Tour of Qatar: Gutter Time!
by Jen See on Feb 2, 2012 11:38 AM EST
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Trixi Worrack of Specialized-lululemon won today's stage of the Tour of Qatar. The Qatar race is famous for camels and crosswinds, and today's race went straight to the gutter, propelled by the strong and ambitious Specialized-lululemon and GreenEdge teams. Both teams received a reward for their efforts. Worack won the stage, while Judith Arndt of GreenEdge now leads the overall.
Wind is nearly always a factor at the Tour of Qatar and from the start of the stage, GreenEdge and Specialized-lululemon hammered away at the race and slammed it into the gutter. With 15 kilometers to go, a four-rider break that included Worrack, Arndt, Adrie Visser, and Kirsten Wild. Just three kilometers later, Arndt and Worrack went up the road and left Visser and yesterdy's stage winner Wild behind. Today marked Arndt's second day in the break, and she took over the race lead as a reward for her efforts.
Cicloweb.it has a photo gallery from today's stage. The women's Tour of Qatar concludes tomorrow.
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the pic of the wind blowing sand across the road is great.
"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."
seriously
The pictures are great. And y’day’s shot of the sandstorm, where you almost couldn’t see the riders. Crazy times.
Good racing from the GreenEdge and lulu girls to make the most of the conditions.
~ Gavia ~
i assume you saw greenedge’s before and after pics on facebook
"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."
they look happy
but they also looked happy pre-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."
Pic of the sandstorm is great.
Brutal conditions.
"These are my principles and if you don't like them....well I have others." Groucho Marx
Procycling.no has another pic
Giorgia Bronzini almost ran over by the medics car.
Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger...
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