2015 Ardennes Classics: 50th Amstel Gold Race - 4.19 - 258km

[Akuryo]

Movistar starting to chase.

 

[Rollthedice]

Movistar dragging the peloton.

 

[PunchingRouleur]

Entertaining Nibali is back.

 

[thequestionmark]

No more cooperation...

 

[Rollthedice]

Re:

Nibali has good form, it's a miracle :O

Training on Teide is priceless.

 

[Bushman]

Surprised that Lotto didn't try to put a rider in that group. They have three strong riders here.

 

[CyclingEnthusiast]

Alex Howes playing a very clever game

 

[GuyIncognito]

Was that Costa reentering? Why'd he get dropped?

 

[thequestionmark]

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Was that Costa reentering? Why'd he get dropped?

Crashed out by Caruso

 

[GuyIncognito]

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Was that Costa reentering? Why'd he get dropped?

Crashed out by Caruso

Thanks, but that was Polanc in the break and hasn't rejoined. I saw Costa rejoin the peloton.
Mechanical maybe? If he rejoined when they were going so quick he couldn't have been dropped on account of bad legs.

 

[trevim]

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Surprised that Lotto didn't try to put a rider in that group. They have three strong riders here.

Just good tactics, that way they have more chances of getting dropped three times on the Cauberg.

 

[Miburo]

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The race was over after the cauberg so your point is irrelevant.

Carstenbf: I bet on Valverde to win the race.
Miburo: Valverde never beat Gilbert on the Cauberg so he shouldn't be your top bet.
Netserk: Valverde beat Gilbert in this race in 2013.
Miburo: Not on the Cauberg!
Mr. White: Race doesn't end on the Cauberg.
Miburo: IT DOESN'T MATTER, I'M IGNORING THE FACT THAT THE CONVERSATION WAS NEVER ABOUT BEING THE FASTEST UP THE CAUBERG BUT ABOUT WINNING THE RACE.

Fact is that after the cauberg gilbert, piti and gerrans were looking at each other. Kreuziger already won.

Piti never was able to do something about gilbert on the cauberg and being the best on the cauberg most likely means you win the race unless someone is ahead.

Why the caps?

 

[GuyIncognito]

The break's dying with long long to go.
After Kreuziger nobody in the pack will let a break get a long leash on this course.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

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Alex Howes playing a very clever game

Why? He has 0% chance of winning no matter what he does

 

[Carols]

Why does Kirby keep talking up Tony Martin? Geez!!!

 

[Red Rick]

AGR never disappoints as an absolute *** race. First order of buiseness is to ride it with 5 man teams and remove the whole last circuit of the race.
Can't believe that this is the "Dutch classic"

 

[GuyIncognito]

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Alex Howes playing a very clever game

Why? He has 0% chance of winning no matter what he does

Technically he had a tiny chance of winning if the break stayed away and none of them tried to drop him on the Cauberg. He was the best sprinter there, ahead of Tanner and Clarke.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

For Clarke to be attacking makes me think that either Matthews is not good (or is so good he will be able to follow Gilbert without any problem)

 

[Miburo]

Cauberg should be a hill for valverde but for whatever reason he always failed on it. Always...

Even a *** gilbert does decent on the cauberg, the hill is made for him. A good gilbert willl never to lose anyone on it. And after him they'll never work together to get him back since piti will be in the group and he doesn't work and why work with him?

 

[TourOfSardinia]

At least Vicenzo livened up the race a bit

 

[trevim]

Nice to see Nibali back to bring some entertainment to a classic!

 

[Akuryo]

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Why does Kirby keep talking up Tony Martin? Geez!!!

Cause after Nibali he is the strongest rider of the group (at least on paper).

 

[SeriousSam]

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Nice to see Nibali back to bring some entertainment to a classic!

Trying to preemptively salvage his season?

 

[Miburo]

At least nibali tries something. All of the rest (non hill sprinters) waiting to get destroyed....

 

[Red Rick]

Hope Gilbert loses this somehow