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Posted on 12-02-2010 21:21
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No, he won because all the other sprinters were off their trains way too early. Look at how fucking far away Boonen is sprinting from, and everybody else is doing the same. Chicchi gives a hell of a sprint (I would call it McEwen like), and was definitely the strongest, but if he isn't so far back that he can't unleash his sprint until the last fifty meters, when everyone else is dead, I don't know if he would have won.
Boonen actually looked really strong, as he held a really fast sprint for a really long time, it was just a little bit too long.
Boonen looked like shit to me. Sorry, but when he started his sprint, he could only barely pass the man in front of him. He did held the relative low speed for a long time though.
How is that any different than how he always has done it? Boonen wins when he has a good lead-out train put him in front, so that he only has to pass his lead-out man and then hold-on.
That was a classic Boonen sprint, he just moved around his leadout man from way too far out, so he couldn't hold on.
He didn't have a leadout man in this sprint. At the point he started sprinting, he was behind a Cervelo guy (I'm guessing it was Bos).
And my point was not that is was any different from what he's ever done, I was just saying he didn't look strong at all to me, which is what you said. |
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Posted on 12-02-2010 21:36
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mrlol wrote:
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No, he won because all the other sprinters were off their trains way too early. Look at how fucking far away Boonen is sprinting from, and everybody else is doing the same. Chicchi gives a hell of a sprint (I would call it McEwen like), and was definitely the strongest, but if he isn't so far back that he can't unleash his sprint until the last fifty meters, when everyone else is dead, I don't know if he would have won.
Boonen actually looked really strong, as he held a really fast sprint for a really long time, it was just a little bit too long.
Boonen looked like shit to me. Sorry, but when he started his sprint, he could only barely pass the man in front of him. He did held the relative low speed for a long time though.
How is that any different than how he always has done it? Boonen wins when he has a good lead-out train put him in front, so that he only has to pass his lead-out man and then hold-on.
That was a classic Boonen sprint, he just moved around his leadout man from way too far out, so he couldn't hold on.
He didn't have a leadout man in this sprint. At the point he started sprinting, he was behind a Cervelo guy (I'm guessing it was Bos).
And my point was not that is was any different from what he's ever done, I was just saying he didn't look strong at all to me, which is what you said.
I'm saying the train technique is Boonen's normal deal, so not being able to launch a powerful acceleration is normal for him. |
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Posted on 13-02-2010 08:42
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Then I can't understand why you said he looked really strong in the first place. Which was the scentence I initially responded to. |
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Posted on 13-02-2010 17:12
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The 4th stage in the Tour Mediteraneen was won by El Fares. It was a weird stage though.
Because after the race was underway for an houre, it turned out there was no finishlocation(!). The Alpes-Maritimes departement didnt let the pack enter their grounds because of the slippery roads (due to snow). So, the stage was shortend, and the organization drew a line on a sort of hill about 2km before the border with Alpes-Maritimes.
At that point in the race, El Fares, Thiré and Cornu where in the lead, and although the pack controlled their advantage easily, they where now handed the sprint for victory, which El Fares won.
All in all, the race was stopped twice, on some spots there is supposed to have been snow on the road, and the was c. 7 cm of snow on the sides of the roads.
It looks like the time difference between the three and the pack, won't be counted. |
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Posted on 13-02-2010 17:15
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Correct, Veikkanen will keep the lead in the GC.
This Tour Méditerranéen is pretty screwed up due to the weather conditions and mistakes by the organisation.
Edited by Wilier on 13-02-2010 17:15
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Posted on 13-02-2010 18:13
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sounds like an odd stage
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Posted on 14-02-2010 15:12
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The Tour Mediteraneen has almost finished. The riders reached the traditional Mt. Faron.
I'm hoping for Gesink for the stage and Hogerland for the GC (no bias at all huh  ), but I think Valverde will take both.
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Posted on 14-02-2010 15:28
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Francesco Masciarelli gets the stage, Valverde the GC I believe.
Edited by Wilier on 14-02-2010 15:32
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Posted on 14-02-2010 15:32
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Little suprize; Vino took the overall...
stage result;
1 Francesco Masciarelli (Acqua E Sapone)
2 Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne)
3 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ag2r La Mondiale)
4 Robert Gesink (Rabobank)
5 Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil)
A noter la très belle montée de Alexandre Geniez ( Skil-Shimano) qui termine dans les 10 premiers !
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Posted on 14-02-2010 15:33
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Alejandro Valverde remporte le Tour Méditérranéen !
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Posted on 14-02-2010 16:33
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Wilier wrote:
Alejandro Valverde remporte le Tour Méditérranéen !
Yeah, my bad  Mixed the names, because a previous msg said vino would probably take it. |
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Posted on 14-02-2010 16:58
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Tour of Oman - Stage 1:
1. Casper
2. Boasson Hagen
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Posted on 15-02-2010 20:00
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Tour of Oman stage 2
Quite normal stage. Four escapees: Alex Dowsett (Trek - Livestrong), Kristof Vandewalle (Topsport Vlaanderen), Ben Gastauer (Ag2r) and Jackson Stewart (BMC), were caught by the pack in time.
Then Lieuwe Westra(Vacansoleil) attacked, thinking it was the last lap. So he cheered when he came over the line, only to find out he still had one lap to go. 
So it became a mass sprint once again, won by Bennati. Boasson Hagen takes the leader's jersey.
Results:
1. Daniele Bennati (Liquigas - Doimo) 3h33'03"
2. Tyler Farrar (Garmin - Transitions)
3. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky Professional Cycling Team)
4. Matti Breschel (Team Saxo Bank)
5. Danilo Napolitano (Team Katusha)
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Posted on 16-02-2010 02:04
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Bennati had a great jump early and caught them off guard. Nice sprint |
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Posted on 16-02-2010 12:59
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Tour of Oman stage 3
Hagen has won keeping his red jersey.
2nd - Nepolitano
3rd - Farrar
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Posted on 16-02-2010 13:46
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nice to see hagen doing well
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Posted on 17-02-2010 14:16
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So has anyone noticed just quite how badly Team Sky do when it comes to the wind? Everytime it gets a little breezy the team loses ounces of time (yes, I did just use a descriptor of weight to give time a value), and usually the leaders jersey with it.
Qatar, now Oman, so how about Belgium? Or that cobbly-windy stage in the TDF?
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Posted on 17-02-2010 14:32
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Tour of Oman stage 4
1. Leigh Howard (Team HTC - Columbia)
2. Daniele Bennati (Liquigas - Doimo)
3. Tyler Farrar (Garmin - Transitions)
Bennati takes the leader's jersey as Boasson Hagen lost a minute on the first group.
Edited by Wilier on 17-02-2010 14:32
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| mrlol |
Posted on 17-02-2010 14:32
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rjc_43 wrote:
So has anyone noticed just quite how badly Team Sky do when it comes to the wind? Everytime it gets a little breezy the team loses ounces of time (yes, I did just use a descriptor of weight to give time a value), and usually the leaders jersey with it.
Qatar, now Oman, so how about Belgium? Or that cobbly-windy stage in the TDF?
You'd expect them to do well with Steven de Jongh as DS |
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Posted on 17-02-2010 14:53
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https://jornalcicl...ao-algarve
first stage of the volta ao algarve is about to finish. |
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