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| Aquarius |
Posted on 02-10-2012 20:32
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After what he showed at the Vuelta and lately, and the different strengths of riders, I didn't really expect Degenkolb to be beaten by Blythe and Petit. I wonder how the sprint turned out. |
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| cio93 |
Posted on 02-10-2012 20:37
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Aquarius wrote:
After what he showed at the Vuelta and lately, and the different strengths of riders, I didn't really expect Degenkolb to be beaten by Blythe and Petit. I wonder how the sprint turned out.
I'm a bit surprised as well, but I don't know if you can consider it a real sprint at all. 22 riders on s.t., no support for Blythe or Degenkolb, only Garcia for Petit.
I'd love to see a video, so if anyone finds one, it'd be awesome 
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 02-10-2012 20:38
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"Quinzi (teammate Manuel Quinziato) did his last effort on the little climb before the cobblestone section and kept it in one line and then Michi (teammate Michael Schär) just went full gas across the cobblestones," said Blythe. "I attacked with about 700 metres to go, which was a bit risky, but I gave everything to hold it to the line.
Which goes some way to explain the gap
Edited by SportingNonsense on 02-10-2012 20:39
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 02-10-2012 20:54
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Stamegna guy was a nice surprise.  |
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| CountArach |
Posted on 03-10-2012 12:49
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Barta and Sydlik have a 7 minute lead after 67km at Munsterland Giro. I honestly would not be surprised if Barta takes this from a break, it is the ideal sort of situation for him to be in.
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 03-10-2012 12:52
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CountArach wrote:
Barta and Sydlik have a 7 minute lead after 67km at Munsterland Giro. I honestly would not be surprised if Barta takes this from a break, it is the ideal sort of situation for him to be in.
Lets hope you are right, c'mon Barta. When i hear his name, i always see his epic Giro attack in front of my eyes. 
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| felix_29 |
Posted on 03-10-2012 15:18
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The peloton has caught Barta and Sydlik and now is on the circuit. Unless a miracle happens we´ll have another sprint today.
I guess the summary later will be as usual: 25 minutes about the hobby riders and 5 minutes about the actual race. 
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| cio93 |
Posted on 03-10-2012 15:21
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Where will that summary be?
On the other hand, nearly all summaries I see are that way.
Even worse: 3 minutes showing the break, then a sudden switch to the final 50 metres of the sprint.
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| felix_29 |
Posted on 03-10-2012 15:26
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WDR will broadcast it , probably only working in Germany. So another HQ-report à la Rund um Köln.
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| felix_29 |
Posted on 03-10-2012 15:32
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Kittel wins.
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| cio93 |
Posted on 03-10-2012 15:33
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Kittel wins while Radio Tour demands 4 ambulances after a mass crash.
Edited by cio93 on 03-10-2012 15:47
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 03-10-2012 15:50
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Damn those crashed...
Good sprinting by Kittel, though, nice. |
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| CountArach |
Posted on 03-10-2012 16:00
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Apparently Van Hummel has been relegated from 2nd place today. So the new top 10 is:
1 Kittel
2 Van Staeyen
3 Groenewegen
4 Hofland
5 Brambilla
6 Fenn
7 Stallaert
8 Selig
9 Sentjens
10 Greipel
I'm personally pretty excited for how Stallaert has been sprinting in the past few weeks. Some really promising results.
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| cio93 |
Posted on 03-10-2012 16:06
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Van Staeyen is puzzling me for quite some time now.
In pretty heavily contested races in Belgium, he's always in the mix, often the first rather unknown guy behind the top favourites, yet his last win dated two years back.
He seems like the typical weaker PCM sprinter who benefits of slipstream to sneak himself in the top places 
(I won the Continental Tour with Rick Zabel that way )
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| Wilier |
Posted on 03-10-2012 16:12
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Well done by 19-year-old Groenewegen.
But what happened to Greipel? |
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 03-10-2012 16:20
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Wow, this last days some new-ly coming sprinters are surprising us.  1st Stamegna and now Groenewegen. |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 03-10-2012 16:23
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Miguel98 wrote:
Wow, this last days some new-ly coming sprinters are surprising us. 1st Stamegna and now Groenewegen.
Groenwegen has actually been good all year. A couple of Top 10s in Baltic Chain Tour and Olympia's Tour.
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| CountArach |
Posted on 03-10-2012 16:27
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Miguel98 wrote:
Wow, this last days some new-ly coming sprinters are surprising us. 1st Stamegna and now Groenewegen.
It is always the way. The big names have had much longer and tougher seasons and are probably just looking forward to the off season. A lot of these guys from smaller teams have been training towards these races all season in the hope of pulling off a big win.
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| cio93 |
Posted on 03-10-2012 17:57
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Wilier wrote:
But what happened to Greipel?
Van Hummel did cut him off drastically in pursuit of Kittel.
Only 12 guys together in the end, so not that big of a (sprint) result for anyone after Groenewegen imo, the crash decided who was there and who not.
And to the organisation:
Who the fuck has the idea of having the finish line right in a curve, so the camera behind can't see anything until everyone soft pedals again, and the second to last camera had half of the picture filled with beautiful spectator heads. 
Edited by cio93 on 03-10-2012 17:58
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| greatmikey |
Posted on 03-10-2012 22:49
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Richie Porte is going to Coppa Sabatinihe put on his twitter
"Late call up this afternoon... So off season is on hold but I am in gods country Tuscany for Coppa Sabatini, taking the good with the bad!" |
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