The biggest and best day of cycling all year, and I have agreed to help out at work. How irritating. Do I spend all day trying to avoid spoilers to watch when I get home, or follow the race via twitter. Hmm!
I'd follow on Tweetdeck and Cyclingnews until 40K to go, and then overlap with the last 90mins from the recorder (...and plus the ITV4 highlights at 9 ).
Well at least we got a sprint out of it in the end but disappointing that a race as big as Paris-Roubaix can be in part be decided by brain-dead spectators.
The incident definitely decided the race. Stybar looked a lot stronger than VanMarcke.
For Vandenberg, looks like a couple of spectators failed to step back off the wheel rut on the edge of the road. As he swung onto the cobbles his wheel jerked right and over he went: http://youtu.be/c-8xXnvQUVI
Vandenbergh was goosed and in the process of being dropped, he was riding further off the road the more cream crackered he got, matter of time really. Stybar was unlucky, I think he had the legs to win having trailed Canc for so long with no probs, still a good race, shame the spectators got involved.
Bradley Wiggins is doing the Giro de Trentino next week, live on Eurosport. Chris Froome will be doing the Liege-Bastogne-Liege and the Tour of Romandie the week after.
Hasn't Wiggo said LBL is one of his career aims is LBL? Just don't see him having enough explosive power to win something like this.
Im sure he has said he'd like to win Paris Roubaix one day too. Every time I think of him riding PR all I can see is that picture of him with Garmin sitting by the side looking frail.
Amstel Gold on this Sunday afternoon. It is the same 1.5km extended flat to the finish used in the World Championship last autumn when Gilbert won. Sky's EBH finished second then in his national colours. http://youtu.be/tetJ-qNYsU4?t=15s
Hasn't Wiggo said LBL is one of his career aims is LBL? Just don't see him having enough explosive power to win something like this.
Im sure he has said he'd like to win Paris Roubaix one day too. Every time I think of him riding PR all I can see is that picture of him with Garmin sitting by the side looking frail.
If Andy Schleck can win LBL, then surely Wiggins could. Although he does need to enter it first...
Amstel Gold underway on ES..............100K to go
Breakaway group has nearly 10 minutes !..............:eek:
I like any race where the winners get free beer at the end. There's a bobsleigh race in Germany where the podium get giant two litre glasses full of beer.
Poor race coverage. Probably the lack of decent helicopter coverage and fixed cameras on the Cauberg. Not one single attempt to list who was in the peloton on the final lap.
Confusion in the provisional result saying Meersman is fifth but his team OmegaPharma confirm it was Kwaitkowski. There is a Sky rider to the right of Valverde but none listed in the initial official top tenhttp://youtu.be/7UgbXWlk7dE?t=4m31s
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For Vandenberg, looks like a couple of spectators failed to step back off the wheel rut on the edge of the road. As he swung onto the cobbles his wheel jerked right and over he went: http://youtu.be/c-8xXnvQUVI
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/22112079
Im sure he has said he'd like to win Paris Roubaix one day too. Every time I think of him riding PR all I can see is that picture of him with Garmin sitting by the side looking frail.
The video map of the 252km route is here with four passes of the Cauberg; the penultimate one 30km from the end: http://www.amstel.nl/evenementen/amstelgoldrace/wedstrijd/route-video
Only Sagan seems expected to be able to stop Gilbert taking a third win though Gerrans has a reasonable chance.
Last year's winner Gasparotto was hit by a truck training earlier this week but suffered no serious injury.
If Andy Schleck can win LBL, then surely Wiggins could. Although he does need to enter it first...
Breakaway group has nearly 10 minutes !..............:eek:
I like any race where the winners get free beer at the end. There's a bobsleigh race in Germany where the podium get giant two litre glasses full of beer.
They have a website, if you fancy a takeaway.
Poor race coverage. Probably the lack of decent helicopter coverage and fixed cameras on the Cauberg. Not one single attempt to list who was in the peloton on the final lap.
Confusion in the provisional result saying Meersman is fifth but his team OmegaPharma confirm it was Kwaitkowski. There is a Sky rider to the right of Valverde but none listed in the initial official top ten
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/9995008/Sir-Chris-Hoy-to-announce-retirement-from-cycling.html
A strong candidate for the title of Britain's greatest ever sportsman.
ES saying it's 'due to a decision by the host broadcaster'
As of now live coverage will start tomorrow with stage 2
Just seems to be one thing after another on Eurosport this season...................