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

[Jspear]

That is a true shame. What incintitive will there now be for Valverde to attack? One could hope that the presence of Gerrans could force him to, or at the very least make sure he would lose if he didn't.

Dan Martin.

 

[Arredondo]

That is a true shame. What incintitive will there now be for Valverde to attack? One could hope that the presence of Gerrans could force him to, or at the very least make sure he would lose if he didn't.

Chasing Purito while the latter decided to attack on La Redoute

 

[ILovecycling]

Again congratulation to all podium riders,what an amazing race it has been.I will watch it full time later,so I will appreciate if some good man will send me a link to full broadcast

Styby amazed how I hoped,but judging from the comments Valverde may have worked way too hard (omg) and he could have beat him(maybe).


Also hear hear all my GVA avatarbet opponents...I picked nice hard man avatar for you,so you will use it till LBL,enjoy (still unbeaten heh,I will have still my 8 as avatar ))

 

[bala v]

Chasing Purito while the latter decided to attack on La Redoute

That would be great for the race, nobody of the big guns attacked at La Redoute in years

 

[Arredondo]

Again congratulation to all podium riders,what an amazing race it has been.I will watch it full time later,so I will appreciate if some good man will send me a link to full broadcast

Styby amazed how I hoped,but judging from the comments Valverde may have worked way too hard (omg) and he could have beat him(maybe).


Also hear hear all my GVA avatarbet opponents...I picked nice hard man avatar for you,so you will use it till LBL,enjoy (still unbeaten heh,I will have still my 8 as avatar ))

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1QgvNNCGJE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP6EwBueKlI

Greets from the good man

 

[Netserk]

Chasing Purito while the latter decided to attack on La Redoute

I like the sound of that

 

[manafana]

So Gerrans broke his elbow today, in his first race after he recovered from a broken collarbone.

hindsight I know but mentioned how unsuited he is to this race, can't handle his bike at all.

also on Stybar for those that forget he was right up with Cancellara in Roubiax before he had run in with spectator. And his cross background suited to this terrain

 

[ILovecycling]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1QgvNNCGJE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP6EwBueKlI

Greets from the good man

You have never disappoint thanks

 

[The Hitch]

I wonder if by the time he retires Valverde will have more podiums than Eddy Merckx.

I know its not that good for his palmares, but prize money wize he's possibly the biggest earner in the history of the sport.

 

[movingtarget]

GVA gets another podium. At least he rode intelligently at the finish but as often is the case there was one rider too strong. Even though Valverde worked hard I was still surprised he was dropped by GVA's attack. Gutsy ride by Vanmarcke as well. Terrible luck for Gerrans at the worst time of the season for him.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Stybar responded to GVA's attack on the final dirt sector:

Many more excellent pictures: http://www.steephill.tv/2015/strade-bianche/photos/page-02/

 

[Buffalo Soldier]

hindsight I know but mentioned how unsuited he is to this race, can't handle his bike at all.

also on Stybar for those that forget he was right up with Cancellara in Roubiax before he had run in with spectator. And his cross background suited to this terrain

Cancellara, Stybar and GVA all mentioned how dangerous the race was in these extremely windy conditions...

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Again congratulation to all podium riders,what an amazing race it has been.I will watch it full time later,so I will appreciate if some good man will send me a link to full broadcast

Styby amazed how I hoped,but judging from the comments Valverde may have worked way too hard (omg) and he could have beat him(maybe).


Also hear hear all my GVA avatarbet opponents...I picked nice hard man avatar for you,so you will use it till LBL,enjoy (still unbeaten heh,I will have still my 8 as avatar ))

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[Kwibus]

Cancellara, Stybar and GVA all mentioned how dangerous the race was in these extremely windy conditions...

They showed a slomo of 2 riders almost getting blown into the ditch on the dirt roads. Im sure some did end up in the ditch.

Well it only adds to the epicness of this race

 

[SafeBet]

Styby amazed how I hoped,but judging from the comments Valverde may have worked way too hard (omg) and he could have beat him(maybe).

No way. Stybar was way stronger no matter what.

Cancellara, Stybar and GVA all mentioned how dangerous the race was in these extremely windy conditions...

What race Cancellara wouldn't rate as dangerous? His last hydrobike session maybe?

 

[manafana]

They showed a slomo of 2 riders almost getting blown into the ditch on the dirt roads. Im sure some did end up in the ditch.

Well it only adds to the epicness of this race

there was a story of sky rider changing a wheel and his spare blowing away, was some strong crosswinds at time, safe enough except when bloody cars where trying to pass dropped riders

 

[Christian]

Fabio Felline is doing really well so far this season. A lot of top-5 results already, and now 8th in his first participation at Strade Bianche. Last year he was virtually invisible - looking forward to seeing what he can do for the remainder of the season.

 

[Christian]

They showed a slomo of 2 riders almost getting blown into the ditch on the dirt roads. Im sure some did end up in the ditch.

Well it only adds to the epicness of this race

Calvin Watson from Trek tweeted "That was a crazy crazy day! Sad to crash out of @StradeBianche I was literally blown off my bike! #scary"

 

[Netserk]

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Resize it to 80 pixels width or download it and pick it from your computer when choosing avatar.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Resize it to 80 pixels width or download it and pick it from your computer when choosing avatar.

Thanks. There you go. This looks nice. At least Stybar looks a lot less psychotic than Kristoff.

 

[scholar]

Thanks. There you go. This looks nice. At least Stybar looks a lot less psychotic than Kristoff.

I'd assumed you'd chosen that image of Kristoff precisely because he looked psychotic.

 

[ILovecycling]

Thanks. There you go. This looks nice. At least Stybar looks a lot less psychotic than Kristoff.

Yep,your pic was way too scary

 

[Jancouver]

Stybar responded to GVA's attack on the final dirt sector:

Many more excellent pictures: http://www.steephill.tv/2015/strade-bianche/photos/page-02/

Very nice images. Thanks for sharing!

 

[spalco]

Btw. watching that "How The Race Was Won" and thinking about it again, I think Cancellara's effort was outstanding, and that he's well on form for the big cobble classics.
Hope Boonen didn't get hurt again today, because I'm hopeful we'll see the biggest showdown in a decade or so...