2017 Amgen Tour of California, May 14-20, WT

[kenk09]

I'd have all my money on Majka.

 

[carton]

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I'd have all my money on Majka.

Well, Ligget and VdV are right there with you. Putting their house down, both of them.

 

[StryderHells]

I'll agree with you on that one BigMac, Morton does look damn fine on a bike

 

[killswitch]

Gap going out #Cannonfail

 

[kenk09]

I'd prefer one of the other 3 take it though.

 

[StryderHells]

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I'd have all my money on Majka.

Well, Ligget and VdV are right there with you. Putting their house down, both of them.

Yeah but Ligget actually know anything about cycling?

 

[jaylew]

Anyone but Majka. I'd love to see Boswell take it. It would be his first win as a pro. Maybe the first for Bennett as well.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Haimar is in the chase group. Maybe he can sneak into the overall top 10 by the end of this week

 

[Baldinger]

Princess Talansky won't work.

 

[jaylew]

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Princess Talansky won't work.

Talansky was on the front a bunch earlier.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

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Princess Talansky won't work.

To be fair, Talansky did a great deal of work. If BMC had been rational and decided to help Cannondale out earlier, the situation would have been different.

 

[sir fly]

Didn't expect Majka to finish off this.
Well done.

 

[StryderHells]

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Princess Talansky won't work.

Did you not watch the whole stage?

 

[killswitch]

Gesink helped close the gap a bit.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Great win for Rafal. The best climber in the race now has a decent lead even before the Mt. Baldy stage. He is also, presumably, the best of the four against the clock

 

[Valv.Piti]

Pretty sick sprint, hoped Bennett would grab that one.

 

[StryderHells]

That was fun to watch, they really contested the stage. Just a pity about that crash

 

[Baldinger]

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Princess Talansky won't work.

Talansky was on the front a bunch earlier.

Oh, I somehow didn't see his turns.

 

[jaylew]

Nothing too bad but a little sketchy from Majka there in the end.

 

[Gloin22]

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Gesink helped close the gap a bit.

gesink top 5 in california is far more important than winning the race

 

[StryderHells]

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Great win for Rafal. The best climber in the race now has a decent lead even before the Mt. Baldy stage. He is also, presumably, the best of the four against the clock

I would agree that Majka does have the best results against the clock but Bennett is in good form and had a good TT at Pais Vasco this year

 

[carton]

Well, credit where credit is due. Well played by Majka. And credit to all four for going for it.

So Majka with the big edge now, that should be enough time for Bora to play some defense. Let's see what they make of it.

 

[jaylew]

Paul Sherwin just said San Jose is the 3rd largest city in California and 3rd largest in the US. Uh, no. The 3 largest cities in the US are not all in California.

 

[BigMac]

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Worried about Toms. Tough guy though, hard to tell him to stay down.

VdV just called Majka by far the fastest guy in the group. I mean, it's no track meet, but I still be somewhat dubious of that particular assessment.

I think all 4 of those guys are molasses in a sprint. No telling who's fastest.

Morton will wipe them should it be between the 4 of them.

Not necessarily in a sprint.

PS: Can we talk about how beautiful he looks on a bike? :redface:

Guess not. :lol: Grats to Rafal

 

[SKSemtex]

Great racing from Majka. However this is going to be very difficult to defend yellow with the team like this. I have a feeling this tour will give us a lot of interesting tactics and racing.