2014 Tirreno Adriatico, Stage 5: Amatrice - Guardiagrele: 192 km

[Arredondo]

Acevedo may ride for Martin or Hesjedal. He hasn't raced much this year.

Don't answer seriously on that.

 

[kingjr]

Never, just as Armstrong and Postal could have never done either. And in March!

Spontaneity, what Castiglione once called disinvoltura, is what separates true genius from something that only bellies the technical preparation behind the result.

Spontaneous? How so? he had good legs, so this was tactically the best thing to do. Crack Kwiat on the long climb, and not on 25% wall where different rules apply.
Plus Tinkov has been predicting a show for today long before the stage started.

 

[mikelnieve]

AC is so dominant, he is on a class of his own. Froome won't match him.

 

[Tashkent Terror]

Spontaneous? How so? he had good legs, so this was tactically the best thing to do. Crack Kwiat on the long climb, and not on 25% wall where different rules apply.
Plus Tinkov has been predicting a show for today long before the stage started.

Still a huge gamble to go alone from that far out, unless you watch different racing from me I can't recall too many episodes like this. And what does it matter what Tinkov predicted? I didn't see him riding out there!

 

[kingjr]

Still a huge gamble to go alone from that far out, unless you watch different racing from me I can't recall too many episodes like this. And what does it matter what Tinkov predicted? I didn't see him riding out there!

The thing is I doubt that Contador just came up with the idea of attacking seconds before he went. Which is what I understand when I read "spontaneity".
Don't worry though, I don't want to take anything away from his victory, it was a great piece of racing.

 

[rune1107]

Things just goes in Contador's way. First, Quintana not in form. Second, Porte is out.

Thats the dumbest thing i've heard for a while! Quintana not in shape?! He has done more kilometers than Contador. Porte was riding on the mountain stage yesterday, and he couldn't do much either to Contador...

 

[Tashkent Terror]

The thing is I doubt that Contador just came up with the idea of attacking seconds before he went. Which is what I understand when I read "spontaneity".
Don't worry though, I don't want to take anything away from his victory, it was a great piece of racing.

I think you have a point, though in the plan he would have expected someone to come with him though, possibly Nairo?

 

[Red Rick]

Contador takes KOM and points classification?

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Chris Froome? Richie Porte?

Seriously, how many profiles are you gonna create?

 

[DenisMenchov]

Bertie back in business. Cool, I now have 2 riders to cheer for AC and Bibs.

 

[Jelantik]

contador realy spanks kwiat really hard today.

 

[TourOfTexas]

Kwiatkowski is at the end of his run of form. He'll be back.

 

[rhubroma]

Spontaneous? How so? he had good legs, so this was tactically the best thing to do. Crack Kwiat on the long climb, and not on 25% wall where different rules apply.
Plus Tinkov has been predicting a show for today long before the stage started.

Spontaneous in the sense that he didn't rely on his team to just tow him into the final ks and catapult himself to victory.

What we saw was real panache (from another era), brazen initiative, astuteness in measuring the forces of his rivals, and a class to finish the job that is a rare jewel in modern cycling in which ‘corporate scientific management’ teams like former USPostal and today's Sky can only be schooled.

Froome could never have pulled it off that way. It's not just good legs, but a special intuition and fantasy to write the script in a most brilliant, and not predictable, fashion.

 

[happytramp]

this. contador shows hsi true coward colors again. pathetic

Making my way back through the thread. Thought this deserved a quote

 

[Jelantik]

This is why, and I don't care what anybody says, Contador is the real deal, while Froome, like Armstrong, is merely an able technician.

Spot on!

sky is about tweaking watts and calculated effort vs length of climb + put train up front, ride metronome high pacing... *yawn*. That's why today's is a fresh air to a suffocate way of racing in the past two years.

Catalunya .. next stop!

 

[hfer07]

watching again the masterpiece

 

[gmedina]

Kwiatkowski is at the end of his run of form. He'll be back.

ok, am i seeing this wrong...i think kwiat is not a pure climber, how can you expect him to keep up with the climbers when in top form? also, after the winter break, kwiat become more of sagan than a climber. he will not be able to compete with the climbers on long climbs.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Contador takes KOM and points classification?

Nope, definitely not KOM. Canola has 25 points and Contador had 5 after yesterday. He adds 6 or 7 today. Points, he is leading that classification now but there are still points up for grabs in the ITT I think. Contador is now at 24 points, Sagan at 18 and Kwiatkowski at 14. Kwiat might still grab it if he wins the ITT.

 

[Kokoso]

AC is so dominant, he is on a class of his own. Froome won't match him.

I think only Kreuziger could cause him problems in this race, but he's his teammate

 

[LaFlorecita]

Making my way back through the thread. Thought this deserved a quote

I thought subsequent posts involving the words "coward" and "pathetic" were even funnier

 

[Carols]

It's not just good legs, but a special intuition and fantasy to write the script in a most brilliant, and not predictable, fashion.

Indeed and few have it. They are special; those that formulate and make real their 'secret dreams'. Alberto has always been in their company.

 

[trevim]

Contador: “Well, the dream was to go alone and that motivated me to go the way I went and needless to say that I’m extremely happy about this result and the way the whole team performed today. The race is not over before the final stage is done so the overall win is not secure just yet. Right now, I just enjoy the moment.”

Mauduit: “Of course, our main ambitions was to take time on Kwiatkowski but when and how to make the crucial move was not planned as we wanted to see how the stage developed. And fortunately, Alberto found just the right time and place to launch the attack and he worked alone against a chase group of five riders but still managed to gain time. However, the race isn’t over yet and we have to remain focused on the job.”

 

[Kokoso]

I'm surprised with Peraud (who can get on the podium)

How could he get there?

 

[trevim]

How could he get there?

On the time trial although now that I've looked at the gaps, 25 seconds might be a bit too much for such a short distance.

 

[Kokoso]

Kreuziger had to ride insanely well, because he stayed with Kwiatkovski on Lanciano (although I don't know how long)