Il Lombardia 2016, Oct 1st

[Pippo_San]

Once again monster shape by Rosa at the end of the season!

 

[staubsauger]

Bardet looks the favorite now unless Chaves drops him on the final col. Rosa pays the check for his efforts now already. Ain't no good leadership of Aru once again. He must've seen Rosa felt stronger. To let him work nevertheless ain't exactly the behavior of a good teammate!

 

[Eshnar]

doesn't look like there's any agreement in front...

 

[Brullnux]

The descent looks like a Sellaronda descent. Twisty, but well paved and wide.

 

[HelloDolly]

Rosa could be a potential monumnet winner fro SKY who are pants today

 

[TomLPC]

Wow what a beautiful descent

 

[Cance > TheRest]

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Bardet looks the favorite now unless Chaves drops him on the final col. Rosa pays the check for his efforts now already. Ain't no good leadership of Aru once again. He must've felt Rosa feels stronger. To let him work nevertheless ain't exactly the behavior of a good teammate!

I would not underestimate Rigo's sprint. Also he is super strong, coming back after missing the split and then following Chaves, as he sneaked away

 

[Arredondo]

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Ever tried to go hard in a descent when you're tired or don't have good legs? People often think descending doesn't cost energy, but it does. If you're in crap shape it doesn't matter how good of a descender you are, you'll be dropped. Moreno did nothing before that climb, Nibali did

I say he wasn't in monster shape. You talk about crap shape. Where did i say that?

Shifting goalposts as usual in order to push his different agendas and make his favourite riders look good; Nibali, GVA, Boonen etc.

Yup. But i can't say it's something i never do

 

[El Pistolero]

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Ever tried to go hard in a descent when you're tired or don't have good legs? People often think descending doesn't cost energy, but it does. If you're in crap shape it doesn't matter how good of a descender you are, you'll be dropped. Moreno did nothing before that climb, Nibali did

I say he wasn't in monster shape. You talk about crap shape. Where did i say that?

Shifting goalposts as usual in order to push his different agendas and make his favourite riders look good; Nibali, GVA, Boonen etc.

Not shifting goal posts at all, Nibali was clearly the strongest rider last year. You guys have probably never touched a bike if you think descending doesn't take effort, especially when it is as technical as the descent from last year. If you feel tired or fatigued your concentration drops which is very important in a descent. Nibali was in brilliant shape, he won 2 Italian semi-classics and one Monument in the autumn. Also had a couple of podium places in other races.

And you act like someone dropped Nibali on one of the climbs: no one did.

 

[TomLPC]

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Bardet looks the favorite now unless Chaves drops him on the final col. Rosa pays the check for his efforts now already. Ain't no good leadership of Aru once again. He must've felt Rosa feels stronger. To let him work nevertheless ain't exactly the behavior of a good teammate!

I would not underestimate Rigo's sprint. Also he is super strong, coming back after missing the split and then following Chaves, as he sneaked away

Rigoberto would be better off attacking in the last few ks after last times fiasco

 

[UselessToo]

Rigo is the fastest sprinter from leading group

 

[Arredondo]

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Bardet looks the favorite now unless Chaves drops him on the final col. Rosa pays the check for his efforts now already. Ain't no good leadership of Aru once again. He must've seen Rosa felt stronger. To let him work nevertheless ain't exactly the behavior of a good teammate!

Why? Uran is looking stronger and is way faster in a sprint. Also Chaves is quicker.

 

[Brullnux]

Uran dropped on the descent.

 

[This Charming Man]

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Rigo looks like Tarzan

Looks like Mick Jagger, you mean

Uran, great rider, but true, as homely as Mick Jaeger :exclaim:

 

[staubsauger]

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Bardet looks the favorite now unless Chaves drops him on the final col. Rosa pays the check for his efforts now already. Ain't no good leadership of Aru once again. He must've seen Rosa felt stronger. To let him work nevertheless ain't exactly the behavior of a good teammate!

Why? Uran is looking stronger and is way faster in a sprint. Also Chaves is quicker.

Because Uran was briefly dropped when I wrote this post.

 

[Brullnux]

Rain on that pave should be... interesting

 

[BigMac]

Just as I was about to write that Cannondale has everything to win this, Urán is dropped.


Guess they can screw it up, even when things look almost certain.

Edit: He's back. C'mon Jagger, win this.

 

[Brullnux]

Stop working rosa.

Uran makes it back too. But it doesn't really seem 40"

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Uran back. No reason to worry

 

[El Pistolero]

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Just as I was about to write that Cannondale has everything to win this, Urán is dropped.


Guess they can screw it up, even when things look almost certain.

They didn't screw up anything. Others are just stronger, that's not what screwing up means.

 

[Bushman]

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Bardet looks the favorite now unless Chaves drops him on the final col. Rosa pays the check for his efforts now already. Ain't no good leadership of Aru once again. He must've felt Rosa feels stronger. To let him work nevertheless ain't exactly the behavior of a good teammate!

I would not underestimate Rigo's sprint. Also he is super strong, coming back after missing the split and then following Chaves, as he sneaked away

And Chaves is fast as well. Will surely be very close between the three

 

[AlexNYC]

It's pretty amazing that Valverde is as close as he is. This guy just never gets tired it seems

 

[staubsauger]

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Rigo looks like Tarzan

Looks like Mick Jagger, you mean

Uran, great rider, but true, as homely as Mick Jaeger :exclaim:

As long as his sister looks like Jade Jagger!

 

[TomLPC]

It would appear chaves is doing too much work

 

[BigMac]

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Just as I was about to write that Cannondale has everything to win this, Urán is dropped.


Guess they can screw it up, even when things look almost certain.

They didn't screw up anything. Others are just stronger, that's not what screwing up means.

He came back. Did he realy lose the wheel on the descent because he had no legs? I think not. He just lacked a bit of technique.