Ezequiel "Eze" Mosquera

[The Hitch]

I know he has recieved praise in the race threads, but I would like to create a new one just to make a few points.

Mainly because its so rare these days to see someone show the balls which Mosquera had on display yesterday. The point isn’t just that he attacked, despite the fact that it was tactically risky.

The overlooked point was that he didn’t care who was in his wheel, and most beautifully, that he rode them off it. When do we ever see that. And on a pretty easy ( by comparison) climb at that, so there was more slipstream. The closest we get to seeing someone riding others off their wheel is when Basso gets his domestiques to do it for him.

Should be a lesson to those boyfriend girlfriend conversations Al and Andy had on Brokeback mountains, - Madeline and Tourmalet.

"you go first"
"no you go first"
"no Alberto you go first"
"come on Andy, you go first"
and so on.

If Mosquera can someohoe pull this off (win a vuelta), we might see him at the tour.

Now this is the important part. The TDF as you all know has been very very very boring last few years. What they need is an attacking rider in the mountains. Mosquera obviously couldn’t climb with AS or AC, but he would attack in the mountains, forcing others to do so. Hence transforming stages like AX 3 Domains, Bagneres de Lucheon, Pau, San Jaune Morienne, Mont Ventoux, Arcalis etc into exciting stages.

Exactly like he did yesterday.

 

[hrotha]

I think there was also some headwind during the climb, which makes it all even more glorious and ridiculous at the same time.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

And it was an easy climb at 6,5%, well not 'easy', but more suited to diesels and TT style climbers like Bruseghin and Nibali.

Yet Nibali blew up.
Amazing

 

[The Hitch]

And it was an easy climb at 6,5%, well not 'easy', but more suited to diesels and TT style climbers like Bruseghin and Nibali.

Yet Nibali blew up.
Amazing

Thats the beauty of what Eze did. He took them with him on a suicide attack, and cracked them both while limiting his own losses.

He took 2 enemies with him into the lions den, but emerged from the den, alone

I also remember Nibali almost blowing up on Moncouties stage win, only Anton halting his attack just in time to save vinnie.

 

[sublimit]

And it was an easy climb at 6,5%, well not 'easy', but more suited to diesels and TT style climbers like Bruseghin and Nibali.

Yet Nibali blew up.
Amazing

There was a sapping long drag till the last 10K and I reckon that took a lot out of the riders. Mosquera is great though and puts other riders to shame with that ride.

 

[sherer]

like seeing him in the Vuelta and he really seems to target this race. Does anyone know what his full palmares is ? Any other wins of note

 

[Aguirre]

mosquera is showing impressive old-fashion way of dealing in cycling. Something fans we should appreciate. He is a reality in cycling and he only needs a bit of luck and show how brave he is in other foreign races.

After Xacobeo's ending, he should sign in a pro-tour team. Movistar would be good. He could end his career there in 3 or 4 years.

 

[roundabout]

Indeed, not often you get a rider who attacks like this because he simply has to do it.

Wonder how many people like him are riding in Spain and Portugal waiting to be discovered on the big scene?

 

[Aguirre]

Indeed, not often you get a rider who attacks like this because he simply has to do it.

Wonder how many people like him are riding in Spain and Portugal waiting to be discovered on the big scene?

cycling needs those "working class" riders as much as it needs some celebrities in the stardom system... style of Andy

 

[*G*K*S*]

like seeing him in the Vuelta and he really seems to target this race. Does anyone know what his full palmares is ? Any other wins of note

Very few victories, but a rock solid stage racer.

Look here for his career results:
http://http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/rider.asp?riderid=637

 

[jens_attacks]

i could watch this video all day long:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FApaXVNED-w&feature=player_embedded

check out that attack of mosquera,fuccin insane and then "rodriguez plafoniert!"

 

[Vonn Brinkman]

like seeing him in the Vuelta and he really seems to target this race. Does anyone know what his full palmares is ? Any other wins of note

Here is some of his palmares:
Stages in Ruta a Burgos, Vuelta a Alcobendas and Vuelta a la Rioja, all spread out between 2005-2009.
For the rest no notable vitories, no GC wins, but a couple of very high placings in the Ruta a Burgos and the Vuelta (5th 2007, 5th 2008 and 4th 2009)

 

[Michielveedeebee]

i could watch this video all day long:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FApaXVNED-w&feature=player_embedded

check out that attack of mosquera,fuccin insane and then "rodriguez plafoniert!"

you just have to love Michel Wuyts oh and it's Plafoneert not plafoniert

 

[Barrus]

you just have to love Michel Wuyts oh and it's Plafoneert not plafoniert

Best moments:

Nibali komt nooit uit het zadel

Nibali never comes out of the saddle (at which point Nibali comes out of the saddle. )

But I'd rather have Tom Steels, like him better than de Cauwer

 

[Michielveedeebee]

Best moments:

Nibali never comes out of the saddle (at which point Nibali comes out of the saddle. )

But I'd rather have Tom Steels, like him better than de Cauwer

Steels indeed is very nice to listen to. The way he analyses the sprints are wonderfull. It's also fun that he talks about his experiences on the same roads

 

[Libertine Seguros]

you just have to love Michel Wuyts oh and it's Plafoneert not plafoniert

how many "en nu [rider name] met de versnelling"s did he manage yesterday?

 

[The Hitch]

(5th 2007, 5th 2008 and 4th 2009)

Slight mistake here.
He came 4th in 08 behind Contador Levi and Sastre and in front of Valberde. He came 5th in 09 behind piti samu cuddles and ivan the terrible.

 

[The Hitch]

i could watch this video all day long:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FApaXVNED-w&feature=player_embedded

I would, if he had won the stage.

Indeed, not often you get a rider who attacks like this because he simply has to do it.

Its unfair to say he has to. He is a good enough climber to stay with the heads of state on such climbs and try to win from there.
Also in the video there is a section where the road is completely flat. Does he try to work with Nibali and Purito?

Nope. He simply keeps on going.

 

[roundabout]

Well that's the point, he could have wheelsucked his way to a victory by attacking much later but he decided to go all out from a long way and cause as much damage as possible, consequences be damned.

And that's great.

 

[Michielveedeebee]

We all know he learned to do suicide attacks from Amets Txurukka

No srsly, it was very impressive and I thought he had the win in the bag.
This Vuelta is going to be great

 

[icefire]

Listening to him in interviews is almost as good as watching him racing. He speaks quietly but his words are always full of corrosive sarcasm towards himself, laughing at his lack of punch to win stages and talking as if it really didn't matter.

 

[jaylew]

Question is, will he re-sign now that Xacobeo is confirmed for 2011? He might want to give it a go at a larger squad in what might be his last shot. He'd be a great add for just about anyone and I don't know how much he's getting from Xaco but I would guess he might be able to command a bit more from a few teams out there. He talks about it a bit here:

http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/5604/Xacobeo-Galicias-future-secured-for-at-least-one-more-year.aspx

 

[sublimit]

yeah, impressive guy and too talented to be a workhorse for somebody else. He deserves another shot as a GC rider at the Vuelta with a team and then retire in a couple of years or so.
David Brailsford could do worse than enquiring about his future plans.

 

[The Hitch]

yeah, impressive guy and too talented to be a workhorse for somebody else. He deserves another shot as a GC rider at the Vuelta with a team and then retire in a couple of years or so.
David Brailsford could do worse than enquiring about his future plans.

was thinking the same, but Mosquera will probably want a good team for the Vuelta rather than be forced to ride the tour.

 

[Sydney21]

He would probably go to a team where there is one GC leader who rides the Ardennes and the tour so he could do the Giro Vuelta double or something along those lines. BMC Sky or Vacan come to mind.