Tour of Qatar - Stage 4: West Bay Lagoon → Al Kharaitiyat 154 km

[auscyclefan94]

Moderate tail to cross winds on the way back home to the finish.

Stage 4 start time: Wednesday 12:20 AST (8:20:00 PM UTC+1100);
Earliest live video: 14:50 AST (10:50:00 PM UTC+1100);
Approximate finish: 15:45 AST (11:45:00 PM UTC+1100);

Stage 4 is almost an out and back; however the return route back south is on a differenct road and the finish in Al Kharaitiyat is just west of the start in West Bay Lagoon. The winds will be moderate (8 mph WNW) which means the return trip south will be the faster leg - Steve from Steephill

 

[Ferminal]

Sounds like it will be cross winds most of the day.

 

[TeoSheva]

Sounds like it will be cross winds most of the day.

what a surprise

 

[Roland Rat]

I'll do today's profile:


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[Jamsque]

Haussler for the hat-trick? What do we think?

 

[TeoSheva]

I'll do today's profile:


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something is missing

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[TeoSheva]

Haussler for the hat-trick? What do we think?

I don't think so... a new winner... I will go for Bos

 

[Roland Rat]

something is missing

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Good work. I tried to insert a photo of Cav crashing just before the finish, but it was too big to work.

As for the stage... yeah... ermmm... Bennati.

 

[Captain_Cavman]

I'll say Downing.

"Downing."




Boonen ftw though.

 

[Roland Rat]

As for the stage... yeah... ermmm... Bennati.

Aaargh! No! No! I forgot he was riding for LeAYopard-Schleck this season! Beurk!

I feel dirty now.


Boonen FTW.

 

[unsheath]

Boonen to reverse his luck.

Btw, did John Wayne name the start town? Just need to replace Al Kharaitiyat with Last Chance Saloon.

 

[ingsve]

Gabba Rasch talked to procycling.no about todays stage and he said their plan is to try and get rid of Renshaw in the crosswind today.

 

[palmerq]

I will go for a quickstep win, whoever they decide is going for the win today, no point in them going for the gc unless something odd happens and I guess they would like one of the other sprinters to have a go too, boonen has tested his fitness and won a stage so his job is done, I will guess chichi for the win..

 

[TeoSheva]

Any news about how the racing is going?

 

[palmerq]

i will guess flat and windy :S it doesnt start on tv for another 90 minutes so I am not sure how much information is available yet

 

[Captain_Cavman]

Gabba Rasch talked to procycling.no about todays stage and he said their plan is to try and get rid of Renshaw in the crosswind today.

Interesting stuff. A real statement of intent; as someone may have once said, "Sometimes you're the hammer, sometimes the nail." HTC have always been the hammer. Until now? Early days I know.

 

[ingsve]

Interesting stuff. A real statement of intent; as someone may have once said, "Sometimes you're the hammer, sometimes the nail." HTC have always been the hammer. Until now? Early days I know.

Well, the Cervelo guys aren't the biggest HTC fans in the world so it's no surprise really.

 

[theyoungest]

Interesting stuff. A real statement of intent; as someone may have once said, "Sometimes you're the hammer, sometimes the nail." HTC have always been the hammer. Until now? Early days I know.

In sprints and time trials, you mean. In everything else, not so much.

 

[Squire]

You can follow the race via this twitter before the broadcasting begins.

19 man breakaway with 2 min gap now.

 

[TeoSheva]

You can follow the race via this twitter before the broadcasting begins.

19 man breakaway with 2 min gap now.

are there big names in the 19?

 

[Captain_Cavman]

In sprints, you mean. In everything else, not so much.

Yup, I do mean in this type of stage.

 

[Squire]

Steegmans, Hondo, Downing... But the gap is coming down now.

He's also reporting that the peloton looks like it has split in two.

 

[TeoSheva]

are there big names in the 19?

steegmans, hondo, downing, stannard, burghardt, visconti, cassady,Rausch, Clarke, Stauff, Kuchynski, Bole...

 

[Captain_Cavman]

Well, the Cervelo guys aren't the biggest HTC fans in the world so it's no surprise really.

It is to me. No-one likes the school bully but it requires a certain self belief to tell him you're going to slap him around the playground.

 

[Boardslide]

Well, the Cervelo guys aren't the biggest HTC fans in the world so it's no surprise really.

Garmin weren't exactly their biggest fans either so really it was a match made in heaven when they merged.