Abu Dhabi Tour 2015 (2.1), etappe 3

Abu Dhabi Tour 2015 (2.1), etappe 3

Abu Dhabi Tour 2015 (2.1), etappe 3: Al Ain - Jabel Hafeet (142,0 km)

De beslissende aankomst bergop de Jabel Hafeet (11 km lang, gem. 7.5%, max. 12%).

Kaartje:




Profiel:





Top 10 AK na etappe 2:

1 Elia Viviani (Ita) Team Sky 7:23:08
2 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:00
3 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff - Saxo 0:00:04
4 Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0:00:04
5 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff - Saxo 0:00:06
6 Soufiane Haddi (Mar) SkyDive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 0:00:06
7 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Etixx - Quick Step 0:00:06
8 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Esp) SkyDive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 0:00:07
9 Federico Zurlo (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0:00:08
10 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Team Katusha 0:00:08




Ritzege en leiderstrui voor Elia Viviani

Start: 11.30 uur.
Finish: rond 15.00 uur.

Komen ze boven de boomgrens?

Een gedrocht van een koers daar in die snikhete woestijn, zo aan het einde van het seizoen.

Nee, het is slechts 140 kilometer.

Prima overgang toch? Volgende week liggen ze allemaal op Caraibische of Pacifische stranden met dezelfde temperatuur.

Hup Wout!

Shit, gevallen in winnende positie. ....

Wel triest voor Poels dit

oei, Wout uit de bocht ... dat hele Midden-Oosten bestaat uit rechte wegen en dan net die ene bocht vlak voor de streep ... :-(

Natuurlijk spekglad, met al dat zand....

Maar wel jammer, in gewonnen positie.

Scheelt twee overwinningen (n)

Klote.

Intrinsiek een fantastisch coureur Poels, maar die valpartij in de laatste bocht accentueert volgens mij toch het ietwat sullig karakter dat aan hem hangt.

Het hangt wel een beetje aan zijn kont, inderdaad...
Jammer hoor, want je gunt hem die zege echt wel. Gelukkig gebeurt het in een kleine koers, en niet bijvoorbeeld in een Touretappe.

Gezien het veld was het toch een mooie geweest: [m.youtube.com]

Mooi verhaal van Theo Bos uit de kantlijn van de koers:


Abu Dhabi locals help Theo Bos find his team after leaving hospital 

With no money and unable to find his team in the hospital, a local woman helped MTN's Theo Bos get back to the team hotel


Dutchman Theo Bos crashed and abandoned in stage two, but left the Abu Dhabi Tour and the United Arab Emirates overnight with a smile on his face thanks to a local’s help.

Bos fell with Tom Boonen (Etixx-Quick Step) and MTN-Qhubeka team-mate Songezo Jim around 60km into stage two. He abandoned with a large cut on his elbow, which doctors at the hospital were unable to stitch due to the type of injury.

Unable to find his team, Bos took a taxi from the hospital to return to the Crowne Plaza Hotel where the teams are staying.

“I was there for him, but when I went him to find him, they sent me to see a psychiatrist,” sports director, Jens Zemke told Cycling Weekly. “I said I was looking for a ‘cyclist’ who crashed in the race, but they heard ‘psychiatrist!'”

Bos, the former 200-metre track record holder, had the taxi driver stop at a pharmacy so that he could buy some medicine. When he went to pay, though, he realised he lacked money.

A local woman waiting in line, asked what happened and insisted on paying the £25 bill when she heard 32-year-old Bos had crashed at high-speed earlier in the day. He said ‘no’ a few times, but she paid regardless.

She didn’t stop there. When Bos went to get into the waiting taxi, she insisted that she take him to the hotel. Again he said ‘no,’ but again she insisted. Bos sat in the back of a luxury Range Rover with blacked-out windows, the local in front with her driver at the wheel.

“She asked me if I had called my mum to tell her what happened,” Bos said. “I told her ‘no,’ and she gave me her mobile phone and insisted I called, and I did!”

Before arriving back with his team at the hotel, she asked if Bos was hungry. She told the driver to stop and bought food for Bos.

“He flew back immediately,” added Zemke. “For sure, he had a good laugh and appreciated the kindness of the local lady.”


Read more at [www.cyclingweekly.co.uk]

Zo erg was het vandaag niet.