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Not unbeatable in terms of speed, just very good at positioning himself. The rest of the sprinters, especially the Katusha guy, blocked each other out, after Kittel opened his sprint.johnymax said:Wow Kittel unbeatable. 4th win for him in the Giro. None on Italian soil
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It was almost effortless. If that was superb, then all Kittel wins are superb. He didn't do anything extraordinary or outside the box given his characteristics to make this win special or worthy of being called superb. Gosh, I really dislike him as a rider.
DFA123 said:
It was almost effortless. If that was superb, then all Kittel wins are superb. He didn't do anything extraordinary or outside the box given his characteristics to make this win special or worthy of being called superb. Gosh, I really dislike him as a rider.
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What else is he supposed to do with no lead out? He was having to fight for his position in the last 2km which costs energy and if you're on your own then you have to pick a wheel to follow.
GuyIncognito said:
What else is he supposed to do with no lead out? He was having to fight for his position in the last 2km which costs energy and if you're on your own then you have to pick a wheel to follow.
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I think that win in Dublin in 2014 was pretty special. Sprinting from 300+m, 20th wheel or so and recovering to win.
BigMac said:
I think that win in Dublin in 2014 was pretty special. Sprinting from 300+m, 20th wheel or so and recovering to win.
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Like lead him out maybe? Because that's going to work isn't it?
He has no lead out or support so his only option is to pick a wheel. Some times you've just got to accept there's a guy that's just so much better than the rest.
GuyIncognito said:
Like lead him out maybe? Because that's going to work isn't it?
He has no lead out or support so his only option is to pick a wheel. Some times you've just got to accept there's a guy that's just so much better than the rest.
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What? it's exactly his speed that is unmatched by any sprinter in the current peloton
Cance > TheRest said:Not unbeatable in terms of speed, just very good at positioning himself. The rest of the sprinters, especially the Katusha guy, blocked each other out, after Kittel opened his sprint.johnymax said:Wow Kittel unbeatable. 4th win for him in the Giro. None on Italian soil
What?
it's exactly his speed that is unmatched by any sprinter in the current pelotonRe:
Until he ever learns to keep his man's wheel, he is going to get washed away in sprints against the big boys. As for this Giro, they may as well send him home now as its pointless wasting resources on him. The next flat stage isnt until stage 12 and he'll most likely have been HD'd by then.
Still, this Giro will be an educational experience for him ....... and for OGE management when it comes contract time at the end of the year.
HelloDolly said:
Until he ever learns to keep his man's wheel, he is going to get washed away in sprints against the big boys. As for this Giro, they may as well send him home now as its pointless wasting resources on him. The next flat stage isnt until stage 12 and he'll most likely have been HD'd by then.
Still, this Giro will be an educational experience for him ....... and for OGE management when it comes contract time at the end of the year.
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I think the jump and power is pretty extraordinary. It's almost the perfect exhbition of road sprinting. No-one since Cipollini has had that kind of power and jump; the other sprinters just can't stay on his wheel however hard they try. He's like a track sprinter that somehow also has a very good aerobic engine.BigMac said:
In other news, nice to see Mohorič get a top ten. At some point there was a Lampre leading the peloton which made me think Modolo was still in the mix, but it happens that that pink rider alone in the front was Matej. Which begs the question, why on earth was a fuchsia rider pulling. Oh, wait.
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He's just too fast.
Indeed, even when Kittel is not on top form and is in the wind for 300m, the 4th best sprinter in the world can't get around him.PremierAndrew said:
He's just too fast.
I'd say Patrick Lefevere's pretty satisfied with trading in Cav for Kittel, or trading up as it seems..
Some "interesting" names lost time today:
Geniez (1')
Cunego (6')
Wellens (6')
Roglic (+7')
Foliforov (+7')
Dombrowski (+7')
Geniez (1')
Cunego (6')
Wellens (6')
Roglic (+7')
Foliforov (+7')
Dombrowski (+7')
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Of course kittel is slightly better than cav on pan flat stages like this. But on the tour most of the stages have hills and in those cases he can't compete against cav, kristoff...Irondan said:
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