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It's very possible but you never know.Miburo said:coppino said:Great Gilbert. Very poor by Astana and quite a weak Aru. I Still think they had to try something in that downhill. It's only 17 seconds but it seems like minutes now.
Will be minutes in 2 days.
Fernandez said:How many stages could have won Valverde if he had been in this Giro?
coppino said:It's very possible but you never know.Miburo said:coppino said:Great Gilbert. Very poor by Astana and quite a weak Aru. I Still think they had to try something in that downhill. It's only 17 seconds but it seems like minutes now.
Will be minutes in 2 days.
bala v said:Fernandez said:How many stages could have won Valverde if he had been in this Giro?
5-6
I'm thinking this too. Even though this Giro was already demanding in the beginning, it's from now on that gaps can be huge. You need to have top shape the last 8 stages (from Saturday), and Uran looks like he's gaining form while Aru seems to be losing form. I don't know about Porte.DenisMenchov said:Pippo_San said:So is Duran Duran getting back to business? Looked good today
He may well accomplish a hat-trick of 2nd places in the Giro.
DenisMenchov said:arvc40 said:SeriousSam said:Relative to this field, anyway. Remember that FQN aren't here.arvc40 said:Contador is is megsismega strong. That strength will show in TT
Tour will be great. Contador will be in top form by then and beat Froome again
It's not going to be Vuelta 2012 again.
I hope for him that Contador doesn't share this hubris.No_Balls said:coppino said:It's very possible but you never know.Miburo said:coppino said:Great Gilbert. Very poor by Astana and quite a weak Aru. I Still think they had to try something in that downhill. It's only 17 seconds but it seems like minutes now.
Will be minutes in 2 days.
Yeah about that we know.
arvc40 said:DenisMenchov said:arvc40 said:SeriousSam said:Relative to this field, anyway. Remember that FQN aren't here.arvc40 said:Contador is is megsismega strong. That strength will show in TT
Tour will be great. Contador will be in top form by then and beat Froome again
It's not going to be Vuelta 2012 again.
No its not. Contador will be even more superior.
Fernandez said:I dont think Gilbert has ever won a sprint to ValverdeOlavEH said:Fernandez said:Gilbert thanks god Valverde wasnt there
Well, Gilbert is probably faster than Valverde if the hill isn't too step and both have reasonably fresh legs.
Red Rick said:It's much more like a shortish Mur de Huy than the Cauberg. The lenght of the effort was definitely longer and drag was much smaller, I also liked that it was steep all the way to the line. Really, really like this finish, Italy has much better terrain for Ardennish classics than Belgium and Holland
Meanwhile, De Cauwer suggesting Cookson be carefull cuz Contador might punch him if he's not
Not Contador's style. He'll talk about respecting opponents and the like, but today he definitely showed everyone that he is clearly the best rider in this race. I think TT day will be even trickier for him now: he knows he's the strongest and he won't want to push his shoulder but, though he can play a defensive game if he has to, playing it safe is not his style either.coppino said:I hope for him that Contador doesn't share this hubris.
I think that we knew that already from the beginning.deValtos said:Such a promising start to the Giro but it looks like the 2nd half of this Giro is going to be a quite boring relative to the first half. In terms on the GC victory at least.
SeriousSam said:Relative to this field, anyway. Remember that FQN aren't here.arvc40 said:Contador is is megsismega strong. That strength will show in TT
I thought the "thing" with his shoulder was over days ago... It is not causing him any problem of sort. He'll ride to his best or to what he think is sufficient but the shoulder is really not a concern.carton said:Not Contador's style. He'll talk about respecting opponents and the like, but today he definitely showed everyone that he is clearly the best rider in this race. I think TT day will be even trickier for him now: he knows he's the strongest and he won't want to push his shoulder but, though he can play a defensive game if he has to, playing it safe is not his style either.coppino said:I hope for him that Contador doesn't share this hubris.
Neither arvc40 nor I were talking about uphill sprint strength but climbing/TTing.BlurryVII said:SeriousSam said:Relative to this field, anyway. Remember that FQN aren't here.arvc40 said:Contador is is megsismega strong. That strength will show in TT
See, I don't think FQN would've been much closer to gilbert today, on such punchy climb.
And beating Ulissi. Because that looked like an uphill sprint. They wouldn't have done better, Contador is really strong.