Clásica San Sebastián - 2 August 2014

[luckyboy]

At least the run-in is better looking than the old route

 

[Afrank]

12 seconds, he has this.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Sorry, but Nieve and Purito are too bad against the clock to stop Valverde here. Mollema on his own won't close this.

 

[Eclipse]

Oh well =(

 

[Miburo]

****kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

 

[trevim]

Come on Alejandro, Tonkov celebration!

 

[roundabout]

Yeah, another Zubeldia top-10.

 

[Afrank]

1. Valverde
2. Mollema
3. Purito
4. Nieve
5. Vanendert?

 

[kingjr]

I'm loving this so much. Screw the haters

 

[ILovecycling]

Gratz to Valverde

Very good race by Nieve and Mollema.Gallopin and Visconti decent too.
Yates is amazing but took too much risk,hope he is OKish

 

[MBotero]

Great win for Valverde,surprised that he got his tactic right this time Nice try for Nieve too.

 

[roundabout]

Was that the big favorite Stybar just coming in?

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Strongest rider won - no reason to complain. Good ride by Zubeldia aswell - or am I mistaking the guy who was 6th?

 

[Carols]

Bala . Attacks on the downhill and holds them off. Chapeau Sir! He needs to focus on these kinds of races instead of 3 week tours!

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

So I managed to forget about the race and turn on the TV by accident 40 seconds after the finish...

 

[Miburo]

Strongest rider won - no reason to complain. Good ride by Zubeldia aswell - or am I mistaking the guy who was 6th?

After witnessing valverde ride for almost 10 years i've every right to complain when this man wins.

 

[Arredondo]

I'm happy with Purito's performance. He reached the podium of a WT classic after a horrible Tour. In the end i look at the Vuelta, that's more important.

Hats off to Valverde, the strongest today. Nice win.

 

[the asian]

Gallopin coming 5th, not a bad defence.

 

[roundabout]

Strongest rider won - no reason to complain. Good ride by Zubeldia aswell - or am I mistaking the guy who was 6th?

7th. Good job though for a guy who has 1 gear uphill

 

[uconnryan]

1. Valverde
2. Mollema
3. Purito
4. Nieve
5. Gallopin
6. Vanendert

 

[Libertine Seguros]

The closing stages were exciting, there can be no doubting that. And the run-in is much more attractive than the old one, actually using the best scenery of Donostia as well.

It's just that it's really made a mess of what the race was. They may as well give up on Jaizkibel entirely and put all the final set of climbs in that area to the West of Donostia to try and chain a few together and not make it a single climb race. The change is more or less exactly as per Lombardia and has had a similar effect on the racing, only at least this time it wasn't all over with a single attack on the climb. It was a race all about the last 10km and no more.

 

[Fzotrlool]

Who was the first on top of the mountain? Valverde or Purito? Missed it.

 

[Hakkapelit]

1. Valverde
2. Mollema
3. Purito
4. Nieve
5. Gallopin
6. Vanendert

Nicely done good Sir.

 

[icefire]

The race has been a bit spoiled by the amount of flat between Arkale and Bordako Tontorra. Next year 2 x Bordako Tontorra, please

 

[Opalius]

After witnessing valverde ride for almost 10 years i've every right to complain when this man wins.

And after two years on this forum you surely know that this is not the right place to complain about that...