2014 Liege-Bastogne-Liege, 1.UWT (262 Km's)

[Dekker_Tifosi]

yeah i placed 5 on gerrans for the win and 20 on valverde to top 3.. so made a good profit, even with Mollema and Gilbert sucking

 

[hrotha]

Some people don't get the hate for Gerrans. Me, I don't get how anyone can root for him.

But hey, every time Gerrans wins a race like this, there's a chance the better hilly riders will realize they're being ****ing idiots.

 

[theyoungest]

yeah i placed 5 on gerrans for the win and 20 on valverde to top 3.. so made a good profit, even with Mollema and Gilbert sucking

So you bet on everyone who had the remotest chance

 

[Afrank]

Not Gerrans' fault, he took advantage of the race not being selective enough. If Valverde and co had pushed it enough on La Redoute he'd have been shelled. Maybe no-one has the legs to do that any more, who knows why...but cleaner racing is more boring racing.

I never thought the boring racing was Gerrans fault. He is a fitting winner for the amount of action, or lack of, that we had.

Your last point, I would disagree. But this isn't the section to discuss that in.

 

[winkybiker]

We have a problem when the race sucks more than Andy Schleck. Not even him wants to be associated with this disgrace of a race

Terrible Race.

 

[jaylew]

I wonder if Gerrans has more wins than podiums, while it's the opposite for Valverde?

Pretty sure that's mathematically impossible.

 

[movingtarget]

Some people don't get the hate for Gerrans. Me, I don't get how anyone can root for him.

But hey, every time Gerrans wins a race like this, there's a chance the better hilly riders will realize they're being ****ing idiots.

There you go. They know if he is there at the finish he is usually hard to beat.

 

[Afrank]

I'm a rich man. (ok,a bit )

Well done. Kudos on the prediction!

 

[Afrank]

I couldn't watch the race due to an inconvenient power outage
but appears to be that I didn't quite miss anything special

man- when I read Gerro won- I could easy picture the biggest wheel socking ever up until the last few meters...

I wish my power had gone out during the race. Consider yourself lucky you didn't have to witness that.

 

[theyoungest]

There you go. They know if he is there at the finish he is usually hard to beat.

The strange thing is, apparently they don't. Nobody is afraid of Gerrans, yet he manages to beat them every time.

 

[Alpechraxler]

Woah. Hey. Woah. Let's not say things we can't take back.

Reichenbach got a Top 10 in 2013 tour of britain, top 20 tour de suisse thats way more for his young age than froome had to show than before he fell into the magic potion pot..

 

[oldcrank]

Gerrans!!!
But seriously i think he has a chance. I think Martin should be top favourite, with Valverde and Gilbert just behind. Kwiatowski could win here but I just don't feel confident that he can win (He'll continue his streak of 3rd places- 5 from PV). Hopefully Nibali makes the race exciting

I hope you got good odds, my friend.

 

[trevim]

OPQS said on twitter, that Kwiatkwski did not win because of damn Dan Martin

He didn't win because he's turning into a wheelsucker as well, who waits to use his weapon in the sprint. Can't blame him, the Ardennes are bunch sprints these days. But I hope he realises that he has the talent to do a lot more in the coming years other than waiting for a sprint.

 

[movingtarget]

The strange thing is, apparently they don't. Nobody is afraid of Gerrans, yet he manages to beat them every time.

Someone who has outsprinted Sagan and Valverde before has to be seen as a threat. It is weird.

 

[trevim]

Also Astana failed the top10. Congrats

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I still don't get the hate for Gerrans. He is not doing anything new but obviously fans have their favourite riders. Gerrans might win ugly but he gets paid to win just like Valverde and others. Levi winning the TDS was not unexpected as Cunego can't time trial but you are right it was very unpopular.

like hrotha, I can't understand why anybody would want to root for Gerrans. Sure, he's paid to win and his way of winning is to win ugly (well, it is nowadays. It wasn't back in his Crédit Agricole and Cervélo days, when he was a reasonably interesting stagehunter), and it's served him well.

But I'm not paid to be a fan. I watch the race to be entertained, and Gerrans hasn't done a single thing to entertain since the 2009 Giro. Why would I want to root for him?

 

[Orbit501]

16. FRA MOLARD Rudy 216 COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS 06h 37' 55'' + 00' 12''

Yep, so pleased for the young Frenchman.

Improving all the time.

I really hope his big break comes in this years TdF. Must get an epic stage win from the break at some point I reckon.

 

[BigMac]

If Costa had not crashed he would have teared the race apart. He seemd to have the legs and he is one of those who cannot rely on the sprint as much as, say, Valverde or Kwia. Though he is not slow either.

 

[theyoungest]

Reichenbach got a Top 10 in 2013 tour of britain, top 20 tour de suisse thats way more for his young age than froome had to show than before he fell into the magic potion pot..

Comparing Froome to Obelix is just weird. If only for their respective physique.

If Costa had not crashed he would have teared the race apart. He seemd to have the legs and he is one of those who cannot rely on the sprint as much as, say, Valverde or Kwia. Though he is not slow either.

Costa tearing a race apart? He's more tactical than Gerrans, if possible.

 

[trevim]

Van den Broeck 12 minutes back. Another one who gets paid to show up in the Tour. I know he was injured recently but come on...

 

[dicanio_michael]

He didn't win because he's turning into a wheelsucker as well, who waits to use his weapon in the sprint. Can't blame him, the Ardennes are bunch sprints these days. But I hope he realises that he has the talent to do a lot more in the coming years other than waiting for a sprint.

It's reasonable to wait and sprint with Valverde and Gerrans. Unfortunately he lost the momentum at the last corner..

Still he will win the race one day

 

[trevim]

Comparing Froome to Obelix is just weird. If only for their respective physique.


Costa tearing a race apart? He's more tactical than Gerrans, if possible.

No he isn't and you know it probably.
Still it's always entertaining say that to annoy the fans

 

[BigMac]

Costa tearing a race apart? He's more tactical than Gerrans, if possible.

Tactical doesn't really mean wait for a sprint, does it? I'm not implying he would tear the race from far out, but it isn't insane to think he could attack on St. Nicolas. He has developed a wheelsucker stereotype surrounding him because of his Worlds performance, but that's not how he is.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Costa tearing a race apart? He's more tactical than Gerrans, if possible.

The most that could be expected from is perhaps a dedicated effort to suck Martin's wheel up the last hill.

That sort of group just isn't one Costa can win from. Neither gambling minded or strong enough to try it Martin's way, nor fast enough to try it Gerrans way.

 

[trevim]

It's reasonable to wait and sprint with Valverde and Gerrans. Unfortunately he lost the momentum at the last corner..

Still he will win the race one day

Being as young as he is I can understand he wants to hang on instead of attacking. I just hope he changes his attitude as he gets more experience otherwise he'll be a good apprentice of the Valverde/Gerrans tactics.