Klasica de Primavera - Amorebieta Preview

[rantanplan]

Valverde, Mikel Landa, Igor Antón, Brice Feillu, Juanjo, Cobo, David de la Fuente, David Arroyo, Dani Navarro, Both Sorensens... are fighting today for this basque Contry semi-Clasicc.

Route, history, favourites...in:

http://gp-canaldecastilla.blogspot.com.es/2012/04/ya-es-primavera-en-amorebieta-copa-de.html

 

[jens_attacks]

txurruka in the break!

http://www.biciciclismo.com/cas/site/eventos_online-ficha.asp?id=183

 

[Zam_Olyas]

txurruka in the break!

http://www.biciciclismo.com/cas/site/eventos_online-ficha.asp?id=183

Didnt you once predict he will get involved in useless attack, fall and break his arm and attack again at II Giro

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Roll over Roubaix, this is what cycling is about!!! Amets Txurruka in breakaways.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Breakaway caught: 30 km and 2 climbs to go

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Juanjo Cobo is continuing his quest to double up on 0-point years with Abarcá Sports, and has climbed off. The remnants of the break are the two Euskaltel riders, Txurruka and Pello Bilbao, who are only a few seconds ahead and about to be swept up like their colleagues before them.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Brice Feillu attacked setting up a move with 16km to go, then from that selection a group of 8 got away with before 10km to go, of whom 4 were Movistar riders. With 7km to go Alejandro Valverde and Ángel Madrazo are away together 15 seconds ahead of the other 6. David López and Giovanni Visconti are the other Movistar men behind, and you'd back Visconti to win a sprint if they get brought back.

Now Saur-Sojasun have worked to bring back the duo, and David López and Igor Antón are on the move. At the top of the final climb, Valverde and Visconti have made their way across to the duo.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Movistar 1-2 here we come, eww.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Movistar 1-2 here we come, eww.

If they didn't from this situation you'd be absolutely amazed, as it would be a spectacular fail.

In the end it doesn't matter.

1 - Giovanni VISCONTI (MOV)
2 - Alejandro VALVERDE BELMONTE (MOV)
3 - Igor ANTÓN HERNÁNDEZ (EUS)
4 - David LÓPEZ GARCÍA (MOV)
5 - Ángel MADRAZO RUÍZ (MOV)

Wow, Madrazo won from the chase group too. That's some pretty insane domination there.

 

[hrotha]

Local Spanish races are so dull with only one truly competitive team.

(Euskaltel has some very good riders but as a team they're terribly outclassed by Movistar)

 

[meat puppet]

Well, that's something... Anyone can belittle the race / field all they like, but I'd infere Movi in good shape towards the Ardennes.

 

[rantanplan]

Movistar Festival!

1. Giovanni Visconti (Movistar Team) 4:10:43
2. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) m.t.
3. Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) m.t.
4. David López (Movistar Team) a 4
5. Angel Madrazo (Movistar Team) a 10
6. Guillaume Levarlet (Saur Sojasun) a 10
7. Fabrice Jeandesboz (Saur Sojasun) a 21
8. Brice Feillu (Saur Sojasun) a 22
9. Maxime Mederel (Saur Sojasun) a 38
10. Sergey Shilov (Lokosphinx) a 39
11. Fabricio Ferrari (Caja Rural) m.t.
12. Dani Navarro (Saxo Bank) m.t.
13. J. Vicente Toribio (Andalucía)
14. Evgeny Shalunov (Lokosphinx) m.t.
15. Pablo Lechuga (Andalucía)

 

[The Hitch]

Nice to see my man Gio V getting a win in his new colors.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Shilov's been putting in some very solid results in the Spanish calendar for a couple of years now with the Russian national team or Lokomotiv/Lokosphinx. He looks pretty decent and is only 24, so I wouldn't be surprised to see him get a better ride soon. I'd have expected him to have one already, but maybe his Carphedon positive in '09 has made people a bit reticent about taking a flyer on him.

 

[Arnout]

Good to see Fuji finally near the front again, he hasn't enjoyed great form this year yet.

 

[hrotha]

Good to see Fuji finally near the front again, he hasn't enjoyed great form this year yet.

Antón needs either a new team, or his current team to shake him out of his comfort zone already.

 

[Arnout]

Antón needs either a new team, or his current team to shake him out of his comfort zone already.

He might need new surroundings indeed, I don't have the feeling he's lazy or anything, but it doesn't work out often enough for some reason. Shame, as the talent is there, but he needs to begin delivering at this point.

 

[lejarreta]

"La última curva de Marino".

Or how Lejarreta fell at Autzagane 20 years ago.

http://www.deia.com/2012/04/08/deportes/ciclismo/la-ultima-curva-de-marino-1

 

[jens_attacks]

nice to see a team in form just before the ardennes.valverde looks ready

 

[Zam_Olyas]

highlights?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

As of yet it's not yet been uploaded to ETB's videodrome. Should be a half hour show when it gets there.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Thank you.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

And here it is:

http://www.eitb.tv/es/#/video/1552746567001

Full (2hr+) coverage of each stage of País Vasco 2011 and 2012 in there too, along with a few other races in more abbreviated form.

 

[nobilis]

And here it is:

http://www.eitb.tv/es/#/video/1552746567001

Full (2hr+) coverage of each stage of País Vasco 2011 and 2012 in there too, along with a few other races in more abbreviated form.

Thx LS. I was looking for that all over the net on that day at home.

 

[Arnout]

And here it is:

http://www.eitb.tv/es/#/video/1552746567001

Full (2hr+) coverage of each stage of País Vasco 2011 and 2012 in there too, along with a few other races in more abbreviated form.

Those summaries are weird by the way, they always show a lot of the first part of the race and then the first attacks in the final. After that you suddenly see a different group in a 2 second sprint to the finish. Weird stuff.