Haha drunkRedheadDane said:Scarponi said:I wish I accidentally put a 100 on Stybar tonight
Forgot to get drunk?
Me knows best
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Haha drunkRedheadDane said:Scarponi said:I wish I accidentally put a 100 on Stybar tonight
Forgot to get drunk?
jaylew said:Great tactics from QS once again. Despite his two late attacks, no real shock that Stybar won that having been able to sit on for so long.
Velolover2 said:They got all the classics so far.
2017: The year of Gilbert
2018: The year of Terpstra
2019: The year of Stybar
When one QS rider steps down, there is always another to take over.
Maybe the tactic was that they didn't actually want to catch Jungels too early. They wanted to catch him in the last 10km, otherwise a succession of fresher QST riders would just keep attacking. And it wasn't too far from working.tomorrow said:jaylew said:Great tactics from QS once again. Despite his two late attacks, no real shock that Stybar won that having been able to sit on for so long.
it's not tactics any more, when they do it every race it's just routine, I just don't get, like someone earlier in the discussion, what for were the CC, Bora and others teams saving the domestics on the downhill to paterberg, it was obvious it will split there, they lost like 20s there
Logic-is-your-friend said:Like i said, Stybar was laughing his *** off.
The other teams should hire riders from DQ so that they can neutralize the DQ tacticstomorrow said:jaylew said:Great tactics from QS once again. Despite his two late attacks, no real shock that Stybar won that having been able to sit on for so long.
it's not tactics any more, when they do it every race it's just routine, I just don't get, like someone earlier in the discussion, what for were the CC, Bora and others teams saving the domestics on the downhill to paterberg, it was obvious it will split there, they lost like 20s there
But this wasn't interesting.Vroome.exe said:I think it's much better when DQS wins everything not because they have the strongest rider, but because of the whole team and their tactics. At least they make the race hard and interesting. Of course when Sagan and GVA were winning everything nobody cried about their dominance.
At least the last 5km were reasonably interesting. Which is 5km more than almost every cobbled classic last season.Bardamu said:But this wasn't interesting.Vroome.exe said:I think it's much better when DQS wins everything not because they have the strongest rider, but because of the whole team and their tactics. At least they make the race hard and interesting. Of course when Sagan and GVA were winning everything nobody cried about their dominance.
Vroome.exe said:I think it's much better when DQS wins everything not because they have the strongest rider, but because of the whole team and their tactics. At least they make the race hard and interesting. Of course when Sagan and GVA were winning everything nobody cried about their dominance.
4k buddytobydawq said:Logic-is-your-friend said:Like i said, Stybar was laughing his *** off.
I didn't see him laugh. But fair enough, you must have a higher definition on your tv.
Then I don't know what you expect from a race like this, I mean not every race is PR 2016. DQS at least guarantee action from far out. Without them Kristoff would probably win half these races.Bardamu said:But this wasn't interesting.Vroome.exe said:I think it's much better when DQS wins everything not because they have the strongest rider, but because of the whole team and their tactics. At least they make the race hard and interesting. Of course when Sagan and GVA were winning everything nobody cried about their dominance.
Valv.Piti said:Sagan should feel a bit worried after this performance, but he can suddenly find missing shape pretty quickly.
Not a fan of one team neutralising the entire race.Vroome.exe said:Then I don't know what you expect from a race like this, I mean not every race is PR 2016. DQS at least guarantee action from far out. Without them Kristoff would probably win half these races.Bardamu said:But this wasn't interesting.Vroome.exe said:I think it's much better when DQS wins everything not because they have the strongest rider, but because of the whole team and their tactics. At least they make the race hard and interesting. Of course when Sagan and GVA were winning everything nobody cried about their dominance.
Logic-is-your-friend said:4k buddytobydawq said:Logic-is-your-friend said:Like i said, Stybar was laughing his *** off.
I didn't see him laugh. But fair enough, you must have a higher definition on your tv.
The moment Stybar was able to follow Van Avermaet's attack, it was clear that either Jungels would stay away, or if he got caught, Stybar would get a free ride to the final few kilometers. Jungles would always be able to keep the pace high enough to prevent the other group from coming back.
I 'm not particularly fond of DQS winning everything, but they have the best team. Simple. Always an extra guy that doesn't have to work and can profit off the work of others. I can live with Stybar winning it. He's a very nice bloke and he's paid his dues. I would have liked Van Aert or Van Avermaet to win more, because they worked the most.
He was able to sit in 4-8th position for the final 35k, while Van Aert, Bettiol, Van Avermaet had to do a lot of work to close 45 seconds on Jungels.tobydawq said:Logic-is-your-friend said:4k buddytobydawq said:Logic-is-your-friend said:Like i said, Stybar was laughing his *** off.
I didn't see him laugh. But fair enough, you must have a higher definition on your tv.
The moment Stybar was able to follow Van Avermaet's attack, it was clear that either Jungels would stay away, or if he got caught, Stybar would get a free ride to the final few kilometers. Jungles would always be able to keep the pace high enough to prevent the other group from coming back.
I 'm not particularly fond of DQS winning everything, but they have the best team. Simple. Always an extra guy that doesn't have to work and can profit off the work of others. I can live with Stybar winning it. He's a very nice bloke and he's paid his dues. I would have liked Van Aert or Van Avermaet to win more, because they worked the most.
I'm not saying it wasn't a perfect situation for him, you just made it sound (to me) like the others were stupid in reeling in Jungels when Stybar was sitting in the wheels. And that it was a given he would win in the end. I don't think it was a no-brainer but he was pretty dominant in the sprint, I have to admit.
This is multiple years worth of dominance. Besides, dominance by one rider is far more appealing and historically relevant than by one team.Vroome.exe said:I think it's much better when DQS wins everything not because they have the strongest rider, but because of the whole team and their tactics. At least they make the race hard and interesting. Of course when Sagan and GVA were winning everything nobody cried about their dominance.
Yeah I was checking the results and it was stunning.Eyeballs Out said:Another no-show from Trek and Dimension Data