Recent content by ilrumne

The freedom of a year, where they didn't succeed in anything? Wiggins was very bad indeed, preparing for this Tour :o . I mean, what about the other contendors? Gesink, Mollema, VDB, Nibali, Menchov, Sanchez, the whole BMC team... Did they have a lot more of pressure on them? Don't think so...

Very nice final km. I was hoping that Ghyselinck could hold on until the end, but the camera gave me a lot of false hope :p. I'm wondering if Greipel will join the intermediate sprint tomorrow, I hope he doesn't. Let that energy be wasted by Cavendish and Sagan, at the end of the Tour such...

Not that this post is wrong, but if you aren't able to compete for 4 years in a row at your top level, then it's not only bad luck in my opinion. LBL just doesn't suit Gesink COMPLETELY, although that doesn't have to keep him from winning it once. But I'll never see it as something that is...

Wiggins, Evans, Van Den Broeck, ... In my opinion, there were more potential top-10 riders in the Dauphiné then the TDS. I mean, Nieve and Leipheimer, those are not the biggest names in climbing and were able to follow Schleck...

The logic of the topic starter is as follows: if he wins, he's a cheater, if he doesn't, well, then maybe he isn't. That's just pathetic. They obtained 4 minutes in the valley for free - a completely wasted Carrara was able to escape from the favourites in the descent of the Mortirolo, catch De...

It's also too easy to link the bad year of Gilbert to the absence of Ibarguren. After such a good year, it's statistically logical that this year would be worse (the difference is high though, i must admit that). Same thing for OPQS: last year was terribly bad, a lot of bad luck and most of the...

Apart from everything that is said, there is one thing that still bothers me: At OPL and now OPQS, there are only a couple of riders who are performing extremely well: at OPL you had Gilbert and Vanendert, maybe Van Den Broeck but it's not like his performances jumped spectacularly last years...

The reason why this will not happen in AGR/FW/LBL, is because riders who are good in these classics mostly also are good in hilly/mountainous stages. A rider who is able to ride a top-10 in a GT is considered much better than a cyclist riding top-10 in sprints and the points classification of...

This. Apart from the solo, after Pozzato failed, there was no competition at all for Boonen. Boonen has already proven to be one of the best cobbles riders ever in the years without Ibarguren, so why would this victory prove anything? Look at the names who were chasing or riding for a top-10...

in defence of OPQS: The Boonen of the last 6, 7 years would almost always have won today, given the opponents, a decent team (not the strongest today) and no bad luck. The way he won today was nice, but if the leaders of the other teams refuse to help in the chase... It's not a tour sprint...

Well, Cancellara appears to be a bit stronger, especially in Flanders. I fail to see how Boonen would be able to drop Cancellara in both Flanders and Roubaix. (Since the last couple of years) However, He's faster, making him not the strongest, but probably the best cobbles classics cyclist. To...

His form is going up but it's still a completely different view than last year. However, I believe it can go fast with Gilbert. 1,5 week without competition, some rest, regaining focus in Monaco, before you know it he will be playing with Leukemans again at the Brabantse Pijl.

I like the new parcours, however, there are some possibilities to improve. Major remarks: - Put the Muur in it, just as a sign of respect for tradition. I do understand however, that if they put the Muur back into the parcours and if the local rounds are obligatory, the position of the Muur...