Tour de Pologne 27 July-3 August 2013 **spoilers**

[Flying_Monkey]

Swift was well out of postion in the last km- he seems to lack the nerveless quality to barge into the right place.

He just isn't a pure sprinter - he should be a Sagan / EBH type, but Sky aren't playing to his strengths. It just doesn't seem to be a time where sprinting is central.

But it is great to see Thor back to something like his best.

 

[rich p]

He just isn't a pure sprinter - he should be a Sagan / EBH type, but Sky aren't playing to his strengths. It just doesn't seem to be a time where sprinting is central.

But it is great to see Thor back to something like his best.

Possibly not, but the overhead shots from the run-in yesterday showed him backing of,f on more than one occasion, when a more aggressive rider wouldn't have been intimidated. If you aint in it, you can't win it - as, I think, Sagan might say

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Possibly not, but the overhead shots from the run-in yesterday showed him backing of,f on more than one occasion, when a more aggressive rider wouldn't have been intimidated. If you aint in it, you can't win it - as, I think, Sagan might say

True. I also meant "it just doesn't seem to be a team where sprinting is central" (not time - damn autocorrect!).

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Curiously, related to the participants in this race, CCC Polsat have just been removed from the starting line-up for the Tour of Portugal. It us apparently a registration technicality but there are murmerings about Rebellin (again...).

 

[Stonechat]

It was exciting and a difficult finish andHushovd did well

 

[rich p]

I saw the Rebellin, Polsat story and wondered if I was reading too much between the lines. Maybe they don't want to pull a Polish team from their national tour so have come up with this compromise.......or maybe it's the paperwork!
Anyone know why Sky only have 5 riders here when 6 is the maximum allowed? It means that apart from Danny Pate flogging his butt off, there is little or no chance of Swift having a lead-out of even one man.

 

[thom]

I saw the Rebellin, Polsat story and wondered if I was reading too much between the lines. Maybe they don't want to pull a Polish team from their national tour so have come up with this compromise.......or maybe it's the paperwork!
Anyone know why Sky only have 5 riders here when 6 is the maximum allowed? It means that apart from Danny Pate flogging his butt off, there is little or no chance of Swift having a lead-out of even one man.

Luke Rowe started but did not finish the first stage according to the tour of poland stage 1 results

 

[Stonechat]

some sort of illness

 

[smutchin]

Taylor Phinney: "No, I'm Spartacus!"

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Ooh,this could be close!

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

1.5 seconds!

 

[rich p]

brilliant by Phinney - I love it when they hold on!

 

[smutchin]

That was flipping brilliant. Chapeau, Taylor Phinney.

 

[Sittingduck]

What a ride!.

 

[thom]

wowsers