2011 Tour de Suisse Stage 1: Lugano ITT, 7.3km

[Moose McKnuckles]

Andy Schleck lost 1:18 in a prologue?!? I thought he had learned to TT.

 

[jobiwan]

Andy Schleck lost 1:18 in a prologue?!? I thought he had learned to TT.

Chain dropped in the 1st km! Good old Andy

 

[Alpechraxler]

Andy Schleck lost 1:18 because he didn't wanted to touch his own chain on his own TTmachine.. I'm really sorry but someone who has not the balls to grab that chain and lift it up by hand onto the small ring doesn't deserve a TDF win or even riding that 10000 $ bike.. Man you get dirty grindy hands so what.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Andy Schleck lost 1:18 because he didn't wanted to touch his own chain on his own TTmachine.. I'm really sorry but someone who has not the balls to grab that chain and lift it up by hand onto the small ring doesn't deserve a TDF win or even riding that 10000 $ bike.. Man you get dirty grindy hands so what.

Do they still use Sram? Maybe time to switch to Campa, it can take more abuse. Or Andy needs to learn how to shift gears. Even better.

 

[maltiv]

Do they still use Sram? Maybe time to switch to Campa, it can take more abuse. Or Andy needs to learn how to shift gears. Even better.

No, they use Shimano, so he must just be horrible at shifting.

 

[auscyclefan94]

I think I've got it figured out: he's not a good cyclist.

Why do you have to be so nasty to every BMC rider?

thanks guy. Something must have gone wrong with bookwalter im clearly very dissapointed

I am not sure what happened to him as he is a very good prologue rider so I would of expected him to do much better.

 

[greenedge]

Bobridge, Grabsch, Bookwalter and Thor i thought could have done better and Levi shall have to give Kloden leadership.

 

[Publicus]

No, they use Shimano, so he must just be horrible at shifting.

I thought that was decided as FACT after the TdF last year.

 

[auscyclefan94]

When did TGBM become a good prologue rider? How did soler finish inside the top 20. Lets hope he can get back to what he was like....

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

I think I've got it figured out: he's not a good cyclist.

Yeah nice ride by Mollema. Could do well here at the suisse

 

[dlwssonic]

He is a proven prologue rider and is capable of a top 10, just something when wrong. It was probably the wet descents.

 

[kjetilraknerud]

Please. A proven prologue rider does well on a flat 5 km prologue. This prologue however, is basically a climb and a descent - with a little bit of flat in both ends.

Grabsch? With a climb? He favours 60 km TTs that are slightly downhill all the way.
Hushovd? Favours the 5 km pancake flat prologues - no climbs please.

TGBM was 11th last year, Simon Gerrans was 9th. Even Barredo was in the top 20! And that course had even more flat parts.

 

[Moondance]

Why do you have to be so nasty to every BMC rider.

I am most certainly not nasty to every single BMC rider... I pointed out that Brent Bookwalter is not a good cyclist; which is true. If Brent Bookwalter was a good cyclist I would not have cause to bash him.

I have never critiqued a BMC rider whom I consider to be good, i.e. Ballan, Burghardt, Quinziato etc. I used to, of course, bash Evans, although you will perhaps note that when my reasons for bashing Evans disappeared, so did my criticism of him.

Should Brent Bookwalter or Alexander Kristoff or whomever become actual good riders (in Bookwalter's case I doubt it, Kristoff at least has the potential to) you will not read one word of bashing from my posts.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

I thought that was decided as FACT after the TdF last year.

no, many idiots here and elsewhere thought it was a mechnical at last years tour while it was andy blundering again. hope he does the same thing in the tour and all those schleck fans can cry

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Please. A proven prologue rider does well on a flat 5 km prologue. This prologue however, is basically a climb and a descent - with a little bit of flat in both ends.

Grabsch? With a climb? He favours 60 km TTs that are slightly downhill all the way.
Hushovd? Favours the 5 km pancake flat prologues - no climbs please.

TGBM was 11th last year, Simon Gerrans was 9th. Even Barredo was in the top 20! And that course had even more flat parts.

barredo is a timetrialer

 

[dlwssonic]

I am most certainly not nasty to every single BMC rider... I pointed out that Brent Bookwalter is not a good cyclist; which is true. If Brent Bookwalter was a good cyclist I would not have cause to bash him.

I have never critiqued a BMC rider whom I consider to be good, i.e. Ballan, Burghardt, Quinziato etc. I used to, of course, bash Evans, although you will perhaps note that when my reasons for bashing Evans disappeared, so did my criticism of him.

Should Brent Bookwalter or Alexander Kristoff or whomever become actual good riders (in Bookwalter's case I doubt it, Kristoff at least has the potential to) you will not read one word of bashing from my posts.

so which other BMC riders do you consider to be good? Its just a question, out of topic.

 

[dlwssonic]

no, many idiots here and elsewhere thought it was a mechnical at last years tour while it was andy blundering again. hope he does the same thing in the tour and all those schleck fans can cry

I hope one of the colombians crashes so that ryo hazuki cries.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

oh lol, how old are you 8?

 

[dlwssonic]

oh lol, how old are you 8?

older than you for sure.

 

[Moondance]

so which other BMC riders do you consider to be good? Its just a question, out of topic.

I'd say, Van Avermaet, Ballan, Burghardt, Evans, Hincapie, Morabito, Moinard, Quinziato, Santambrogio, and Tschopp. They've also got a handful of solid talents, who have yet to fully prove themselves with the pros, like Kristoff, Phinney, Roe and Eijssen.

 

[theyoungest]

I'd say, Van Avermaet, Ballan, Burghardt, Evans, Hincapie, Morabito, Moinard, Quinziato, Santambrogio, and Tschopp. They've also got a handful of solid talents, who have yet to fully prove themselves with the pros, like Kristoff, Phinney, Roe and Eijssen.

Ah come on, Karsten Kroon is an okay rider as well.

 

[Moondance]

Ah come on, Karsten Kroon is an okay rider as well.

Kroon has depreciated right down to his residual value. He is pretty much done, and can only function as a mid-level domestique these days. Ergo, not a 'good' rider.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Kroon has depreciated right down to his residual value. He is pretty much done, and can only function as a mid-level domestique these days. Ergo, not a 'good' rider.

pretty much perfect BMC material

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

When did TGBM become a good prologue rider? How did soler finish inside the top 20. Lets hope he can get back to what he was like....

Have you even seen this years results from TGBM in all ITT's, either short or long?? He was also 3rd or 4th in the Castilla y Leon ITT which was very short. His ITT performance increased drastically due to a changed position

 

[theyoungest]

Kroon has depreciated right down to his residual value. He is pretty much done, and can only function as a mid-level domestique these days. Ergo, not a 'good' rider.

I'm not a fan, but he looked to be on good form for the classics. I think he can still be pretty useful (as long as stupid Leo van Vliet doesn't assign him team leadership for the Worlds).