2017 Liège-Bastogne-Liège - April 23rd - 258k

[BigMac]

What an horrendous race. :lol:

At least a guy suited for the terrain won.

 

[the asian]

Ridiculous. Even worse than 2014 & 2016

 

[Valv.Piti]

Orica was the team which messed this up...

 

[MikeTichondrius]

Bala. Huy style. Strongest rider of the decade. The longevity on the man is staggering.

This one is on everyone else. Go ahead, take the likes o Valverde and Matthews to the finish. See where that gets you. What the bloody hell was Kreuziger pulling for on Ans if he was gonna drop back? Yates? Albasini?

Easiest result to predict after what we've seen. Matthews fourth at bloody Liége. LOL.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Well at least he's giving all his prize money to Scarponi's family.

Kwiatko played that one all wrong, hung around at the back and then got caught out near the end when it split.

 

[Jelantik]

WOW.. Valverde! What a great performance... @36years old, he is just getting stronger and better. He rode a really smart race. CHAPEAU!

 

[silvergrenade]

Worst race!

 

[jaylew]

And in the end, the podium is the 3 overwhelming favorites.

Nice gesture by Bala to donate the winning purse to Scarponi's family.

 

[Alexandre B.]

The guy has been 10 meters in the wind for the whole race.

 

[WheelofGear]

Matthews almost pulled off "a Gerrans".. He is likely to do it next year.

 

[DFA123]

Just difficult to understand how Sky, Quickstep and Orica really thought they could get to Ans and win mano-a-mano with Valverde, on the form he has been on this year.. Perhaps they're just happy with high placings.

 

[Hugo87]

Alejandro toying with the field!

 

[burning]

This is race is hilarious, lol

 

[Irondan]

Valverde the oldest winner ever in LBL, until he's the oldest winner ever next year...

 

[Velolover2]

Matthews was soo close. A new Gerrans is born.

He will win this race unless they change the final, trust me.

 

[Scarponi]

Re:

Matthews almost pulled off "a Gerrans".. He is likely to do it next year.

Valverde pulled off the Gerrans

 

[DFA123]

So, Valverde, surely leaps above GVA and Gilbert as rider of the year so far.

 

[Arredondo]

The current peloton is just full of idiots. Non-winners. Wannebe riders.

We didn't have 1 Movistar team today, but 14.

Hats of to Bala. He's the only one who rode the way he had to. All the others: stupidity at his best.

 

[Red Rick]

Liege Bastogne Liege, a race where the optimal strategy for a favorite is to do nothing until the last 500m.

Good race

Chapeau to Valverde.

The Ans finish needs to DIAF

 

[BigMac]

Well, some riders did try multiple times, such as Henao and Kreuziger. I figure they were completely empty, and Valverde is just too strong...

Anyway, I was fearing a Matthews or van Avarmaet win at some point. Uff....

 

[Irondan]

Re:

So, Valverde, surely leaps above GVA and Gilbert as rider of the year so far.

Without a doubt.

 

[frisenfruitig]

Re:

The guy has been 10 meters in the wind for the whole race.

The same can be said about guys like Kwiat/Martin or Matthews though. Should he attack for no reason so you are happy?

 

[Arked]

What were guys like Majka thinking? I'll just ride in the bunch and sprint Valverde in the sprint? Yeah that seems like a great idea

They were all going full gas. It maybe looked easy but believe me it wasn't.

 

[The Barb]

Dear Lord what a horrible race.

 

[the asian]

At least Valverde as a rider is more likeable than Gerrans or Poels.

These climbers are real pussies. They should be forced to ride all the cobbled classics till the end to harden them up.