Soooooo, LottoBE chased and got 3rd. They should be happy this forum isn't responsible for their tactics.
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No surprise that Alaphalippe won as he's always been the rider most likely to dethrone Valverde - Great to see teams adopt an attacking mind-set which made for exciting racing.
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They chased with their strongest guy... OOPS.
Lotto hasn't won a classic since Gilbert left them.
Breh said:
They chased with their strongest guy... OOPS.
Lotto hasn't won a classic since Gilbert left them.
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They have won one of the biggest one day races this year. You can't call that a classic, though, I'll give you that.
El Pistolero said:
They have won one of the biggest one day races this year. You can't call that a classic, though, I'll give you that.
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QS never chased. That's all we wanted the other teams to do here: attack (which QS did) and not drag Valverde to the finish-line (which QS did).
Again, your point is invalid. QS did what I wanted them to do today, other teams did not (UAE, Dimension Data, Lotto, Sky).
Zinoviev Letter said:
QS never chased. That's all we wanted the other teams to do here: attack (which QS did) and not drag Valverde to the finish-line (which QS did).
Again, your point is invalid. QS did what I wanted them to do today, other teams did not (UAE, Dimension Data, Lotto, Sky).
So... to return to our Dragon Ball talk from earlier; who'd Alaphilippe be?
SSJ2 Gohan up against Cell?
SSJ2 Gohan up against Cell?
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Prestigious race, but not long enough for me to consider it a classic. Probably needs to become a bit older as well, as the word classic implies that history of a race is important as well. No doubt it will become a classic one day however.
tobydawq said:
Prestigious race, but not long enough for me to consider it a classic. Probably needs to become a bit older as well, as the word classic implies that history of a race is important as well. No doubt it will become a classic one day however.
The point is that chasing to get most surely beaten is just plain stupid, and that is why you should get riders in a strong break and try your luck, before being already with your back to the wall...
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I don't think saying Alaphillipe was stronger and was going to beat Valverde on the Mur today is a controversial statement.hrotha said:
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Valverde's a much greater foe than Cell was. He's more of an Omega Shenron.RedheadDane said:
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Which was what I said (or meant). Not the distance aspect, though; that has zero importance in this discussion.
El Pistolero said:
Which was what I said (or meant). Not the distance aspect, though; that has zero importance in this discussion.
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Meanwhile the most celebrated of the daring attackers - Nibali - ended up finishing behind Landa, over two minutes off the pace.
:lol: Indeed. The twisting of the facts to fit a pre-conceived narrative has plumbed new depths in this thread.Zinoviev Letter said:
Meanwhile the most celebrated of the daring attackers - Nibali - ended up finishing behind Landa, over two minutes off the pace.
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