101st Liège–Bastogne–Liège - 2015 Fourth Monument - 253k

[Vino attacks everyone]

Valverde like a boss!!

 

[lemon cheese cake]

Valverde should write a check to Stybar.

 

[GuyIncognito]

Kreuziger 5th after an earlier attack. Strong.

 

[Asero831]

Alaphilippe deserves a TdF spot

 

[Kokoso]

Kreuziger was great today, but without good team it's hard to win. Sigh

 

[ILovecycling]

Valverde should write a check to Stybar.

huge check
There won't be a friendly atmosphere at Czech nats btw

 

[Miburo]

Re:

That really exorcised the ghost of last year's race.

Both from an entertainment perspective for us as fans, and from Valverde's perspective after not doing it from a "wait, wait, come 2nd" approach as he has done so many times in the past on the big occasions.

Not a great race by any stretch of the imagination, nothing like as good as 2010 or 2012, but a damn sight better than 2011 or 2014.

You didn't think it was entertaining how gilbert rekt the schlecks? Was pretty hilarious.

Well deserved from piti, no one can deny his talent. Other teams rode dumb like usual.

 

[manafana]

dan and/or gerrans crash, astan a try something, katusha have lots of riders but valverde will still win, he looked really strong more needed to be done to expose him.

Exceptional from Meintjes and ALaphillippe

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Re:

Alaphilippe deserves a TdF spot

Possibly. Think I'd prefer the Vuelta for him, keep him racing while he's in form atm, then give him a break, come back for San Sebastián, the Trittico Lombarda and the Vuelta ahead of the Worlds. Sure it's not this hilly, but with his CX background surely his handling skills will be beneficial on a course like this year's.

 

[indianfanboy]

Valverde hats off!! what a rider for the future Alaphillipe is

 

[Carols]

That Alaphillipe continues to impress! We'll see a lot more of that young man.

 

[OlavEH]

The worst spring classics season in recent history. Absolutely none really good races.

 

[ILovecycling]

Valverde should write a check to Stybar.

he reeled in 20s Kreuziger when Vlaverde had no teammates left (for tired Kwia )

 

[GuyIncognito]

Re: Re:

Alaphilippe deserves a TdF spot

Possibly. Think I'd prefer the Vuelta for him, keep him racing while he's in form atm, then give him a break, come back for San Sebastián, the Trittico Lombarda and the Vuelta ahead of the Worlds.

Isn't TVV on the Worlds weekend this year?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Re: Re:

That really exorcised the ghost of last year's race.

Both from an entertainment perspective for us as fans, and from Valverde's perspective after not doing it from a "wait, wait, come 2nd" approach as he has done so many times in the past on the big occasions.

Not a great race by any stretch of the imagination, nothing like as good as 2010 or 2012, but a damn sight better than 2011 or 2014.

You didn't think it was entertaining how gilbert rekt the schlecks? Was pretty hilarious.

Well deserved from piti, no one can deny his talent. Other teams rode dumb like usual.

He didn't wreck the Schlecks, though I'm sure he would have done if he had to. They just rode like they knew they were beaten and just followed him home.

 

[winkybiker]

Re:

Great race by Valverde. Incredibly smart racing by him.

Yes, perfect timing. Chase down Moreno any earlier and he just gets attacked again. Any later and Moreno can't be caught. Valverde was the strongest against a group that did him no favours. Superb win.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Re:

What a ride by Bala, amazing.

Rui Costa 4th

A typical Rui Costa race of knowing you aren't going to win a sprint, sprinting anyway, and finishing 4th. Must be some kind of record in 4th places now

 

[Kokoso]

Valverde should write a check to Stybar.

huge check
There won't be a friendly atmosphere at Czech nats btw

These two are great professionals, so no.

 

[GuyIncognito]

Re: Re:

Alaphilippe deserves a TdF spot

Possibly. Think I'd prefer the Vuelta for him, keep him racing while he's in form atm, then give him a break, come back for San Sebastián, the Trittico Lombarda and the Vuelta ahead of the Worlds.

Isn't TVV on the Worlds weekend this year?

Went to check. September 30th.

 

[hrotha]

Re: Re:

What a ride by Bala, amazing.

Rui Costa 4th

A typical Rui Costa race of knowing you aren't going to win a sprint, sprinting anyway, and finishing 4th. Must be some kind of record in 4th places now

 

[jmdirt]

Alaphililipe=Alpha!
AV is on fire!

 

[trevim]

Oh well Valverde deserved this one: smart enough to force the pace on Saint Nicholas (goodbye Kwiatko, Nibali and some others) and then played it to perfection against Katusha.

Surprised by Rui Costa, he looked to be struggling all the way since Saint Nicholas! Best ever Ardennes campaign for him and he showed some aggression. Maybe one day he can win...

 

[luckyboy]

Re:

The worst spring classics season in recent history. Absolutely none really good races.

Yeah the Ardennes are always bad but Ronde and Roubaix were disappointing too.
And two wins for Piti, doesn't get much worse, does it?

 

[Miburo]

Re: Re:

That really exorcised the ghost of last year's race.

Both from an entertainment perspective for us as fans, and from Valverde's perspective after not doing it from a "wait, wait, come 2nd" approach as he has done so many times in the past on the big occasions.

Not a great race by any stretch of the imagination, nothing like as good as 2010 or 2012, but a damn sight better than 2011 or 2014.

You didn't think it was entertaining how gilbert rekt the schlecks? Was pretty hilarious.

Well deserved from piti, no one can deny his talent. Other teams rode dumb like usual.

He didn't wreck the Schlecks, though I'm sure he would have done if he had to. They just rode like they knew they were beaten and just followed him home.

He did at the saint-nicolas, could have kept going if he wanted to.

 

[TheGreenMonkey]

Valverde should write a check to Stybar.

he reeled in 20s Kreuziger when Vlaverde had no teammates left (for tired Kwia )

Stybar did allow a teammate to get second, so it is not like his work achieved nothing.