Miburo said:purito and moreno didn't do ****
Moreno attacked earlier, (or tried to) He got a small gap.
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Miburo said:purito and moreno didn't do ****
Descender said:Valverde was nowhere near the front though from what I could see from my place at the top of the Cauberg. Apparently he had to baby-sit Freire...
Pretty much all the stands were flemishDescender said:Back from Valkenburg. I have to say I'd forgotten how gorgeous Dutch girls are, and how good the fries taste.
hrotha said:Again, Gilbert is a contender in almost every type of one-day race.
False, he won Omloop Het Volk / Het Nieuwsblad twice and had decent performances in RDV.barmaher said:So long as there are no cobbles.
Lanark said:Who are those pure climbers that can't ride well in a classic anyway. Sastre? Maybe Piepoli as well. Any current climbers that wouldn't have a chance in a hard one-day race? It seems to be an extremely small niche.
Even Sastre had some good showings at hilly classics such as San Sebastian. There aren't many climbers who can't mix it up in the hilliest classics TBFingsve said:Rujano? Duarte? Tiralongo? Cobo? Riders like that pretty much. There are probably a bunch more colombians as well that are only really seen on MTFs.
barmaher said:So long as there are no cobbles.
Caruut said:Two wins of Omloop, 3rd in the RvV in 2009 and 2010 and a top 10 in 2011 and Gent - Wevelgem he came 3rd in 2010. That's pretty good.
pedromartins said:I see Gilbert as a great rider, but to go as far as to say that he is the best classics specialist of his generation is a lack of respect to riders like Boonen, Cancellara and even Valverde.
Having said that, it was a great win, with great style. Congratulations Gilbert.
Afrank said:You can't say he's not one of the best classics specialist of his generation though. I'd say he ties with Boonen for best classics specialist of his generation. He's definitely the best uphill sprinter of his generation.
pedromartins said:I see Gilbert as a great rider, but to go as far as to say that he is the best classics specialist of his generation is a lack of respect to riders like Boonen, Cancellara and even Valverde.
Having said that, it was a great win, with great style. Congratulations Gilbert.
pedromartins said:Nobody here will argue that he is great, but i remember pre-ban Valverde, and he smoked everyone (even gilbert) uphill. Aren't both of them about the same age?
Ties with Boonen? The 7 monument winner (not only)? That's too much.
TheEnoculator said:Boom is Rabo's MVR (Most Valuable Rider) at this point.
The Hitch said:What the **** were germany doing ?
Belgium has the clear favorite, and they decide to do all the work for him, so that he can power away from them on the final climb and deprive their leader from getting a chance with his sprint.
I don't get it
Pantani_lives said:They were convinced Degenkolb could win the race. Well, he finished fourth.
The Hitch said:Yeah he finished 4t, not actually anywhere near the victory.
The break was never actually going to go away as Belgium would have had to bring it back, at considerable effort. Then Germany have extra men with Degenkolb and the real favorites have less men.
But for some reason they decided to do all of the work (with the exception of some truly bizzare behaviour from Colombia at first).
Its like trying to beat cav in a sprint by leading him out with 800 to go, then justifying it as a good tactic because you came 4th.
Flamin said:Freire was on Boonen's wheel at the foot of the cauberg, so his bad positioning had nothing to do with babysitting Freire...