Recent content by Swarley

Gabrovski reloaded :D

So the Mapei so called come back blew up already? :D Cancellara and Samtambrogio, strange combination, this rumour of Beppe Conti needs more names. I'm curious what will happen with the other RadioShack riders.

So, the Tour de Romandie is over before it really started. Great ride by Froome, Sky can do another 1-2 like in CI. Talansky, Costa and Valverde will fight for third. Also, good result by Kiserlovski, he's tuning up just fine ahead of the Giro.

+1 But still, why did he decide to retire now, before the Giro? It's strange.

Who is this Mustafa Sayar? He was incredible today! I just hope he's not the new Gabrovski :D

I tend to agree. In the previous years we've had a real rivalry between De Ronde and Roubaix, but since they changed the course, things just aren't the same anymore. Also Amstel, I don't like the new finish, with the extra 2 km on the flat. I'm curious if RCS will change the route of Sanremo, I...

So, which one was it and why? Other option includes Strade Bianche, Dwars door Vlaanderen, and Brabantse Pijl.

Don't worry, Wiggins will be just fine in the Giro. The ITT and TTT will help him gain a couple of minutes, while the downhills aren't the most difficult in the world to suit an attack of Nibali. Wiggins has another strategy than last year, no wins on the way, but he's constantly improving. As...

I also know that some riders don't shave their legs on the morning of a race, and don't shave their beards before a ITT.

Your joking...:D I just hope it's not a raw one.

Last week-end I've read an article on Velonews http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/04/news/lucky-no-11-rodriguez-moreno-share-historic-hotel-room_282780 about the room 11 in which many riders slept over the years before winning a Classic, so I thought about a thread related to the superstitions...

I'm going with Carlos Betancur for this one, he was really impressive in the Ardennes, and something tells me he still isn't at his very best. As an underdog there, he can perform well. All his career he had great results in Italy (Girobio, Emilia, Lombardia, Melinda, Padania, Trentino). The...

Ok, but he took his win. Who cares what happened after that? He is like Ciolek this season, can be truly satisfied with what he did.

What do you think is the cause for this?

Some riders have been injured, other didn't race all three Classics, but the idea is that they didn't perform in the Ardennes as they should have given the initial predictions and expectations.