Deutschland Tour
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JRMDC said:
Aye, a good win for the young pro.
But as you point out this Tour is a climbing tour and it will be intersting to see how he performs.
Yes, there were very different conditions for the different riders. However, it has to be mentioned that Gusev wrote during rain as well, as did Vinokourov and Sinkewitz.JRMDC said:
Other than Zabel, the sprinter who was pretty well in this prologue was Gerald Ciolek, 2005's German Champion (where he beat both Zabel and Hondo in the final sprint), who was even slightly faster than Zabel. He also finished second place in this year's "Henniger Turm" Race and was among the sprinters, who were in the first group in the Vattenfall Cyclassics on Sunday, which means he is among the sprinters, who are not that bad uphill (probably about the same class uphill as Zabel). And tomorrow's stage finish is not that easy, so IMO he has a pretty good for the Yellow jersey as well.
Though if the sprinters want the Yellow jersey they better get it tomorrow, because on Thursday the stage finishes with two category 2 climbings.
Based on previous experience, probably yes. How about you give me the list of people your tipping to do well in the Vuelta and I'll take them out of my fantasy cycling team.limerickman said:
Tomorrows stage: I think it won't be a sprint win. Cat 3 climb within 7k of the end or so, I reckon someone will do a late charge and the sprinters teams will just about be disrupted enough not to be able to chase him down (already being tired from nailing the inevitable breakaway). Someone form T-Mobile will be my bet.
Vino looked so fit today, full of energy. With the freshness he initially kept for the Tour, it's gonna be hard to beat him. Unless a new face arises... (plenty of them on this race)
lwedge said:Levi sez, that's one down and a few to go. Any chance you could pick Vino and a few others?
I wouldn't put the curse on Vino.
I'd say LL will do well though at this TdD.
Linus Gerdemann performed very well in the Tour de Suisse although he had to work for Ullrich. Yesterday he had a great prologue.. My tip: Gerdemann (but maybe it's just wishfull thinking because cycling is still in shock in Germany and German cycling needs a new face, the most popular riders after Ullrich are Voigt, Klöden and Zabel and they are all over 30)
Well, here is the horribly bad Babelfish translation of the ticker on the race website:Eldrack said:
"A rain stage is to end, many smaller falls coined/shaped the picture of the first section Germany route. Fortunately consequence-fraught falls were missing particularly on the conclusion section in Bielefeld. With Bert Grabsch (PHO) and David Zabriskie (CSC) separate two route de France France-Teilnehmer today, perhaps an indication that one week distance simply are not sufficient, in order to recover reasonable from a such torture to. "
I can't tell if this means they crashed in the rain or if they dropped out because they hadn't recovered fully enough from the TdF.
My point was that my 3 favorite riders were not involved in the tour therefore my interest level was low. I was not indicating that I felt these riders should ride. It is clearly obvious that you would not want to ride a 9 day tour after the TdF. Unfortunately in the USA we get the NBA and for some odd reason hockey, but hardly any cycling. If we had it on TV, I would probably watch the German Tour.JRMDC said:
You can watch it live at www.cycling.tv but you have to pay for the premium channel. You get one year of service and they show pretty much all races except the TdF. It cost me around 20 or 30 dollars if I remember right.Jacob24 said:
