2012 Road World Championships, Mens Road Race Maastricht - Valkenburg 267 km 23/09/12

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Gilbert fantastic win

 

[Arnout]

lol at motorpacing.

 

[Pippo_San]

OMG Gilbert awesome

 

[thirteen]

yes yes yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[vcampbell]

"Better not help to the others, because if we catch him and they beat me, then it wasn't worth a try."

 

[goggalor]

Epic ride by EBH as well. Wow. But could do nothing against Phil.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

1 Gilbert
2 EB Hagen
3 Valverde
4 Degenkolb
5 Boom

 

[DominicDecoco]

****ing fantastic race.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Gilbert never gonna lose this when in form, which he hit at the right time really.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

No stamina issues over EBH any more

 

[will10]

Chapeau Phillipe. Chapeau.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Epic ride by EBH as well. Wow. But could do nothing against Phil.

Disagree when they got over the op the gap was still manageable and ebh kept looking back. He should have ridden on.

But yes very strong, about time, he is very talented.

 

[Pulpstar]

Boom ! Great ride from Gilbert there

 

[will10]

No stamina issues over EBH today

Fixed for you. This was one race. How many long ones has he failed in?

 

[Ferminal]

Congrats Phil, weird race.

 

[the asian]

Finally Thankfully Gilbert!!


Great win by a Great rider

Surprised by EBH and Degenkolb.

Now, knowing that EBH can handle the distance he will be a massive threat in the coming years.

 

[superconfex]

Fantasic race...... bravo Philbert

 

[Falken]

Absolutely amazing win by Gilbert!

So happy for EBH, finally a big result!

 

[maltiv]

EBH might've got it if he weren't so far back going into Cauberg! Still, this silver is a huge step in his career, as it's his first result in a 260k+ race. And he was clearly the second strongest rider in the race.

 

[will10]

Disagree when they got over the op the gap was still manageable and ebh kept looking back. He should have ridden on.

Agree

Valverde and Hagen were both capable of winning the sprint tired, and should've ridden.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Fixed for you. This was one race. How many long ones has he failed in?

How old is he again ?

 

[Arnout]

Disagree when they got over the op the gap was still manageable and ebh kept looking back. He should have ridden on.

Gilbert got a nice little help from the motor at that decisive point. It was pathetic. Great ride by him, but it leaves a bad taste.

 

[Der Effe]

Hahaha where is Descender now with his awful comments about the course? What a race people, what a race. Gilbert, truly phenomenal. Also nice ride by Boom, finally starting to show he's a great rider this season. With some extra dedication he'll be on fire the coming years.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Disagree when they got over the op the gap was still manageable and ebh kept looking back. He should have ridden on.

He was on the front whilst a couple of returnees sat on his wheel - in the end 2nd is a great result for someone who most people here expected to die 40km earlier.

 

[luckyboy]

Great win/race. Sad that Freire will be retiring though