Il Lombardia 2014

[hfer07]

amazing hat trick by Martin - HAHA

It was a great race indeed

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Rofl, what the hell just happened?

 

[Hugo87]

Dan Martin with fantastic timing, congratulations! Valverde so dumb omfg, why throwing a Lombardia win for 250 meters of head wind...

Rui Costa 3rd! Awesome.

 

[OlavEH]

Thank god. No win for Valverde.

Boring race. Really disappointed by all the top riders today. No attacks in Berbenno. Only Wellens in Bergamo Alta. The only good thing today was that Valverde didn't win.

 

[shalgo]

They must have all assumed Martin would crash in the final turn like at LBL.

 

[BigMac]

Sure, everyone looked at each other, but let's bash on Valverde...

Nice ride by Costa, rode a lot in the front and was crucial so that the first group could stay away.

Nice win by Dan Martin, deserved winner and a great race.

 

[roundabout]

Lol.

Guess Lombardia is not as prestigious as it used to be.

 

[Piti4Podiums]

Not only Valverde didn't respond, no one did... but...given the clear talent he has, Valverde sometimes makes it difficult for me to be his fan.

 

[cineteq]

YEEEEEEES!

Dany


Valverde is such an idiot that its unreal

It's amazing how this guy let two straight races get away from him because of his wheelsucking mentality.

 

[mr. tibbs]

Grats to Martin! I was certain Valverde had this, but when Martin jumped "too soon" and everyone hit the brakes... Lol.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

The sooner Como gets the finish back the better.

 

[Tournesol]

Happy for Martin,quality rider.

 

[Miburo]

Alberto in a fall, crap

He's not hurt, besides he was crap today. At the bright side he prob won't go to china now and valverde ****ed up again a certain victory.

Life is good.

 

[webvan]

What were BMC doing?

Busy being useless as usual, I hope Sanchez gets fired/"not renewed", crap season, whining about WC selection, and now this ?!

 

[LaFlorecita]

Valverde denied awesome

but he beat Contador so he's probably happy, because that's what his goal is usually.

 

[burning]

That was awesome.

 

[DFA123]

Sure, everyone looked at each other, but let's bash on Valverde...

Well it was Valverde's to lose. He lead them for the last 300m and still won the sprint for 2nd comfortably. He over-estimated what Gilbert had left - awful tactics.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

One has to wonder... how much money did JV offer Valverde to do this?

Most random monument winner in years lol

 

[dduff442]

I don't think the criticism of the course stands up. Any race where you've Albasini and Gilbert up front alongside pure climbers is pretty well balanced.

 

[BigMac]

Great race from Costa, going after lots of moves (Gilbert, Sanchez and Wellens) and still has the legs to go for the podium. I'm happy for him!

Also for Martin who didn't crash today, seriously good from him. He can focus on Roubai now

Reminded my of Montréal where he did most attacks on the last lap and still managed to finish second behind Gerrans. Too bad he had a bad day in Ponferrada.

 

[Captain Serious]

It's someone's BIG chance to update his Wikipedia page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Martin_(cyclist)

 

[ILovecycling]

also wellens improving a lot, I expect big results from him next year

 

[Libertine Seguros]

It's amazing how this guy let two straight races get away from him because of his wheelsucking mentality.

Guy gets very aggressive in the smaller races. In the biggest races, however, he seems to just retreat into his shell completely.

 

[Parrulo]

Jesus Lombardia has become an extremely ****ty race . . . the last exciting race was in freaking 2010!!!

 

[GuyIncognito]

One has to wonder... how much money did JV offer Valverde to do this?

Most random monument winner in years lol

Most random?
Aside from the fact this same guy won Liege, are you forgetting Zaugg?