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Kirby is uninformed. Sagan himself:
“This course is not for me, it is more suitable for pure climbers A medal here is not for me…”
Read more at http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/peter-sagan-now-i-know-the-olympics-course-is-not-for-me-video-209284#P6HWA2y0SwtwAziE.99
Brullnux said:
Kirby is uninformed. Sagan himself:
“This course is not for me, it is more suitable for pure climbers A medal here is not for me…”
Read more at http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/peter-sagan-now-i-know-the-olympics-course-is-not-for-me-video-209284#P6HWA2y0SwtwAziE.99
By the way, this race showed absolutely perfectly why Kwiat should never have been considered as a favorite. He was in an elite group together with Sagan and Vanmarcke but on the Kwaremont he had absolutely no chance.
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Whatever it is, I don't get it. Sagan has always come across as a good lad to me!
SeriousSam said:
Whatever it is, I don't get it. Sagan has always come across as a good lad to me!
BigMac said:
Vanmarcke clearly was spent but he clearly sat up and let Cancellara cross the line in his final Flanders, it was a real class act from Sep
He was spent. We all saw how he was planted on Paterberg.BigMac said:I prefer to think Vanmarcke did a class act in the end instead of being actually spent, justifying his lack of cooperation. Don't work but don't steal either, not to mention it being Cance's farewell and all. Chapeau.
Plus it's always a good day when Kristoff doesn't win.
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I doesn't count that as "dislike", but just favouring other riders. That's fair enough!
Anderis said:
I doesn't count that as "dislike", but just favouring other riders. That's fair enough!
Great win by Sagan.
Guess he doesn't mind that much now that his first Monument win was a few years in the making.
Also nice of him to dedicate the victory to Demoitie and Myngheer.
Guess he doesn't mind that much now that his first Monument win was a few years in the making.
Also nice of him to dedicate the victory to Demoitie and Myngheer.
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Can you imagine Sagan having a kid with her? That would be a cycling genetical beast
Lance Armstrong said:
Can you imagine Sagan having a kid with her? That would be a cycling genetical beast
Gigs_98 said:
Yep, some poster said that as well in E3 he was struggling on Kwaremont, but today he completely bonked. Respect for trying tho.
Gigs_98 said:
Yeah he got shaken to bits on the Kwaremont which was always going to happen, this race was always going to be to hard for him
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Kwiato completely collapsed on the Kwaremont and finished way down (probably outside the top 20). It reminded me of the famous Boasson Hagen fails in monuments for Sky in the past. Sky's tactical mistake was not sending someone up the road when Vandenbergh and Van Baarle went away. Probably wouldn't have mattered in the end though as they wouldn't have had someone strong enough behind to mark the attacks in the final.
pedromiguelmartins said:
Kwiato completely collapsed on the Kwaremont and finished way down (probably outside the top 20). It reminded me of the famous Boasson Hagen fails in monuments for Sky in the past. Sky's tactical mistake was not sending someone up the road when Vandenbergh and Van Baarle went away. Probably wouldn't have mattered in the end though as they wouldn't have had someone strong enough behind to mark the attacks in the final.
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Juvenile action and wrong, but he went apologized for it and learned from it.
It's a showman with a good heart. I don't have much affinity with wheelies and crazy stuff, but his racing style is great and he has his heart at the right place.
meat puppet said:
Juvenile action and wrong, but he went apologized for it and learned from it.
It's a showman with a good heart. I don't have much affinity with wheelies and crazy stuff, but his racing style is great and he has his heart at the right place.
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I don't think it was anything like that though it might get spun that way. Sep was done. He had zero chance of beating Canc in the sprint. The guy was clearly cooked. First acceleration in the finishing straight and that was it.
rm7 said:
I don't think it was anything like that though it might get spun that way. Sep was done. He had zero chance of beating Canc in the sprint. The guy was clearly cooked. First acceleration in the finishing straight and that was it.
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They did send Stannard up the road but the attack just didn't stick, so they did attampt to do something
JRanton said:
They did send Stannard up the road but the attack just didn't stick, so they did attampt to do something
Think he should probably have saved his strength for the Kwaremont - doing too much work before hand cost him. Sky should have sent Thomas in the attack instead; he was never going to win here with his lack of a sprint.Valv.Piti said:
Why Fabian? Why? Why would you let Sagan go?
Fabian was incredible up the Kwaremont and Paterberg, would have torched Sagan I think.
Great ride by Sagan tho, well deserved win
Fabian was incredible up the Kwaremont and Paterberg, would have torched Sagan I think.
Great ride by Sagan tho, well deserved win
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Yup. The final 50km is so hard that it's pretty much impossible for any other outcome.
Marco Pantani said:
Yup. The final 50km is so hard that it's pretty much impossible for any other outcome.
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Yes, but it was too late because Stannard couldn't bridge the gap to the front group on his own.
StryderHells said:
Yes, but it was too late because Stannard couldn't bridge the gap to the front group on his own.
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I don't think Phillip Deignan and Katarina (Sagan's wife) would like that too much...
Jancouver said:Lance Armstrong said:
Can you imagine Sagan having a kid with her? That would be a cycling genetical beast
I don't think Phillip Deignan and Katarina (Sagan's wife) would like that too much...
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