Nice to see Greipel's comments after, getting a bit irritated with a journalist who was asking him if he'd heard of Postlberger.
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Großschartner is also there for CCC. He seems to be going well at the moment. Could grab a medium mountain stage with some luck. Preidler will probably be a bit constrained.Zinoviev Letter said:Gigs_98 said:Not only that, he also is the first Austrian to win a Giro stage and the first Austrian GT stage winner since Totschnig in 2005Pantani_lives said:Great win by Lukas Pöstlberger, an entry through the front door. The control of the sprinter teams was disrupted by the crash and by the many bends. He accidentally got alone in front while leading out. The funniest moment was when he looked behind and seemed to think, "Would I bother to try to stay away?" Concluding: "Hell, yeah!" and staying away. What a feeling it must have been to cross the line while slowing down with a sprinting bunch right behind him!
Isn't he the first Austrian to wear pink?
It could be a very interesting race for the Austrian prospects. Poestlberger pulling this win off is a huge step forward for him - between this and his E3 ride it seems he has quickly established himself. Konrad is I think going for GC, which will provide a good marker for his development. And Muhlberger is also there.
Why do you think it's awful for me? It's terrible for teams and their trains. I like the chaos, teams don't.Irondan said:You don't have to watch it if it's so awful for you...Breh said:Well, it was a terrible, typical Giro finish.Vroome.exe said:As i said, quickstep doesnt have good leadout train here. They were not even bothering to help Gaviria.Escarabajo said:What happened to Gaviria? where was Quick Step?
MotorRouleur said:Quote: Yes Edmondson could not close the gap, Postlberger even waited because I think he was supposed to lead out one of their sprinters.
No, I think it was Orica's Juul-Jensen who was trying to lead Ewan. It was so weird, then became hilarious. Posty just drifted off the front in slow-mo, often looking back and waiting, and the Orica guy just let the gap grow inch-by-inch over a km. I only see that on low-level amatuer races. What a waste after Orica's Svein Tuft did one of those huge, long-distance pulls on the front.
deValtos said:Just FYI Eurosport player doesn't have commercials for pretty much every WT race since they also provide a no edited stream (without commentary.) You just need to switch to it when the adverts come on, or you can watch it for the entire race overlayed with foreign commentary. Also all the stages are recorded and you can find them in the video section. Not to be an advert for them or anything ... :lol:
MotorRouleur said:MotorRouleur said:Quote: Yes Edmondson could not close the gap, Postlberger even waited because I think he was supposed to lead out one of their sprinters.
No, I think it was Orica's Juul-Jensen who was trying to lead Ewan. It was so weird, then became hilarious. Posty just drifted off the front in slow-mo, often looking back and waiting, and the Orica guy just let the gap grow inch-by-inch over a km. I only see that on low-level amatuer races. What a waste after Orica's Svein Tuft did one of those huge, long-distance pulls on the front.
Several news agencies are reporting that it was Luka Mezgec (Slovenia), the Orica rider who allowed Pöstlberger to soft-pedal off the front. I'm quite sure it was Juul Jensen, who finished same time as the first 70 guys. Edmondson was at 18 secs. Most of the Oricas rolled in at 1:09, except for Tuft & Mezgec, who coasted in 2:49 behind. Pöstlberger started his slo-mo solo ride at 2000m to go.
MotorRouleur said:MotorRouleur said:Quote: Yes Edmondson could not close the gap, Postlberger even waited because I think he was supposed to lead out one of their sprinters.
No, I think it was Orica's Juul-Jensen who was trying to lead Ewan. It was so weird, then became hilarious. Posty just drifted off the front in slow-mo, often looking back and waiting, and the Orica guy just let the gap grow inch-by-inch over a km. I only see that on low-level amatuer races. What a waste after Orica's Svein Tuft did one of those huge, long-distance pulls on the front.
Several news agencies are reporting that it was Luka Mezgec (Slovenia), the Orica rider who allowed Pöstlberger to soft-pedal off the front. I'm quite sure it was Juul Jensen, who finished same time as the first 70 guys. Edmondson was at 18 secs. Most of the Oricas rolled in at 1:09, except for Tuft & Mezgec, who coasted in 2:49 behind. Pöstlberger started his slo-mo solo ride at 2000m to go.
Bronchitis apparently.armchairclimber said:What happened to Senni ? Planning to get in breakaway today?
Laplaz said:Bronchitis apparently.armchairclimber said:What happened to Senni ? Planning to get in breakaway today?
Flamin said:Give the guy a break Pöstlberger got motorpaced, blatantly, and that's why the gap opened up as it did. If anyone could go significantly faster than the Orica guy, they should have gone to the front (UAE had 2 guys left for Modolo at that point), but nobody did until it was too late. That means something. Pöstlberger got lucky with the motor but it was an impressive ride from there on.
Got sick after Frankfurt. Still recovering, but he's confident he can come into form later in the race.armchairclimber said:Laplaz said:Bronchitis apparently.armchairclimber said:What happened to Senni ? Planning to get in breakaway today?
Oh no, that sucks. Poor lad.
PunchingRouleur said:Flamin said:Give the guy a break Pöstlberger got motorpaced, blatantly, and that's why the gap opened up as it did. If anyone could go significantly faster than the Orica guy, they should have gone to the front (UAE had 2 guys left for Modolo at that point), but nobody did until it was too late. That means something. Pöstlberger got lucky with the motor but it was an impressive ride from there on.
Can you point out exact moments when he was blatantly motorpaced? Other than two cornors when he got closer two motorbike for one second, before motorbike accelerated, more than 1.5 km from finish when he was still "soft-pedaling". After that it is impossible to judge.