75th La Fleche Wallonne 201km Wednesday April20nd 2011

[Moondance]

And Andy is out of the Top-10.

Sense has been made.

 

[auscyclefan94]

With respect, that's BS.

with respect, you're talking bs. I am not taking anything away from PG, but it's clear it was ridden much different to last year.

 

[Parrulo]

of course, i love gilbert, but it was more bunched up in the finish.

ya when he attacked i thought "too soon, they haven't even reach the middle of the muur cus there are so many people there" but they were actually like 400 m away from the finishing

 

[superconfex]

Vino 4th not Andy

 

[Jamsque]

Mur wasn't ridden as hard as last year which meant it suited guys like Vino and Gilbert more than JR, CE and AC.

Yup, they needed to go hard from the foot of the climb to keep Gilbert on the back foot but no-one was willing to do the work.

 

[roundabout]

http://www.letour.fr/2011/FWH/LIVE/us/100/classement/index.html

 

[Spare Tyre]

Well... This is progressive of the organisers. Very good of them to put the female presentation in the TV broadcast as well.

Chapeau to them.

Agreed. It's a pity it's so unusual.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

vino and gilbert _O_

this will be a great lbl sunday

 

[Moondance]

ya when he attacked i thought "too soon, they haven't even reach the middle of the muur cus there are so many people there" but they were actually 400 m away from the finishing like

Was even closer than that. 350 maybe even.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Vino got 4th
One of the Schlecks was 6th (both were up near the front half way up)
Anton came from way too far back - finished 5th, should have been 3rd at least

 

[Ferminal]

Mur wasn't ridden as hard as last year which meant it suited guys like Vino and Gilbert more than JR, CE and AC.

Yes, agreed.

There was the early attack by Klöden, and then Anton rode a very high tempo which only Contador could go with.

This year nothing really happened until Gilbert opened up (this was probably the same section Contador went on last year).

But that should take nothing away from the victory, Gilbert took the Mur on where none of the other favourites dared, or were able to.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Mur wasn't ridden as hard as last year which meant it suited guys like Vino and Gilbert more than JR, CE and AC.

oh yeah did you clock it??

 

[Moondance]

Lolz at Rodriguez.

 

[cobblehead]

with respect, you're talking bs. I am not taking anything away from PG, but it's clear it was ridden much different to last year.

agreed, if they wanted to shake gilbert they needed to make the race a lot harder imo...

too bad none of the others dared to do that (or had a domestique to do it for them)

ooh well, great race (the last 3 km that is ) and a great winner, good day for cycling...

 

[jaylew]

Gilbert again, The best bike rider in the world by a mile.

Best at what he does, sure, but he's just too limited to be considered the best overall, imo. Best one-day racer, sure - he and Canc can battle for that one, but I can't give the title of best overall to someone who is never a factor in stage races because he can't TT or climb mountains.

Nice bit of closing the door, twice from Gilbert.

Yeah, saw that. Smart move, not that would have mattered.

 

[jens_attacks]

probably the fastest ascent on huy in history.something epic no doubt.i never imagined you can do that there.no words.

nice to see vino 4th,sunday it will be his time.

 

[Thomsena]

+1.

Yes. I want to see some highlights.

Thanks.

What highlights?

 

[auscyclefan94]

oh yeah did you clock it??

nope, but it is clear amongst many people that it wasn't ridden as hard because of how bunched up it was at the finish and also that a big group was still quite bunched together.

 

[hfer07]

Purito must be annoyed by Gilbert taking the wins away from him....

 

[thirteen]

http://www.letour.fr/2011/FWH/LIVE/us/100/classement/index.html

thank you... the other listing was driving me mad!

 

[RedheadDane]

It is the only race I know I cannot win because of the Mur de Huy

Perhaps not quoted exactly

Yeah, right Mister!

 

[Kvinto]

It was incredible, he won the race that was described as too hard for him, he attacked at 15% and no one could follow, even Purito with a teammate... just amazing!
Now he's going to make history on Sunday. I don't know whether there was a rider who won all 3 Ardennes Classics in one year? I guess he must be first one.

 

[Cobblestoned]

Purito must be annoyed by Gilbert taking the wins away from him....

If you hear a big BANG - that was Tchmil then

One race to go in Katusha's classics campaign

 

[aahmadhu]

It was incredible, he won the race that was described as too hard for him, he attacked at 15% and no one could follow, even Purito with a teammate... just amazing!
Now he's going to make history on Sunday. I don't know whether there was a rider who won all 3 Ardennes Classics in one year? I guess he must be first one.

rebellin in 2004

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

nope, but it is clear amongst many people that it wasn't ridden as hard because of how bunched up it was at the finish and also that a big group was still quite bunched together.

oh really??

2010:
1 31 Cadel EVANS BMC RACING TEAM 04:39:24
2 96 Joaquim RODRIGUEZ KATUSHA TEAM 00:00:00
3 181 Alberto CONTADOR ASTANA 00:00:00
4 21 Igor ANTON EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 00:00:06
5 11 Damiano CUNEGO LAMPRE - FARNESE 00:00:09
6 41 Philippe GILBERT OMEGA PHARMA - LOTTO 00:00:11
7 143 Christopher HORNER TEAM RADIOSHACK 00:00:11
8 61 Alejandro VALVERDE CAISSE D'EPARGNE 00:00:11
9 1 Andy SCHLECK TEAM SAXO BANK 00:00:11
10 171 Ryder HESJEDAL GARMIN - TRANSITIONS 00:00:11
11 52 Michael ALBASINI TEAM HTC - COLUMBIA 00:00:11
12 131 Bert DE WAELE LANDBOUWKREDIET 00:00:11
13 215 Vincenzo NIBALI LIQUIGAS-DOIMO 00:00:11
14 161 Christophe LE MEVEL FRANCAISE DES JEUX 00:00:11
15 222 Robert GESINK RABOBANK 00:00:19
16 13 Francesco GAVAZZI LAMPRE - FARNESE 00:00:19
17 124 Xavier FLORENCIO CERVELO TEST TEAM 00:00:19
18 175 Daniel MARTIN GARMIN - TRANSITIONS 00:00:19
19 233 Sébastien MINARD COFIDIS LE CREDIT EN LIGNE 00:00:24
20 48 Jurgen VAN DEN BROECK OMEGA PHARMA - LOTTO 00:00:24
21 166 Jérémy ROY FRANCAISE DES JEUX 00:00:24
22 238 Leonardo DUQUE COFIDIS LE CREDIT EN LIGNE 00:00:24
23 71 Thomas LÖVKVIST TEAM SKY 00:00:27
24 141 Andréas KLÖDEN TEAM RADIOSHACK 00:00:27
25 148 Haimar ZUBELDIA TEAM RADIOSHACK 00:00:27
26 112 Dario CATALDO QUICK STEP CYCLING TEAM 00:00:32
27 208 Thomas VOECKLER BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM 00:00:32
28 56 Marco PINOTTI TEAM HTC - COLUMBIA 00:00:32
29 77 Lars-Peter NORDHAUG TEAM SKY 00:00:32

2011

1 Philippe GILBERT OMEGA PHARMA - LOTTO 4:54:57 (Palmarés completo)
2 Joaquim RODRIGUEZ OLIVER KATUSHA TEAM 0:00:03
3 Samuel SANCHEZ EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 0:00:05
4 Alexandre VINOKOUROV PRO TEAM ASTANA 0:00:06
5 Igor ANTON EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 0:00:06
6 Jelle VANENDERT OMEGA PHARMA - LOTTO 0:00:06
7 Frank SCHLECK TEAM LEOPARD-TREK 0:00:06
8 Daniel MORENO FERNANDEZ KATUSHA TEAM 0:00:09
9 Christophe LE MEVEL TEAM GARMIN - CERVELO 0:00:12
10 Paul MARTENS RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM 0:00:12
11 Alberto CONTADOR SAXO BANK SUNGARD 0:00:15
12 Michael ALBASINI HTC - HIGHROAD 0:00:17
13 Ryder HESJEDAL TEAM GARMIN - CERVELO 0:00:18
14 Robert GESINK RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM 0:00:20
15 Bert DE WAELE LANDBOUWKREDIET 0:00:20
16 Greg VAN AVERMAET BMC RACING TEAM 0:00:20
17 Jurgen VAN DEN BROECK OMEGA PHARMA - LOTTO 0:00:23
18 Ben HERMANS TEAM RADIOSHACK 0:00:26
19 Rigoberto URAN SKY PROCYCLING 0:00:28
20 Benat INTXAUSTI MOVISTAR TEAM 0:00:28
21 Rémy DI GREGORIO PRO TEAM ASTANA 0:00:28
22 Simon GERRANS SKY PROCYCLING 0:00:28
23 Philip DEIGNAN TEAM RADIOSHACK 0:00:28
24 Chris SORENSEN SAXO BANK SUNGARD 0:00:28
25 Kanstantsin SIVTSOV HTC - HIGHROAD 0:00:28
26 Alexandre GENIEZ SKIL-SHIMANO 0:00:28
27 Jérôme BAUGNIES TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-MERCATOR 0:00:28
28 Rob RUIJGH VACANSOLEIL-DCM 0:00:28
29 Jonathan HIVERT SAUR-SOJASUN 0:00:33
30 Julien EL FARES COFIDIS LE CREDIT EN LIGNE 0:00:34



oh yeah and last years group was 95 riders to the mur and this year was 78...