La Flèche Wallone (WT) / Wednesday 18-04-2012

[Catwhoorg]

Yes, he rode the finish today and said it went surprisingly well, even if he had some pains.

http://www.procycling.no/article3378191.ece

TV 2 Sporten melder for øvrig at Nordhaug har fått en fri rolle til onsdagens ritt. Sky-laget forsterkes også av kaptein Rigoberto Uran.


TV 2 Sport report, incidentally, that has been given a free Nordhaug role to the Wednesday race. The cloud layer is enhanced also by Captain Juan Felipe Uranium.

Got to love Bing translate

 

[Gloin22]

TV 2 Sporten melder for øvrig at Nordhaug har fått en fri rolle til onsdagens ritt. Sky-laget forsterkes også av kaptein Rigoberto Uran.


TV 2 Sport report, incidentally, that has been given a free Nordhaug role to the Wednesday race. The cloud layer is enhanced also by Captain Juan Felipe Uranium.

Got to love Bing translate

Big LOL

 

[Christian]

Epic nickname ... Captain Uranium

 

[DominicDecoco]

I believe we have a new nickname for the man

 

[hrotha]

How does "Rigoberto" become "Juan Felipe"?

 

[cineteq]

How does "Rigoberto" become "Juan Felipe"?

LOL Hilarious!!!

 

[Pantani_lives]

After omitting Gasparotto in my Amstel prediction I hope to do better this time.

1 Gilbert
2 Rodriguez
3 Nibali
4 Vanendert
5 Valverde
6 Anton
7 Gasparotto
8 F Schleck
9 A Schleck
10 Mollema

 

[DominicDecoco]

1 Rodriguez
2 Vanendert
3 Gilbert
4 F Schleck
5 Valverde
6 Anton
7 Voeckler
8 Matti
9 Gasparotto
10 Chris Anker

 

[Christian]

1 Rodriguez
2 Vanendert
3 Gilbert
4 F Schleck
5 Valverde
6 Anton
7 Voeckler
8 F Schleck
9 Gasparotto
10 Chris Anker

Fränk finished 4th, went back down, did it again and still came in 8th

 

[jens_attacks]

I believe we have a new nickname for the man

this might be the best one out there.


here's my top 10
1.vanendert
2.gilbert
3.duarte
4.anton
5.valverde
6.gasparotto
7.henao
8.frank schleck
9.thomas dekker
10.moreno

 

[DominicDecoco]

Fränk finished 4th, went back down, did it again and still came in 8th

Haha! Had to do second thoughts on that one didn't I, haha.

Edit: Ahh, he's there twice! Will be fixed right away!

 

[Panda Claws]

1. Vanendert
2. Rodriguez
3. Gilbert

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

1 Vanendert
2 Mollema
3 F Schleck

Benelux podium

 

[Christian]

Edit: Ahh, he's there twice! Will be fixed right away!

And here I was hoping 8th was actually A. Schleck ... But Matti - bold prediction ... would be happy for him if he got such a good result though

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

On the Sporza site you can see the finishes back up till 2000.

Kind of funny to see that prior to 2004 a lot of breakaways made it to the end. After that never, always a sprint up Mur de Huy. Wonder what changed?

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

1 Vanendert
2. JRod (yes, i do belive in the guy)
3. Kiserlovksi (becasue he is awesome)

 

[FujiAnton]

Fuji for the win!

 

[Pantani_lives]

this might be the best one out there.


here's my top 10
1.vanendert
2.gilbert
3.duarte
4.anton
5.valverde
6.gasparotto
7.henao
8.frank schleck
9.thomas dekker
10.moreno

I'll buy you a beer if Duarte or Henao makes the top ten.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

it's not exactly a long shot... Duarte was 4th in br pijl and arguably 2nd strongest in the race...
Henao might have had a hard time in his first real classics (AGR), but this could suit him very well like the finish in basque country

 

[Pantani_lives]

it's not exactly a long shot... Duarte was 4th in br pijl and arguably 2nd strongest in the race...
Henao might have had a hard time in his first real classics (AGR), but this could suit him very well like the finish in basque country

Maybe. But one beer isn't that expensive, so I'll take the risk.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Maybe. But one beer isn't that expensive, so I'll take the risk.

besides if the top 3 of the agr is gasparotto, vanendert, sagan i think this is actually a mild prediction

 

[Pippo_San]

it's not exactly a long shot... Duarte was 4th in br pijl and arguably 2nd strongest in the race...
Henao might have had a hard time in his first real classics (AGR), but this could suit him very well like the finish in basque country

Maybe it's just me, but Uran is proving to be much more interesting than Henao, and I want to give him credit and say he's gonna finish top 5

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

tomorrow ill be very cold and lots of rain, which sucks for purito. I think eh really suffers in cold. he was also very bad in agr

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Poor Rodriguez then.

Weather report for LBL: max 13 degrees and 80% of rain

 

[meandmygitane]

According to this interview with Thomas Löfkvist it seems that Löfkvist will be one of the protected riders for F-W.

We will see how is legs will be, though; he was in the final of AGR without fighting in the top.


(I think he usually struggles a bit with positioning himself before narrow climbs which, combined with his duties of being a domestique, which is not good for recipe for placing good in AGR).