Chapeau Tommy!
by Jen See on Mar 9, 2011 12:36 PM EST
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Just yesterday, Voeckler was saying that more riders needed to attack. Today, he put actions to words and won today's stage of Paris-Nice. In Belleville! Really, we should have planned a group viewing. Voeckler spent the day in the break before outsprinting Rémi Pauriol at the line. Race leader Thomas De Gendt also went with the escape and retook the leader's jersey for another day. It's a good day to be a Thomas, apparently. Heinrich Haussler won the sprint four fifth. Barbie! Full results. Tomorrow, Paris-Nice goes out for some climbing. The stage passes over seven categorized climbs, including the Col de la Croix de la Chaubouret and Col de la Mûr. The profile, for your viewing pleasure.
Meanwhile in Italy... Lars Boom! Rabobank won the opening time trial at Tirreno-Adriatico. Garmin-Cervélo finished second, HTC-Highroad third. The lovely people at Gazzetta have today's results. Boom gets to wear the leader's jersey firstest. I think I feel swoony. Tomorrow's stage involves a couple climbs, but isn't all that difficult. It should end in a sprint. Stranger things have happened, but really, there's only one Thomas Voeckler.
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What i find funny
Was the fact that De Ghent said “i’m not going on the attack” (Cheers for that GS), and then promptly initiates the break after just 6kms.
Also, if it wasn’t for the HUGE turns he took in those last 15k’s they would never have made it.
Today just put a massive smile on my face, the two Tommy’s off the front. I felt everything was right in cycling watching that. All it need was Ametxa and i would have been on cloud 9 :D
lol, yeah
Big ride from De Gendt. There’s a little blurb from him on the official site, he says he had good legs. Really, we couldn’t tell ;) He also said he rode just to keep the jersey, not for the stage, which was also relatively obvious. Good riding from that dude for sure :)
De Gendt is CRAZY.
De Gendt wasn’t defending the jersey. He rode hard to snatch it back. Tomorrow he will ride like he stole it.
I think everyone in Paris-Nice needs to take one less shot of espresso tomorrow. - Tejay Van Garderen
Gav -
“Heinrich Haussler won the sprint four fifth”
great stage.
"Ants don’t worry, they operate like a fantastic team, they accept obstacles and deal with them in a positive manner, they don’t complain and remain positive. An ant doesn’t work on emotion, is proactive and always chooses the ant role."
it is one of the better typos i've seen
but i’ve always liked fractions.
"Ants don’t worry, they operate like a fantastic team, they accept obstacles and deal with them in a positive manner, they don’t complain and remain positive. An ant doesn’t work on emotion, is proactive and always chooses the ant role."
correct
he looked like he was going about 80%
If cobble delusions are wrong, who wants to be right? -JFS PGH
by Chris Fontecchio on Mar 9, 2011 2:17 PM EST up reply actions
are Aussie Haussler and German Haussler separate people now as well?
What next? Will Reda or Stauff be trying to win two separate stages in two different countries on the same day? (they were on both the T-A and P-N startlists)
In T-A today
Saxo had a faster time than Leopard-Trek. Maybe it’s just me, but I used to love the old Saxo team and will always be a Spartacus fan, but I feel happy to see Saxo beating leopard. The way that team was formed and how they picked Saxo bare just left me a little put off. In France I’ll probably still root for Andy or Alberto but I’m not a Leopard fan.
"It's crazy. In Belgium they would have stopped the train"
-Peter Van Petegem, April 2006-
Lt Mudd pasted some rankings in the live thread today that were interesting, so I repeated it here; He excluded Saxo, but for LT, only Cance appeared to be a TT guy:
I just averaged for CQranking points for each rider in TT
Results are:
Rabobank – 19
Leopard-Trek 77
HTC-Highroad 52
Garmin-Cervelo 15
Liquigas 21
Take about Cance and Leopard drops to 13
by lieutenantmudd on Mar 9, 2011 9:56 AM EST
He is a one-man TTT for sure.
I was thinking more from a fan standpoint. The formation of Leopard and how they took all of Saxo with them left a bad taste with me. Maybe Riis isn’t the easiest guy to work for, but I feel as if some of those guys owed him something.
"It's crazy. In Belgium they would have stopped the train"
-Peter Van Petegem, April 2006-
Posthuma, O'Grady and Bennati are usually decent TT'ers.
I just think the team’s decision to let Cancellara do most of the work was a bad plan.
Bennati had scored 10 points last year in TTs
O’Grady wasn’t in the top 500 TT riders and was therefore below 5.
The problem is; I don’t think TT results are necessarily indicative of TT ability. If I was a strong domestique (or a sprinter) in a stage race, I would ride just hard enough to get by. Save your energy for supporting your leader (or for the next day’s sprint if you are a sprinter)
"Oh man, it’s going to take days to kill all these people!"
I agree with you. I can't stop loving Cance, but LeopTURD is exactly that...
I don’t want to see Bert winning the Tour…but not a big fan of seeing TURD win it either…
De Gendt for Yellow in Paris!
ok… too soon.
"It's crazy. In Belgium they would have stopped the train"
-Peter Van Petegem, April 2006-
There's a detailed profile of the Col de la Mûre itself at the bottom of this page
http://www.velochrono.fr/actu/2011/le-parcours-de-paris-nice-revele/
Looks like serious stuff.
that was awesome
"Ants don’t worry, they operate like a fantastic team, they accept obstacles and deal with them in a positive manner, they don’t complain and remain positive. An ant doesn’t work on emotion, is proactive and always chooses the ant role."
Andy over Alberto..
"It's crazy. In Belgium they would have stopped the train"
-Peter Van Petegem, April 2006-
Voeckler should get a MAR tattoo.
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
MAR?
"Ants don’t worry, they operate like a fantastic team, they accept obstacles and deal with them in a positive manner, they don’t complain and remain positive. An ant doesn’t work on emotion, is proactive and always chooses the ant role."
Most Aggressive Rider
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
i see
definitely. and races should start awarding the tommy voeckler prize to the MAR after he retires.
"Ants don’t worry, they operate like a fantastic team, they accept obstacles and deal with them in a positive manner, they don’t complain and remain positive. An ant doesn’t work on emotion, is proactive and always chooses the ant role."
Le blaireau II?
ATTACK!
Bunch of slack-jawed faggots around here. This stuff will make you a god damned sexual Tyrannosaurus, just like me - Jens! Voigt, Predator (1987)
I just looked at the T-A profiles
T-A’s climbs don’t look that tough this year. I think a rouleur is going to win.
My money is on Boom. A good head start and a short flat TT to end it all. Stage 6 may be a problem for him though. But him and Gesink have a big lead on the Italians.
"Oh man, it’s going to take days to kill all these people!"
Newly engaged Larsson has the financial incentive to win
Autch,long fingers as mine=big Diamonds,if should belive the shop.Ofcourse I do:)!So a quick chat w G to explane how fast he must go…;)/V
Fiancee Veronica on Twitter
Riis claims Larsson was sick in the last few days, but clearly a high
maintenance fiancee might cancel out any bodily weakness anyway.
ahh, yes, Italian food is the problem.
Bad hotels too, I hear
just enough to get his bike up to uci minimum weight.
"Ants don’t worry, they operate like a fantastic team, they accept obstacles and deal with them in a positive manner, they don’t complain and remain positive. An ant doesn’t work on emotion, is proactive and always chooses the ant role."
diamonds... bah Bah BAH
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Boom has been allergic to races over 200 km
Back-to-back 240 km mid-mountain stages is a lot for a guy who has never yet been competitive at monument distance. And the second one has a legit 14 km at 6.8% climb. Riding at red zone threshold for two days could screw up his classics season.
I would shut him down at the first sign of trouble and let Bobo go for the win. My VDS also approves of this strategy.
by Mr 60 Percent on Mar 9, 2011 3:55 PM EST up reply actions
dont let Chris hear that...
"It's crazy. In Belgium they would have stopped the train"
-Peter Van Petegem, April 2006-
by Mr Van P on Mar 9, 2011 8:33 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Rabobank’s own website alludes to Boom’s 200 km limit. Something like “Boom; dangerous in any race under 200 km” under in his bio.
"Oh man, it’s going to take days to kill all these people!"
by ncrow on Mar 9, 2011 10:18 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
That's a function of coming from 'cross, not an absolute limit.
If you look at 2009 vs. 2010, he’s getting better over distance—was 5th in E3 (203 km, true, not much over 200) and while he was 42nd in Vattenfall (216 km), that was only 7 seconds off the winning time.
I’m not saying he’s there yet, but he should continue to improve.
I yearn for the cobbles--Edvald Boasson Hagen
I see Galimzyanov DNF'ed
anyone know why?
"It was getting colder and colder as we went up. About halfway up, I started to go a little backwards and as I passed Thor he looked at me and said, "If you lose my wheel I will smash you." I took his wheel and found an extra gear." João Correia
They said he got dropped early on and never really said much after.
He’s young and not very climby though, so perhaps they’re just minimizing the suffering he has to do…
Thanks
hoped he was just cutting his losses rather a crash.
"It was getting colder and colder as we went up. About halfway up, I started to go a little backwards and as I passed Thor he looked at me and said, "If you lose my wheel I will smash you." I took his wheel and found an extra gear." João Correia
does anyone know why Goss didn't contest the sprint finish?
I didn’t see video of the stage, but letour’s newsflashes said he sat in the back in the final k’s and finished in the back of the peloton. Did the hills wear him out or did he not want to sprint without his train? Did he crash or look ill, or did he know the break would not be caught and not want to spend the effort if it wasn’t for a stage win? I thought he’d at least take an interest in the points jersey, but that looks like Haussler’s now.
He was hanging on for dear life
from what I could see. HTC didn’t have many guys left in the front group to help him out and he was fighting hard to stay in contact with the peloton.
"It was getting colder and colder as we went up. About halfway up, I started to go a little backwards and as I passed Thor he looked at me and said, "If you lose my wheel I will smash you." I took his wheel and found an extra gear." João Correia
Loved this from Cyclocosm, about Voeckler
He’s more killer than caretaker—think Vinokourov or DiLuca, with a little more smarts and a lot less dope.
Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger...
Now you've done it. That started a repeating song track in my head.
I expect you to put together one of your world class videos featuring Tommy V with “Thriller” as the back ground music. ;-)
I think everyone in Paris-Nice needs to take one less shot of espresso tomorrow. - Tejay Van Garderen
I guess I'll just have to hum along to a slide show then. :p
Enjoyed all your photos today, thanks.
I think everyone in Paris-Nice needs to take one less shot of espresso tomorrow. - Tejay Van Garderen
What's the deal with VDS points for the TTT?
I see they’re not up yet. If I remember, it’s 20 percent of the normal stage points for all riders finishing together. So would that be 8 for each Rabo, 5 for the minions of Team Evil, and 2 for the HTCers?
Yes. I posted the points list in the TA thread, but will repeat it here:
8 points each:
1 Lars BOOM NED RAB 18:08
2 Sebastian LANGEVELD NED RAB +0
3 Robert GESINK NED RAB +0
4 Bram TANKINK NED RAB +0
5 Oscar FREIRE GOMEZ ESP RAB +0
6 Thomas LEEZER NED RAB +0
5 points each:
7 Tyler FARRAR USA GRM +9
8 David ZABRISKIE USA GRM +9
9 Ramunas NAVARDAUSKAS LTU GRM +9
10 Roger HAMMOND GBR GRM +9
11 Andreas KLIER GER GRM +9
2 points each:
13 Marco PINOTTI ITA THR +10
14 Bert GRABSCH GER THR +10
15 Michael ALBASINI SUI THR +10
16 Peter VELITS SVK THR +10
17 Hayden ROULSTON NZL THR +10
18 Mark RENSHAW AUS THR +10
There’s a problem on the VDS page with getting it to save the results—Ted’s on it.
I yearn for the cobbles--Edvald Boasson Hagen
so, add another 8 to boom's current 76? or is that "6" a holding and add 7 pts to that? i'm assuming the "5" is for the interim leader's jersey?
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Yes, add another 8 to Boom for the TTT.
The 6 is for holding the leader’s jersey, and has already been awarded.
I yearn for the cobbles--Edvald Boasson Hagen
Loved Craig Lewis' tweet after the race
I am also no longer eating sausages after watching Thomas De Gendt race today.
I like tinkering with the boys.
- majope
Bummed I missed this....
…but totally pumped that I have Tommy V on my team this year and can unapologetically root for him doing stuff like this for the rest of the season.
even if Tommy V
doesn’t win points …. he’ll be at the front a lot trying … and at the back hanging on. Fun rider to be a fan of. (of which to be a fan?)
moo
'of whom' Id say ;)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Always chapeau to Tommy V...what a trooper, and a sweetheart!
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
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