TDU Day 6 - Spoiler

[Keith Oates]

The last day today with 20 laps of a 4.5 Km circuit. This has got to be the day Greipel seals the race as I can't see another team overcoming HTC on this flat and fast course. However there are some good riders and teams in the race so it should be another exciting day.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[aJohnson]

I plan on watching it whilst using my turbo trainer. Hopefully I wont be too tired and hopefully it'll be a good stage to watch.

 

[Keith Oates]

What a turn up for the books "Chris Sutton (Team Sky) takes it!" as reported by Cycling news. Greg Henderson was second so a one/two for Team Sky. That will make the team very happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[raindog]

Yes, another nice result for Sky.
Can't wait for the "real" season to start. Still got to get that bloody Tour of Qatar out of the way yet!

 

[Jamesb]

Good result for team sky, i hope they have a good opening season.

 

[just jim]

Good result for team sky, i hope they have a good opening season.

Yup.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

There's talk of Greipel being the lead-out man for Cav in the TdF... now that would be a rather unstoppable combination. The way that he's going though, he might not be satisfied with just leading Cav out...

 

[rich p]

There's talk of Greipel being the lead-out man for Cav in the TdF... now that would be a rather unstoppable combination. The way that he's going though, he might not be satisfied with just leading Cav out...

He did look a class above but I'm not sure if the opposition made it look that way. I can't think he'll be happy to lead-out Cav all year but Renshaw has Epstein-Barr syndrome, I believe.

 

[Jamesb]

There's talk of Greipel being the lead-out man for Cav in the TdF... now that would be a rather unstoppable combination. The way that he's going though, he might not be satisfied with just leading Cav out...

Greipel was good but i dont think he will settle as the lead out man.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

He did look a class above but I'm not sure if the opposition made it look that way. I can't think he'll be happy to lead-out Cav all year but Renshaw has Epstein-Barr syndrome, I believe.

That's the reason they've mooted this idea, i think - they are not sure that Renshaw will be fully recovered let alone race-fit and on peak form by the time the TdF comes around.

Greipel has said he's happy to do this, but I notice that last year Columbia-HTC kept he and Cav almost completely separate! And he did win over 20 stages of various races last year, so I don't think his TdU success was just down to 'inferior opposition'...

 

[rich p]

That's the reason they've mooted this idea, i think - they are not sure that Renshaw will be fully recovered let alone race-fit and on peak form by the time the TdF comes around.

Greipel has said he's happy to do this, but I notice that last year Columbia-HTC kept he and Cav almost completely separate! And he did win over 20 stages of various races last year, so I don't think his TdU success was just down to 'inferior opposition'...

No, I meant it when I said he was a class above but I think the quality of the opposition means I'll reserve judgement on how good he'll seem later in the season.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

No, I meant it when I said he was a class above but I think the quality of the opposition means I'll reserve judgement on how good he'll seem later in the season.

Sure, and actually I wish he could race against Cav - it would make things a lot more interesting!

 

[rich p]

Sure, and actually I wish he could race against Cav - it would make things a lot more interesting!

Absolutely. I fear with the decline of Petacchi, Bennati and McEwen that Cav will not have enough serious opposition.

 

[lukesdad]

Don t think theres much love lost between Greipel & Cav unless they ve made up !

 

[Jamesb]

Cav for team sky next year! ( bit random)