2012 Japan Cup

[argyllflyer]

Saw this elsewhere: Bikecam from Robbie McEwen in the crit, 45 mins worth!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2e3Kyw4z30

 

[Afrank]

Majka solidifies his upcomer rep a bit by coming 3rd just behind those 2 there.

He came in a podium favorite and he got a podium.

He was worth only 97 CQ points and now he's worth 260! Come on Majka, your messing up my CQ team!

 

[maltiv]

Anybody else wondering how much one last win for Liquigas cost Ivan? As has been said Dan Martin has a good sprint whereas Basso most certainly doesn't.

Seems like Dan Martin attacked like 3 or 4 times while Basso mostly wheelsucked him, so that probably explains it. An uphill sprint like that has a lot to do with who has the most energy left in their legs.

 

[greenedge]

Congrats to Ivan. However i am annoyed that he was not like this at the Giro for my CQ team. However his strong performance here shows that he could be good again next year.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

 

[orangerider]

Saw this elsewhere: Bikecam from Robbie McEwen in the crit, 45 mins worth!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2e3Kyw4z30

Totally badass, McEwen puts in a wicked long sprint there.

 

[RHRH19861986]

Anybody else wondering how much one last win for Liquigas cost Ivan? As has been said Dan Martin has a good sprint whereas Basso most certainly doesn't.

Reminds me of the sprint Fabian Wegmann - Karsten Kroon at Henninger Turm 2009... Kroon was said to have chosen a small gear, kept his cadence, so it looked like a real sprint. Wegmann was the winner everyone in Germany wanted.

Maybe it was the same here with Basso, but, as others already mentioned here, Basso beat Duarte in the finale of Lugano or Insubria in one of the last editions of one of these two races.

 

[greenedge]

He also come 2nd to JROD in a Giro stage as well this year.

 

[Bushman]

Well, martin doesn't look like one who is losing the sprint on purpose.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

amazing result by arredondo. hope he goes to a better team or coldeportes. perfect for classics

 

[will10]

martin is actually really fast

He's a bit of a Boogerd. Often getting outsprinted by people he shouldn't be, but will place top three in a sprint of 30/40

 

[happytramp]

He's a bit of a Boogerd. Often getting outsprinted by people he shouldn't be, but will place top three in a sprint of 30/40

Yeah, he lost the national championships last year by a tyre width because he sprinted on the hoods,

 

[Wilba60]

Saw this elsewhere: Bikecam from Robbie McEwen in the crit, 45 mins worth!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2e3Kyw4z30

That was really interesting footage. Robbie trails a Saxo rider during the last few laps then joins on to a couple of the Orica boys. If you watch it during the 40min mark he drops off the Saxo rider and on to Beppu, who then loses him before the final corner. Robbie catches him in the final run in and just tells him to go. Great acceleration too from Beppu.

Great insight to an almost successful finishing sprint.

 

[Michele]

He oviously tried to get Beppu up there which would be a great boost for his team in the japanese market.