Recent content by Shardi

1) Philippe Gilbert to have one more decent season in him. Defending PR against the new titans and displaying a solid RvV performance. I do think MSR is -and has been- out of reach since the 09-11 era, unfortunately. 2) I have disliked sagan for various reasons over the last decade. However...

Indurain and Cancellara Those are two of the biggest that very much to away. Many other of the obvious names have been found out / punished one way or the other..

Not the best norwegian start. Weng/Östberg abit behind. Tired from the long season on top? Ebba!

From the Swedish XC-lineup of that time period, Andes Södergren has higher than normal average hemoglobin. Stated by the medical team in another documentary, I don't remember which one tho.. If you are looking for the 1/10 000 explaination, he is that case. If there are any other racers, like...

So the Russians lot are not allowed to start in Lillehammer this weekend, yet they are looming around in the hotel lobbys.. :rolleyes: https://www.expressen.se/sport/langdskidor/ryssar-stangs-av-fran-varldscupen/

Denifl has the Horner-smile..!

It's Phil-time

Re: Was just about to write something about that. I guess I didn't have to!

Concerning a race won with a winning move from far out, I hink its alot harder to make a move stick lets say on the Mur 30km from the finish. There has only been 175 km of racing with less hills, less sharp turns and road furniture. More domestiques will be fresher and ready to chase down a move...

Re: What would be the ideal place to launch from? number of riders in the move? A bunch of the prominent riders capable on hilly terrain must have realsied by now that this is Bala's Mur And that there has to be a re-thinking of how this race is won. And with recent events in mind.. Well...

Going with a safe bet: Gerrans/Matthews will be on the wheel of every attack in the last km :o Amstel-style!

With the current routes of the races - Is it fair to say that in order to win all five monuments over the course of a riders career, the rider has to alter its physique/skills according to a certain pattern in order to maximize the chances of winning each race = have a certain number of tries at...

Re: KM 161,5 / 97 km to go.

And we're off..!