Wellens dropped K?nig immediately when the final climb started.
Km. 164. 2-09 de Valverde a Wellens, 2-17 a Konig y 2-40 al primer grupo
Km. 164. 2-09 de Valverde a Wellens, 2-17 a Konig y 2-40 al primer grupo
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Maaaaaaaarten said:K?nig
Maaaaaaaarten said:Wellens dropped K?nig immediately when the final climb started.
Coat-O said:Didn't see that coming. Wellens is a future man for the Ardennes classics for sure. Could be the next Gilbert.
Coat-O said:He won Roma Maxima and GP Miguel Indurain in that way. He was also very aggressive in Dwars Door Vlaanderen. In small races, he is on fire.
Dekker_Tifosi said:Valverde relegates the rest of the field
roundabout said:he had Pozzovivo for company in the Roma Maxima
Maaaaaaaarten said:If only Valverde rode like this in bigger races (he would get caught and lose because the teams chasing him would be much stronger)
Maaaaaaaarten said:Pretty good from Kudus.
He was in the Valverde group and I think he stayed with Valverde for more than 10km when Valverde attacked before getting dropped in the descent. Although, the updates we rely on are of course a bit ambiguous something. But it does look like he stayed with Valverde for quite some time at least. I don't know what the time gaps are, but Kudus is not explosive at all, so I can imagine those final shorter climbs didn't do him much good.
EDIT; yes Kudus is the s.t. as Visconti and the riders between. He was last from his group in the sprint. Strong ride by him!
Also, I was kind of obsessed with Kudus and Wellens, but I forgot to mention, Valverde did a great ride of course.
If only Valverde rode like this in bigger races (he would get caught and lose because the teams chasing him would be much stronger)
Bushman said:Kudus not explosive at all? It's not like he is a Wiggins/Leipheimer uphill.
Coat-O said:Get ready for the full year-peak.
TourOfSardinia said:Great win by Cummings.
Nice kit for MTN-Q.
Put Bala and the Sky guys right!
Steve seems to be good early season:
didn't he win at Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria February a year or two back?
Maaaaaaaarten said:What?! No umlauts?! That's pretty pathetic for a forum concerning a sport that is mainly practiced in continental Europe.
Can I say rodr?guez?
nope can't do accents either....
(also... how did I only just notice this?!)
Coat-O said:Yeah. He was swallowed by the rest of the peloton about 50 meters (or even less) before the line.