Volta a Catalunya 2012: Stage 1, Calella - Calella (139 km)

[pastronef]

another WT victory for GreenEDGE!

 

[roundabout]

Ok, which of the pixelated blobs finished 4th?

 

[Lexman]

great camera positioning at the finish, people walking in front of it etc...

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Van Hummel won the pelotonsprint. But Vac. never rode. Kinda dumb

 

[Richeypen]

Van Hummel won the pelotonsprint. But Vac. never rode. Kinda dumb

Van Hummel How slow did the peleton go over the climbs!

 

[search]

Ok, which of the pixelated blobs finished 4th?

if I remember correctly they are quite fast in delivering complete results (at least...)

 

[JRanton]

Van Hummel won the pelotonsprint. But Vac. never rode. Kinda dumb

Do they ever work as a team?

 

[Lexman]

Gastauer 5th

 

[JRanton]

1.32 was the gap to the peleton from Albasini

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Van Hummel How slow did the peleton go over the climbs!

The climbs weren't hard. i mean the last climb was 4% average or so. Even van Hummel can handle that. It's not like he is the worst climber. People refer to that after that Tour, but fail to forget many sprinters already gave up when Van Hummel still finished those mt stages within the time limit

 

[theyoungest]

Van Hummel won the pelotonsprint. But Vac. never rode. Kinda dumb

The gap was too big to begin with. And if they rode harder on the climbs, chances are Van Hummel would have been dropped

But you're right, he's not such a bad climber as people think. The really bad climbers had already abandoned in that Tour. He rode entire Alps stages on his own, that's no small feat.

 

[DominicDecoco]

I just dont understand broadcasting races without a KM graphic

You lost me there.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

The gap was too big to begin with. And if they rode harder on the climbs, chances are Van Hummel would have been dropped

But you're right, he's not such a bad climber as people think. The really bad climbers had already abandoned in that Tour. He rode entire Alps stages on his own, that's no small feat.

Well van Hummel said he improved a lot on his climbing in the winter and I think I believe him.

 

[search]

Well van Hummel said he improved a lot on his climbing in the winter and I think I believe him.

he obviously did, he did well at Tirreno (first two stages), last year he wouldn't even have made it over those long and hilly stages in the first group.

 

[JRanton]

You lost me there.

Kilometre to go graphic.

 

[DominicDecoco]

Kilometre to go graphic.

Ah, yeah. Next to the actual broadcast that's the most important thing. Agree.

 

[roundabout]

3 (5) people off the front, 5 people off the back. The rest finished together.

http://www.biciciclismo.com/cas/site/noticias-ficha.asp?id=48984

 

[Mellow Velo]

Hang on a minute, there's something wrong, here.
GreenEdge are having the season that BMC's bullion bought and paid for,
while BMC are having the season that GreenEdge bought in the bargain basement sale!

 

[Gloin22]

Pate and Rogers were sick and did not start. Sky line up is very thin now. With Flecha broken finger/arm and Dowsett and Barry with broken elbows. Add track riders and Knees injured.

It's not going to be best Classics for them imo.

 

[kjetilraknerud]

Great ride from Albasini. Excellent signing from Greenedge, I'm sure he'll bring home a few more victories this season.

 

[Kwibus]

The climbs weren't hard. i mean the last climb was 4% average or so. Even van Hummel can handle that. It's not like he is the worst climber. People refer to that after that Tour, but fail to forget many sprinters already gave up when Van Hummel still finished those mt stages within the time limit

Besides that he lost weight since that Tour and is much more capable of getting over climbs then he used to.

van Hummel in that Tour was just really bad climber. Loved his determination though.

 

[Kwibus]

Great ride from Albasini. Excellent signing from Greenedge, I'm sure he'll bring home a few more victories this season.

You can count on Albasini to bring in a few wins during the seasons.

 

[jens_attacks]

A Kash sighting?!

i wasn't the only one catching that.that's all we gonna get these days...

172º 35 CABEDO, Victor ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI a 02:10
173º 135 NIERMANN, Grischa GER RABOBANK a 05:22
174º 13 KASHECHKIN, Andrey KAZ ASTANA PRO TEAM a 05:22
175º 55 ROSSELER, Sebastien BEL TEAM GARMIN-BARRACUD a 05:22
176º 193 SANCHEZ, Julian ESP CAJA RURAL a 05:22

the quest of winning 2012 tour goes as planned

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

Greenedge, Swiss, and Aussies having a kick-a*r*s*e start here.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Hang on a minute, there's something wrong, here.
GreenEdge are having the season that BMC's bullion bought and paid for,
while BMC are having the season that GreenEdge bought in the bargain basement sale!

Yup, GreenEdge's mixture of the overhyped and underappreciated rag-tag bunch has really gelled well, while BMC have suffered the usual problem of Too Many Chiefs.