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hatcher said:It's my favourite thing in cycling. He looks so sweet and innocent when he does it.
will10 said:Well how easy was that!
Why Sky haven't given Hagen the green light this week until today is beyond me.
dlwssonic said:Congrats EBH!
Gilbert is slowly getting better and better...
But he should have tried yesterday instead of today and he went pretty far out.
TeoSheva said:for the Tour of Beijing he will be fine
dlwssonic said:nah maybe the japan cup
But seriously he looks better in every race although its frustratingly slow.
He should be good at the tour.
And by the late part of the season he will be back to normal.
Waterloo Sunrise said:Or maybe the only meaningful race he'll win this year will be Lombardia.
Now that really would be back to normal for him.
dlwssonic said:yeah hope he is good by then.
He was exhausted by then last season but that was because he was so strong early in the season.
Lombardy and the worlds are his targets.
Waterloo Sunrise said:Or maybe the only meaningful race he'll win this year will be Lombardia.
Now that really would be back to normal for him.
Gloin22 said:We know. His other targets included MSR, Ronde and LBL too
But defo we should see him in good shape then. More like normal Gilbert from 3 years ago then the one this year though.
will10 said:Well how easy was that!
Why Sky haven't given Hagen the green light this week until today is beyond me.
Well he could definitely have won the two last stages as well if given the chance, so the question is why Sky didn't let him. It's not like it was vital to bring back the breakaways (that consisted of zero even remotely dangerous GC men) with 40k to go.Frosty said:He talks about it here.
http://www.letour.fr/2012/CDD/LIVE/us/300/classement/index.html
Basically he was supposed to be working today but other teams did it so he was able to have an easy day and then go for the sprint at the end.
Trunnions said:So Wiggo still in Yellow for the TT.
Any changes in the GC time splits?
Panda Claws said:Gilbert will not be back to normal until next season.
Winning 25% of the races he took part in in 2011 seems to have taken a toll on his body. He needs rest and not just 1 month, but rather a few months.