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Very good job by Roche, I really like him both because his racings and his writings. Fun to see how he suprised us all. Thought after half the race that it could have been better, but it turned out that the favorite trio was in decent shape. So fith was defintly the best Roche could do.

Well Nibali, Rodriquez and Valverde are all great riders, but for none of them are the Vuelta the highlight of the season. Roche, Pinot and Horner where fighting for 10th spot in what was called "the weakest tour in recent years" by fellow members on this forum. I agre with that to certain...

I have to say good ride by Roche today. Could obisouvly been better, but considering this was the first really tough stage, he did ok. Compared to Pinot, he is better than last years tour, I think. He still in the mix, and if this was his bad day, everything can happens.

I think the competition is rather weak, I belivie Horner is climbing just little better than he did in last years tour where he and Pinot climbed at aproximatly the same level. Roche was a bit behind both now and then. But Nibali is preparining for Worlds, and the spaniards are tired after...

http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/tour-de-france-they-called-me-every-name-under-the-sun-26553019.html Looks to me as if Roche was the nice guy.

No he wasnt, he looked fat and couldnt climb well. We are talking about a top 10 GC guy, not an average domestic. But if the plan was to peak for Vuelta, and his job in the tour was to do what he did, I guess the team is happy with him. Since the rest of Contadors domestics were at their...

I´m surprised. In the Tour he was extremly bad. But I have never seen him this strong before. Due to bad competition he might even podium. Could be this years Mollema (from 2011). (Basso is Cobo, and Horner/Zubeldia the SKY-duo - Nibali and Rodriquez is playing themselfs)

I supsect Basso will not have the lead before Angliru because of the TTT and uppcoming ITT. Which means a weak team wont hurt him to much. However on Angliru we will see a Cobo or a new Zoncolan. I think it will be enough to win overall. Specially since the big 3 doesnt look that good. For the...

I guess Riis is just mad because of all unessary signings he had to make last year just to gain WT point. Perhaps he can be given some kind of compensation if CAS finds he is right.

I thought he meant the Olympics.

Isnt all World Tour team requiered to compete? Maybe I´m wrong.

I read roumor on this site that IAM and MTN were asked, but both refused. So most likely it will only be 17 World Tour teams next season. Which means more wildcards and less good teams racing in China.

Better hope the ruomur are false then.

I hope for atleast a hilly time-trial. Its stupid to have to flat ones. Its extremly boring to watch because a rider loss or gain tend to be quite linear by kilometre. And more importantly, other factors than riding in the flatt shall be tested. As an example, people tend to say Rodriquez is...

I agre with you. I just reacted to that silly comment suggesting that Quintana was a much better climber than Froome, based on what I wonder. However in last tour, Nibali was climbing in a similar level of Wiggins, Froome proved to be a little stronger. But to this season it seems that both...