Il Lombardia 2015, Oct 4th

[The Hitch]

I'm rooting for Valverde to lockup velo d'or here

 

[SafeBet]

Don't know the odds for Rosa but he sure has an outside shot in case anything goes wrong with Nibbles.

 

[Mr.White]

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I'm rooting for Valverde to lockup velo d'or here

That would be great, although he's close even without this one...

 

[sir fly]

Re: Re:

I'm rooting for Valverde to lockup velo d'or here

That would be great, although he's close even without this one...

Hasn't he locked it up already?

 

[Tonton]

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I hope for a different name than the usual suspects like Valverde, Gilbert, Nibali etc

Wellens, Dumoulin, Rosa or Chaves would be cool.

I hope you're right. I have someone in mind, but he's not on your list .

 

[The Hitch]

Re: Re:

I'm rooting for Valverde to lockup velo d'or here

That would be great, although he's close even without this one...

Hasn't he locked it up already?

He has.

I meant it as a half joke that he would have to make sure Aru doesn't win.

Because if Aru won then for me Giro podium + Vuelta overall + a monument > a monument + FW + Tour podium.

But I've just seen Aru isn't riding.

So Valverde it is.

 

[sir fly]

Re: Re:

I'm rooting for Valverde to lockup velo d'or here

That would be great, although he's close even without this one...

Hasn't he locked it up already?

He has.

I meant it as a half joke that he would have to make sure Aru doesn't win.

Because if Aru won then for me Giro podium + Vuelta overall + a monument > a monument + FW + Tour podium.

But I've just seen Aru isn't riding.

So Valverde it is.

I've also thought Aru will ride, but the Kazakh investors...
I guess we should get used to Astana's GT aces' absence from the fifth monument.
An elite Italian team is an imperative, seems to me.

 

[Jagartrott]

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I hope you're right. I have someone in mind, but he's not on your list .

Gallopin would be cool too indeed.
If he's good, he'll survive the climbs, and he's a strong descender and sprinter.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Re: Re:

I'm rooting for Valverde to lockup velo d'or here

That would be great, although he's close even without this one...

Hasn't he locked it up already?

He has.

I meant it as a half joke that he would have to make sure Aru doesn't win.

Because if Aru won then for me Giro podium + Vuelta overall + a monument > a monument + FW + Tour podium.

But I've just seen Aru isn't riding.

So Valverde it is.

Kristoff?

Edit: but probably Froome will win, Tour winner is always massively overrated for that award. Last year, Nibali was 2nd, just a couple points behind Contador, while he'd done nothing besides winning the Tour.

 

[TommyPlus]

No Uran for Etixx? Madness.

 

[May0maniac]

Re: Re:

I'm rooting for Valverde to lockup velo d'or here

That would be great, although he's close even without this one...

Hasn't he locked it up already?

He has.

I meant it as a half joke that he would have to make sure Aru doesn't win.

Because if Aru won then for me Giro podium + Vuelta overall + a monument > a monument + FW + Tour podium.

But I've just seen Aru isn't riding.

So Valverde it is.

Kristoff?

Edit: but probably Froome will win, Tour winner is always massively overrated for that award. Last year, Nibali was 2nd, just a couple points behind Contador, while he'd done nothing besides winning the Tour.

Degenkolb also deserves a mention, winning 2 Monuments in one year is a big deal.

 

[Red Rick]

Re: Re:

I'm rooting for Valverde to lockup velo d'or here

That would be great, although he's close even without this one...

Hasn't he locked it up already?

He has.

I meant it as a half joke that he would have to make sure Aru doesn't win.

Because if Aru won then for me Giro podium + Vuelta overall + a monument > a monument + FW + Tour podium.

But I've just seen Aru isn't riding.

So Valverde it is.

Kristoff?

Edit: but probably Froome will win, Tour winner is always massively overrated for that award. Last year, Nibali was 2nd, just a couple points behind Contador, while he'd done nothing besides winning the Tour.

Nibali won it by about 46 minutes and 12 stages more than Froome did, and he won the Eyetalian RR. In the end, Contador just won Vuelta +PV+TA

 

[Flamin]

Race is on. It's quite some time ago I felt this excitement for a hilly monument.

 

[Gigs_98]

What is the weather like? The weather forecasts I saw say that it will be cloudy but rain is rather unlikely.

 

[SafeBet]

They could get some showers throughout the day but it's indeed better than expected.

 

[Gigs_98]

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They could get some showers throughout the day but it's indeed better than expected.

which is worse than expected

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Nibali won it by about 46 minutes and 12 stages more than Froome did, and he won the Eyetalian RR. In the end, Contador just won Vuelta +PV+TA

In what universe does winning the Tour and national road race come even close to 1st in Vuelta, PV , TA (2 of the 5 main 1-week races) and 2nd in Algarve, Catalunya and Dauphiné?
"The award is given annually to the rider considered to have performed the best over the year." It's not an award for best performance of the year.

 

[OlavEH]

Hoping for Nibali here. He deserves a monument win. Wellens is also one of my favorites among the new top riders.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Uuh, Eurosport broadcasting for 135 minutes. That surely means Muro and even Ghisallo, right?

Pumped for today. Hoping for Valverde, but thinking one of the Astana-guys will win it. I actually wouldnt mind either Rosa (I somehow like him very much), Nibali or Landa. Hoping for a good showing from Chaves. I think Rui Costa will be the big outsider to look out for - a Costa, Valv and Nibz finale alá 2013 should be a good one!

 

[Red Rick]

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Nibali won it by about 46 minutes and 12 stages more than Froome did, and he won the Eyetalian RR. In the end, Contador just won Vuelta +PV+TA

In what universe does winning the Tour and national road race come even close to 1st in Vuelta, PV , TA (2 of the 5 main 1-week races) and 2nd in Algarve, Catalunya and Dauphiné?
"The award is given annually to the rider considered to have performed the best over the year." It's not an award for best performance of the year.

It might not be clear, but in my head it was more of a comparison between Nibali last year and Froome this year, and I was downplaying Contador's results more as a comparison to what Valverde did this year. In no way do I think Nibali should've won Velo d'Or last year, I was the one who started the official bitching thread about that.

So in short, what I mean is Valverde's 2015>Froome's 2015.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

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Nibali won it by about 46 minutes and 12 stages more than Froome did, and he won the Eyetalian RR. In the end, Contador just won Vuelta +PV+TA

In what universe does winning the Tour and national road race come even close to 1st in Vuelta, PV , TA (2 of the 5 main 1-week races) and 2nd in Algarve, Catalunya and Dauphiné?
"The award is given annually to the rider considered to have performed the best over the year." It's not an award for best performance of the year.

In a far away universe there is a planet called zaman...in that universe is the answer. Anyways Nibali will not win this maybe another Zaugg like rider to win.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

So we'll get to see, what, the last 30 km's?

 

[Flamin]

Of course not. If they ride the fastest scheduled speed, they will be at the top of Ghisallo.

 

[BigMac]

Sporza will have live pictures in an hour or so.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

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Of course not. If they ride the fastest scheduled speed, they will be at the top of Ghisallo.

Where can I find that schedule?