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

[ramjambunath]

Unbelievable, great race.
Hats off to Nibali as well but a truly brilliant win by Zaugg.

 

[greatking88]

Dan Martin, great ride once again, starting to really fulfil his potential now..

 

[Thorn Cycling]

Great win by Zaugg. Very surprising and well deserved.

 

[Moondance]

Leopard get their biggest victory in their last ever race.

Nice for them, but still glad they're being euthanized.

 

[Havetts]

Zaugg appreciation thread incoming!?

 

[sublimit]

well done Zaugg, perfect timing and held off a load of wheelsuckers.
Good day for cycle racing.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Nice win by Zaugg. And that is the cycling season, folks. Let me go cry into a pillow.

Giro route & TT tomorrow, tour route maps later in the week - it could be worse.

 

[Fus087]

That was my first reaction, but he won it fair and square. JVS got a gift, Goss got a partial gift, but Zaugg has won this fair and square with a proper attack and won by being the best man on the day.

Amen to that.

 

[Winterfold]

Perfectly timed attack, chapeau Zaugg

Dont know what Sky were playing at there, but they helped make a great race

Beautiful

 

[Nielsa]

Well Zaugg has been looking good on some other climbs in this season, finally he timed it at the right time. Well done !

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

This win was coming for Zaugg;

Giro dell'Emilia - 9th
GP Beghelli - 8th
Giro del Piemonte - 11th

 

[Havetts]

For once I am enjoying the NOS commentators, Ducrot I've always liked but Smeets wasnt as bad as usual

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Harmon saying no-one can ever take this win away from Zaugg.

We'll leave that to the clinic.

I have to say, Harmon was much more tolerable before Sky. "I can't think of a better season to go out on"... really?

 

[Arnout]

For once I am enjoying the NOS commentators, Ducrot I've always liked but Smeets wasnt as bad as usual

Smeets is always enjoyable in Lombardia. He can be annoying at times in other races. But I don't care about commentators that much.

 

[ingsve]

Perfectly timed attack, chapeau Zaugg

Dont know what Sky were playing at there, but they helped make a great race

Beautiful

Obviously they were riding for Uran but in the end Uran didn't have the legs to follow.

 

[zapata]

Leopard get their biggest victory in their last ever race.

Nice for them, but still glad they're being euthanized.

HeH! That's a great way to put it.

 

[Havetts]

Smeets is always enjoyable in Lombardia. He can be annoying at times in other races. But I don't care about commentators that much.

Well, Ducrot always has his few one liners and shouts which makes him very enjoyable, atleast for me.

 

[Moondance]

Also only the second classic after MSR that isn't won by a Belgian. Talk about globalizing the sport, the oldest cycling breed in the world are still owning like never before

Ummm... Belgium had an AMAZING year in the classics, but I would like to point out Omloop (Langeveld), Hamburg (Boasson Hagen), Plouay (Bole), E3 (Canc), and various fall classics in Italy.

 

[hrotha]

That was my first reaction, but he won it fair and square. JVS got a gift, Goss got a partial gift, but Zaugg has won this fair and square with a proper attack and won by being the best man on the day.

I agree that Zaugg won it fair and square, but I don't rate him nearly at the same level as Van Summeren or Goss. Not until today anyway.

 

[The Hitch]

Nice win by Zaugg. And that is the cycling season, folks. Let me go cry into a pillow.

Cry. You should be rejoicing at the greatest season you will ever experience for yourself.

I have to say, Harmon was much more tolerable before Sky. "I can't think of a better season to go out on"... really?

Cadel won the Tour and Gilbert won the classics. That would be like for you if Txurruka won the Tour and Ruben Plaza won the classics.

 

[Arnout]

Well, Ducrot always has his few one liners and shouts which makes him very enjoyable, atleast for me.

And his reasoning that is not understandable to anyone but himself is always funny.

But yeah, some people can get very wound up over the commentators, saying they don't recognize the riders and all that. Both Smeets and Ducrot did never take Anton into account although he was clearly visible at one point. As a true Anton fanboy I should be angry about it, but I couldn't care less.

 

[theyoungest]

I agree that Zaugg won it fair and square, but I don't rate him nearly at the same level as Van Summeren or Goss. Not until today anyway.

I think he got a top-10 on the Zoncolan once. That in itself betrays some quality. But that's also the only time I remember seeing him (apart from doing domestique work, obv)

And his reasoning that is not understandable to anyone but himself is always funny.

But yeah, some people can get very wound up over the commentators, saying they don't recognize the riders and all that. Both Smeets and Ducrot did never take Anton into account although he was clearly visible at one point. As a true Anton fanboy I should be angry about it, but I couldn't care less.

It's either those guys, or mr. "everyone except the Belgians is suspect" Wuyts. The choice is easy.

 

[meat puppet]

zaugg an average rider to win a monument? blimey, call me oldfashioned, but dont they race to find out who has what it takes this time around in the first place?

 

[auscyclefan94]

Cry. You should be rejoicing at the greatest season you will ever experience for yourself.
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the first victory at the tour is never as sweet as the 2nd so you are right.

 

[Havetts]

I think he got a top-10 on the Zoncolan once. That in itself betrays some quality. But that's also the only time I remember seeing him (apart from doing domestique work, obv)

2007 Vuelta .