47th Amstel Gold Race (The maze) - Sunday April 15, 2012

[Moose McKnuckles]

Sanchez 6th? Who was Garmin 7th? Dekker?

Quite possible! He was riding at the back of the front group heading into the climb. Dekker is in good form. He's racing the Giro this year, which is great news for his career.

 

[Konfronto]

Great ride by Astana! Gasparotto made it 3rd last year btw, so it was not that unexpectable!

 

[dlwssonic]

not so sure. week is not a long time, it was a big improvement but I am still not sure he has what it takes to win lbl again.

Friere man, that was a great effort I was really hoping he survived but always knew...

poor form from the dutch guys racing, especially rabobank.

well he was pretty crap two weeks ago and made a great improvement. He looked good today but just went too early. You cant compare him to last years gilbert.

 

[Sophistic]

whooah, great finish

 

[Lanark]

Sanchez 6th? Who was Garmin 7th? Dekker?

Wegmann, Dekker in 20th or something I believe.

 

[Konfronto]

Great ride by Astana! Gasparotto made it 3rd last year btw, so it was not that unexpectable!

In 2010 my bad)

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Cunego was looking really good. Dumb way to throw it away crashing uphill

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

podiumed before tbh

Yeah, but still, did anyone mention Gasparotto as a contender before the race? I don't think so.

 

[Bala Verde]

Clasificación:
1. Enrico Gasparotto (Astana)
2. Jelle Vanendert (Lotto-Belisol)
3. Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale)
4. Óscar Freire (Katusha)
5. Thomas Voeckler (Europcar)
6. Philippe Gilbert (BMC)
7. Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi)

what a ride by freire. Really wished he could have held it.

 

[maltiv]

Cunego was looking really good. Dumb way to throw it away crashing uphill

Would think that someone who's been pro for 10 years would know how to ****ing steer a bike uphill.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

well he was pretty crap two weeks ago and made a great improvement. He looked good today but just went too early. You cant compare him to last years gilbert.

I'm not, but he hardly looks leagues above anyone at the moment, so LBL is fair game. He'll be a chance ofc.

FW might be too hard for him without top form.

 

[BillytheKid]

The distance of a classic reeks havoc. Some big names missing.The played Gilbert out. Oscar made the dash, and ruined it for Gilbert.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

I admit that I didn't see an Astana victory today. Well raced.

The big disappointments are BMC, Rabo, and Movistar. Freire saved the day for Katusha.

 

[Pippo_San]

Sagan's gonna become a classics beast...so much talent on every course

 

[burning]

The distance of a classic reeks havoc. Some big names missing.The played Gilbert out. Oscar made the dash, and ruined it for Gilbert.

Gilbert ruined for Freire too

 

[DominicDecoco]

Sami rider of the day. How the hell did he manage to end up 7th. ? Incredible.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Gilbert/BMC shouldn't have let Freire go. That forced him to start the sprint too early and then run out of steam before the finish.

Great ride by vanendert too. He'll be a winner here at one point.

indeed. That was a mistake, smartly ridden by his opponents behind too.

 

[rxgqgxnyfz]

Great ride by Astana! Gasparotto made it 3rd last year btw, so it was not that unexpectable!

FINALLY some from Astana's "classics duo" lives up to expectations.

Now if only Iglinsky could show the same in races that are not Strada Bianchi.

And yeah -- teamwork was really good throughout the race.

 

[TomasC]

Sagan's gonna become a classics beast...so much talent on every course

Yeah but he'd better learn some lessons from this year.

 

[Panda Claws]

So this works in the Ardennes too.

Gilbert feeling Cancellara's pain.

 

[Cancellator]

I don't get why Gilbert spent so much time at the front, with only one guy in front of him? He must have tired himself out in so many kilometers.

 

[dlwssonic]

I'm not, but he hardly looks leagues above anyone at the moment, so LBL is fair game. He'll be a chance ofc.

FW might be too hard for him without top form.

They might ride for evans at FW. If the schlecks attack again at LBL he can follow and might have a good chance.

 

[jsem94]

Cunego messing up Nordhaug and himself. That was stupid.

And a massively epic daring attack by Freire there, I was hoping he'd win.

 

[Frosty]

Sanchez 6th? Who was Garmin 7th? Dekker?

Sanchez was 7th, Gilbert was 6th.

 

[goggalor]

Bit disappointing that Sagan managed to miss out again. He's up there in every classic, but always lacks that last bit to actually win one of them.