Irish Tour - spoiler

[Keith Oates]

Unibet are at least trying to go out with a bang as shown by Vandenbergh's win on stage one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Flying_Monkey]

That was pretty tough for an opening stage - no 5km prologues here! - and a 13 minute gap may look like game over already, but today's stage is much tougher... it would be a pretty tasty sportive actually.

 

[Tim Bennet.]

You would have thought on such a short tour, that the 'chasing pack' wouldn't have let them get away by quite so much. Bit like the Tour of Britain two years ago that was effectively won on day one.

Someone in that first bunch has surely to hold on?

 

[Keith Oates]

You're right Tim, and in the Tour of Britain Roger Hammond was one of the favorites to win but by missing the first break had no chance!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Keith Oates]

Stijn Vandenberg still in the lead after yesterdays stage 2, as said above it looks as if one of the original breakaway will win the GC. Nice to see Kristian House of Navigators doing well in the 2nd stage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Keith Oates]

Stijn Vandenberg still keeps his 20 seconds lead after stage three, the race seems good but that first day break has taken some of the excitement out of it for me somehow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Yeah, I knoe what you mean, Keith. I don't know what some of the teams were thinking, letting a breakaway get 13 minutes on day one... but there's still some big days to come.

 

[Keith Oates]

I know it's a bit off topic but I think this photo of one of todays supporters is classic!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2007/aug07/ireland07/index.php?id=/photos/2007/aug07/ireland07/ireland073/Tour_of_Ireland_2007_Stage_3_031

 

[Keith Oates]

The final rsult of the GC

1 Stijn Vandenberg (Bel) Unibet.com 21.20.21
2 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 0.20
3 Aaron Olson (USA) T-Mobile Team 0.21
4 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 0.24
5 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 0.27

Unibet are at least going out with some pride and showing what might have been!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[johnr]

Thanks for the reporting Keith. Any idea where I can get one of those bikes?