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

[adamski101]

Boonen bossed that one. Garmin will be dissappointed, 5 men in the break and didn't get the win.

 

[Ferminal]

1-2-4

i'll take it

1-2-9 for me... means they will all score points overall. Having Boonen and Haussler together could make the first few months very enjoyable.

 

[LukeSchmid]

Boonen showed them how it is done. 1-2 for my team, good going.

 

[ingsve]

Boonen bossed that one. Garmin will be dissappointed, 5 men in the break and didn't get the win.

Well, they did a decent job but Boonen spurprised Haussler with an early sprint and Haussler didn't react in time.

 

[taiwan]

Boonen
Haussler
Renshaw
Bennati
Brown
Flecha
Rollin
Hammond
Klier
O'Grady

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

weird sprint haha.

they followers barley got out of the saddle, wind looked difficult.

2-3 for me. (also 2nd and 5th in gc, not so bad. shame boom felt ill)

 

[Spare Tyre]

Four Aussies in the top 10.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Boonen still has pretty good sprinting legs. People under estimate how fast he still is. Yes he wasn't against real top sprinters but impressive none the less.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Can someone explain how all those riders got up the road? I am bemused by how rabobank let them go.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Can someone explain how all those riders got up the road? I am bemused by how rabobank let them go.

not that difficult to understand bud.
wind.

apparently cervelo forced it, this is difficult to bring back with a motivated front group. Not that 'mind blowing' really
as for rabo, i assume the fact they had boom in there earlier pleased them... him becoming ill is just bad luck. That's cycling.

 

[the student]

well rabobank was up there with boom and brown.. so there wasnt any reason to chase at first... Then boom felt ill and dropped out of the back. Hard to catch 18 riders especially this group.

 

[Ferminal]

Boonen - "There were five groups after five km".

 

[Ryaguas]

Ufff PWND by Boonen! good season start for him!

 

[auscyclefan94]

not that difficult to understand bud.
Wind.

Apparently cervelo forced it, this is difficult to bring back with a motivated front group. Not that 'mind blowing' really
as for rabo, i assume the fact they had boom in there earlier pleased them... Him becoming ill is just bad luck. That's cycling.

never mind

 

[sublimit]

Can someone explain how all those riders got up the road? I am bemused by how rabobank let them go.

Dunno... but I suspect El pistelro will wet himself after seeing this.

 

[Moondance]

I got the 1-2 for the stage, and Boonen and Haussler are 1st and 5th respectively in the GC... How far back my other two men (Steegmans and Vansummeren) were is as of now unknown.... Hopefully they gained/held the positions for the GC.

 

[Moondance]

Also, Boonen FTW.

I is smrt!

 

[Ferminal]

I got the 1-2 for the stage, and Boonen and Haussler are 1st and 5th respectively in the GC... How far back my other two men (Steegmans and Vansummeren) were is as of now unknown.... Hopefully they gained/held the positions for the GC.

It's a double-edged sword for me, not sure about everyone else. I have 4-5 back in the field who will not get any points for GC now.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

I got the 1-2 for the stage, and Boonen and Haussler are 1st and 5th respectively in the GC... How far back my other two men (Steegmans and Vansummeren) were is as of now unknown.... Hopefully they gained/held the positions for the GC.

the real points are in the Mallorca challange tho.
each stage = 80 points for winner.

 

[theyoungest]

Boonen still has pretty good sprinting legs. People under estimate how fast he still is. Yes he wasn't against real top sprinters but impressive none the less.

In such a group, after a few hours of echelon riding, it's hard to bet against Boonen.

 

[LukeSchmid]

I got the 1-2 for the stage, and Boonen and Haussler are 1st and 5th respectively in the GC... How far back my other two men (Steegmans and Vansummeren) were is as of now unknown.... Hopefully they gained/held the positions for the GC.

Looks like we are going for the same riders, although I don't have Vansummeren. 36 points for 1-2 and Boonen in lead.

 

[Moondance]

the real points are in the Mallorca challange tho.
each stage = 80 points for winner.

True... But an overall win for Boonen would be 110 points, and Haussler in 5th would give 50. That ain't peanuts.

 

[sublimit]

the real points are in the Mallorca challange tho.
each stage = 80 points for winner.

yeah, dose seem like a disproportional amount of points on offer there.

I have Caleb Fairly and John Degenkolb in that one lol.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Does anyone know what the GC looks like now?

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

True... But an overall win for Boonen would be 110 points, and Haussler in 5th would give 50. That ain't peanuts.

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