Volta ao Algarve 2019 feb 20 - 24

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sir fly said:
TourOfSardinia said:
sir fly said:
Maybe the turquoise's forbidden in Algarve...
I think I'll start an HR agency called Slave Market. I bet response will be monstrous.
Abbreviation's self-explanatory.
-16km Gruppo molto compatto
what's this with Slaves?
Bots yes but slaves in cycling? ;)
BTW that's no way to treat a RHD.
Yeah, you're most probably right. RhD would let them all free and give sandwiches and water.
Maybe Slav Market is more appropriate... For the foreign market, at least.

:lol:

Do I really come across as that nice?

Bit worried, though... there was a guy in that crash who seemed to be on the ground for quite some time...
 
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would be nice to have the time gaps back to those who crashed.
 
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RedheadDane said:
sir fly said:
TourOfSardinia said:
sir fly said:
Maybe the turquoise's forbidden in Algarve...
I think I'll start an HR agency called Slave Market. I bet response will be monstrous.
Abbreviation's self-explanatory.
-16km Gruppo molto compatto
what's this with Slaves?
Bots yes but slaves in cycling? ;)
BTW that's no way to treat a RHD.
Yeah, you're most probably right. RhD would let them all free and give sandwiches and water.
Maybe Slav Market is more appropriate... For the foreign market, at least.

:lol:

Do I really come across as that nice?

Bit worried, though... there was a guy in that crash who seemed to be on the ground for quite some time...
Pretty much, yeah.
On this board, at least... you couldn't force anyone walking the plank, I'd say.
 
Sky seem to have come out of that best, with De La Cruz and Poels both avoiding the crash. To their credit, then, that it was Rowe who seemed to try to hold the crash survivors' group up to see if there were others coming across.
 
MartinGT said:
Just watched this. Wow total carnage after that crash. Mullen doing a decent turn at the front!

Did Rowe have a right to ask them to sit up with 7km to go?

Well, he has the right to ask, he doesn't have the right to decide. And it seemed like it was an action of fair play, since both Poels and de la Cruz had made the cut.
 
tobydawq said:
MartinGT said:
Just watched this. Wow total carnage after that crash. Mullen doing a decent turn at the front!

Did Rowe have a right to ask them to sit up with 7km to go?

Well, he has the right to ask, he doesn't have the right to decide. And it seemed like it was an action of fair play, since both Poels and de la Cruz had made the cut.

Rowe comes across as a decent bloke so don't think he was trying it on. So yes with so many teams affected by the crash I suppose it was just an ask.
 
MartinGT said:
tobydawq said:
MartinGT said:
Just watched this. Wow total carnage after that crash. Mullen doing a decent turn at the front!

Did Rowe have a right to ask them to sit up with 7km to go?

Well, he has the right to ask, he doesn't have the right to decide. And it seemed like it was an action of fair play, since both Poels and de la Cruz had made the cut.

Rowe comes across as a decent bloke so don't think he was trying it on. So yes with so many teams affected by the crash I suppose it was just an ask.


I think Rowe was just asking. He made a comment on Twitter that the crash was bad and even on their bus there are a lot of guys with bandages and bruises. It looks like a lot of teams were effected and Rowe was just asking for fair play for everyone. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt on this one.
 
Stage 2 ALMODÔVAR/ ALTO DA FÓIA – 187,4 km 21/02/2019 – Thursday
Uphill finish -
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Stage 2 starts at 12:10pm local (Lisbon time)
(7:10am U.S. Eastern)

Finish at around 4:56pm local
(11:56am U.S. Eastern)

Live video from 3:45pm local
(10:45am U.S. Eastern)
 
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TourOfSardinia said:
Aru to stage hunt?

He could still place high on the GC. But Poels, Oomen, Mas and maybe De La Cruz will be hard to take back time on. Maybe he will have easier to get away on the end of a stage for a win though. If others look at each other for the overall win.

UAE also have Pogačar for the GC. He didnt get held up in the crash. Top 10 could be possible for him if he climbs well.