2015 Strade Bianche, 7th March, 200 km, 1.HC

[hfer07]

Yessss!!!!!!!

 

[Kwibus]

Haha all the respect that people have garnered for Valverde during this race seems to have instantly disappeared..

Why he had a great race, but it seems that he used too much energy for that final wall.

 

[Eshnar]

Must be the first time in my life I'm sad for Valverde.
Great win by Stybar anyway.

Excellent race.

 

[Jspear]

Stybar was the best man, GVA didn't do anything dumb this time.

If you can't see that stybar was better then you don't know anything about cycling.

+1 GVA actually did race smart. I'd say Valverde did as well. In the end it was simply about who had the strongest legs.

 

[Tom T.]

Great racing, this is probably my favorite race.

 

[Kwibus]

Happened exactly what I predicted wonder what are now thinking guys saying I'm "out of my mind" saying Stybar can outsprint Valverde here ?

Allready gave my thumbs up to you in an earlier post.

 

[Buffalo Soldier]

What an amazing race again.

When can we celebrate GVA's 500th 2nd place?

 

[Sasquatch]

Good to see Uran in the top 10.

 

[MBotero]

**** me,Valverde actually managed to lose this Great win for Stybar,GVA impressive too.Great race.

 

[Tournesol]

Stybar magnifico! Great race.

 

[ILovecycling]

10charachters

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

is that chaves leadiing the peloton?

it was indeed. looking good he finished with cancellara

 

[SafeBet]

Must be the first time in my life I'm sad for Valverde.

Feeling exactly the same way.
Rode it perfectly, but had no legs in the final.

Grats to Stybar, absolutely the strongest.

Mention for Diego Rosa and Vanmarcke who both kept riding like madmen even when dropped.

Wonderful race once again.

 

[Pentacycle]

Wow I must say, I didn't expect Valverde to crack like this!

Awesome race though, all the riders in the front were very strong and raced hard!

Valverde didn't crack, he's just not that good on such short hill sprints.

 

[Arnout]

Van Avermaet did what he had to do. It was brave of him to attack. He saw that Valverde was weak and wanted to get the jump on Stybar. Unfortunately for him, Stybar was stronger.

He went too early. I don't care though, he shouldn't even be here.

 

[Miburo]

Piti also didn't do anything dumb. What if he doesn't ride? Will the others ride? And guys like GVA and stybar did their work too in the brake, not that they were sucking piti's wheel.

Some people are just...

 

[ray j willings]

The top 5 Exactly has I predicted in my mind.

UFO count,,,, 3

bigfoot count,,,0

Dodgy liaison between married couple in car parked at the side of the road ....1

 

[Netserk]

How on earth would longer hills give Stybar advantage on Cancellara and Sagan, both better, or at least equal, climbers than him. And Valverde is not fast and explosive like Stybar, are you out of your mind!!!

If those four reach final kilometer together I would bet on Stybar to finish dead last, since final stretch in Siena looks perfect for him NOT

I remember how some doubted Stybar before the race.

 

[TourOfTexas]

Fun race. Good to see Stybar win and good to see valverde dropped like a cheating girlfriend.

 

[Arredondo]

Valverde got beaten by a better rider today. He didn't do anything wrong today.

What do you guys think about Sagan? Just an example of a rider who was at his peak at a too young age?

 

[ray j willings]

Valverde didn't crack, he's just not that good on such short hill sprints.

Valverde has a massive crack

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Wow, well that was unexpected. Valverde used too much energy working in the break. Perhaps he should just have sucked wheel. Usually he'd crush GVA and Stybar on a climb like this.

wtf are you blabbing about. stybar is way more explosive than valverde

 

[Buffalo Soldier]

All 4 of the top 4 rode a perfect race for their respective strengths.
this is a perfectly fair result.

 

[ray j willings]

Valverde got beaten by a better rider today. He didn't do anything wrong today.

What do you guys think about Sagan? Just an example of a rider who was on his peak at a too young age?

He was kak

 

[Carols]

Absolutely Great Race!!!! Chapeau Stybar, nice move.
Poor Bala rides Aggressively for 50km and blows up .

I Love this race!!