Tour of Missouri Stage 3 Live
by ZoeRochelle on Sep 9, 2009 12:55 PM EDT
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Today's stage description from the official website:
Stage 3 –Farmington to Rolla, 114.3 mi. (183.9 km)
Perhaps the most challenging stage in the three-year history of Tour of Missouri awaits the riders during this stage. The start in Farmington’s quaint downtown belies the challenges to come in the Ozark Mountains. With over 6,000 feet of total climbing on hill after hill, this day will begin to shape the race for the overall champion. The familiar finish in Rolla could again see a solo winner as it did in 2008 with Michael Barry.
Video here: http://tourofmissouritracker.com/
Currently it is the low res stream with no commentary. The high resolution video with commentary starts approximately 2 hours before the stage finish.
Live ticker: http://live.cyclingnews.com/
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Break at 2.10
Michael Friedman and William Frischkorn (Garmin-Slipstream)
Matthew Wilson (Team Type 1)
The Meatball outsprinted Will!
Intermediate sprint #1 (Pilot Knob) results are:
1 Michael Friedman (Garmin-Slipstream)
2 William Frischkorn (Garmin-Slipstream)
3 Matthew Wilson (Team Type 1)
OK, OK, probably no sprinting actually occurred but still was funny to see.
Appel is having a big media event today. trying to keep track of both this and that is proving
difficult but I will persevere.
It's about time I upgrade my Mac. Bought it right before the upgrade to Intel
And I hear Snow Leopard doesn’t work on the PowerPC
my daughter has a brand new 13 MacBook Pro, mine is a 2006 Intel iMac.
I’d love a new one but with 3 furlough days a month right now its not in the near future.
I bought my desktop new in 2005, and a refurbished MacBook in 2006 when I started doing my own thing
It’s about time I treated myself to an upgrade. I now have the oldest computers in the company.
High res video is up.
But the commentators were goofing around not realizing mics were on live. Paul making jokes.
Sorry it's another one of those crazy work days....
I’ve been doing tons of lurking lately, not much time to chat.
I'm just brushing up on my knowledge of Rolla
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
by TheFigurehead on Sep 9, 2009 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions
I was told there would be no pop quizzes
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
by TheFigurehead on Sep 9, 2009 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Stitch Jones
The Earl of Funk. The Duke of Cool.
"My facking goat didn’t wear Robes! Does he look Scottisch?!" Baron von Frinkenstein
Frankie keeps saying that Garmin has a plan. I have been trying to figure that out for the last hour.
Any ideas? How does two guys up the road all day in a three-man break help you beat Cav?
Garmin doesn't have to chase, so they get to keep fresh for the sprint?
Throughout the stage all I kept on thinking was: ‘don’t finish second, you can’t finish second again’.--Heinrich Haussler
Little known fact
Missouri University of Science and Technology [located in Rolla] has a half-scale Stonehenge replica built from solid granite located on campus.
Big on mining and astronauts as it seems.
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
Which of course leads to another quote from Wikipedia
[Paul] Sherwen lives in Kampala,Uganda where he operates a gold mine.
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
by TheFigurehead on Sep 9, 2009 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Outside of Hunt ,TX
this guy had a full scale replica. It was crazy.
by australopithecine on Sep 9, 2009 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Stones
I see an unhealthy interest in it.
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
by TheFigurehead on Sep 9, 2009 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought it was bigger than that
I used to ride by it all the time as I spent a couple of summers just down the road from there. the whole area is pretty esoteric.
by australopithecine on Sep 9, 2009 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Papier mache is still my guess
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
by TheFigurehead on Sep 9, 2009 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Bonk...
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
Very much so
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
by TheFigurehead on Sep 9, 2009 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions
The tracker says 31
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
by TheFigurehead on Sep 9, 2009 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions
JV speaks of strategy
They thought the stage would be more aggressive, hence sending two people up the road. Surprised no one followed
hey, its a strategy. If it works i'd be happy for Freidman.
Vaughters said he sacrificed virgins last night so they’d win instead of coming in 2nd and Farrar won. So maybe…
Newly patched road?
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
Michael Barry in a break
must be a very dangerous thing. He can just sit there on the front all day.
by australopithecine on Sep 9, 2009 4:23 PM EDT reply actions
in this direction?
i remember him winning but I couldn’t remember what stage.
by australopithecine on Sep 9, 2009 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Voigt and Barry in a break
They would lap the peloton
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
by TheFigurehead on Sep 9, 2009 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Looks like Levi near the front.
Astana have been quiet so far. A little too quiet.
The first cyclist to stand up to him. And he did it in silence.
I'm surprised more of the domestic teams aren't throwing caution to the wind
and just going for doomed attacks or something.
The only thing I can think is if the pace is simply just too high
Most of these guys spend the year racing crits. No excuse for Liqu, Saxo or other Pro teams though
If Garmin were really evil...
they would knock Cavendish around a little and make the Columbia train slow down.
The first cyclist to stand up to him. And he did it in silence.
They would get worse. But they are evil.
The first cyclist to stand up to him. And he did it in silence.
Friedman's he had his shoe off and was rubbing his foot.
The first cyclist to stand up to him. And he did it in silence.
He's trying to get a couple more escorts from his main man Big George.
The first cyclist to stand up to him. And he did it in silence.
from CN:
Floyd Landis (OUCH) just pulled up beside Columbia. As he told us earlier, he’ll be setting up US Pro Criterium champion John Murphy.
I think so
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
by TheFigurehead on Sep 9, 2009 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Seeldrayers a very good sprinter?
Really? I have never seen him in a sprint
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
Here comes Cervelo
Throughout the stage all I kept on thinking was: ‘don’t finish second, you can’t finish second again’.--Heinrich Haussler
Thor
Throughout the stage all I kept on thinking was: ‘don’t finish second, you can’t finish second again’.--Heinrich Haussler
Wow, that was a fun finish
More of them, please.
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
I thought it was one of the Kelly riders too
why on earth can’t they give the people operating the finishing line cameras first choice on where to stand. It sometimes looks like they have to fight for position with the grannies and small children begging for goodies from the caravan.
Nice disaster for Columbia, new blueprint for attaking the Columbia train.
The first cyclist to stand up to him. And he did it in silence.
agreed, but i think it takes too many wildcards for this to replicate in Europe
Too many of these teams have nothing to lose in Missouri, so they can sit back, do nothing and then cause chaos in the finale. I don’t see how that would work in Europe at a GT where so many teams are protecting their overall contenders and want a nice, clean sprint, not the chaos we just saw
New blueprint?
Rolling landscape and a rested field attacking the hell out of a tired Columbia train.
No horn, watch for finger.
How many teams would love to get just one victory over Cav? Got to keep plugging away at it.
The first cyclist to stand up to him. And he did it in silence.
Cav lost?! How'd Thor do it?
"If I were World Road Race Champion, I would wear black shorts. That probably has more to do with me being on the wiser side of 30 and understanding better that the decisions I make now never really go away. White shorts would not be something I'd be proud of...." - David Millar, in Rouleur.
ha!
"If I were World Road Race Champion, I would wear black shorts. That probably has more to do with me being on the wiser side of 30 and understanding better that the decisions I make now never really go away. White shorts would not be something I'd be proud of...." - David Millar, in Rouleur.
I can't wait for the Columbia whining to start! Pick the main excuse:
a) Other teams are lazy and made us work all day. They don’t know how to race properly.
b) It’s the bush leagues out here with all these domestic teams. They don’t know how to race properly.
c) Garmin are idiots and sent two guys up the road on a pointless break. They don’t know how to race properly.
d) other (please explain)
d)
“It’s not a level playing-field. We don’t want to point fingers but some are riding the chicken.And they don’t do it properly.”
d)We slowed for the red light and everyone else just kept going, they weren't riding safely.
The first cyclist to stand up to him. And he did it in silence.
Thor wins the yellow leaders jersey despite tie on time. Todays result determined leader.
Cervelo have their work cut out for them tomorrow. Columbia can sit on and put the train together for the easy victory. Unless Cervelo doesn’t chase down the break that’s sure to form. More fun tomorrow I’m sure.
The first cyclist to stand up to him. And he did it in silence.
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