Euskal Herriko Itzulia 2018 - April 2-7

[Scarponi]

The ole quickstep one two in stage races and classics

 

[Pricey_sky]

10 left in the front group and Alaphilippe goes!

 

[Scarponi]

Roglic and lands back to Alaphillipe

 

[Red Rick]

This climb is fun

 

[DNP-Old]

Watching on a Eurosport UK stream and Carlton Kirby just yelled Carlos Betancur, thinking he was in the elite group.

 

[Scarponi]

This gap surely will get closed

 

[Red Rick]

2nd group shouldn't come back, as Quintana and Mas won't help

 

[Scarponi]

Cycling shocks me, there's 5 riders who can work in that group but can't be bothered

 

[Laplaz]

Quintana did actually some work behind, pathetic.

 

[Scarponi]

Re:

Quintana did actually some work behind, pathetic.

Probably slowed it down

 

[Red Rick]

Re: Re:

Quintana did actually some work behind, pathetic.

Probably slowed it down

Yeah, as soon as Quintana took over, the gap got a lot bigger

Super smart last km from Alaphilippe. Very impressive.

 

[Carols]

Impressed by the young Frenchman!!! Great riding

 

[Laplaz]

Will be difficult to beat Rogla and Balaphilippe this week.

 

[hfer07]

Alaphillipe = the French Valverde

 

[Rollthedice]

Quickstep should hire Valverde and win absolutely all races in the calendar.

 

[Jungle Cycle]

what was that from Mathews? 2x?

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Quickstep again.............
on a roll
or what

 

[Frankschleck]

Expected a better sprint from gorka :/

 

[Red Rick]

Re:

what was that from Mathews? 2x?

Training ride.

 

[Scarponi]

Re: Re:

what was that from Mathews? 2x?

Training ride.

You don't realize how far away from the finish that actually was until they rode all the way up haha

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Re:

what was that from Mathews? 2x?

Probably just testing his legs for the Ardennes.

 

[shalgo]

Re:

Quickstep again.............
on a roll
or what

Amazing. They have 23 wins this year, and that is with riders of the calibre of Gilbert, Stybar, and Jungels not having won anything.

 

[jaylew]

QS has about the same amount of wins as 8 other PT teams combined.

QS wins - 23
Wins from FDJ, Bahrain, Katusha, UAE, Bora, DD, EF, Sunweb - 24

 

[GraftPunk]

Re:

QS has about the same amount of wins as 8 other PT teams combined.

QS wins - 23
Wins from FDJ, Bahrain, Katusha, UAE, Bora, DD, EF, Sunweb - 24

That's pretty sick when put into that context.

 

[Red Rick]

Re: Re:

what was that from Mathews? 2x?

Training ride.

You don't realize how far away from the finish that actually was until they rode all the way up haha

It was on the steepest sections though, so the worst was over soon after. I imagine an 8% gradient feels like heaven when chilling out after trying to attack on a 20% gradient