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Lotto, Astana and Quick step all released their teams….quite a few potential winners in that lot. Lotto with Wellens, Benoot and Ewan well set up for this paticular race….Quick step with no Gilbert is sad to see…this would have suited him and on great form. Astana looking very Astana….good stuff.
Quickstep have gone for more strength in the ITT and sprints by including Lampert & Asgreen, they will also help when they are chasing. Sensible decision imo.
Wellens is going to struggle with the heat, not sure how Benoot is when it is hot.
Shocking really. I think it might be fair to say that Hugh is now projecting himself into the top tier of cycling as a genuine player of note….surely their should be more interest than this from his home town. It would be interesting to see the coverage the Yates brothers got from their local rag when they suddenly jumped up a peg or two.I just did a search on their local rag the Bury Times.
They have been reporting on the Yates twins from quite an early stage in their careers, from at least 2009.
The big difference is probably that the Yates were both representing UK on the track before their road careers started. They also raced locally at the Manchester Velodrome which probably got local press coverage.
I don’t think the sports editor at the LEP knows squat about pro-cycling. Great that they’ve finally given him a mention, but read that article then go to the BBC and read their article.I think both articles are cut and paste from Cycling News.
Interesting picture in the LEP. Carthy in the Young riders jersey in the ITT stage of 2015 USA Pro Challenge ?
Absolutely chuffed for Hugh McCarthy.One of the best solo rides I have seen.
Will he get a mention in the LEP now ?
Will he hell. I just took the dog a walk and found a bike mad neighbour washing his car…he hadn’t even bothered watching him even though he knows him. Pffft….No interest at all from my fellow Prestonites. Too busy worshiping Tom Finney.
[/quote]Finally Hugh Carthy gets a mention on the LEP website –
Carthy’s biggest victory these past few weeks is that he is now a contender. No longer in the shadow of Woods or anybody else but a genuine contender in his own right…..In fact right now he’d be my first choice for any grand tour for EF.It will be interesting to see what Uran does in the Tour, I think he is an outsider for the podium.
I messaged the sports editor at the LEP re Carthy & got a like for my post but still no mention on the website.
I think a lot of people had Carthy left over from before the ITT for yesterday, a lot of people moved up in the classification whereas I went down with what was a strong result.
Another big name out after the withdrawal of Froome and Dumoulin….Gaviria has failed to recover from a knee injury so has withdrawn to try and be ready for the Vuelta.That might actually be good news for UAE…that Gaviria/Kristoff thing just seems messy….
When they raced together in UAE Tour it seemed to work very well. Kristoff must be reasonably happy with the situation as he just signed for another year.
One of the rides of the season from Hugh Carthy….fantastic…Did Anybody bring him in..or indeed still have him?Even more remarkable given how he struggled up one of those climbs already this week….
Absolutely chuffed for Hugh McCarthy.
One of the best solo rides I have seen.
Will he get a mention in the LEP now ?
Dennis poor show by his standards was a bit of a game changer tomorrow. I fancied the time bonus on the line would have been in play but maybe not now. Will it be a race or a parade for the GC boys?Given recent races it will be a day for the break.
Riders won’t want to go deep before TdF.
But riders who aren’t doing TdF will be up for it. Pozzovivo should go for the break which could make the stage lively.
But I suspect we will get another boring Sunday afternoon with no action.
Very interested to see how Kamna goes today, he was a good ITT rider up until his injury/illness but hasn’t been very good recently.Good too see Kamna back up to speed in the ITT, with his performance on the hills this week, he now looks like an up and coming GC contender.
Now regretting not bringing him into my team in the place of Soler.
Kung isn’t the same rider as last year, probably down to the wind tunnel Groupama use.
Bodnar doing what he always does when I pick him, half-hearted effort.
Should have dropped Pozzovivo rather then Hirt. Couldn’t decide who would be worse.
Only brought in Kung & Bodnar
Only brought in Kung & Bodnar for today, leaving 3 transfers for tomorow.
Bernal
Mas
Konrad
Bodnar
Kung
Dennis
Pozzovivo
Soler
Very interested to see how Kamna goes today, he was a good ITT rider up until his injury/illness but hasn’t been very good recently.
I forgot that Viviani was in this race when making transfers yesterday….I managed to drop him, thinking he wouldn’t get over the last climb. Duh
I thought today was tomorrow and took him out too.
Adam Yates abandons.I didn’t notice.
Fell asleep waiting for something to happen.
Thought I was doing all right
Thought I was doing all right in Stage 1 until I went to look for the start time of Langveld.
I don’t understand Ineos today…Protecting Poels 11th position is not really the stuff of dreams…surely they have a least a smidgen of ambition to win a stage…They aren’t interested in stage wins, if thhey were Kwiatowski wouldn’t have had to sacrifice himself on Stage2. He could have a chance tomorrow but I think he will work for Poels.
Poels could get a top5 in GC, so that is probably their current target.
Personally I think Kwiatowski is wasting his career, he is winning less one day races than when he was at QS and has no chance of being a GC rider except in small races.
Kwia was maybe in shock? can’t be easy. Van Aert we should probably just wait and see how he gets on the last three days I may leave him in for stage six and reassess afterwards. I’m looking closely at Buchmann now, he’s flown under the radar a bit here, (well at least mine) and I’m starting to believe he is a real contender both here and in the Tour. Again those three stage will tell us a lot more but 200/1 for the Tour? I had to have a piece of that and 20/1 here too. Each way as I don’t think he can top the podium but a place has to be a possibility.Van Aert struggled to keep the white jersey on stage2 so I can’t see him being there at the finish in Stage 6.
We saw how good Buchmann is in Itzulia.
When the top climbers go fo it he gets left behind.
On reflection the ITT results weren’t that surprising, Dumoulin isn’t anywhere near his best after his Giro crash. Van Aert has done some competitive ITTs in the past and should be expected to improve a lot now he is with a top team. The other riders were pretty much as expected. A fit Dumoulin would probably have won by 20s or so.
