2015 Ardennes: 79th La Fleche Wallonne - Mur de Huy - 205.5k

[Kwibus]

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Ok so Costa said on his journal that he knew the mur didn't suit him because he is much heavier and less explosive than the favourites, so he tried to set a high pace from the bottom but as soon as he saw that it wasn't hard enough to avoid an explosive final sprint he just cruised home.

^^This stuff right here really get's on my nerves.

So you know the final does suit you at all and you have no chance of winning. What do you do? Wait for the final instead of attacking 6 k from the line on the penultimate climb and try to get away before the last climb. Perfect example of cycling's current sad state This guys are hopeless. The course is fine, it was all downhillish between the last 2 climbs and only 3 or 4k. Had 2 or 3 more second tier guys gone with Wellens and they would have probably fought for the finish considering how small the peloton was. Who knows if Costa had gone with him and some guy like Kreuziger or whatever if he wouldn't have won.

I feel you, i feel you.

It's just frustating really.

 

[ray j willings]

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I don't understand why suicide attack or not why more people don't try something. I mean what are your serious odds of winning if you aren't one of the top 4 on this type of finish. It's suicide doing nothing.

The example above of Costa for instance, why not get you team to set a really high tempo for the first 120km of the race. It's a one day race, who cares if you 3/4 of your team DNF as it's a one day race. It might fail but at least you are doing something. Look at worlds last year. Both Poland and Italy tried to set a hard pace. It failed for Italy but it worked for Poland. If the polish team didn't do what they did they would not of won as there is no way the attack would of survived at end of race

I never understand one day tactics. Riders are happy to loose a race because they think attacking will let their rival win. Basically" I am going to lose this race because I don't want to risk another rider winning"
Fu%%ing go for it your morons. You never know what's going to happen unless you try. You know what's going to happen if you don't ,,you lose.

 

[grizzlee]

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Boring sprint again. Sky **** it up for Henao, he was alone constanly and needed to work himself up in the peleton often, I could see sometimes that Roche was sitting in the front and not going down and help he's captain in the middle of the peleton !

What race were you watching, Roche sacrificed himself on the flat run into the Huy for Henao to get him a good placing. Henao just didn't have the legs.
Nico Roches diary is here if anyone wants to read it?
http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/cycling/nicolas-roche-buried-under-a-french-rider-in-a-ditch-my-teammate-wout-couldnt-get-up-31164540.html

 

[Jagartrott]

There's no LBL thread yet, so I'll put it here: Stybar to participate. I'm curious what he'll be able to do.

 

[Flamin]

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There's no LBL thread yet, so I'll put it here: Stybar to participate. I'm curious what he'll be able to do.

Training hard in Mallorca on super steep walls I didn't expect that after a long spring campaign.

 

[ILovecycling]

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There's no LBL thread yet, so I'll put it here: Stybar to participate. I'm curious what he'll be able to do.

Training hard in Mallorca on super steep walls I didn't expect that after a long spring campaign.

He is a beast on steep walls but I dont think he will do something big,he must be tired as hell.

 

[Buffalo Soldier]

Leukemans shows it's possible.
In 2011: RvV 7th, Roubaix 13th, Brabantse Pijl 2nd, AGR: 7th, LBL 9th

 

[Flamin]

Yep, even more than physically, it's a mental thing. But many riders will obviously be fresher than him.