2014 Tour de Suisse: Stage 9: Martigny→Saas-Fee (156.7 Km)

[jens_attacks]

was andy dropped?

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

was andy dropped?

yep.

 

[Eclipse]

was andy dropped?

He's sandbagging!

 

[Marco Pantani]

Yes he was.

 

[GuyIncognito]

I'm not sure if you noticed but he's ahead of Mollema and Frank (for now at least ) with Dumoulin and Martin out of the picture.

Yes, but he was given that advantage by the time fairy, he didn't win that time himself. If only he had, then we wouldn't criticize him.

 

[GuyIncognito]

None at the finish line anyway.

Really?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Mollema misses his bottle

 

[wirral]

Even the soigneurs Belkifail!

 

[glassmoon]

Over 2 mins... Too much for Kreuz I guess.

 

[dduff442]

Really?

So it says on c-cycling.com. There haven't been any bonuses in the entire race.

 

[GuyIncognito]

Oh god I really do hate having to watch this on eurosport streams
Will someone tell that idiot that the name of the team is not 'I Am'.

 

[trevim]

Yes, but he was given that advantage by the time fairy, he didn't win that time himself. If only he had, then we wouldn't criticize him.

Oh well let's just agree to disagree

Meanwhile, Costa has Andre Cardoso in the first group. It's time to pull some strings and get Cardoso a contract in that wonderful team called Lampre

 

[Eclipse]

Over 2 mins... Too much for Kreuz I guess.

He needed to go with the initial Frank/Mollema/Costa move, it looked like he tried and just couldn't match the initial acceleration.

 

[GuyIncognito]

Oh well let's just agree to disagree

Sarcasm. You took 'the time fairy' seriously?
My point is that no rational person can criticize a cyclist for smartly defending the advantage he deservedly accumulated.

 

[mihhint]

He was on the podium, has a worse team and has won this twice already. Why would he bother more than the other guys?
I'm not sure if you noticed but he's ahead of Mollema and Frank (for now at least ) with Dumoulin and Martin out of the picture.

Yes he is ahead of Mollema and Frank. Meaning he also had most to gain by breaking Martin. Yet he managed to do that without a single pull and not even calling back his team-mate unlike others. Just found it funny, ofc it's good for him.

 

[glassmoon]

He needed to go with the initial Frank/Mollema/Costa move, it looked like he tried and just couldn't match the initial acceleration.

Yeah, I missed the attack initially so I thougth he's playing it smart hoping Martin will close the gap before finall climb. Looks different now

 

[Pantani_lives]

Don't forget the curse of the rainbow jersey. Something is bound to go wrong for Rui Costa.

 

[trevim]

Sarcasm. You took 'the time fairy' seriously?
My point is that no rational person can criticize a cyclist for smartly defending the advantage he deservedly accumulated.

Yeah I took it seriously because I thought you were mihhint that's why I wrote that

Yes he is ahead of Mollema and Frank. Meaning he also had most to gain by breaking Martin. Yet he managed to do that without a single pull and not even calling back his team-mate unlike others. Just found it funny, ofc it's good for him.

I agree that he's very good benefiting from the work of others. That an art as well; not a very beautiful one but well...

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

acevedo showing his world class downhilling skills _O_

 

[Arredondo]

Acevedo is just such a good descender

 

[trevim]

Don't forget the curse of the rainbow jersey. Something is bound to go wrong for Rui Costa.

I think it's Mathias Frank the one that will go wrong!

 

[Parrulo]

Yes he is ahead of Mollema and Frank. Meaning he also had most to gain by breaking Martin. Yet he managed to do that without a single pull and not even calling back his team-mate unlike others. Just found it funny, ofc it's good for him.

Calling back what team mates?

And why would he share the work with the Belkin and IAM domestics while Frank and Mollema save themselves?

Don't get me wrong, i am under no illusion regarding Costa, the guy likes putting his nose on the wind as much as i like being beaten with a stick but today he isn't doing anything wrong.

 

[Pantani_lives]

Omega should have brought Bakelandts or De Gendt instead of selecting seven helpers for the Manxman. Kwiatkowski might have the same problem in the Tour.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Well, Martin group has given up?

 

[trevim]

Meintjes and Martin side by side is funny