Volta ao Algarve (2.HC) 14.02.-18.02.2018

[Rollthedice]

Gee G, it wasn't really necessary.

 

[Alexandre B.]

Geraint Thomas will win the Tour de France.

 

[tobydawq]

Re:

Campenaerts beats all world class TTers (except for the best in the world obv) and then there is f*cking Thomas to ruin the party.

Right, cause the guy who won the TT in the Tour is not among the best TT'ers in the world, obviously.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

TimeTrial

 

[Rollthedice]

Interview with Thomas, looks a bit bored.

 

[Strawberry_Jams]

Probably cause he'd like to win a different race, this will be 3 Volta's out of 7 overall victories

 

[Netserk]

 

[repre]

TJvG for a GC in TDF instead of Porte!
Just kidding, but a horrible performance by Porte...

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Re:

TimeTrial

A significant top 10, congrats to Thomas.

 

[miguelindurain111]

Congrats Geraint and Team Sky, the greatest.

 

[Son of Amsterhammer]

Re:

TJvG for a GC in TDF instead of Porte!
Just kidding, but a horrible performance by Porte...

Was it wet? Richie isn’t the biggest risk taker. Especially so, considering his aims here.

 

[TMP402]

I didn't realise Wiśniowski could TT that well.

 

[repre]

Re: Re:

TJvG for a GC in TDF instead of Porte!
Just kidding, but a horrible performance by Porte...

Was it wet? Richie isn’t the biggest risk taker. Especially so, considering his aims here.

Nope, it was dry. Maybe he is out of shape.

 

[Jagartrott]

Re:

Geraint Thomas will win the Tour de France.

Sky Plan B.
Sky Plan C is Moscon, obviously.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Re: Re:

Geraint Thomas will win the Tour de France.

Sky Plan B.
Sky Plan C is Moscon, obviously.

Sky Plan D = sprints with Halvorsen?

 

[Pricey_sky]

Re: Re:

Campenaerts beats all world class TTers (except for the best in the world obv) and then there is f*cking Thomas to ruin the party.

Right, cause the guy who won the TT in the Tour is not among the best TT'ers in the world, obviously.

Plus 2nd in the Giro TT, albeit beaten a long way by Dumoulin, despite suffering from his crash before Blockhaus.

 

[Arked]

Re:

I didn't realise Wiśniowski could TT that well.

He has very big engine. So yeah, he' decent TT'er.

 

[Krokro]

Re: Re:

TJvG for a GC in TDF instead of Porte!
Just kidding, but a horrible performance by Porte...

Was it wet? Richie isn’t the biggest risk taker. Especially so, considering his aims here.

Nope, it was dry. Maybe he is out of shape.

Porte told CN that he was building his shape and that TVG was their leader. Nothing to be affraid of. He still got time until bigger objectives. Plus, remember how bad he crashed in July!

 

[Robert5091]

Gee for Giro/TdF double! (if Mr Froome is not present)

 

[pastronef]

Re: Re:

Campenaerts beats all world class TTers (except for the best in the world obv) and then there is f*cking Thomas to ruin the party.

Right, cause the guy who won the TT in the Tour is not among the best TT'ers in the world, obviously.

Plus 2nd in the Giro TT, albeit beaten a long way by Dumoulin, despite suffering from his crash before Blockhaus.

he already was 10th in the TDF TT in 2010, 4th and 7th in the Dauphiné TTs in 2010. 12th Giro last stage TT 2008.
won prologue Romandie, 2nd prologue Giro, 2nd last TT Giro 2012, 2nd Danmark Tour TT (a 2.HC race like Algarve)
3 top 3 in the Algarve TTs. 3rd Eneco TT, won Bayern TT, podium Commonwealth Games TT etc

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Second year in a row that Mullen punctured within a few km of the start of the TT in this race.

 

[Son of Amsterhammer]

G can TT. No doubt about that. I wonder if this is his last season at Sky. I think several teams would love to have him as their leader.

 

[Nirvana]

Re:

Gee for Giro/TdF double! (if Mr Froome is not present)

He won't ride the Giro, he asked (and obtained) a protected role at the Tour with the possibility to be the sole leader if Froome will be fatigued by the Giro efforts.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Gilbert!

 

[HelloDolly]

any live stream for this ??