Follow Dan Martin's attack, or attack himself. Instead he acted like a lead-out man.Kokoso said:Don't understand you. There were riders in front of him and he wanted to win it. What else should he do?
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Follow Dan Martin's attack, or attack himself. Instead he acted like a lead-out man.Kokoso said:Don't understand you. There were riders in front of him and he wanted to win it. What else should he do?
Kokoso said:Don't understand you. There were riders in front of him and he wanted to win it. What else should he do?
Maybe I was too harsh but it upsets me to see a favourite of mine pulling a group from where he doesn't stand a chance to win.Zinoviev Letter said:To be fair, he didn't really have a lot of ways to win. Riding the rest of them off his wheel and catching up with Martin was a veeeeeery long shot, but any other tactic was even more doomed.
Thanks.SKSemtex said:Congratulation to your 26/1 bet
He wanted to win,not to be on podium or Top5...he wasnt a freakin wheelsucker at least.Netserk said:Kreuziger was really strong, but also really dumb.
good one,strange betting tactique thoDekker_Tifosi said: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
Thanks.Afrank said:Well done. Kudos on the prediction!
Vino attacks everyone said:bbooooooooorrriiinnngggg..........................................
Netserk said:Follow Dan Martin's attack, or attack himself. Instead he acted like a lead-out man.
Netserk said:Follow Dan Martin's attack, or attack himself. Instead he acted like a lead-out man.
ILovecycling said:Thanks.
He wanted to win,not to be on podium or Top5...he wasnt a freakin wheelsucker at least.
good one,strange betting tactique tho
Thanks.
Im pretty happy cuz of money,but this-----
Kokoso said:He did what he could. Don't think he could catch Dan Martin or attack harder than he did. Anyway, if you saw entire race you coould see that he attacked before. He fell, chased backed, attacked. Team didn't help him much. Don't see what else he could do.
Kokoso said:He did what he could. Don't think he could catch Dan Martin or attack harder than he did. Anyway, if you saw entire race you coould see that he attacked before. He fell, chased backed, attacked. Team didn't help him much. Don't see what else he could do.
Dekker_Tifosi said:Not strange, Valverde is almost certain to finish top 3 these days without winning.
Gerrans is a good outside bet if the race goes as ****ty as AGR/FW.
Expected Mollema in the top 3 tho, he really costed me a little
doperhopper said:valmerde will probably always manage to wheelsuck some chaser of any surge... prepare for the worst, piti's big waiting game, looking around so long for the 2nd
doperhopper said:sorry to ruin the race, my fault, I won't predict anything anymore, I promise
ILovecycling said:Understand.I just dont bet on various riders (2 at most)
Congrats
Tournesol said:Good pick Gerrans@25-1,you stuck with him since before Ardennes started,must pay more attention to your tips now,you did warn me though so i should have listened.Well done.
Zinoviev Letter said:Complete with broken chain.
Roude Leiw said:He could at least have entertained us with a magnificent bike throw
skidmark said:beyond the 'not an entertaining rider to watch' aspect that Libertine highlights, for me another thing that makes this result not sit well with me is the sense I have that he doesn't deserve it. Gerrans is a fine racer, but make no mistake, Valverde is clearly more talented, in terms of climbing, endurance, and (not so much anymore) sprinting. So if Valverde tactically wheelsucked his way to the end with 3-4 other guys who were the strongest guys in the race and couldn't get rid of him, I wouldn't be cheering for him for the win but him winning wouldn't feel wrong. Simon Gerrans winning feels wrong. Nobody even tried to get rid of him, or anyone, really.
So yeah, the perfect storm of not entertaining, undeserving, and a feeling that I wasted my time watching the race in general brings the hate down on this result. Not Gerrans' fault (in fact, anyone but his fault), and I haven't seen any aspects of his personality that are particularly annoying (other than being on Greenedge), but he's gonna be my whipping boy for terrible racing for quite some time - at least until the Tour.