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Tour of Oman – Stage 2

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  • February 12, 2013 at 7:28 am #17955
    drheaton

    Its 45 minutes to transfer deadline and I have no idea what to do

    Half tempted to swap out Breschel and Bouhanni for Gilbert and Phinney but my original plan was to make no transfer and have 6 for the Green Mountain stage.

    Is today really going to be as tough as it looks?

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  • February 12, 2013 at 12:25 pm #716613
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    simon F

    1 and 2 this time. I just
    1 and 2 this time. I just don’t seem to be able to get my Podium badge.

    February 12, 2013 at 12:24 pm #716611
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    simon F

    1 Sagan
    2 Gallopin
    3
    1 Sagan
    2 Gallopin
    3 Elmiger
    4 Nibali
    5 Stybar
    6 Froome
    7 Bandiera
    8 Marcato
    9 Impey
    10 Bouhanni

    February 12, 2013 at 12:22 pm #716609
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    Kingrolo

    Twitter says Sagan was first
    Twitter says Sagan was first and Gallopin 2nd in a leading group of 10 that had 19 seconds on the bunch

    February 12, 2013 at 11:51 am #716607
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    chokofingrz

    Everyone is buying Sagan for
    Everyone is buying Sagan for today, I guess I’m the only person to cut him after the first stage. Will I look like a fool in an hour’s time? Possibly.

    February 12, 2013 at 11:32 am #716605
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    Wig_Billy

    I made 4 transfers . I
    I made 4 transfers :?. I couldn’t leave Kittel, Kristoff, and Viviani in my team knowing they almost certainly won’t be fighting for the win today. I also reluctantly got rid of Bouhanni because otherwise I couldn’t afford Sagan. I know it’s a risk, but it felt like the right decision last night…

    February 12, 2013 at 11:30 am #716603
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    drheaton

    Quote:Tour of Oman –

    Tour of Oman – LIVE‏@TourofOman_live

    38K left to race. Gap down to 4:00 for Traksel (CSS) and Kinoshita (JPN). The two race leaders have been away for 108K. #TOO13

    Should come back together but it’s been slow so far today, does that mean sprinters have a chance or that the climbers and stronger riders will just blast away on the climb with fresh legs?

    February 12, 2013 at 10:46 am #716601
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    drheaton

    In the end, that was the
    In the end, that was the decidiing factor for me in not making transfers, it’s just too unpredictable.

    There’s no guarantee that making transfers would put me in a better position today whereas not making them puts me in a solid position for tomorrow and a much better position for the stage to Green Mountain.

    February 12, 2013 at 10:28 am #716599
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    The Instigator

    tricky stage today i dumepd
    tricky stage today i dumepd goss for sagan my gues its to hard for goss
    but he did well in TDU so it could be a bad move
    boonen has been injuried so i don’t think he will be up to it today
    as for BMC my gues is they will go for gilbert or greg
    degenkolb could even win here or not even be top 10

    February 12, 2013 at 10:09 am #716597
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    livestrongnick

    My Team
    Peter Sagan
    Philippe
    My Team
    Peter Sagan
    Philippe Gilbert
    Nacer Bouhanni
    Danny Van Poppel
    Joseph Dombrowski
    Nikias Arndt
    Greg van Avermaet
    Davide Appollonio
    Dario Cataldo

    Taken 10 point penalty dropping Goss, Bewley & Fortin!

    February 12, 2013 at 9:48 am #716595
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    drheaton

    Correction
    Quote:Tour of Oman
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    Tour of Oman – LIVE‏@TourofOman_live

    Wrong rider number earlier. Apologies. It is Kinoshita not Uchima of Team Japan in the break. Sprint 1: 1. Traksel 2. Kinoshita 3. Kittel.

    so

    Tour of Oman – LIVE‏@TourofOman_live

    Kittel (ARG) earns 1 bonus second for 3rd place in the intermediate sprint to further extend his lead in on GC + points competition. #TOO13

    February 12, 2013 at 9:17 am #716593
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    drheaton

    Quote:Gap has grown to 5:40

    Gap has grown to 5:40 as Traksel (CSS) and Uchima (JPN) approach the first intermediate sprint (32K). #TOO13

    February 12, 2013 at 9:07 am #716591
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    TERatcliffe26

    Summary of yesterdays stage
    Summary of yesterdays stage is on eurosport 2 now

    February 12, 2013 at 8:49 am #716589
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    chrisdstripes

    I’m clueless on this – I’ve
    I’m clueless on this – I’ve worked on the assumption that today/tomorrow may be fairly tough finishes, so if they are full bunch sprints I won’t be scoring very high.

    I brought in Boonen for Degenkolb but it was more a trigger-happy transfer than something that I can even retrospectively apply any logic to…

    So, Degenkolb to win?

    February 12, 2013 at 8:41 am #716587
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    obutterwick

    Traksel again in a break.
    Traksel again in a break.

    February 12, 2013 at 8:25 am #716585
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    obutterwick

    Haha, I may live to regret
    Haha, I may live to regret putting him in. My 133 yesterday wasn’t as good as I’d hoped, after playing safe with selections. Time for a risk…!

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