[Other Sport] Cycling geeks

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Who can make a gap on the decent

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

COME ON, Cav has made it over, Come on my son, I didn't even realise he was in the pack

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Bloody Hell...if he wins it again it'd be incredible. Come on Cav!

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Bloody Hell...if he wins it again it'd be incredible. Come on Cav!

I get the feeling SKY may have been doing some work to help him out. Just need the group to close these breaks down.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

All together last k!

 

[Pogue Mahone]

I get the feeling SKY may have been doing some work to help him out. Just need the group to close these breaks down.

His legs just let him down at the end...great sprint!

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

It was about 20 metres to long for Cav who bagged 5th, Ben Swift got a good 3rd.

Kristoff said a sprint at the end of a 300 km race allows him to get the better of the sprinters who he said are hard to beat over 200 km races

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

1 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha
2 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing
3 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky
4 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Movistar Team
5 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team
6 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani-CSF
7 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team
8 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre-Merida
9 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) MTN-Qhubeka
10 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale

Great race if you missed it worth catching the highlights - Velocast start their classics podcast on the back of this, any others please post the links

 

[1066familyman]

Superb work by Paolini for Kristoff. Kristoff very strong in these kind of sprints.

Ben swift nicks a podium spot from Cav

Canc slamming his handlebars in pure frustration.

Gutted for Degenkolb - could have been his day had he not had the mechanical.

Know we know why Greipel was looking strong going into the Poggio - right on his limits and desperate for a good placing at the foot so he he could hang on. Not enough left in the tank to really contest the sprint.

Wonder who that Bardiani -Volvole (sp.) rider was that slid out on the final bend? Battaglin?

 

[Pogue Mahone]

1 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha
2 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing
3 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky
4 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Movistar Team
5 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team
6 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani-CSF
7 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team
8 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre-Merida
9 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) MTN-Qhubeka
10 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale

Great race if you missed it worth catching the highlights - Velocast start their classics podcast on the back of this, any others please post the links

Wow, didn't notice Cancellara getting 2nd. Why didn't he go for it earlier? Maybe fancied himself in a group sprint, and was nearly right!

 

[1066familyman]

It was about 20 metres to long for Cav who bagged 5th, Ben Swift got a good 3rd.

Kristoff said a sprint at the end of a 300 km race allows him to get the better of the sprinters who he said are hard to beat over 200 km races

A la Merckx.

 

[1066familyman]

Wow, didn't notice Cancellara getting 2nd. Why didn't he go for it earlier? Maybe fancied himself in a group sprint, and was nearly right!

He may well be thinking the same thing. Was slamming his handlebars in pure frustration as he crossed the finish line.

To be fair I don't think he could have gone solo and had a chance. Right decision in the end. Got his podium but probably just frustrated to come so close to winning having made the decision to try to take the sprint.

 

[Stat Brother]

If ever there was a time for the phrase 'bollox to that' it's got to be sprinting after 300kms in that weather.

Clearly it's not men from boys, so Kristoff was definitely a giant among men.

 

[Stat Brother]

Nice seventh from Stybar.

I did chuckle when the commentator said 'ZS announced himself at last years Roubaix', he's clearly not a cycling geek!!

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Gutted, Degenkolb mechanical

Helps me out bet wise but I'd rather see a fair fight amongst all the favourites.

Puncture right at the foot of the climb.

NSC seems to be barring me from assessing cycling geeks thread, or perhaps my membership has lapsed

Sent by me phone

 

[Stat Brother]

Lil miss Stat (7 & 3/4's) has been grizzly all day.
MSR was the acid test.

She sat and watched the last 50kms without a murmur.
Time to crack open the Calpol

 

[Indurain's Lungs]

Paddy power had kristoff at 100/1, that's like free money!

 

[Motogull]

So who won MSR on the fantasy leagues then?

 

[1066familyman]

Paddy power had kristoff at 100/1, that's like free money!

Hindsight is a wonderful thing. But your not wrong though. Did you get on it?

Must admit, I'm kicking myself that I didn't even give him a proper thought. Always good in selective sprints like this, but I somehow convinced myself that a leaner Greipel would finally have the legs to be at the sharp end.

 

[Indurain's Lungs]

Hindsight is a wonderful thing. But your not wrong though. Did you get on it?

Must admit, I'm kicking myself that I didn't even give him a proper thought. Always good in selective sprints like this, but I somehow convinced myself that a leaner Greipel would finally have the legs to be at the sharp end.

Of course... I had a ton on him!