Amstel Gold Race -18th April -257km

[issoisso]

I'm off to the Cauberg in about 2.30 hours, beautiful weather, it will be CROWDED!

Like you ever have a problem looking above other people

 

[Sasquatch]

Let's go Kroon.

Have money on Kroon @ $19 - main bet.
Have some small cash on Gasparotto @ $101

Kroon over Freire as a H2H is also the bet.

 

[Glockers]

Ok my patriotism has taken over.

1. Gerrans
2. Kroon
3. Maxim Iglinsky

 

[theyoungest]

Apparently the police are conducting breathalizer tests for the drivers of the team cars... at 9 AM. WTF you bunch of useless *****, go catch some criminals!

 

[Mellow Velo]

Kroon getting a lot of tips. ACF will be beside himself with excitement.
Have all the top riders dropped out then?

Like you ever have a problem looking above other people

Must admit, this raised a .......

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I don't get the Kroon hype either but whatever, must be the BMC influence

 

[craig1985]

Would love it if an outsider made the upset of the season and won. And cue the 3456532345 threads in the Clinic as a result. Priceless.

 

[theswordsman]

I'd love to see a double Astana victory (here and Castilla y Leon), but would also like to see some Vacansoleil riders mixing it up at the front. For a main pick, I'll take birthday boy Maxim Iglinsky.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

15min before i go:

Here is an overview of all the official hills that will be climbed in detail (percentages and length!)
http://06.live-radsport.ch/gallery_15570/AMSTEL_GOLD_RACE.html

The 16 unofficial climbs are as always skipped

 

[shadowblue]

just a thought for the cyclingnews live report/ticker, you might want to do what most other tickers/reports do, and have it formatted with the most recent posts/remarks at the top of the page. and having one long continuous page, instead of multiples. cn and velonews are the only ones that do this backwards.

 

[velosiped]

1: Kolobnev
2: Iglinsky
3: Gilbert

 

[Moondance]

+1 agree...but Kroon will be hard to beat...

Kroon hard to beat? He's never won a major classic, moreover he's not really shown any form this year.

Why is he then all of a sudden some big favorite in your eyes?

 

[53 x 11]

Kroon hard to beat? He's never won a major classic, moreover he's not really shown any form this year.

Why is he then all of a sudden some big favorite in your eyes?

Some people listen to Cuddles, God knows why

 

[theyoungest]

Frank Schleck crashed already... well, what do you know.

 

[CraZyCaLL]

1Gilbert
2Kolobnev
3A.Schleck

 

[ak-zaaf]

Kroon hard to beat? He's never won a major classic, moreover he's not really shown any form this year.

Why is he then all of a sudden some big favorite in your eyes?

I saw a recap of last year. Kroon was saying: "I thought Ivanov was the weakest in our group because when he took turns the tempo dropped by 5km an hour"

He's got a pretty decent sprint, but if you're that naive you'll have to finish solo.

 

[Moondance]

I saw a recap of last year. Kroon was saying: "I thought Ivanov was the weakest in our group because when he took turns the tempo dropped by 5km an hour"

He's got a pretty decent sprint, but if you're that naive you'll have to finish solo.

Awwwww.... Bless him. Always nice to see someone who really was born yesterday

 

[auscyclefan94]

+1 agree...but Kroon will be hard to beat...

I think you are getting a bit excited blaxland, kroon will be up there but hasn't shown much form so far. though he may surprise us all.

 

[The Sheep]

the seven riders in the lead: Rafael Valls (Footon-Servetto), Staf Scheirlinckx (Omega Pharma-Lotto), Peter Wrolich (Milram), Sebastien Delfosse (Landbouwkrediet), Thierry Hupond (Skil-Shimano), Steven Van Vooren (Topsport-Vlaanderen) and Arnoud Van Groen (Vacansoleil)

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Nice. The official feed is working well but still in pre-race mode.

 

[Anonymous]

Frank Schleck crashed already... well, what do you know.

And water is wet.

 

[icefire]

the seven riders in the lead: Rafael Valls (Footon-Servetto), Staf Scheirlinckx (Omega Pharma-Lotto), Peter Wrolich (Milram), Sebastien Delfosse (Landbouwkrediet), Thierry Hupond (Skil-Shimano), Steven Van Vooren (Topsport-Vlaanderen) and Arnoud Van Groen (Vacansoleil)

After 13 hours in a car he needs to stretch his legs

 

[Mellow Velo]

Frank Schleck crashed already... well, what do you know.

Mr Consistency. Has managed this feat in every edition, since he won.
Amazing for such a good bike handler. (copyright Dekker Tifosi 2010)

Nice. The official feed is working well but still in pre-race mode.

and will be for a while yet. This isn't Flanders or Roubaix.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Anyone watching dutch nos coverage? boogerd has been in the solarium! nice shirt as well!

 

[sublimit]

yeah, he looks like a kids TV presenter. i wish they would show the race though.