Amgen Tour of California 2019, May 12-18

[Aristarchus]

Re:

30K to go... looks like Cavagna has this in the bag. Unless those time indications are way off again.

Peloton is clearly in no hurry to drag him back. This looks like it's his.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

WTF?! Are his brakes gone? That's twice he almost crashed.

 

[Aristarchus]

Re:

WTF?! Are his brakes gone? That's twice he almost crashed.

Either that or he is simply misjudging the turns with astonishing regularity. He should be out of trouble at this point, though.

 

[Sestriere]

He already looked like Wiggo during that 2013 Giro stage to Pescara on an earlier descend.

 

[sir fly]

Re:

WTF?! Are his brakes gone? That's twice he almost crashed.

Well, maybe the road surface shouldn't be so good... no potholes to keep him awake.

 

[jaylew]

What a crap stage. I guess it shouldn't come as a shock after yesterday's stage which was really good.

 

[Aristarchus]

Re: Re:

WTF?! Are his brakes gone? That's twice he almost crashed.

Well, maybe the road surface shouldn't be so good... no potholes to keep him awake.

Geschke and King blasted through those corners without issue. Maybe he does need something to jar him awake :lol:

 

[sir fly]

Re: Re:

WTF?! Are his brakes gone? That's twice he almost crashed.

Well, maybe the road surface shouldn't be so good... no potholes to keep him awake.

Geschke and King blasted through those corners without issue. Maybe he does need something to jar him awake :lol:

Unfortunately, he couldn't sit on their wheels.

 

[sir fly]

Excellent ride by Cavagna.
The way Geschke and King passed Hoehn tells how much energy a solo ride requires.

 

[Aristarchus]

Asgreen winning the bunch sprint for fourth, wearing that green jersey.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Hahahahahaha - Asgreen winning the peloton bunch sprint....... wtf is going on?

Yesterday he could suddenly climb, now he can apparently sprint too?

12 months ago, we all thought this guy was bought as a domestique, because of his TT qualities!

 

[RedheadDane]

What kind of rider is Asgreen?

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Re:

What kind of rider is Asgreen?

Apparently the new Kwiatkowski - who knew?

 

[johnymax]

Re: Re:

What kind of rider is Asgreen?

Apparently the new Kwiatkowski - who knew?

He is a mix between Kwiatek and Moscon.

Edit:
Let's open the "The official Asgreen is the new mix between Kwiatkowski and Moscon thread" thread?

 

[Screecher]

Why are people surprised Asgreen is doing well here. He is either competing against lesser riders or riders out of form and building up towards the TdF and such.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Re: Re:

What kind of rider is Asgreen?

Apparently the new Kwiatkowski - who knew?

He is a mix between Kwiatek and Moscon.

Sure, but to even speak of him in those terms, is a crazy fast development.

Up until a year ago, he was a continental rider - not pro-conti - just conti, and was mostly thought of as a talented TT rider

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Why are people surprised Asgreen is doing well here. He is either competing against lesser riders or riders out of form building up towards the TdF and such.

Why do you think his race schedule is different to theirs? - No reason DQ would not bring him to the tour, as he can be used in almost all terrains.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Re: Re:

What kind of rider is Asgreen?

Apparently the new Kwiatkowski - who knew?

He is a mix between Kwiatek and Moscon.

Sure, but to even speak of him in those terms, is a crazy fast development.

Up until a year ago, he was a continental rider - not pro-conti - just conti, and was mostly thought of as a talented TT rider, who DQ mostly picked up for team TTs and doing the grunt work at the front of the peloton, day in and day out

 

[Screecher]

Why are people surprised Asgreen is doing well here. He is either competing against lesser riders or riders out of form building up towards the TdF and such.

Why do you think his race schedule is different to theirs? - No reason DQ would not bring him to the tour, as he can be used in almost all terrains.

I doubt he's going to the tour. But even then, he still is competing against a relatively weak field.

 

[johnymax]

Why are people surprised Asgreen is doing well here. He is either competing against lesser riders or riders out of form building up towards the TdF and such.

Why do you think his race schedule is different to theirs? - No reason DQ would not bring him to the tour, as he can be used in almost all terrains.

I doubt he's going to the tour. But even then, he still is competing against a relatively weak field.

Weak field compared to the most important races yes. But there are plenty of good/great riders and teams competing here.

 

[Koronin]

Of course just after Cavagna wins the stage NBCSports switches over to hockey pre-game stuff and tells you you can watch the end on NBC Gold which is pay only. Had to go find the European feed to watch the end of the frelling stage.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Re:

Of course just after Cavagna wins the stage NBCSports switches over to hockey pre-game stuff and tells you you can watch the end on NBC Gold which is pay only. Had to go find the European feed to watch the end of the frelling stage.

The irony of having to look for an (illegal?) Euro stream to watch a US race

 

[Koronin]

Re: Re:

Of course just after Cavagna wins the stage NBCSports switches over to hockey pre-game stuff and tells you you can watch the end on NBC Gold which is pay only. Had to go find the European feed to watch the end of the frelling stage.

The irony of having to look for an (illegal?) Euro stream to watch a US race

Exactly! Unfortunately that's NBC for you. They love leaving a live cycling race for pre game or pre race (NASCAR) stuff.

 

[Nirvana]

Sagan is still in bad shape or has completed his morphing into a pure sprinter?
Today even Oss and his brother abandoned him and finished in the main group while he was with Cavendish minutes and minutes down, that's really bad even for the recent years heavy version of Sagan.

 

[Robert5091]

75 km solo ride for victory - chapeau!