Good question, but I am sure you got a big sense of achievement. I did conquer the ride up from the Bishop Wilton road up to Givendale which I have tried 3 times and never got up without stopping, but forth time lucky this week.
Well done on doing that one. My new carbon bike does make a difference. My Strava had so many pbs today.
I think your carbon bike will be half the weight of what I am riding, I will have to invest in one, one of these days.
Utrecht to Zelande today (166km). It's very flat and, depending on crashes, there may well be a sprint finish for Cav to try and win. http://www.cyclingnews.com/tour-de-france/stage-2
Looking forward to todays stage. Might be flat, but the cross winds could really shake things up. If a team works hard at the front of the pelton they can blow it apart. Good to see time bonuses for the early flat stages reintroduced.
Good day for Froome in the overall situation. Yellow jersey contenders 10th Chris Froome (Sky) +48secs 14th Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo)+1min 33rd Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) +2mins 9secs 44th Nairo Quintana (Movistar)+2mins 27secs.
Stage 1 result and general classification 1 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 14mins 56secs 2 Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx - Quick-Step +5secs 3 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing +6secs 4 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin +8secs 5 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo +15secs 6 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar Team a +23secs 7 Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling at same time 8 Adriano Malori (Ita) Movistar Team +29secs 9 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo +30secs 10 Stephen Cummings (Gbr) MTN - Qhubeka +32secs Selected others: 12 Geraint Thomas (Gbr) Team Sky +33secs 13 Alex Dowsett (Gbr) Movistar Team +36secs 22 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana +43secs 33 Simon Yates (Gbr) Orica GreenEdge +46secs 39 Christopher Froome (Gbr) Team Sky +50secs 46 Alberto Contador (Spa) Saxo-Tinkoff +58 57 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar +1min 1sec 68 Peter Kennaugh (Gbr) Team Sky +1min 08secs 74 Ian Stannard (Gbr) Team Sky +1min 11secs 97 Adam Yates (Gbr) Orica GreenEdge +1min 18secs 123 Mark Cavendish (Gbr) Etixx - Quick-Step +1min 26secs 180 Luke Rowe (Gbr) Team Sky +1min 54secs
Stage 2 Results GER 1 GREIPEL, André (LOTTO SOUDAL) 3:29:03 SVK 2 SAGAN, Peter (TINKOFF - SAXO) SUI 3 CANCELLARA, Fabian (TREK FACTORY RACING) GBR 4 CAVENDISH, Mark (ETIXX - QUICK STEP) ITA 5 OSS, Daniel (BMC RACING) BEL 6 VAN AVERMAET, Greg (BMC RACING) GBR 7 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) NED 8 DUMOULIN, Tom (GIANT - ALPECIN) GER 9 MARTIN, Tony (ETIXX - QUICK STEP) FRA 10 BARGUIL, Warren (GIANT - ALPECIN) USA 11 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC RACING) + 4 GBR 12 THOMAS, Geraint (SKY) ESP 13 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TINKOFF - SAXO) COL 14 URAN URAN, Rigoberto (ETIXX - QUICK STEP) FRA 15 GALLOPIN, Tony (LOTTO SOUDAL) AUS 16 RENSHAW, Mark (ETIXX - QUICK STEP) GER 17 SIEBERG, Marcel (LOTTO SOUDAL) CZE 18 KREUZIGER, Roman (TINKOFF - SAXO) SUI 19 SCHÄR, Michael (BMC RACING) + 8 AUS 20 ROGERS, Michael (TINKOFF - SAXO) ITA 21 QUINZIATO, Manuel (BMC RACING) + 11 CZE 22 STYBAR, Zdenek (ETIXX - QUICK STEP) GBR 23 STANNARD, Ian (SKY) POL 24 KWIATKOWSKI, Michal (ETIXX - QUICK STEP) + 15 USA 25 FARRAR, Tyler (MTN - QHUBEKA) + 1:28 FRA 26 SOUPE, Geoffrey (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS) NZL 27 BAUER, Jack (CANNONDALE - GARMIN) NED 28 GESINK, Robert (LOTTO NL - JUMBO) ITA 29 POZZATO, Filippo (LAMPRE - MERIDA) FRA 30 LAPORTE, Christophe (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS) POR 31 FARIA DA COSTA, Rui Alberto (LAMPRE - MERIDA) NED 32 SINKELDAM, Ramon (GIANT - ALPECIN) FRA 33 ROY, Jérémy (FDJ) BEL 34 PAUWELS, Serge (MTN - QHUBEKA) NZL 35 HENDERSON, Greg (LOTTO SOUDAL) SUI 36 FRANK, Mathias (IAM CYCLING) FRA 37 LADAGNOUS, Matthieu (FDJ) NED 38 CURVERS, Roy (GIANT - ALPECIN) FRA 39 PERAUD, Jean-Christophe (AG2R LA MONDIALE) SUI 40 MORABITO, Steve (FDJ) ITA 41 MALORI, Adriano (MOVISTAR) IRL 42 MARTIN, Daniel (CANNONDALE - GARMIN) FRA 43 DEMARE, Arnaud (FDJ) ESP 44 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, Joaquin (KATUSHA) FRA 45 BARDET, Romain (AG2R LA MONDIALE) POL 46 GOLAS, Michal (ETIXX - QUICK STEP) FRA 47 PINOT, Thibaut (FDJ) BEL 48 BAKELANTS, Jan (AG2R LA MONDIALE) ITA 49 NIBALI, Vincenzo (ASTANA) ESP 50 VALVERDE BELMONTE, Alejandro (MOVISTAR) General Classification after Stage 2 SUI 1 CANCELLARA, Fabian (TREK FACTORY RACING) 3:44:01 GER 2 MARTIN, Tony (ETIXX - QUICK STEP) + 3 NED 3 DUMOULIN, Tom (GIANT - ALPECIN) + 6 SVK 4 SAGAN, Peter (TINKOFF - SAXO) + 33 GBR 5 THOMAS, Geraint (SKY) + 35 ITA 6 OSS, Daniel (BMC RACING) + 42 COL 7 URAN URAN, Rigoberto (ETIXX - QUICK STEP) USA 8 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC RACING) + 44 BEL 9 VAN AVERMAET, Greg (BMC RACING) + 48 GBR 10 FROOME, Christopher (SKY)
That's quite a high speed pile up. Be surprised if there's no retirements from that. Shame to see Cancellara involved. All a bit of a shambles right now. Stopping the race at the climb? Never seen the like. Dangerous precedent.
Tom Dumoulin out (and had a chance of gaining Yellow); Cancellara 'concussed'; race at complete stop - to sort out 'what next'...
It's a strange one Stan. I've seen the riders themselves sit up, if a gc contender is involved in a crash. Never seen the organisers neutralize it though. It's always just been an occupational hazard.
They've stopped the peloton entirely - seen rolling neutralizations before, but not coming to a complete stop - not everyone happy with that @EuroHoody Mon, 6th Jul 2015 15:06:44
Laurens Ten Dam, William Bonnet, Simon Gerrans have all joined Dumoulin have all abandoned. Cancellara is not looking good, it seems there might be something up with his vision. He grimaces but hasn't thrown in the towel just yet.
Reports are that the organisers took the decision because all the medical staff were back dealing with those that crashed, leaving none to deal with any problems that might happen up the road. After a 10 minute delay, the riders are following Prudhomme's car and racing will recommence when they reach the top of the Côte de Bohissau. Correction. Ten Dam is still in the race.
Ten Dam continuing with a dislocated shoulder. Race well and truly back on. Splits appearing in the peleton. Some hard riding here.
Here's the top-10. (Stage 3 Finish) 1 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha 3:26:54 2 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:00 3 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:04 4 Daniel Martin (Irl) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:00:05 5 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal 0:00:08 6 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:11 7 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:11 8 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica GreenEdge 0:00:11 9 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:00:11 10 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 0:00:11 Here's the GC top-10 after stage 3: 1 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 7:11:37 2 Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx - Quick-Step 0:00:01 3 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:13 4 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal 0:00:26 5 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:00:28 6 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:00:31 7 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Etixx - Quick-Step 0:00:34 8 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:00:36 9 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 0:01:03 10 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Etixx - Quick-Step 0:01:04
