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Dekker_Tifosi said:LOL I noticed he finished last from the 5s group. Guess he did a classic Nibali-after-attack-blow-up.
Parrulo said:indeed, the last part of the race was massively disappointing, i guess that's what one get's when there is only 1 real attacking point on the whole circuit
Miburo said:Kudos to Gilbert. Piti was too far away when the climb started.
Purito didn't do ****.
Man of the race is Contador, he attacked 4,5 times. Maybe if he didn't do **** untill the last cauberg he might have done something. At least more than purito.
And again kolobnev in a WC
Dekker_Tifosi said:No, you fail this time.
Belgium did nothing? They chased almost the entire race
Moser said on TV he had some cramps before the end but then it was quite all right. It's a pity they decide to put all their hopes in Nibali, he's never gonna win this. Moser had still more chances than him.Arnout said:Yeah what was that all about? Probably a year too early. Nibali still tried, but he isn't gonna win on a course like this, too explosive for him. Counting on Moser next year, good that he was still there at the front on km 265.
LaFlorecita said:Wow they chased, woohoo.. exciting..
Miburo said:Valverde is standing there like a boss
Btw Belgium did a lot in this race, of course they didn't have to ride in the break with Gilbert and Boonen behind.
Common sense flo
TourOfSardinia said:Oscar Freier just complained (on the Rai) Valverde left him alone on the last stretch - which was not the plan.
LaFlorecita said:They could've attacked, but they didn't. Whatever I already knew this was going to happen, thank god for the Spanish otherwise everyone would've waited for the Cauberg
LaFlorecita said:Wow they chased, woohoo.. exciting..
So Freire expected Valverde to wait for him after the climb???TourOfSardinia said:Oscar Freier just complained (on the Rai) Valverde left him alone on the last stretch - which was not the plan.
Arnout said:Poor Freire. He has failed for 10 years now on the Cauberg.
Ferminal said:There wasn't much of a gap at the AGR finish, look as though the chasing three would close. But they didn't get organised at all, and decided to race for Silver. Maybe the moto helped there but I didn't see it.
If Cancellara was here, I wonder who he would have towed to Gold.
LaFlorecita said:I'm sorry my utter dislike for Gilbert might be showing.
He seems to really like Cauberg.Falken said:Kessiakoff 15th place! What a year for Kess.
LaFlorecita said:Wow they chased, woohoo.. exciting..
Shardi said:Why would they..? Boonen needs a sprint, gilbert needs to be top5 at the last cauberg. They had riders in most of the late breaks, always at the front, animating things...
For them to earn the win, would they need a rider to go solo on the 2nd/3rd to last cauberg, outlasting the rest of the contenders or?
the asian said:Their man Won.
What more do you want from them?