Tour of the Basque Country 2012

[Zam_Olyas]

Live pictures ..rainy day
http://www.eitb.com/es/deportes/deporte-en-directo/

 

[jens_attacks]

greenedge working with euskaltel...hmmm

not too steep for gerrans?

 

[LaFlorecita]

So who's in the break?

 

[Marco Pantani]

To me it looks as if they were setting a solid pace at this climb.

Gap is coming down quickly now.

 

[jens_attacks]

greenedge with the kelme tactics!gotta say neil stephens is my new hero

 

[roundabout]

Euskaltel should try making the race super hard today and tomorrow in order to give Sanchez more chances for the GC. He recuperates way better then Martin, meaning hard racing these 2 days could cut 5-10 sec off time trial losses, and add some 15-20 sec today, 12 from yesterday and he got some 40ish sec advantage, which could maybe give us a close GC battle. Otherwise Tony wins for sure.

It's a 6 day race with 3 "easy" stages and nothing particularly difficult today apart from the last 300 meters.

 

[classicomano]

GreenEdge tandem storming up the mountain, **** the haters!

 

[jens_attacks]

It's a 6 day race with 3 "easy" stages and nothing particularly difficult today apart from the last 300 meters.

it's because they don't blow the race apart.euskaltel and radioshack should try in these 3 climbs to drop tony.who will work with him after that?

but they choose to whine about the route instead of attacking,attacking and attacking

 

[Zam_Olyas]

greenedge with the kelme tactics!gotta say neil stephens is my new hero

Thought he was your hero already

 

[jens_attacks]

spaniards should learn from these guys from down under.they will catch the break on the descent i guess.

too bad euskaltel don't push the pace

 

[BillytheKid]

It's a 6 day race with 3 "easy" stages and nothing particularly difficult today apart from the last 300 meters.

Any Cat. 1 climb can be "made" difficult. You get your team to the front and drive it hard. You weaken Martin so much that in the last k he loses a minute in that 500 meters.

 

[jens_attacks]

the finish looks damn difficult

 

[l.Harm]

When is the finish?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

When is the finish?

between 17h-17h30

 

[BillytheKid]

When is the finish?

1.5 Hours.....

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Plenty of carrots pulling up the hill

 

[hatcher]

Why is predicted finish always 10 minutes after I need to leave? 60 k/hr from here on please.

 

[Parrulo]

nibali didn't drop him. lol

he didn't? i could swear i saw something different in TA

 

[jens_attacks]

euskaltel setting a high tempo but i don't think it bothers tony too much for now.still a huge peloton

 

[Richeypen]

he didn't? i could swear i saw something different in TA

Funny how attacking on the final climb and soloing to stage and ultimately overall victory doesn't count.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Euskaltel should try making the race super hard today and tomorrow in order to give Sanchez more chances for the GC. He recuperates way better then Martin, meaning hard racing these 2 days could cut 5-10 sec off time trial losses, and add some 15-20 sec today, 12 from yesterday and he got some 40ish sec advantage, which could maybe give us a close GC battle. Otherwise Tony wins for sure.

recuperation doesn't matter much in a 6 day race

 

[Parrulo]

only difference is evans never breaks something

the same evans that broke his collarbones 3 times(?) in 1 season and according to some had bad results in the 09 and 10 tour's because of a broken wrist(?) and elbow?

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

he didn't? i could swear i saw something different in TA

then you had a weird tv

 

[jens_attacks]

greenedge duo dropping everyone on the descent.awesome riding by them

 

[Parrulo]

then you had a weird tv

since apparently my TV was weird could the omniscient Ryo Hazuki explain me what exactly happened? because i could swear i saw nibali attacking and soloing to victory