51st Amstel Gold Race, 249km - 17/04/16

[bigcog]

Such a shame for Orica lol

 

[Escarabajo]

That's what I would call perfect timing on the attacks.

 

[Scarponi]

When the only guy who tried to cross the gap was a 38 year old Sammy Sanchez you know the future is not bright for the peleton. So so so sacred of trying something

 

[Baldinger]

Valgren finally gets a chance to ride for himself. Great!

 

[Forever The Best]

Orica failing was great.

 

[IndianCyclist]

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Nice to see the Orica leeches fail

seconded

 

[doperhopper]

valgren riding the sagan's way... great lesson for the oricas of this world

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

Why this singling out of Orica? There were 20 other teams who also didn't win.

 

[TMP402]

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When was the last time 2 pro conti riders finished top 3 in a WT classic?

I would guess 2014 GP Ouest-France?

 

[Baldinger]

Re: Re:

Nice to see the Orica leeches fail

seconded

x3

 

[PremierAndrew]

Nice to see Gerrans helping out his teammates after all the time he's relied on them over the years to pull the peloton along and deliver him to the line.

Also, got to love how strade bianche isn't a WT race yet Amstel is with this course

 

[Red Rick]

Luckily, Monfils Nadal is exciting, so I
only had to watch 5 minutes of this ***

 

[GuyIncognito]

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Why this singling out of Orica? There were 20 other teams who also didn't win.

The others tried, though

 

[Gigs_98]

Actually its sad that Wellens attacked. I'm pretty sure he would have been at least as strong as Gasparotto on the Cauberg.

 

[The Blues]

Too bad Valgren didn't get the win, but nice to see him proving that he is massively talented. Not sure how well he can perform in FW, but LBL definitely suits him. Will be interesting to see him there as it is a harder race and will be ridden as such.

 

[BigMac]

Gerrans had the legs, he would've won but nobody chased for him, the suckers.

 

[Alexandre B.]

What is the point of leading a team if you don't attack or don't respond directly to attacks made by other leaders ?

 

[DFA123]

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Why this singling out of Orica? There were 20 other teams who also didn't win.

Because Orica had a ridiculously strong team and the two fastest finishers in the bunch, but messed it up, partly because of internal team politics.

It's pretty funny.

 

[Valv.Piti]

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Why this singling out of Orica? There were 20 other teams who also didn't win.

Cause they had the 2 biggest favourites and as always is riding negatively, nobody likes that apart from Aussies

 

[TourOfSardinia]

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Great win for Wanty Demoitie would be proud

Eloquent words by Gasparotto to the Rai straight after the win.
Demoitie wife was in the Hotel last night with Gasp's wife and the Wanty Team.

 

[Brullnux]

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Nice to see Gerrans helping out his teammates after all the time he's relied on them over the years to pull the peloton along and deliver him to the line.

Also, got to love how strade bianche isn't a WT race yet Amstel is with this course

Thank God that Strade Bianche isn't a WT race. Has good riders and good racing with teams who all choose to be there and so provide us a great race.

 

[swissfr]

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When was the last time 2 pro conti riders finished top 3 in a WT classic?

3 pro conti riders in top 4 witch Coquard

 

[trucido]

Please Orica race Matthews and Gerrans together more often!

 

[Publicus]

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What is the point of leading a team if you don't attack or don't respond directly to attacks made by other leaders ?

it looks good on your resume/CV and you get the big piece of chicken at dinner

 

[blackmamba]

Unbelivable how Sky flops yet again tho how many years its been now without a classic ?

Actually shockingly bad considering their budget and riders