Eneco, Tour de l'Ain or any other minor stage race ...SPOILERS

[rich p]

Cav's comeback race in the Ain race while Guardini takes a crash-marred stage 1 of the Eneco.

 

[HF2300]

I hate those mnor races.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

I hate those mnor races.

Why? They're what cycling is all about.

 

[Strathlubnaig]

Love the Eneco, its like its spring again.

 

[HF2300]

I hate those mnor races.

Why? They're what cycling is all about.

It was a poor joke about the typo in the thread title, but it loses a little in translation - or at least, in having to point out the joke!

 

[Flying_Monkey]

It was a poor joke about the typo in the thread title, but it loses a little in translation - or at least, in having to point out the joke!

Not helped by the fact that there wasn't a typo in the title by the time I read the thread...

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I worked it out

 

[tug benson]

Watched some of the eneco tour yesterday, the didn't deal with the street furniture the best, or the bus that just happened to be parked at the worst place when they were approaching a roundabout

 

[HF2300]

Not helped by the fact that there wasn't a typo in the title by the time I read the thread...

I didn't even notice it had been corrected!

 

[rich p]

I didn't even notice it had been corrected!

 

[rich p]

The street furniture and roundabouts yesterday were problematic, but riders were sliding off on apparently dry bits of road too.
A Giant rider came off on an innocuous piece of tarmac and just missed careering into a signpost - scary stuff to even watch.

 

[rich p]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-lain-2014/prologue/results
OPQS fill the first 4 places in the prologue in the T de l'Ain

 

[The Couch]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-lain-2014/prologue/results
OPQS fill the first 4 places in the prologue in the T de l'Ain

Yeah, apparently they have now eclipsed 50 wins this season

And on a totally separate topic (it seems) OPQS is only 4th on the UCI-ranking
Movistar (Valverde and Quintana)
Ag2r (Peraud, Bardet, Pozzovivo)
Tinkoff (Contador, Majka)
are 1 through 3

I do have the feeling the UCI are putting perhaps a bit too much points to the stage races

 

[KennaughKickIt]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-lain-2014/prologue/results
OPQS fill the first 4 places in the prologue in the T de l'Ain

Meh, Tony Martin would have gained a minute on them at least.

 

[rich p]

Meersman wins another stage in the T de Ain, while Bouhanni wins the Eneco sprint.
@Marmion , you can't help wondering if FdJ put their money on the wrong horse in backing Demare over Bouhanni?