97th Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2011

[Hugo Koblet]

Man I look forward to see Gilbert completely crush the Schlecks.

 

[Ferminal]

Vino, Sanchez, Anton, Rodriguez, Kolobnev all MIA.

 

[Moondance]

Well.... That's the end of that.

Suprised noone in the peloton tried to respond. Not even an attempt by Gesink, Rodriguez, Vino, etc.

EDIT: Well, Vino had a mechanical. My apologies to him.

 

[Jamsque]

This has gone nearly perfectly for the Schlecks, they need to pull this gap out and then they can give Gilbert the old one-two punch on the Saint Nicolas.

 

[pedaling squares]

Gilbert to play the role of Valverde??

 

[thrawn]

Vino had punctured. His race is over.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Nooo Vino puncture!

 

[Publicus]

Terrible time for a mechanical for Vino

 

[Ferminal]

Ugh... Poor Vino.

 

[auscyclefan94]

vino crash!!!!

 

[Jamsque]

Mechanical for Vino! No 3rd Doyenne for the Kazakh in his final year.

 

[Anonymous]

sh!t luck for Vino!

 

[Libertine Seguros]

GP Llodio?

Must be, but that was yesterday.

Right now he's in the péloton in the Vuelta a la Rioja, but he has two teammates in the break.

 

[mherm79]

this is going to be a great finish, and a a great test of how strong Gilbert really is

 

[luckyboy]

Vino had lost as soon as Schlecks + Gilbert went

 

[al_pacino]

I'd like to see a time gap.

 

[Granville57]

2 against 1

That's not a fair fight.

Gilbert should wait for a third Trekkie to catch up!

 

[auscyclefan94]

gerg looks good!

 

[Moondance]

gerg looks good!

He'll get dropped on the Saint-Nicolas like a sack of potatoes.

 

[Jamsque]

The guys from the early break are really struggling to hang on every time the road goes upward, I can't see any of them being a factor.

 

[Ferminal]

Bunch isn't that far behind

nvm, 33s apparently.

 

[mherm79]

I'd like to see a time gap.

+1 can't be much. who'll lead the chase?

 

[Anonymous]

Is Garmin racing today...

 

[auscyclefan94]

rabo trying to chase...but to no avail!

 

[Jamsque]

Sporza commentary team making jokes about the French...