Tour of Qatar- Stage 2: Camel Race Track → Doha Golf Club 136km

[Team Riis]

From which Way came the wind in the Finish?
Left behind?

Anybody knows?

 

[theyoungest]

A Scouser is a slang term for someone from Liverpool. The term comes from the dialect/accent which is known as scouse. I think the EU have officially recongnised it as a language but I could be wrong.

A dialect isn't a language, so that would be odd.

Chicchi today was 15th... I think he can do much better in the next days...

He has the slight misfortune of having too many sprinters on his team. But maybe he'll get to ride for himself in one of the stages.

 

[ingsve]

A dialect isn't a language, so that would be odd.

There isn't really a clear line between a dialect and a language. A language is only a dialect that has move far enough away from another dialect to be diffrent enough to be called a language. You could say for example that french, spanish and italian are three dialects of latin but we tend to make a distinction since they have all evolved quite far from latin.

 

[mr. tibbs]

Thanks for the clip, Dim.

And I know it's been said already, but that was a really strange sprint by Boonen. He had a great shot up the side on Steeg's wheel. I wonder why he decided to jump back into the scrum.

Also, go Haussler! Hopefully he can carry this form to the podium (top step, anyone?) of RvV.

Now I'll let you all get back to discussing linguistics.

 

[maltiv]

Give Kristoff a ****ing chance you morons BMC!


Nice win by haussler!

I think it was his own fault that he lost his position, he's not tough enough. Probably not in good enough shape anyway.

Great to see Barbie get a win. Garmin-cervelo's season so far has been absolutely incredible.

 

[Reverend_T_Preedy]

A dialect isn't a language, so that would be odd.

This is the European Union we're talking about. Don't put anything past them!!!

 

[theyoungest]

There isn't really a clear line between a dialect and a language. A language is only a dialect that has move far enough away from another dialect to be diffrent enough to be called a language. You could say for example that french, spanish and italian are three dialects of latin but we tend to make a distinction since they have all evolved quite far from latin.

Let me put it differently: by definition, a dialect isn't a language.

 

[The Hitch]

Was Ricco discussed during the eurosport coverage of stage 2 today?

 

[will10]

Boonen's move may possibly be wind-influenced given the way the rest of the bunch came over the line (right on the right hand side of the road).

 

[Moondance]

A Scouser is a slang term for someone from Liverpool. The term comes from the dialect/accent which is known as scouse. I think the EU have officially recongnised it as a language but I could be wrong.

You are.... Besides the 23 official languages, the European Union does recognize regional or minority language, for the purposes of research, or regional cultural subsidies, without giving them any 'official' states. The only regional or minority languages the EU recognizes for the United Kingdom are Gaelic, Welsh, Irish, and Cornish. No Scouse, sadly.

 

[El Pistolero]

You are.... Besides the 23 official languages, the European Union does recognize regional or minority language, for the purposes of research, or regional cultural subsidies, without giving them any 'official' states. The only regional or minority languages the EU recognizes for the United Kingdom are Gaelic, Welsh, Irish, and Cornish. No Scouse, sadly.

No Basque?

nvm, you said ik UK

 

[Moondance]

No Basque?

nvm, you said ik UK

There are approximately 150 minority/regional languages.... I can't name them all. Be assured though that Basque is one of them.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

A dialect isn't a language, so that would be odd.


He has the slight misfortune of having too many sprinters on his team. But maybe he'll get to ride for himself in one of the stages.

He looked like the fastest mixed metaphor since sliced bread in 1 stage last year, absolutely blasted it, then did nothing for the rest of the year.

 

[ScottyMuser]

hmm, having watched the highlights, sky clearly did a massive amount of work bringing the break in, kept 5/6 men up there for about 10-5km, then with about 4-5 km to go they all melted away, very odd. Maybe just showing the other teams that they can do the work, or getting a few favours from the teams that consequently did very little. Rabo and Leopard were clearly the other 2 teams that did the work in chasing the group down.

Garmin were a massive disappointment in terms of work rate for the strength of squad - didn't spend a single pedal even near the front until haussler came through for the win, very cheeky! And what a man Spartacus is, that 2km pace was too quick even for his own men to stick with him!

 

[theyoungest]

He looked like the fastest mixed metaphor since sliced bread in 1 stage last year, absolutely blasted it, then did nothing for the rest of the year.

He basically made very good use of all the other riders to shield him from the wind on that stage. That sprint looked like a miracle, but it was mostly smart positioning.

 

[Kevin Rudd's Hairdryer]

What happened to HTC?
They had a chance to put Renshaw in the lead but it looked like Sparticus blew them apart.

 

[ingsve]

hmm, having watched the highlights, sky clearly did a massive amount of work bringing the break in, kept 5/6 men up there for about 10-5km, then with about 4-5 km to go they all melted away, very odd. Maybe just showing the other teams that they can do the work, or getting a few favours from the teams that consequently did very little. Rabo and Leopard were clearly the other 2 teams that did the work in chasing the group down.

Garmin were a massive disappointment in terms of work rate for the strength of squad - didn't spend a single pedal even near the front until haussler came through for the win, very cheeky! And what a man Spartacus is, that 2km pace was too quick even for his own men to stick with him!

They did have 5 guys in the break yesterday so they were potentially more tired that other teams. They did put up Travis Meyer early on to keep the break from getting too big of a gap too.

 

[ingsve]

What happened to HTC?
They had a chance to put Renshaw in the lead but it looked like Sparticus blew them apart.

It looked like they were trying to set up Cavendish actually. He was on Renshaws wheel in the closing stages but Cav looked like he got close to the fences and had to sverve out into the road and gave up.

 

[taiwan]

It looked like they were trying to set up Cavendish actually. He was on Renshaws wheel in the closing stages but Cav looked like he got close to the fences and had to sverve out into the road and gave up.

Cav might have been the tail gunner/contingency plan (if someone was going to pass Renshaw).

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the clip, Dim.

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No worries. Will be the final 5k for the rest of the week. I literally got into the house with about 1.5k to go.