2014 Criterium International, 3/29-3/30 (2.HC)

[Chef_Vodnik]

Frank will win...

Not if it's anything close to a sprint

 

[Arredondo]

Ryo, wat happened to Beltran? You said he would win

 

[Hugo87]

Majka very light, come on boy.

 

[ILovecycling]

Peraud want to race,I like it

 

[saneguy]

Havent seen Frank so comfortable on a climb in a long while! WOW

 

[BigMac]

Machado tries to go.

 

[David_William]

Machado attacks!!

 

[trevim]

Havent seen Frank so comfortable on a climb in a long while! WOW

We haven't seen Frank on a climb in a long time! Well I'll be happy with Schleck, Majka or Machado winning this.

 

[Marco Pantani]

Fränk to pull a Horner in July?

 

[manafana]

frank looks strong as does peraud great finish

 

[burning]

Sepulveda has cracked

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

Great to see MTFs without the usual contenders like at Tirreno, Catalunya et al. - this is exciting.

 

[roundabout]

Great job Frank and Jice.

Schleck was dumb.

 

[Hugo87]

Exciting stage, Frank got the stage and Peraud overall.

Machado surprisingly good.

 

[Guybrush]

Great job Frank and Jice.

Schleck was dumb.

agree, very poor tactics

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

Schleck was the strongest here, strange performance on the last km.

 

[Christian]

Nice finish! Congrats to Frank and Peraud.... and Machado of course

 

[Hugo87]

Final GC:

 

[manafana]

machado was probably the 5th or 6th best on climb but rode at good tempo for a good while which shows what you can do when you watch your limit.

 

[roundabout]

Simon!

The next Jalabert.

 

[trevim]

He also attacked before getting dropped though

 

[Parrulo]

machado was probably the 5th or 6th best on climb but rode at good tempo for a good while which shows what you can do when you watch your limit.

Machado is a serious funny case. He rode a good part of the climb not in the peloton, but side by side with it taking the wind and then attacked just before getting dropped.

The guy can push himself hard, but he does everything but watch his limit and ride in peloton.

Still this was better than i expected from him.

But when Mathias Frank wins a MTF you know the level of the race can't be that high.

 

[roundabout]

Peraud was one of the strongest uphill in Tirreno Adriatico 2 weeks back.

 

[trevim]

Dumoulin was 3s faster than Porte in the TT, that's funny. Where was Haas today?

 

[Gloin22]

Is it funny really?

Dumoulin looks to more more of a prologue / short TT's specialist than Porte is.