More proof that an undulating medium mountain stage is the best way to get action from a long way out.
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Not against Sky-borgsTourOfSardinia said:Just loving it - Alberto won a Vuelta like this.
let me dream alreadytrevim said:Not against Sky-borgsTourOfSardinia said:Just loving it - Alberto won a Vuelta like this.
Well they have it down to 30 seconds now so if it all comes back together then it won't have been a failureHelloDolly said:You gotta hand it to COntador ...never gives up....great rider
But what is with SKY ...major tactical fail
Maaaaaaaarten said:Oh Geraint, why on earth do you want to be a GC rider? Do you really like sitting behind your domestiques all day over the actual racing that you did in the classics?
He still have 4 doms left, should be plenty. Impossible task for Tromifov and KiserlovskiFlamin said:Hugo Koblet said:I'm not sure. Maybe I'm missing something, but what would Sky need anyone in the break for?Flamin said:Weird that Sky don't even have anybody in the break. When Kiserlovski went in the first break, okay, that's not very dangerous, but when Trofimov also got in a chase... Then again, it's not that weird, since Sky are often clueless.
To have an extra dom after Peille. Now half their team got dropped.
But it doesn't subtract from the fact that he was pretty good at riding on the track.TMP402 said:Cance > TheRest said:How is stating a fact tiring?StryderHells said:Cance > TheRest said:How great is it to see the Track specialist out of his comfort zone just for once??! Derail the train now!!
That's getting tired
When it's not such a clear fact. I post this yesterday but anyway: By the time he'd won his first Olympic gold medal in 2008 aged 21 or 22, he'd won junior Paris-Roubaix, junior Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne, the Flèche du Sud (also won by such "track specialists" as Alex Zülle and Andy Schleck), podiumed the national road race (beating Steve Cummings among others) and ridden the Giro and the Tour.
Maaaaaaaarten said:Oh Geraint, why on earth do you want to be a GC rider? Do you really like sitting behind your domestiques all day over the actual racing that you did in the classics?
Sure, I'm dreaming as wellTourOfSardinia said:let me dream alreadytrevim said:Not against Sky-borgsTourOfSardinia said:Just loving it - Alberto won a Vuelta like this.
Der Effe said:Watching this it reminds me again why I hate Team Sky more than I hate death. What a bunch of utter phonies.
Maaaaaaaarten said:Oh Geraint, why on earth do you want to be a GC rider? Do you really like sitting behind your domestiques all day over the actual racing that you did in the classics?
StryderHells said:Der Effe said:Watching this it reminds me again why I hate Team Sky more than I hate death. What a bunch of utter phonies.
Because they are doing there job and bringing back the attack for there team leader? I don't like Sky but phonies seems like an odd choice of words
They are only doing what they have to do...Der Effe said:Watching this it reminds me again why I hate Team Sky more than I hate death. What a bunch of utter phonies.
Hugo Koblet said:He still have 4 doms left, should be plenty. Impossible task for Tromifov and KiserlovskiFlamin said:Hugo Koblet said:I'm not sure. Maybe I'm missing something, but what would Sky need anyone in the break for?Flamin said:Weird that Sky don't even have anybody in the break. When Kiserlovski went in the first break, okay, that's not very dangerous, but when Trofimov also got in a chase... Then again, it's not that weird, since Sky are often clueless.
To have an extra dom after Peille. Now half their team got dropped.