But I admit that HTC dominated without him, so he didn`t even sprint.
Ten Dam obviously changed his rider type being 6th with that many great sprinters.
Anybody knows which Sky rider crashed in the end?
Well three riders of sky were behind.. Rogers, Henderson and Thomas... so i guess henderson?
and sykkel freak was faster =P
Edited by itsmichael on 16-01-2011 10:32
Yeh, Ive watched the crash a few times now. Henderson was 4th in line, behind definately Swift and Sutton, and a 3rd guy, hard to tell whose team, but who seems to have sat up right after. HTC were following Henderson, there were 3 pf them, but then the one in the middle slowed, and the 3rd guy took the wheel of the first - suggests to me that maybe the train was going to be Renshaw>Cavendish>Goss anyway, if that was Cavendish
Then a bit of a fail by Sutton who could barely pass his leadout Swift as Renshaw and Goss shot by
roturn wrote:
You are right. They changed it now in the official results:
1
23
Matthew Goss
HTC-Highroad
1:05:12
2
26
Mark Renshaw
HTC-Highroad
st
3
12
Robbie McEwen
Radio Shack
st
4
126
Elia Viviani
Liquigas-Cannondale
st
5
55
Chris Sutton
Sky Procycling
st
6
74
Davide Vigano
Leopard Trek
st
7
56
Ben Swift
Sky Procycling
st
8
161
Jose Joaquin Rojas
Movistar
st
9
124
Fabio Sabatini
Liquigas-Cannondale
st
10
61
Allan Davis
Astana
st
11
43
Michael Matthews
Rabobank
st
12
81
Francesco Chicchi
Quickstep
st
13
91
Denis Galimzyanov
Katusha
st
14
176
Mirko Selvaggi
Vacansoleil-DCM
st
15
1
Andr Greipel
Omega Pharma-Lotto
st
After the Sky crash many sprinters like Greipel, Farrar or Cavendish were blocked,
Ah i thought so there was something wrong in the results they post on the site of the TDU....
because i saw a picture and i saw someone from Leopard in the front and i couldn't find one in the results... now its clear
i don't think cavendish will be the lead sprinter at the TDU. he won't want to go up against Griepel who has obviously targeted this race because he is defending it.
i think cavendish will have the better of him when they are both fully fit.
Greipel is usually up to winning from day 1, Cavendish most seasons i've watched him takes a little while to fire up. Not a problem, but just an observation.
Meanwhile in the highlighs show on Sky, there must have been about 12 minutes of actual racing coverage?
There's no point slapping a schleck - Sean Kelly on "Who needs a slap"
Vuelta al Tachira, Stage 5 : Santa Maria de Caparo - Pregonero (152 km)
1. Manuel Medina (VEN) Gobierno Del Zulia 4h14'43"
2. Jose Alarcon (VEN) Gobierno Del Zulia 48"
3. Juan Murillo (VEN) Gobierno Del Zulia 50"
4. Ronald Gonzalez (VEN) Loteria Del Tachira Sporade 51"
5. Carlos Becerra (COL) Loteria Del Tachira Sporade 52"
I already see it coming. Goss wins 5 stages of TdU, winning several races over the whole season, becomes angry that he gets no chance in the Tour as main sprinter, although he has plenty more wins than Cavendish, but "just in shit races".
Next year we will welcome him somewhere else
1 Matthew Goss - HTC-Highroad
2 Andre Greipel - Omega Pharma-Lotto
3 Robbie McEwen - Team RadioShack
4 Christopher Sutton - Sky Professional Cycling Team
5 Elia Viviani - Liquigas-Cannondale
6 Romain Feillu - Vacansoleil-DCM
7 Alessandro Ballan - BMC Racing Team
8 Iñaki Isasi - Euskaltel-Euskadi
9 Jose Joaquin Rojas - Movistar Team
10 Gregory Henderson - Sky Professional Cycling Team
