Don't think cance could have dropped sagan today. The latter was simply stronger, as the ending TT match showed. 9 times out of 10 sagan loses. Not today. Also he lost virtually no ground on the paterberg at all.
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Orbit501 said:benzwire said:Paris-Roubaix is going to be a good one! Can't wait....
I know there's a lot of Sky hate on here, but I make no apologies for saying Rowe has a good chance for a serious result there. Knew it before today, but today's result just confirmed that really.
SeriousSam said:PremierAndrew 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
I don't know. Sagan looked mightily impressive there too.
PremierAndrew said:Cance > TheRest said:Big mistake tactically. It cost him the chance of truly competing for victory, but a heroic attempt to fight back.PremierAndrew 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
Paris Roubaix still to come. There's a 2nd chance
I just don't understand. There were two riders who could realistically have challenged him today. One crashed out, so he literally had one man to mark, and he lets him go. Horrible horrible mistake
PremierAndrew said:SeriousSam said:PremierAndrew 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
I don't know. Sagan looked mightily impressive there too.
Sagan managed to extend his lead on the flat in the last 13km. That was very impressive indeed. But canc closed a gap of 18 seconds on him in 2 cobbled climbs. Yeah sagan had already attacked, but surely Sagan wouldnt have been able to hold the wheel if they were both together going onto the Kwaremont the 3rd time
togo95 said:Come on guys. Surely you can't compare their times up Kwaremont and Paterberg to determine who was stronger. They were in totally different positions. Canc needed to get up to Sagan as soon as possible, while Sagan knew he might have to go all the way alone so he'd better measure his efforts. On Kwaremont he had Vanmarcke on his wheel as well.
rm7 said:SeriousSam said:PremierAndrew 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
I don't know. Sagan looked mightily impressive there too.
Canceralla clearly rode faster than Sagan on the second last climb, when he attacked the first time, but he died a little bit at the end and terpsta etc caught him.
On the last climb they rode equally I think.
He should be celebrating. Peter and Bertie are the only bright spots in the absolute mess Tinkoff has turned the team into ever since booting Bjarne out.Red Rick said:Meanwhile, Tinkoff still hasn't exploded on twitter
Dayer Quintana finishing ahead of Cance in Milano-Sanremo was even crazier.togo95 said:Juraj Sagan in top 50 in RVV, now we've seen everything![]()
CheckMyPecs said:He should be celebrating. Peter and Bertie are the only bright spots in the absolute mess Tinkoff has turned the team into ever since booting Bjarne out.Red Rick said:Meanwhile, Tinkoff still hasn't exploded on twitter
SeriousSam said:PremierAndrew 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
I don't know. Sagan looked mightily impressive there too.
jaylew said:Canc (laughing), on why he didn't go with Sagan and Kwia - "I don't know, ask me tomorrow"
He did say that Kwia went at a strange time with Stannard still up the road.
jaylew said:Canc (laughing), on why he didn't go with Sagan and Kwia - "I don't know, ask me tomorrow"
He did say that Kwia went at a strange time with Stannard still up the road.
No he didn't. Fabian was never closer than 15 seconds on those hills. And that was while "resting" at that group.PremierAndrew said:SeriousSam said:PremierAndrew 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
I don't know. Sagan looked mightily impressive there too.
Sagan managed to extend his lead on the flat in the last 13km. That was very impressive indeed. But canc closed a gap of 18 seconds on him in 2 cobbled climbs. Yeah sagan had already attacked, but surely Sagan wouldnt have been able to hold the wheel if they were both together going onto the Kwaremont the 3rd time
Yes.SeriousSam said:Cancellara had only 4 hours of sleep?
Full sleep Canc would have ripped Sagan for sure. Should be put into a footnote in the Wikipedia article of the race.