Tour of Beijing Oct 11th - SPOILERS

[Strathlubnaig]

another strong sprint by Bouhanni, nice one.

 

[Froome with a view !]

" The God of Thunder" flew back home after being told that his daughter was ill, I hope everything works out ok for all involved !

 

[Flying_Monkey]

2 in a row for Bouhanni. He won't win tomorrow though... one for the climbers.

 

[Noodley]

Stage win for Benat Intxausti ahead of Dan Martin - results showing Tony Martin was 6th!

 

[rich p]

Stage win for Benat Intxausti ahead of Dan Martin - results showing Tony Martin was 6th!

I read somewhere that Tony was going to try to turn himself into a stage race, even GT contender, as he seemed to be heading earlier in his career. Maybe this is the start of that - much like his brother Dan

 

[Noodley]

I read somewhere that Tony was going to try to turn himself into a stage race, even GT contender, as he seemed to be heading earlier in his career. Maybe this is the start of that - much like his brother Dan

It'll be interesting to see if Tony Martin can become a GT contender. His lone breakaways in the latter part of the season were quite fun to watch, maybe he can start off with a few semi-classics or classics and then build up to GT?

 

[rich p]

He used to climb quite well but maybe decided to not bother trying or changed shape to do well in the TTs. As you suggest, he should really do well in the Cancellara. It must be slightly unsatisfying to do a 3 week tour and just tread water till the ITT or lead Cav out in a sprint. He's better than that.

 

[The Couch]

... maybe he can start off with a few semi-classics or classics and then build up to GT?

(Semi-)Classics, agree
1-week tours, agree
But I can't see GTs ever happen though

 

[Noodley]

But I can't see GTs ever happen though

Two Words - Chris and Horner.

 

[beastie]

Two Words - Chris and Horner.

Eh that's 3 words actually