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

[theyoungest]

Wow, Dan Martin... Garmin have a knack this season for watching everything turn to sh.t in the last corner of a race.

Simon Gerrans, Aussie Aussie Aussie oi oi oi and all that, but Jesus Christ what a boring rider he is. Of course it wins you races, he's the Chelsea of cycling.

 

[Pentacycle]

Are all hilly classics suddenly being reduced to bunch sprints? What a farce, like any monument Gerrans wins.

 

[Kokoso]

Sagan should forget about the cobbles he coud win this one easilly this year.

Of course. And than Tour de France.

 

[Matdum94]

I think you missed the joke? no problemo.

? I don't get it

 

[movingtarget]

In months to come, this one will go down alongside Levi in the Tour de Suisse, where pretty much nobody wanted Gerrans to win, and his winning shows what a poorly-raced edition it was, and this thread will be brought up to amuse people at our overreacting to unwanted results.

Obviously you have never watched many races won by Valverde and many other riders who do exactly what Gerrans did.

 

[gustienordic]

And Gerrans consistently reminds me why he's one of my least favorite riders. Any races he wins is boring as s$#@. Too bad Martin fell in the finale. This was a terrible race this year.

 

[Red Rick]

Worst ****ing race ever

Riders trying to get a 14th place and trying to score 1 WT point is a bigger problem for the sport than doping.

Also, lame and cowardly racing should result in short bans

 

[Parrulo]

Clearly this races aren't hard enough anymore to tire the domestics and break today's very organized teams.

In this day and age every normal pro is capable of being good until very late in a 260k race.

Imo this races need 40/5' more k's so endurance becomes important again and we need smaller teams so things get a little more chaotic.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Gerrans says he had bad legs and just held on for dear life.

says enough about the rest then

 

[trevim]

Gerrans says it was an incredible win. No, it wasn't

 

[Alpechraxler]

Pff you first have to win a sprint against valverde and kwia after 250 k.. Deserved winner. Garmin should change its tyre supplier..

 

[Cult Classics]

You are all aware that the Ardennes three have been terrible after 2010?

Liege 2012 was great.

 

[gustienordic]

Wow, Dan Martin... Garmin have a knack this season for watching everything turn to sh.t in the last corner of a race.

Simon Gerrans, Aussie Aussie Aussie oi oi oi and all that, but Jesus Christ what a boring rider he is. Of course it wins you races, he's the Chelsea of cycling.

Hahahaha I love this (and incidentally hate Chelsea too).

 

[Fzotrlool]

I'd actually preferred Valverde to take this. At least, he was always active up front. The first time we saw Gerrans was in the final.

 

[Cult Classics]

Obviously you have never watched many races won by Valverde and many other riders who do exactly what Gerrans did.

Valverde can and sometimes does do more though. Roma Maxima this year springs to mind.

 

[jaylew]

Agree, that's the difference between Gerrans and Valv Piti. Gerrans wheelsucks the whole day but wins, Valv has another podium

Yes, because Gerrans wins way more wins than Valverde.

Without actually bothering to check, I'd guess that Valverde is the winningest non-sprinter of this generation.

 

[Ferminal]

Liege 2012 was great.

For 15km yeh, nothing like 2010 though.

 

[SKSemtex]

Of course. And than Tour de France.

Relax my little Czech hater. It was the same post as Cav for LBL 2015.

 

[trevim]

1. AUS GERRANS Simon OGE 6h37'42" 280
2. ESP VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro MOV 170
3. POL KWIATKOWSKI Michal OPQ 145
4. ITA CARUSO Damiano CAN 125
5. ITA POZZOVIVO Domenico ALM 03" 112
6. NED SLAGTER Tom-Jelte GRS 03" 100
7. CZE KREUZIGER Roman TCS 03" 90
8. BEL GILBERT Philippe BMC 03" 80
9. ESP MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel KAT 05" 70
10. FRA BARDET Romain ALM 06" 62
11. BEL VANENDERT Jelle LTB 54
12. ITA GASPAROTTO Enrico AST 46
13. ITA CUNEGO Damiano LAM 42
14. FRA GAUTIER Cyril EUC 38
15. NED MOLLEMA Bauke BEL 34
16. FRA MOLARD Rudy COF 32
17. POR MACHADO Tiago Jose Pinto TNE 30
18. FRA ROUX Anthony FDJ 28
19. POL NIEMIEC Przemyslaw LAM 26
20. AUT DENIFL Stefan IAM 24

Wow.... Rui Costa is old news, there you have the new portuguese champion. Also Lampre fails top10 yet again!...

 

[Netserk]

You are all aware that the Ardennes three have been terrible after 2010?

No love for 2012?

 

[trevim]

Hahahaha I love this (and incidentally hate Chelsea too).

Incidentally Chelsea won today as well...

 

[jens_attacks]

well that was terrible. erik zabel could have won this easily. and with the form he has now lol

jezuz bring schlecks,ricco, di luca and vino cause cycling is getting way too boring

 

[Parrulo]

I'm disliking Valverde because he can do way more. He is capable to drop Gerrans on Saint Nicolas, but he doesn't dare. That annoys me.

Gerrans however, was on his max the entire race. So the only way to win LBL is to wait for the sprint. He did it just perfect. So i can appreciate that more.

If you think Gerrans, who ended up beating Valverde, Kwia, Gilbert, Kreuziger etc, was on the red "the entire race" when he was in a 50 man group with the likes of Tiago Machado, Denifl and Reichenbach than you are delusional.

 

[burning]

We desperately need a Vino

 

[jaylew]

I'm sad Martin crashed but it didn't look to me like he would have won. Going to re-watch.