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

[BillytheKid]

**** race.

Andy 41st. Says it all.

He never looked too stressed, but never too committed to a win. Considering his season it's in line with steady improvement.

Say if it were 81st, eh?

 

[Parrot23]

...the puncture in FW. Well deserved!!

Martin showed how strong he was at Fleche, coming back to the front after a very late puncture. A big clue/sign right there.

 

[brilleaben]

Come on, this was a great edition. Attacks right and left in the last 25 km, and the teams who tried to keep it together failed. And Sky failed, but at least used aggressive tactics.

 

[movingtarget]

Wow, Hesjedal still got a top10 after all that work. He won't give up that Giro title without a fight...

The Giro is really shaping up.

 

[HiCadence]

Great win by an english born rider!

 

[DominicDecoco]

andy 41
beats contador by 1 minute

Can't say Alberto didn't try, eh...?

 

[Ferminal]

Vaugrenard seems to have returned from his two year holiday too.

 

[Galic Ho]

Good race. Apart from the commentary. Gerrans this, and Greenedge that followed in turn by Sky this and Porte that. Hit the 20km mark and only Uran was there. Sky AWOL.

Then the break. Nice move. Contador putting himself out there. Hesjedal though...smart move Garmin. Really smart. I figured they were waiting for Dan Martin but I didn't think he'd drop Valverde and Scarponi to bridge to Purito. I also didn't expect him to then ditch Rodriguez. Nice win over some really really big guys. Also a nice turn by Nibali trying to bridge the chase back to the lead gap. Selfless.

Well done Garmin, Astana and BMC for working and delivering a guy to the top 10. Oh and it was good to see Andy Schleck lasting the distance.

 

[burning]

I thought Valverde will win after very slow start, he completely blew in Ans

 

[BillytheKid]

Only goes to show how crap the race was...

+1 Not the typical LBL.

 

[roundabout]

wtf happened to valverde?
he was royal on saint nicholas and on ans he was dead

He made a big effort to close that gap.

 

[Publicus]

andy 41
beats contador by 1 minute

slagter, weening and ten dam ahead of Quintana is also wtf..
Mollema at 5 minutes

I thought I saw a crash that held up some folks on the final climb. It happened so quickly and the view was immediately swarmed by riders, that I don't think the commentators caught it. Maybe they got caught behind it.

 

[Afrank]

Only goes to show how crap the race was...

Nah, it shows Andy is getting ready for inevitable Tour domination.

 

[brilleaben]

Nicki Sørensen delivers as always. Can't wait to see how many monuments he'll win in his 40's.

 

[l.Harm]

No Kreuziger seen?

 

[Lanark]

+1 Not the typical LBL.

This was typical before they introduced the Roche Aux Faucons. Let's hope it's back next year.

 

[roundabout]

Kreuziger 125th.

lol

 

[Jelantik]

Was really surprised to see Sky evaporate in the final.

maybe after blocking the climb, someone team just decided to knock them off..

 

[movingtarget]

They are not stupid enough to drag Valverde to the finish. One attack too many for Valverde.

 

[burning]

No Kreuziger seen?

125. KREUZIGER Roman 63 TEAM SAXO-TINKOFF 6h 48' 01" + 09' 54"

Maybe he had a mechanical or something, he shouldn't have been that bad

 

[Descender]

You're right. Original deleted.

You still haven't answered his question.

Instead, you've gone on and actually deleted that post and given me an infraction for "foul language".

The whole asterisc censorship thing is ridiculous enough as it is (how old are we? eight?), but these visceral abuses of power are downright embarrassing.

No worries though, from now on I'll use words like "fudge" and "shoot" and "gosh".

I hope I still get presents at Christmas.



PS: BTW, I actually meant "love you Eurosport", it's just I consider the word "love" to be too strong for this forum so I censored it with asteriscs.

 

[cineteq]

Nah, it shows Andy is getting read for inevitable Tour domination.

Are you taking over in the absence of airstream?

 

[burning]

I just thought about Voeckler, he could have been there with his tongue

 

[phanatic]

Kreuziger 125th.

lol

lost 19 seconds to Moser

 

[Afrank]

Are you taking over in the absence of airstream?

Lol, someones got to keep the hope in Andy alive.
But really, I'm just glad to see him improving.