Nope, looks like they are going to protect Evans and put him on Gerrans wheel. Still haven't had a chance to see what Erik Zabel has, and he's been more consistent than Ewan too.
Pretty horrible Tour Down Under for Marcel Kittel in the end. Seems like Koen de Kort ended up sprinting for Giant - Shimano. Decent result for Omega Pharma - Quick-Step in the end there, was always going to be hard for Mark Renshaw or Andrew Fenn to defeat Greipel.
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Great pic from Belkov who hits Tulik in the sixth(?) stage. I hoped for a better result from Gesink but sixth isn't very bad. TDU was a good start from hopefully a great season.
MrUfo87 wrote:
Great pic from Belkov who hits Tulik in the sixth(?) stage. I hoped for a better result from Gesink but sixth isn't very bad. TDU was a good start from hopefully a great season.
Really? What lead you to think that ?
Looking at the field beforehand, I'd say 5th was going to be his best result he could get considering Porte, Evans and Gerrans coming in shape from Aussie RR as well as Ulissi and Gerrans sprint abilities suiting the TdU. Plus other few contenders.
Think you are expecting too much if 6th in this field isn't quite good, which it is.
Edited by Alakagom on 27-01-2014 15:49
@Alakagom: I don't say that the field isn't very strong and that I'm disappointed with his sixth place. I'm just supporting him and it would be great if he could've ended higher than this. But still, sixth is a good result.
MrUfo87 wrote:
Great pic from Belkov who hits Tulik in the sixth(?) stage. I hoped for a better result from Gesink but sixth isn't very bad. TDU was a good start from hopefully a great season.
MrUfo87 wrote:
Great pic from Belkov who hits Tulik in the sixth(?) stage. I hoped for a better result from Gesink but sixth isn't very bad. TDU was a good start from hopefully a great season.
