105 th Giro di Lombardia. La classica delle foglie morte.

[Simply The Best]

Their future best friend Phil asked them nicely I guess

Yeah I guess they can't be working for anybody else

 

[Ferminal]

Nice replay of Nibali attacking there, interesting that Gilbert followed for a while and then shut it off. Would have gone way into the red if he tried to hold.

 

[Parrulo]

wow nibali dropped gilbert fairly easely . . .

 

[auscyclefan94]

Their future best friend Phil asked them nicely I guess

Well the next few days he's going to be in Lombardy as BMC is having team meetings for next year to organise schedules.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Because they are a team that doesn't sit at the back and do nothing like Rabobank atm. They try and BMC and I believe that GVA and Santa can do the job.

Don't troll, you know as well as I do who they're riding for.

 

[Arnout]

a peloton of 30+ vs 1 guy on the flat, and you can't see 1 minute in 25km.



Well, it's a new perspective, I'll give you that.

Clearly the best guy of the race, which is a big difference. And the peloton is not working together, Gilbert felt he didn't have the legs before and there are no teams with more than 2 capable guys it seems.

Txurruka is back too, means they will try very hard but just not succeed.

 

[Andre.J]

Bloody BMC they don't even have a current rider who can win. Why are they chasing so hard!

They are riding for Van Amermaet

 

[auscyclefan94]

Nibali will win this, chase is no good.

 

[killswitch]

Just looked at the CQ site. Phil has 73 race days this year and Nibali - 76

edit: the gap is falling...

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Nibali will win this, chase is no good.

we're not on the flat yet, wait and see.

 

[Simply The Best]

Because they are a team that doesn't sit at the back and do nothing like Rabobank atm. They try and BMC and I believe that GVA and Santa can do the job.

Yeah I will give you that, they have been pretty attacking this year. I just don't think GVA or Santa can win against this sort of competition happy to be proven wrong though

 

[The Hitch]

Kind of funny the difference of reaction. When Cancellara did this in Ronde everyone cried about how boring it was, even though he pulled a rival for 50km.

But when Nibali does it at Lombardia its the most interesting thing possible.

 

[auscyclefan94]

we are witnessing some magnificent descending atm!

 

[Parrulo]

how many k's till the last climb?

 

[Eshnar]

how many k's till the last climb?

Last climb begins at approx. 13 kms to go.

 

[hrotha]

wow nibali dropped gilbert fairly easely . . .

Nah, they only replayed Nibali's last attack. He had been trying to drop Gilbert for a while by then.

Anyway, he's lost +25" and the flat hasn't even started yet

 

[luckyboy]

Gaps coming down

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Mollema is there

I only saw niermann as 3rd guy

 

[Havetts]

Kind of funny the difference of reaction. When Cancellara did this in Ronde everyone cried about how boring it was, even though he pulled a rival for 50km.

But when Nibali does it at Lombardia its the most interesting thing possible.

Belgians on this forum .

yes its a joke

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

how many k's till the last climb?

bottom of descent in about 1-2km, final climb starts 12.5km from the finish.

 

[Ferminal]

Kind of funny the difference of reaction. When Cancellara did this in Ronde everyone cried about how boring it was, even though he pulled a rival for 50km.

But when Nibali does it at Lombardia its the most interesting thing possible.

I was thinking of how I could relate this to the reaction to Cancellara but I think you've done it well enough.

But if it was Phil soloing this I think he'd get the same reaction as Fabian, that's what happens when you're so dominant.

 

[auscyclefan94]

we're not on the flat yet, wait and see.

Well gap has come down 20 seconds, I guess that is something.

 

[Descender]

Too much flat here... not sure I like this route.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Yikes. A stiff penalty for missing that turn. That cliff looked scary.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

the camera bike is f'n ridiuclous