Criterium International - St 1: Porto Vecchio Col de lÂ’Ospedale, 176km

[Publicus]

contador sucked

Yep. It happens. Had a bad day.

I really thought Voeckler would have a go. But great when for Fedrigo (sp). Ok, I'm out. Have a good one guys.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Yep. It happens. Had a bad day.

*Hope Rising* for a entertaining tour

 

[franciep10]

anyway great win for fedrigo he looked strong

 

[auscyclefan94]

Yep. It happens. Had a bad day.

i didn't intend to be mean

 

[ak-zaaf]

Yep. It happens. Had a bad day.

He must be pretty happy it happened in this race.

 

[bicing]

fedrigo is a gun! last year he wanted to move on from bbox, he'll be a hot commodity in the upcoming transfer season...

 

[markene2]

Astana should have riden for Vino.

 

[Ferminal]

It's all part of the necessary prepration for the Tour.

It's amazing what a two pint turnaround does.

 

[Epicycle]

Who thinks Lance will withdraw tonight?

Looks like that happened last night.

 

[auscyclefan94]

anyway great win for fedrigo he looked strong

it was a good finish for him.

 

[Goldberger]

Damn Vino was strong today, looked like his old self. And great ride by Fedrigo, when he has a good day he's actually not a bad climber.

 

[Publicus]

i didn't intend to be mean

I didn't take it that way. He had a bad day. Better here than say in July. I think he made a smart decision not to race Cataluyna. I think he's exhausted.

BTW: Vino looked great.

 

[reyan12]

what happened to Contador?

 

[issoisso]

Fédrigo!!!

Awesome

It was Busche I thought.

Ben hermans.

What a day. AC is human after all!

Like i've said a ton of times, Bertie's one weakness is a complete lack of stamina. Today there was a strong headwind and he had his team pulling on the front for a long time. Plus he exerted himself a lot at the start getting time bonuses, which also contributed greatly.

Whoopsie!

Also, lol @ Radioshack. Brajkovic, Armstrong and Popovych all out the back early. Machado in a great position to win the GC tomorrow and Hermans doing very very well!

Talk about bipolar.

 

[bicing]

4 minutes 50 down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Berzin]

The BBox rider who won had an unfair advantage-his aerodynamic nose.

The UCI should look into it immediately.

 

[kurtinsc]

Ben Hermans finishing with the top group... is he a climbing prospect? For some reason I didn't think that was his area.

 

[Publicus]

Fédrigo!!!

Awesome



Ben hermans.



Like i've said a ton of times, Bertie's one weakness is a complete lack of stamina. Today there was a strong headwind and he had his team pulling on the front for a long time. Plus he exerted himself a lot at the start getting time bonuses, which also contributed greatly.

Whoopsie!

That's certainly what it looked like. He still has a lot to learn. Yeah, I said it!

 

[franciep10]

who AC or Lance

 

[Frosty]

Good rides by Martin and Millar only finishing 9 seconds down on the Evans group. Millar can expect to pick up quite a few places tomorrow. Nice to see Moncoutie mixing it up there as well.

 

[auscyclefan94]

evans exerted himself a bit too much at 2km. SS rode a smart race. what is fedrigo's advantage?

 

[Ibanez]

Looks like that happened last night.

Ouch, Ice cold. I like it.

The French continue to do well

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

who AC or Lance

yeah im curious too, surely ac didn't lose almost 5 mins. Cav could get to the finish after being dropped at 2km quicker.

also again SS didn't look great at the start of a climb but finished it well. seems like a trend for this guy.

 

[reyan12]

Damn Vino was strong today, looked like his old self. And great ride by Fedrigo, when he has a good day he's actually not a bad climber.

Vino could have finished it.He's very strong.IMO.

 

[auscyclefan94]

what a finish. not many would of expected that!