Maybe he was way too confident after that crazy win.Bad result considering he was interested in winning this race.Arredondo said:Surprising result by Bala. Especially because the team worked hard all day.
I don't think it is a bad result for him considering who were the guys involved in the victory. Sagan, Cancellara, Stybar or even Van Avermaet are more specialist for this race, which is more or less like Northen Classics.DBotero said:Maybe he was way too confident after that crazy win.Bad result considering he was interested in winning this race.Arredondo said:Surprising result by Bala. Especially because the team worked hard all day.
Better watch the first 150k to see that..I can't imagine him being there at the end.Velolover2 said:Seeing him side by side with Cancellara, Boonen, Sagan, etc. would be pretty epic.Taxus4a said:Cant wait to see De Ronde this year.
Kinda smart move. I would rather see him beasting it as usual in the Ardennes and the Giro, he might run out of gas in May if he chose to try to win Flanders..Arredondo said:So no E3 and Flanders for Bala.
http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/wielrennen/1.2605828
He finally understands i'm right: he doesn't have a chance in those races. Common sense after all.
But i understand he will not do Pais Vasco? So only Amstel, Fleche and Liege for now.
But do you really think his goal was to win Flanders? Just look at MSR today: no chance at all in the race. And Flanders is even more specialised.Valv.Piti said:Kinda smart move. I would rather see him beasting it as usual in the Ardennes and the Giro, he might run out of gas in May if he chose to try to win Flanders..Arredondo said:So no E3 and Flanders for Bala.
http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/wielrennen/1.2605828
He finally understands i'm right: he doesn't have a chance in those races. Common sense after all.
But i understand he will not do Pais Vasco? So only Amstel, Fleche and Liege for now.
So yeah, I think its the right decision, but I think most of us wanted to see him in Flanders.![]()
How disappointing. Who cares if he's got less chance to win? I wanted to see him try some different races this year.Arredondo said:So no E3 and Flanders for Bala.
http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/wielrennen/1.2605828
He finally understands i'm right: he doesn't have a chance in those races. Common sense after all.
But i understand he will not do Pais Vasco? So only Amstel, Fleche and Liege for now.
That's the same Messi would try to be a goalkeeper next year. Useluss for himself and the team. Bala his task is to win races. Not riding other races just for fun.jaylew said:How disappointing. Who cares if he's got less chance to win? I wanted to see him try some different races this year.Arredondo said:So no E3 and Flanders for Bala.
http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/wielrennen/1.2605828
He finally understands i'm right: he doesn't have a chance in those races. Common sense after all.
But i understand he will not do Pais Vasco? So only Amstel, Fleche and Liege for now.
With the MSR route being what it is, I would definitely say his chancers are higher in Flanders. And yes, I think he aimed at winning that race or at least do what Bala always does which is to finish as high as possible.Arredondo said:But do you really think his goal was to win Flanders? Just look at MSR today: no chance at all in the race. And Flanders is even more specialised.Valv.Piti said:Kinda smart move. I would rather see him beasting it as usual in the Ardennes and the Giro, he might run out of gas in May if he chose to try to win Flanders..Arredondo said:So no E3 and Flanders for Bala.
http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/wielrennen/1.2605828
He finally understands i'm right: he doesn't have a chance in those races. Common sense after all.
But i understand he will not do Pais Vasco? So only Amstel, Fleche and Liege for now.
So yeah, I think its the right decision, but I think most of us wanted to see him in Flanders.![]()
He will not top-10 Flanders. It's almost impossible. Imagine winning. That's Purito winning a flat ITT![]()
Super schedule.Arredondo said:So Bala's new racing schedule
Training at attitude
Vuelta Castilla y Leon (15-17 April)
Fleche
Liege
Giro
But then he's just underestimating the strenght of guys like Cancellara, Sagan, Terpstra, Pippo and Vanmarcke. Flanders is for guys with more kilo's and power. Not for guys of 60 kilo's.Valv.Piti said:With the MSR route being what it is, I would definitely say his chancers are higher in Flanders. And yes, I think he aimed at winning that race or at least do what Bala always does which is to finish as high as possible.Arredondo said:But do you really think his goal was to win Flanders? Just look at MSR today: no chance at all in the race. And Flanders is even more specialised.Valv.Piti said:Kinda smart move. I would rather see him beasting it as usual in the Ardennes and the Giro, he might run out of gas in May if he chose to try to win Flanders..Arredondo said:So no E3 and Flanders for Bala.
http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/wielrennen/1.2605828
He finally understands i'm right: he doesn't have a chance in those races. Common sense after all.
But i understand he will not do Pais Vasco? So only Amstel, Fleche and Liege for now.
So yeah, I think its the right decision, but I think most of us wanted to see him in Flanders.![]()
He will not top-10 Flanders. It's almost impossible. Imagine winning. That's Purito winning a flat ITT![]()
Purito winning a flat ITT is like Backstedt winning at Col Granon after 200 km of intense racing over Glandon, Madeleine and Galibier. Unless its a junior race obviously, at which I am still certain that Backstedt would place behind the fat readout man from the local team.
In your opinion. I absolutely think he could do a top 10. Impossible? Now, that's hilarious.Arredondo said:But do you really think his goal was to win Flanders? Just look at MSR today: no chance at all in the race. And Flanders is even more specialised.Valv.Piti said:Kinda smart move. I would rather see him beasting it as usual in the Ardennes and the Giro, he might run out of gas in May if he chose to try to win Flanders..Arredondo said:So no E3 and Flanders for Bala.
http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/wielrennen/1.2605828
He finally understands i'm right: he doesn't have a chance in those races. Common sense after all.
But i understand he will not do Pais Vasco? So only Amstel, Fleche and Liege for now.
So yeah, I think its the right decision, but I think most of us wanted to see him in Flanders.![]()
He will not top-10 Flanders. It's almost impossible. Imagine winning. That's Purito winning a flat ITT![]()
I agree, he won't win that race, but top-10 is not far fetched. At least in my opinion its not. But that coupled with the fact he is doing the Giro he has probably realised it will be way too hard. If he did it any other year, it woulda been better which is what perplexed me in the first place about his original scheduleArredondo said:But then he's just underestimating the strenght of guys like Cancellara, Sagan, Terpstra, Pippo and Vanmarcke. Flanders is for guys with more kilo's and power. Not for guys of 60 kilo's.Valv.Piti said:With the MSR route being what it is, I would definitely say his chancers are higher in Flanders. And yes, I think he aimed at winning that race or at least do what Bala always does which is to finish as high as possible.Arredondo said:But do you really think his goal was to win Flanders? Just look at MSR today: no chance at all in the race. And Flanders is even more specialised.Valv.Piti said:Kinda smart move. I would rather see him beasting it as usual in the Ardennes and the Giro, he might run out of gas in May if he chose to try to win Flanders..Arredondo said:So no E3 and Flanders for Bala.
http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/wielrennen/1.2605828
He finally understands i'm right: he doesn't have a chance in those races. Common sense after all.
But i understand he will not do Pais Vasco? So only Amstel, Fleche and Liege for now.
So yeah, I think its the right decision, but I think most of us wanted to see him in Flanders.![]()
He will not top-10 Flanders. It's almost impossible. Imagine winning. That's Purito winning a flat ITT![]()
Purito winning a flat ITT is like Backstedt winning at Col Granon after 200 km of intense racing over Glandon, Madeleine and Galibier. Unless its a junior race obviously, at which I am still certain that Backstedt would place behind the fat readout man from the local team.
Horrible analogy. It's not the same and you know it. He wasn't racing Flanders for fun. Both he and the team thought he had a shot at a good result. Sounds like he wants to go full out for the Giro. Oh well. And where does it say Amstel is out?Arredondo said:That's the same Messi would try to be a goalkeeper next year. Useluss for himself and the team. Bala his task is to win races. Not riding other races just for fun.jaylew said:How disappointing. Who cares if he's got less chance to win? I wanted to see him try some different races this year.Arredondo said:So no E3 and Flanders for Bala.
http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/wielrennen/1.2605828
He finally understands i'm right: he doesn't have a chance in those races. Common sense after all.
But i understand he will not do Pais Vasco? So only Amstel, Fleche and Liege for now.
But which evidence there is he can? I don't see it.jaylew said:In your opinion. I absolutely think he could do a top 10. Impossible? Now, that's hilarious.Arredondo said:But do you really think his goal was to win Flanders? Just look at MSR today: no chance at all in the race. And Flanders is even more specialised.Valv.Piti said:Kinda smart move. I would rather see him beasting it as usual in the Ardennes and the Giro, he might run out of gas in May if he chose to try to win Flanders..Arredondo said:So no E3 and Flanders for Bala.
http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/wielrennen/1.2605828
He finally understands i'm right: he doesn't have a chance in those races. Common sense after all.
But i understand he will not do Pais Vasco? So only Amstel, Fleche and Liege for now.
So yeah, I think its the right decision, but I think most of us wanted to see him in Flanders.![]()
He will not top-10 Flanders. It's almost impossible. Imagine winning. That's Purito winning a flat ITT![]()
They can have the opinion a good result in Flanders is possible. But i don't see any evidence to suggest he really can. But hey, he can't prove it anymore this yearjaylew said:Horrible analogy. It's not the same and you know it. He wasn't racing Flanders for fun. Both he and the team thought he had a shot at a good result. Sounds like he wants to go full out for the Giro. Oh well. And where does it say Amstel is out?Arredondo said:That's the same Messi would try to be a goalkeeper next year. Useluss for himself and the team. Bala his task is to win races. Not riding other races just for fun.jaylew said:How disappointing. Who cares if he's got less chance to win? I wanted to see him try some different races this year.Arredondo said:So no E3 and Flanders for Bala.
http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/wielrennen/1.2605828
He finally understands i'm right: he doesn't have a chance in those races. Common sense after all.
But i understand he will not do Pais Vasco? So only Amstel, Fleche and Liege for now.
That sucks. I'd rather see him at Amstel.Arredondo said:They can have the opinion a good result in Flanders is possible. But i don't see any evidence to suggest he really can. But hey, he can't prove it anymore this yearjaylew said:Horrible analogy. It's not the same and you know it. He wasn't racing Flanders for fun. Both he and the team thought he had a shot at a good result. Sounds like he wants to go full out for the Giro. Oh well. And where does it say Amstel is out?Arredondo said:That's the same Messi would try to be a goalkeeper next year. Useluss for himself and the team. Bala his task is to win races. Not riding other races just for fun.jaylew said:How disappointing. Who cares if he's got less chance to win? I wanted to see him try some different races this year.Arredondo said:So no E3 and Flanders for Bala.
http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/wielrennen/1.2605828
He finally understands i'm right: he doesn't have a chance in those races. Common sense after all.
But i understand he will not do Pais Vasco? So only Amstel, Fleche and Liege for now.![]()
http://movistarteam.com/noticias/2016-3-19/cambio-de-calendario-para-valverde
Castilla y Leon ends on 17 april, the day Amstel is raced.
At this point in his career he has earned the right to ride the races that he wants.Arredondo said:That's the same Messi would try to be a goalkeeper next year. Useluss for himself and the team. Bala his task is to win races. Not riding other races just for fun.jaylew said:How disappointing. Who cares if he's got less chance to win? I wanted to see him try some different races this year.Arredondo said:So no E3 and Flanders for Bala.
http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/wielrennen/1.2605828
He finally understands i'm right: he doesn't have a chance in those races. Common sense after all.
But i understand he will not do Pais Vasco? So only Amstel, Fleche and Liege for now.
Im pretty sure Valverde has the finally say. We can only speculate, but I think Unzue and Valverde came to that conclusion together.trevim said:I really hope he's not being pushed by Movistar to let go of the cobbles.