2013 Liège-Bastogne-Liège, 21/04/13 257km

[zapata]

Who is the shark? Nibali?
Nibali will feel the fatigue from Trentino, no doubts about that

Fatigue? He hardly broke a sweat. If he can't handle liege after that, he can never hope to win the giro, for instance.

 

[zapata]

The shark can't fly.

 

[serfla]

Brilliant!

 

[Orbit501]

The shark can't fly.

Succinctly put.

 

[serfla]

Succinctly put.

Laconic.

 

[zapata]

Honestly, i don't expect nibali to win. I'm sure he'll make a big attack, and get caught. I just hope for a good race, and that simon gerrans doesn't win.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Who is the shark? Nibali?
Nibali will feel the fatigue from Trentino, no doubts about that

Vino won LBL after winning Trentino in 10 (not that Nibali is on that level)

 

[iZnoGouD]

Also he needs to be careful, given that he just come from Trentino and the workload acumulated he can't go very deep otherwise he may do too much work which is not optimal for his preparation for Giro, which is all he is thinking atm he is not thinking about winning LBL specially after winning Trentino, he can now control the efoorts for the perfect prepraration

 

[serfla]

Honestly, i don't expect nibali to win. I'm sure he'll make a big attack, and get caught. I just hope for a good race, and that simon gerrans doesn't win.

Nibali has the form. And if we take a look at other favorites, I think he's better than them at the moment.
Also, I think he shouldn't attack like last year. Shouldn't try anything solo. Wait for selected group and than make his move.

 

[iZnoGouD]

Froome has much better chance of winning than Nibali

 

[serfla]

Froome has much better chance of winning than Nibali

From what we've seen so far, and know about Froome's Classics pedigree, he and Sky can't be considered like favorites.

 

[Orbit501]

Honestly, i don't expect nibali to win. I'm sure he'll make a big attack, and get caught. I just hope for a good race, and that simon gerrans doesn't win.

I second that!

 

[zapata]

Froome has much better chance of winning than Nibali

I'm not a betting man, but no, you're wrong.

 

[Orbit501]

Froome has much better chance of winning than Nibali

Use your own money on that one because it certainly wouldn't get any of mine. Another Sky fail on the Classics so far, apart from Henao.

 

[iZnoGouD]

Sky classics campaign failed but this is very different, LBL suits Froome perfectly and he clearly has the form i'am just not sure if ge has race rythm because he hasnt raced that much recently

 

[serfla]

Sky classics campaign failed but this is very different, LBL suits Froome perfectly and he clearly has the form i'am just not sure if ge has race rythm because he hasnt raced that much recently

I think something less dynamic and more steady would suit him better. Something like San Sebastian or Il Lombardia.

 

[iZnoGouD]

Use your own money on that one because it certainly wouldn't get any of mine. Another Sky fail on the Classics so far, apart from Henao.

Actually i do have money on Froome, on Costa, on Kwiatkowski and on Pieter Weening
Surely one this riders wil win tomorrow, i have 2% of the field covered

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Actually i do have money on Froome, on Costa, on Kwiatkowski and on Pieter Weening
Surely one this riders wil win tomorrow, i have 2% of the field covered

got my money on Maxim and Valverde

 

[taiwan]

Don't know how LBL suits Froome perfectly. Since he became unbelieveably good in 2011, he's been purely a stage racer - long climbs and TTs.

 

[Afrank]

Sky classics campaign failed but this is very different, LBL suits Froome perfectly and he clearly has the form i'am just not sure if ge has race rythm because he hasnt raced that much recently

What's Froome done in any hilly race that make you think LBL suits him? He'll probably be working for Henao in LBL, that would be the smart thing to do.

 

[Orbit501]

Actually i do have money on Froome, on Costa, on Kwiatkowski and on Pieter Weening
Surely one this riders wil win tomorrow, i have 2% of the field covered

I have 3 e/w bets riding for 'field coverage' too. One of them is the same as yours, but it certainly isn't the Froomedog

 

[iZnoGouD]

got my money on Maxim and Valverde

Hope Valverde has bad day from the beginning so they can ride all day for Costa hehe

 

[iZnoGouD]

What's Froome done in any hilly race that make you think LBL suits him? He'll probably be working for Henao in LBL, that would be the smart thing to do.

250km with climbs, isn't that perfect for him?
He has big punch too, he can probably outclimb Rodriguez there giving his injury

 

[iZnoGouD]

I have 3 e/w bets riding for 'field coverage' too. One of them is the same as yours, but it certainly isn't the Froomedog

Kwiatkowski?

 

[Afrank]

250km with climbs, isn't that perfect for him?
He has big punch too, he can probably outclimb Rodriguez there giving his injury

Froome is good at mountain climbs, those aren't the climbs he will face at LBL.