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ak-zaaf said:
WTF? He sat on the wheels the last 20k of the race. I wouldn't have lost any sleep if somebody would've rode him into the rails in the sprint.
Anyway, how can Lotto not attack in the last 2k?????
auscyclefan94 said:
Hincapie didn't have the legs. He rode today like he almost had the legs. Maybe in 2 weeks? (and I am sure in two weeks we will have another story of why he didn't win P-R yet again)
ChrisE said:WTF? He sat on the wheels the last 20k of the race. I wouldn't have lost any sleep if somebody would've rode him into the rails in the sprint.
Anyway, how can Lotto not attack in the last 2k?????
Evidence for the defence of why evans left lotto!
ChrisE said:WTF? He sat on the wheels the last 20k of the race. I wouldn't have lost any sleep if somebody would've rode him into the rails in the sprint.
Anyway, how can Lotto not attack in the last 2k?????
He bridged the small gap before Freire got lost, didn't do much work but was the only one who actually tried in the end.
For a young guy that's pretty impressive.
auscyclefan94 said:Evidence for the defence of why evans left lotto!
That makes no sense at all.
ak-zaaf said:
We have different definitions of impressive. Sit on the wheels, close a gap, and attack with 3 to go all in the last 20k. Whatever.
Yes I admit he's young and that's impressive he made it to the end, regardless of how he rode the last 20k. Doesn't mean he deserves to get 2nd.
auscyclefan94 said:
So by extention BMC also have no brains, since they are also still winless?
Moondance said:
No, 2 people in the break, 1 a sprinter and 1 a strong finisher. played it tatically bad. hincapie missed time sprint.that's all. lotto with the calibre of riders should be doing better
Moondance said:
BMC didn't have 2 guys in the break. If they had those numbers and didn't at least TRY something then they would have no brains as well.
I was surprised GH opened the sprint. He usually doesn't dare to win.
auscyclefan94 said:
The first group didn't just fall out of the sky. It took strong legs and tactics to form it and keep it going. BMC tactically managed to get just one guy in that group. ;p
ak-zaaf said:
exactly and with two riders htey could of at least played it tatically better. roelandts is a good sprinter. why didn't gilbert lead him out?
What about Liquigas' tactic to suffer one guy just to get rid of Freire, who gave up almost instantly?
auscyclefan94 said:
No, Hincapie led out the sprint...and of his moves in cycling, that was not one of his finest. I mean, he had no shot of winning regardless of the tactic he chose, but he could have followed Eisel for second instead of leading him out.
ak-zaaf said:
Smart move, but I think maybe Freire was already suffering since he didn't put up any resistance. Maybe saving himself.
ak-zaaf said:
What about Leakygas having 5 people in the initial move and none of them making it to the the end in the front group?
Thoughtforfood said:
After it split up they definitely had the wrong guys up front. Would have expected Quinziato there.
...was Oss still in the final group? I am forgetting already. If so, I retract most of my statement, however still ask the question: How did Leakygas have 5 people in the initial move and put nobody on the podium?
The Lotto's didn't fail strategically. They were just not strong enough. That's all.
We could see in the climbs that Gilbert had it hard to catch Gasparotto's or Breschel's wheel.
In the end he thought he could make it in the sprint. Maybe they should have switched with Roelandts but he surely wasn't that strong either.
Don't believe that just because they are with the two of them, they have a great advantage. Cycling is basically an individual sport.
I think only Freire has been fooled like a beginner.
By the way, it's nice to see those French climbs back again in the race. And it worked.
We could see in the climbs that Gilbert had it hard to catch Gasparotto's or Breschel's wheel.
In the end he thought he could make it in the sprint. Maybe they should have switched with Roelandts but he surely wasn't that strong either.
Don't believe that just because they are with the two of them, they have a great advantage. Cycling is basically an individual sport.
I think only Freire has been fooled like a beginner.
By the way, it's nice to see those French climbs back again in the race. And it worked.
Lotto fail..
Think some Belgians aren't too happy either that Roelandts closed the gap on Vanmarcke either...
Weird race, again.
fail..Think some Belgians aren't too happy either that Roelandts closed the gap on Vanmarcke either...
Weird race, again.
I would like to see one of the Aussies win. Stuart O Grady would be my preference or maybe Chris Sutton (doubtful).
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