Euskal Herriko Itzulia 2018 - April 2-7

[Gigs_98]

Alaphilippe really shouldn't have stopped his sprint when he saw he couldn't win. That just cost him 4 seconds.

 

[Frankschleck]

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How fast is rabichenko from UAE? heard he is pretty fast, and very high odds on him.

Well that was close had 5 pounds on him to win at 251 times again.

 

[Squire]

Was that Riabushenko in 2nd? Good sprint by him.

 

[Jungle Cycle]

where was Mathews?? abandon??

 

[tobydawq]

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where was Mathews?? abandon??

Fifth?

 

[Jungle Cycle]

Re: Re:

where was Mathews?? abandon??

Fifth?

Oh ok.. didnt see him.. nor Sunweb chasing...

 

[Screecher]

where was Mathews?? abandon??

Matthews was probably spent after yesterday.

 

[wirral]

Alaphilippe really shouldn't have stopped his sprint when he saw he couldn't win. That just cost him 4 seconds.

From the front shot, it looks like Alaphilippe is watching McCarthy's bike going all over the place and is thinking, "Whoa, I don't want to be involved in a high speed crash for nothing." However the helicopter shot might paint a different picture.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Re: Re:

How fast is rabichenko from UAE? heard he is pretty fast, and very high odds on him.

Well that was close had 5 pounds on him to win at 251 times again.

Oh man!

Impressive sprint by him either way

 

[Netserk]

 

[tobydawq]

Nice 9th place for Bilbao. Good that Astana's work wasn't wasted.

 

[Jungle Cycle]

Kwia 3o..!?.. after that attack...

 

[Velolover2]

Kwait might have won without the attack.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Kwiato sprints well this year but inconsistent in classics and climbing so far (Despite winning Tirreno and Algarve)

 

[Frankschleck]

Re: Re:

How fast is rabichenko from UAE? heard he is pretty fast, and very high odds on him.

Well that was close had 5 pounds on him to win at 251 times again.

Oh man!

Impressive sprint by him either way

yeah, was a good effort.

 

[Akuryo]

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Kwiato sprints well this year but inconsistent in classics and climbing so far (Despite winning Tirreno and Algarve)

So same as every year? :surprised:

 

[Robert5091]

Stage 4 - 19.4 km ITT - flat. Totally flat Starts 14.05 CET. LRP to surprise us all?

 

[Laplaz]

Sky guys vs. Roglic

 

[Brullnux]

Re: Re:

Kwiato sprints well this year but inconsistent in classics and climbing so far (Despite winning Tirreno and Algarve)

So same as every year? :surprised:

Except this year he's taken it to a whole new level: inconsistent within classics. Like at ronde, awful on kwaremont, strong on paterberg, ok on kopperberg, terrible again on kruisberg/kwaremont.

 

[Laplaz]

You have a link for Livetiming?

 

[rghysens]

Re: Re:

Kwiato sprints well this year but inconsistent in classics and climbing so far (Despite winning Tirreno and Algarve)

So same as every year? :surprised:

Except this year he's taken it to a whole new level: inconsistent within classics. Like at ronde, awful on kwaremont, strong on paterberg, ok on kopperberg, terrible again on kruisberg/kwaremont.

Kwaremont: long (for a Flemish climb) and gradual
Paterberg: short and steep
Koppenberg: rather short and steep
Kruisberg/Hotond: long and gradual

It isn't the first time Kwiatkowski explodes on the Kwaremont in the Ronde (2013, 2016).

And I don't find his climbing inconsistent this year (except the first days in basque country, but that's probably because he still had sore legs).

 

[Brullnux]

Re: Re:

Kwiato sprints well this year but inconsistent in classics and climbing so far (Despite winning Tirreno and Algarve)

So same as every year? :surprised:

Except this year he's taken it to a whole new level: inconsistent within classics. Like at ronde, awful on kwaremont, strong on paterberg, ok on kopperberg, terrible again on kruisberg/kwaremont.

Kwaremont: long (for a Flemish climb) and gradual
Paterberg: short and steep
Koppenberg: rather short and steep
Kruisberg/Hotond: long and gradual

It isn't the first time Kwiatkowski explodes on the Kwaremont in the Ronde (2013, 2016).

And I don't find his climbing inconsistent this year (except the first days in basque country, but that's probably because he still had sore legs).

yeah but kwiat is the guy who led for 10km of the izoard. I don't think he'd find the kwaremont 'long'. And it shouldn't be a power thing, he's a great TT-er and Nibali (less powerful) found kwaremont to be his strong point.

 

[jonan92]

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You have a link for Livetiming?

This is the live tracking, I guess that at least they will be showing the top5 there

 

[Max Rockatansky]

Stage 4 - 19.4 km ITT - flat. Totally flat Starts 14.05 CET. LRP to surprise us all?

https://goo.gl/maps/Tz9cpudVFDu

There is a little bump in Sartaguda.

 

[Laplaz]

Re: Re:

You have a link for Livetiming?

This is the live tracking, I guess that at least they will be showing the top5 there

Thanks!