heywoodu 13,500 Posted June 2, 2017 #181 Share Posted June 2, 2017 For those interested, a live stream of day 1 of the first edition of the Hammer Series in Limburg (NED): http://nos.nl/livestream/2175535-wielrennen-hammer-series.html A race with Velon teams (a lot of big teams and good cyclists, including Dumoulin) that consists of three stages. Every team can have 7 riders in the Series and for every stage they select 5 riders. Today is a 77km 'climbing stage', with 11 times a lap that has 2 climbs in it, tomorrow a sprint stage and Sunday a team time trial where they start with the time differences in the GC (which is a GC per team, not per rider). First team to cross the finish on Sunday wins If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,500 Posted June 4, 2017 #182 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Today is the 3rd and final stage of the Hammer Series, the Hammer Chase. The top-8 teams will ride in a team time trial format, but a little different: the leaders, Sky, will start first, the other teams will follow given the time differences in the standings. First team to cross the finish wins (so it's like a pursuit in biathlon, for example) Top-8 teams, starting at 16:05 1. Sky 2. Sunweb 32s 3. Nippo-Vini Fantini 1m00s 4. Lotto Soudal 1m12s 5. Movistar 1m29s 6. Cannondale-Drapac 1m49s 7. Orica-Scott 2m02s 8. LottoNL-Jumbo 2m16s Live stream: If the stream doesn't work, there's some more links here: http://www.wielerflits.nl/volg-hier/volg-hier-de-ploegenachtervolging-van-de-hammer-series-limburg-2017 If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,500 Posted June 4, 2017 #183 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Teams in 9th-16th place just had their Hammer Chase race and it looks promising and fun, so I'm excited for the A-race for the win If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agger 1,576 Posted June 4, 2017 #184 Share Posted June 4, 2017 45 minutes ago, heywoodu said: Today is the 3rd and final stage of the Hammer Series, the Hammer Chase. The top-8 teams will ride in a team time trial format, but a little different: the leaders, Sky, will start first, the other teams will follow given the time differences in the standings. First team to cross the finish wins (so it's like a pursuit in biathlon, for example) Personally it's a dream for me to see a pursuit in cycling. It may be a bit too optimistic to have it in a GT, but I would really love to see it, not only on team level, but as an ITT. Therefore it's lovely to see this here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,500 Posted June 4, 2017 #185 Share Posted June 4, 2017 1 minute ago, Agger said: Personally it's a dream for me to see a pursuit in cycling. It may be a bit too optimistic to have it in a GT, but I would really love to see it, not only on team level, but as an ITT. Therefore it's lovely to see this here. There's pure chaos on the road because LottoNL has caught some teams and are now riding in a peloton with Cannondale, Vini Fantini, Movistar and Orica-Scott with a jury member trying to separate the teams without much luck If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,500 Posted June 4, 2017 #186 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Oh they've caught Lotto Soudal and they have now joined the now 6-team peloton If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agger 1,576 Posted June 4, 2017 #187 Share Posted June 4, 2017 1 minute ago, heywoodu said: There's pure chaos on the road because LottoNL has caught some teams and are now riding in a peloton with Cannondale, Vini Fantini, Movistar and Orica-Scott with a jury member trying to separate the teams without much luck Yeah. I'm pretty impressed by that view That of course also shows something they would need to consider if we ever saw an indiviual pursuit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,500 Posted June 4, 2017 #188 Share Posted June 4, 2017 2 minutes ago, Agger said: Yeah. I'm pretty impressed by that view That of course also shows something they would need to consider if we ever saw an indiviual pursuit. On the other hand, the formation of groups is perfectly normal in all other sports with a pursuit format. And yes, being in a group offers advantages in those sports as well, that's part of a pursuit. If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,500 Posted June 4, 2017 #189 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Sunweb closing in on Sky If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,500 Posted June 4, 2017 #190 Share Posted June 4, 2017 WOW, this finish! If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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