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Le Tour de France 2014, Stage 2, York - Sheffield
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| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 06-07-2014 09:37
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| ianrussell |
Posted on 06-07-2014 09:40
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SotD wrote:
Which sprinters should be able to make this selection? Clearly Sagan will, but can sprinters such as Kristoff, Demare, Coquard and Degenkolb stick to the front?
I have a really tough time fingering this out.
I suspect that riders such as Sagan, Cancellara, Kwiatkowski, Gerrans, Albasini, Valverde, Mollema, Navardauskas, Rogers, Slagter, Bakelants and possibly Joaquin Rodriguez will be well suited for this stage.
After recon Degenkolb has apparently ruled himself out for it but that might be a bluff of course. Having said that some reputable sources are doubting Sagan will make it but if I were to bet I'd still go for him.
9 categorised climbs but more than twice that if you add in all the uncategorised ones so the repetition could be decisive.
Couple of previews here:
https://inrng.com/2014/07/tour-de-fran...2-preview/
[url]https://www.c-cycling.com/sites/tdf14/stage2.html
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| ikaros33 |
Posted on 06-07-2014 09:52
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SotD wrote:
Which sprinters should be able to make this selection? Clearly Sagan will, but can sprinters such as Kristoff, Demare, Coquard and Degenkolb stick to the front?
I definitly wouldn't expect any true sprinters to make the cut today. The stage this reminds me most of is stage 6 of last years Tirreno, where Sagan won ahead of Nibali and Rodriguez with the next group being more than 40 seconds away and Froome losing the overall. Of course the rain made the big difference that day, but that doesn't seem out of the world today as well, and if it does indeed rain, I would definitly expect some gaps between the GC contenders and one of the few opportunities for Nibali and Contador to drop Froome, with Sagan still winning probably, as he did at Tirreno. And even if it doesn't rain I wouldn't expect more than 10, at most 20 Riders to contest the final sprint, with at least some outside GC contenders losing some time allready.
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| Strydz |
Posted on 06-07-2014 09:54
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Sagan will win it if he and Cannondale can control it coming into that last climb, teams like Trek and OGE will be trying to make it as hard as possible for him and try drop as many of his teammates as possible so he has to work to bring back anyone of the front. Albasini looks like a good back up for OGE if Gerrans hasn't got it for today, Cancellara has already shown he is up for a fight aswell. Should. be good racing and great work by the organises to throw in a stage like this so early in the race.
Hells 500 Crew and 6 x Everester
Don Rd Launching Place
Melbourne Hill Rd Warrandyte
Colby Drive Belgrave South
William Rd The Patch
David Hill Rd Monbulk
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 06-07-2014 09:54
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Kirchen_75 wrote:
What a blow for him and the team 
On the other hand, gives OPQS a free role, I reckon. Bakelants, Kwiatek, Tony Martin can show some nice things! |
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| niconico |
Posted on 06-07-2014 10:20
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Manager team-related question: Is today's stage too hard for Degenkolb? Surely too hard for Kittel?
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| Strydz |
Posted on 06-07-2014 10:33
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niconico wrote:
Manager team-related question: Is today's stage too hard for Degenkolb? Surely too hard for Kittel?
Kittel will just ride with the groupetto as he has no chance of getting over the climbs with the leaders and Dagenkolb is a 50/50 chance, I think they will go to hard for him to hang on but if for some reason they take it easy he could certainly be in the finish
Hells 500 Crew and 6 x Everester
Don Rd Launching Place
Melbourne Hill Rd Warrandyte
Colby Drive Belgrave South
William Rd The Patch
David Hill Rd Monbulk
Lakeside Drive Emerald
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| Cossack |
Posted on 06-07-2014 10:46
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Now after Cav's withdrawal Kwiatek should gain full support of OPQS (with some occasional breaks), so this Tour looks promising for him, especially today's stage 
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| wogsrus |
Posted on 06-07-2014 10:51
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Simon Gerrans update:
"I am obviously still sore but I honestly feel better than when I woke up. I am still hopeful that I can be up there for today, we'll give it a good crack." |
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| Shonak |
Posted on 06-07-2014 10:51
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So, can we make bets on which stage Tony Martin will make a crazy solo breakaway attack way over 100 km?
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 06-07-2014 11:00
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Shonak wrote:
So, can we make bets on which stage Tony Martin will make a crazy solo breakaway attack way over 100 km?
With Cancellara closing him down last 100 metres just because he cant have it.  |
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| TimoCycling |
Posted on 06-07-2014 11:27
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baseballlover312 wrote:
Looks like a Talansky stage... somehow...
Has he lost the 4 minutes definitely or not now? |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 06-07-2014 11:37
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Barriers all up the final climb Jenkin Road - no chance for idiots to interfere. I've got my spot!
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| dark_x2012 |
Posted on 06-07-2014 11:45
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TimoCycling wrote:letour
baseballlover312 wrote:
Looks like a Talansky stage... somehow...
Has he lost the 4 minutes definitely or not now?
According to letour.fr he has |
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| Smoku |
Posted on 06-07-2014 11:54
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dark_x2012 wrote:
TimoCycling wrote:letour
baseballlover312 wrote:
Looks like a Talansky stage... somehow...
Has he lost the 4 minutes definitely or not now?
According to letour.fr he has
According to letour.fr he hasn't - 173th with+00 |
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| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 06-07-2014 13:21
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Paveeeeeee  Is this Taaienberg?  |
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 06-07-2014 13:49
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Went earlier on near Menwith hill, will post my pics later as I got a few good ones. Mad crowds like everywhere there. |
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 06-07-2014 14:15
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Kirchen_75 wrote:
damn. That is bad news. Omega is f____d. |
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| Jacdk |
Posted on 06-07-2014 14:19
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TimoCycling wrote:
baseballlover312 wrote:
Looks like a Talansky stage... somehow...
Has he lost the 4 minutes definitely or not now?
Nope, Talansky is now at 00:00 |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 06-07-2014 14:20
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That crowd  |
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