sky) + 9s
5. Heinrich Haussler (Australië/Garmin-Cervélo) + 11s

 

[Moondance]

indeed.
on the negative for Mallorca there are no gc points rewarded (obviously).
but if farrar wins again today, that's an easy 160 for those whom have him.

@hugo, similar to stage results i would assume.

i think;
1. boonen
2. renshaw
3. canc
4. flecha
5. haussler

I don't think very many have him at all...

EDIT: After a quick scan it looks like only one person splurged the 1600 points that Farrar would've cost... Rocksteady picked him (probably he had to since his team is 80% North American)... Although I daresay Rocksteady forms little threat to the CQ Game GC, since he's got nearly 2800 of his purchases spread out over Chris Horner, Ryder Hesjedal and Svein Tuft, all of whom are likely to take a serious hit this year.

 

[El Pistolero]

I don't think very many have him at all...

EDIT: After a quick scan it looks like only one person splurged the 1600 points that Farrar would've cost... Rocksteady picked him (probably he had to since his team is 80% North American)... Although I daresay Rocksteady forms little threat to the CQ Game GC, since he's got nearly 2800 of his purchases spread out over Chris Horner, Ryder Hesjedal and Svein Tuft, all of whom are likely to take a serious hit this year.

Steegmans is seventh in the GC by the way. 16 seconds back I think(you asked in another post, but I'm quoting this one).

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And I knew Boonen was strong, so no surprise for me there

 

[Moondance]

Steegmans is seventh in the GC by the way. 16 seconds back I think(you asked in another post, but I'm quoting this one).

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And I knew Boonen was strong, so no surprise for me there

Much appreciated!

 

[Anonymous]

Closing stages video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT78b_Mf2to

 

[Mellow Velo]

Just caught up with the recording. Seems everything around here now revolves around the CQ results!
1-2, like a lot of others.
Early days to start worrying about easy points in Mallorca.
I think we've found the glitch in the CQ scoring system, though.
That must have been really hard work for the front bunch today.
Pretty strong wind to bust up the race into pieces after just 5kms.
A 20 point win and only the first 4 score.
Swan around the Palma sea front for a couple of hours and get 80 points
with 20th home getting 5 points.

It does now look that this GC will be contested by that first group, unless we have a major breakaway, due to no race radios!

 

[El Pistolero]

Closing stages video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT78b_Mf2to

Thanks!

Sucks that Exqi sports isn't free anymore or could have watched it live(and I'm not buying digital tv from telenet lol)

That commentator is Johan Museeuw I think.

 

[TRDean]

Closing stages video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT78b_Mf2to

Thanks for posting!

 

[The Hitch]

***k. I recorded the TOur of Qatar for today yesterday but it turns out that was just a repeat, and the live stage came afterwards. God damn it. I missed what looks like it was a decent stage.

 

[Rocksteady]

I don't think very many have him at all...

EDIT: After a quick scan it looks like only one person splurged the 1600 points that Farrar would've cost... Rocksteady picked him (probably he had to since his team is 80% North American)... Although I daresay Rocksteady forms little threat to the CQ Game GC, since he's got nearly 2800 of his purchases spread out over Chris Horner, Ryder Hesjedal and Svein Tuft, all of whom are likely to take a serious hit this year.

Never planned on winning but glad some of my riders are making some points. (also Farrar could very well win the CQ if he can stay in the Tour this year. A bad day for Cav can be a win for Farrar) If I break even with American/Canucks, I'll be pretty happy. I got Rollin in the break today too... Good for him.

 

[theyoungest]

***k. I recorded the TOur of Qatar for today yesterday but it turns out that was just a repeat, and the live stage came afterwards. God damn it. I missed what looks like it was a decent stage.

It wasn't that exciting. All the interesting stuff happened before the broadcast started. Except for Boonen's sprint which you can watch on Youtube.

 

[The Hitch]

Boonen's sprint which you can watch on Youtube.

With Dutch commentary, hence rendering it unexciting.

 

[Scansorial]

What was Renshaw doing at the front with ~1k to go and then peeling off? Shouldn't he have been stuck to Boonen's wheel?

Thanks to TeamSkyFans for the video.

 

[Christian]

What special jersey was Cancellara wearing? I'd like to see it up close

 

[Scansorial]

What special jersey was Cancellara wearing? I'd like to see it up close

I think that's the points jersey since he was 2nd yesterday.

Here's a look at last year's design, which looks close: http://www.cervelo.com/en_us/news-b...tteam-wins-team-classification/31/?news_id=31

 

[Ryaguas]

C0cky c0ck Cancellara said in his Twitter that He broke his personal record on the flat with 81.4 kmh... =O

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Cruel for Boom, he was in the first group and then dropped out because he literally had a ****-break

 

[Michele]

Cheers for the video.

When did the peloton split?

 

[Ryaguas]

Cheers for the video.

When did the peloton split?

Some ppl put their tweets that they were already splitted before the flag =D

 

[El Pistolero]

Cruel for Boom, he was in the first group and then dropped out because he literally had a ****-break

He would've lost the jersey anyway

And less cruel than Edvald Boasson Hagen at Oman last year.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

He would've lost the jersey anyway

I would not say that. He was already 2nd behind Renshaw in the 1st intermediate sprint. He might have just held on to the jersey.
But we'll never know.

 

[Frosty]

Some ppl put their tweets that they were already splitted before the flag =D

Yeah, Mark Renshaw said there were three groups before the flag

http://twitter.com/mark_renshaw

 

[Kwibus]

Muhaha Hitch. I just watched the 2nd part... the live part of today

Incredibly strong first group. Ofcourse I was dissapointed not to see Boom there or any other 'decent' Rabo, but after reading this thread it's dissapointing that Boom had an sh*tty situation which caused him to drop back. Also kinda amusing though!

Nice win by Boonen!

Tour of Qatar looks very interesting with these winds. Too bad that it's not of any interest for the local population.

 

[Captain_Cavman]

Well, after a single stage there's only a handful of teams with a contender for the overall, which is a bit of a shock.

Sky's unconventional decision to go into a sprinter-dominated race with no sprinters has been fully vindicated.

 

[Anonymous]

Sky's unconventional decision to go into a sprinter-dominated race with no sprinters has been fully vindicated.

So whats Downing?