97th Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2011

[Moose McKnuckles]

Leopard must be recruiting Gilbert. The only way I can explain this.

 

[The Hitch]

They say you dont know how important something is untill its gone.

Alejandro Valverde.

Coming. January 1st 2012

 

[goggalor]

Who will come second?????

 

[Moondance]

Kudos to Gilbert.

 

[mherm79]

what they hell was that by the Schelcks??? pathetic

 

[Epicycle]

hat trick!

chapeau chapeau chapeau

And 4 in a row.

 

[palmerq]

Gilbert to sign for leopard next season :S..... maybe..

I think to be fair to the schlecks they looked done I doubt they could have attacked if they wanted to.



Gilbert is brilliant though.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

That is the absolute worst tactical riding I've seen since Cofidis put 3 men in a 5 man break and came 3rd, 4th and 5th in Turkey last year.

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

PG what a great win!

Leotard Sheet proved themselves tactically inept.

 

[Jamsque]

Really unimpressive from the Schlecks, they had Gilbert isolated for 20km and attacked him once.

 

[Not Riding Enough]

Just too easy for Gilbert.

 

[pedaling squares]

What a joke from the Schlecks. Phil wins by a mile.

Exactly. And everyone who has ever seen them race knew it would end like that. Not even one attack. They must really like the lower steps of the podium. Maybe team points are more important? Meh. I'd rather see them attack, fail, and come in 9th/10th. I can respect that.

 

[Granville57]

Those two boys are quite nice fellows.

That was very polite of them to escort Gilbert in like that.

Very commendable behavior.

 

[jaylew]

Moronic riding by the Schlecks.

 

[beer_thirty]

Gilbert does it!

Schleck FAIL but well done for at least being with him.

Why is it a Schleck fail?? They were the only ones who made it a race for Gilbert; if you don't have the legs you don't have the legs. 2-3 in La Doyenne; it's Purito/Vino/etc who failed. Andy and Frank did all they could. For sure Van Avermaet ride of the day though.

 

[The Hitch]

Wel that was a let down.

 

[auscyclefan94]

They say you dont know how important something is untill its gone.

Alejandro Valverde.

Coming. January 1st 2012

Violently vomiting


schlecks should of attacked earlier imo

 

[cineteq]

The guy is just . . . Gilbert is a beast. A pure beast. And the Schlecks . . . I mean WTF. Why do you leave it so long? You surely can't think you can win a sprint against Gilbert.

If they could have, they would have done it...not enough gas in the tank...

 

[Ferminal]

So... does Gilbert do anything for the next 4 months, or do we wait until the end of season classics for him to win again?

Could win a couple of the early TdF stages...

 

[Libertine Seguros]

They say you dont know how important something is untill its gone.

Alejandro Valverde.

Coming. January 1st 2012

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[thirteen]

And 4 in a row.

i never was very good at maths

chapeau

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

Wel that was a let down.

I'd have to agree

 

[hfer07]

Dumbest strategy ever from the Schlecks

 

[Tuarts]

GILBERT WILL NOW ATTACK WORLD HUNGER AND WIN!!!

He is just that ****ing good.

He wont be able to form Government though, he's not that good.

 

[Anonymous]

That is the absolute worst tactical riding I've seen since Cofidis put 3 men in a 5 man break and came 3rd, 4th and 5th in Turkey last year.

Yea, riding for second and third was pretty weak. Leopard are certainly the biggest disappointment this year. I guess getting 2nd a lot in the spring is success to them???

Weak