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Ofcourse today is very, very strong, but you were talking about "non-climbing tt specialist". And that was wrong.GuyIncognito said:
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You could say the exact same thing about a guy like Vervaeke, who was behind him in l'Avenir. Foliforov was second in two mountain stages at l'Avenir which weren't won from a break, which is a good sign for his cllimbing abilities. Slagter was 5th just before Michael Matthews in the last climbing stage at l'Avenir for example... I am not too amazed that some guys need some more time to get going.
He was 12th on friday, not too shabby huh?
GuyIncognito said:
You could say the exact same thing about a guy like Vervaeke, who was behind him in l'Avenir. Foliforov was second in two mountain stages at l'Avenir which weren't won from a break, which is a good sign for his cllimbing abilities. Slagter was 5th just before Michael Matthews in the last climbing stage at l'Avenir for example... I am not too amazed that some guys need some more time to get going.
He was 12th on friday, not too shabby huh?
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He finished in the same group as all the favorites on stage 13. In a group of only 14 riders. That's not nothing. And the Avenir-result is not a one-off. He has a lot of great results in mountain stages and time trials from 2014 and some from 2015 as well. His best time trials have contained climbing, so it's not exactly from nowhere, although it is definitely another level and surprising.
GuyIncognito said:
He finished in the same group as all the favorites on stage 13. In a group of only 14 riders. That's not nothing. And the Avenir-result is not a one-off. He has a lot of great results in mountain stages and time trials from 2014 and some from 2015 as well. His best time trials have contained climbing, so it's not exactly from nowhere, although it is definitely another level and surprising.
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Which tells me the top riders will ride much faster than this.
He was interviewed by RAI just before the start and said he was not going all out.Geraint Too Fast said:
Which tells me the top riders will ride much faster than this.
Scarponi not taking it easy.
Firsanov would have smashed this had he not been held up by the Tinkoff car.
Firsanov would have smashed this had he not been held up by the Tinkoff car.
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No, that cost him maybe 10s, definately not 30, so Foliforov would have heldTour_de_Calvados said:
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I didn't see it, but was it that bad? That he was behind a car for over 30 seconds.
Highly unlikely!
Tour_de_Calvados said:
I didn't see it, but was it that bad? That he was behind a car for over 30 seconds.
Highly unlikely!
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He sure didn't look like someone who rode it full gas in the post race interview.Eyeballs Out said:
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Fair enough, looked worse than it was maybe on the reply. Gazprom still in charge either way...
Dekker_Tifosi said:
Fair enough, looked worse than it was maybe on the reply. Gazprom still in charge either way...
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