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Eneco Tour 2007
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 21-08-2007 20:47
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Starts tomorrow with a 5.4km time trial in Hasslet
Brits in the race
David Millar
Mark Cavendish
Roger Hammond
Prologue Wednesday Aug 22 Hasselt – Hasselt 5.1km
Stage 1 Thursday Aug 23 Waremme – Eupen 189.5km
Stage 2 Friday Aug 24 Anvers – Knokke-Heist 199.1km
Stage 3 Saturday Aug 25 Knokke-Heist – Putte 170.8km
Stage 4 Sunday Aug 26 Maldegem – Terneuzen 182.7km
Stage 5 Monday Aug 27 Terneuzen – Nieuwegein 179.9km
Stage 6 Tuesday Aug 28 Beek – Landgraaf 177.4km
Stage 7 Wednesday Aug 29 Sittard – Geleen ITT 29.6km
There's no point slapping a schleck - Sean Kelly on "Who needs a slap"
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| issoisso |
Posted on 21-08-2007 20:52
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the final TT will be decisive. it's double the length of last year.
it's about who can time trial the best between the top runners of stages one and six. mostly one. six doesn't seem that hard.
plus, considering there's a decisive TT the next day, there's a good chance a break makes it on stage 6. so I'd say it's mostly stages 1 and 7(the TT)
Edited by issoisso on 21-08-2007 20:52
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 21-08-2007 20:53
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Millar is in for a good shot then
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 21-08-2007 20:53
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CW are saying Cav is targetting Stage 1. His main competiton is Robbie McEwen
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| LA4EVA |
Posted on 21-08-2007 20:55
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Millar will win!
"Never Give up!"
Lance Armstrong-2005
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| issoisso |
Posted on 21-08-2007 21:01
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here's who I think are the possible winners.
depending on form, any one of them can do anything from win the overall to being completely crap:
Vladimir Gusev
Vincenzo Nibali
Manuel Quinziato
Thomas Dekker
Kim Kirchen
José Ivan Gutierrez
David Millar
Victor Peña (if he's fully recovered from the virus)
and the guys who might win if everything goes their way and they're also lucky:
Leif Hoste
Jurgen Van Den Broeck
Rik Verbrugghe
Andry Grivko
Edited by issoisso on 21-08-2007 21:04
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| Dan_Grr |
Posted on 21-08-2007 21:10
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I have no idea what this is, so I'm going to make the outrageous act of asking what and where is Eneco Tour before even googling it. Because I'm that evil. |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 21-08-2007 21:16
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Dan_Grr wrote:
I have no idea what this is, so I'm going to make the outrageous act of asking what and where is Eneco Tour before even googling it. Because I'm that evil.
it's the Tour of Benelux. although it doesn't go through Luxembourg this year.
it was started in 2005 with the start of the ProTour. before that it was the Tour of Holland.
it's usually flat with a few hilly stages that use parts of the courses of the Amstel Gold Race, Liége-Bastogne-Liége and Flèche Wallone, and it's usually settled by the time trial.
last year it was won (controversially) by Stefan Schumacher by 2 seconds in front of George Hincapie
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Posted on 21-08-2007 21:24
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issoisso wrote:
Dan_Grr wrote:
I have no idea what this is, so I'm going to make the outrageous act of asking what and where is Eneco Tour before even googling it. Because I'm that evil.
it's the Tour of Benelux. although it doesn't go through Luxembourg this year.
it was started in 2005 with the start of the ProTour. before that it was the Tour of Holland.
it's usually flat with a few hilly stages that use parts of the courses of the Amstel Gold Race, Liége-Bastogne-Liége and Flèche Wallone, and it's usually settled by the time trial.
last year it was won (controversially) by Stefan Schumacher by 2 seconds in front of George Hincapie
Very informative, thanks. It seems interesting... 2 seconds in front of Hincapie? Why is it controversial, what happened?
Oh and by the way, here is a series of pics of the profile of the tour that I snatched through Cyanide's forum:
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| Smoothie |
Posted on 21-08-2007 21:31
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I think Cav has got a great shot at a stage |
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| Karl_rab |
Posted on 21-08-2007 21:32
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yes, nothing really there that exite's me, should be good though
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| issoisso |
Posted on 21-08-2007 21:33
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Dan_Grr wrote:
Very informative, thanks. It seems interesting... 2 seconds in front of Hincapie? Why is it controversial, what happened?
going into the last stage, Hincapie was in the lead by 3 seconds overall.
Gilbert was coming to the finish to win, when the bunch was just behind.
Hincapie and Schumacher were leading the sprint (it had been the hardest stage of the race, so no sprinters were there), when just before the line, a fan throws his arms into the air to celebrate...he hit Schumacher. Schumacher veered to the right to avoid falling....and hit Hincapie.
Hincapie fell and Schumacher lost speed, so Mori got second (he would've been fourth otherwise), and so Schumacher won by 1 second (sorry, not two) overall due to the 3rd place time bonus. without the crash, he would've been second with Hincapie third, so Hincapie would've won the overall by 1 second.
honestly, after much reviewing the footage, I honestly believe Schumacher could have avoided hitting Hincapie, but not without himself falling, so I can't really blame him.
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Posted on 21-08-2007 21:34
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5th stage coming very very close to me but I got to go to school  now I just hope they will ride pass my school  |
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| Smoothie |
Posted on 21-08-2007 21:35
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Youve got to make a decision I dangerous situations, for Schmacher it was a risk either way |
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Posted on 21-08-2007 21:42
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by the way, all stages are live on eurosport, starting with the prologue tomorrow 
for those who don't have eurosport, I believe (not completely sure) that cycling.tv is also transmitting.
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| Dan_Grr |
Posted on 21-08-2007 21:51
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Any place online broadcasting it?
Also, the guy in red is Hincapie? And the yellow is Schumacher? They have different shirts' colours for the standings right? |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 21-08-2007 21:54
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I believe cycling.tv will show it
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| Smoothie |
Posted on 21-08-2007 21:55
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you have to have Premium channel i think though |
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 21-08-2007 22:01
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it's a flat tour, but the Benelux is always intresting to watch.
Boonen's not there this time though
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| Smoothie |
Posted on 21-08-2007 22:06
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Probably due to his crash In germany |
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