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What a race! Alaphilippe is pretty sensational ... but hats of to Birdsong as well ... I can't remember seeing him in better shape.
***, Schachmann was bad. Why bury Formolo (who could have got about the same result) and why let Konrad (probably had a better result than Schachmann in him today) ride for 500-600m at the front in the finish, when you clearly don't have it?
Let's hope some other team swoops away Lambrecht as soon as possible, away from those clueless losers at Lotto.
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You never know until the end how good you are in this race. Relax.
Also he was 5th, cmon
ppanther92 said:
You never know until the end how good you are in this race. Relax.
Also he was 5th, cmon
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You can't remember it because he has never been, actually not even close to be honest. Maybe Dauphine 2017 the closest, but he has been the 2-3rd best rider in this spring behind Julian and.. Van der Poel?armchairclimber said:
It’s becoming clear to me that Fuglsang is the main favorite for Liège. His climbing form is absolutely amazing this year.
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Yeah, 5th is really bad
Don't think either of them (Konrad and Formolo) could have done any better. Formolo will lead them at L-B-L and Konrad hasn't shown the form that Schachmann has yet.
ppanther92 said:
Yeah, 5th is really bad
Don't think either of them (Konrad and Formolo) could have done any better. Formolo will lead them at L-B-L and Konrad hasn't shown the form that Schachmann has yet.
Impressive by Ulissi as well. He looks on course to pick up a couple of stage wins at the Giro.
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Top-5 expectations are certainly justified for the first, maybe second time in his career now. Especially with so many great riders targeting the Giro.Lequack said:
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Who knows? In this form? If Thomas can win?
Route is good for him with not a lot of TT. Astana should have a good team for TTT.
Lequack said:
Who knows? In this form? If Thomas can win?
Route is good for him with not a lot of TT. Astana should have a good team for TTT.
I thought Schachmann was pretty impressive myself. He's a big unit to be getting up that slope.
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Schachmann was this year's Dan Martin / Igor Anton. In about 20th when Fuglsang made his move and finished 5th. Although that was still a long way behind the podium position and he wasn't quite as good as I thought he would beWKA311 said:ppanther92 said:
Yeah, 5th is really bad
Don't think either of them (Konrad and Formolo) could have done any better. Formolo will lead them at L-B-L and Konrad hasn't shown the form that Schachmann has yet.
A disastrous day for Mitchelton Scott who had 6 out of 7 riders crash - Doubt they took the Ardennes seriously enough in 2019.
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I like how Thomas winning gave ppl the hope back riders who have been trying for years now can still pull it off in the later stages of their career.
It used to be just 3-4 riders one would clasify as gt winner material.
Certainly makes for an interesting dynamic.
Salvarani said:
I like how Thomas winning gave ppl the hope back riders who have been trying for years now can still pull it off in the later stages of their career.
It used to be just 3-4 riders one would clasify as gt winner material.
Certainly makes for an interesting dynamic.
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Fuglsang does not have Thomas TT
Also Fuglsang does not cut it on the long high climbs
What Fuglsang should be saying is how can I win LBL,Lombardy and the Worlds ...this is his terrain if he can shake Alaphilippe & MVdP
scapewalker said:
Fuglsang does not have Thomas TT
Also Fuglsang does not cut it on the long high climbs
What Fuglsang should be saying is how can I win LBL,Lombardy and the Worlds ...this is his terrain if he can shake Alaphilippe & MVdP
The end of an era. You will be missed Alejandro. On another note Ala is on Rebellin's footsteps, too bad he wasn't sharp enough in Amstel.
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Stop crying. That "attack" on the 2nd Mur was Lambrechts own choice and in the end Lotto's plan was to be in front with all 3 of them and Vanendert in first position (as said before the race). Wellens literally dropped back just before the Mur to get Lambrecht to the front but he didn't follow all the way through. Not the teams fault.
That being said, he impressed me even more then in the Amstel today. Being one of the strongest uphill is what I like to see. I'm just hoping that his back problems aren't gonna *** up his progression in the future. Liege next, should suit him but weather is expected to be pretty bad.
Logic-is-your-friend said:
Stop crying. That "attack" on the 2nd Mur was Lambrechts own choice and in the end Lotto's plan was to be in front with all 3 of them and Vanendert in first position (as said before the race). Wellens literally dropped back just before the Mur to get Lambrecht to the front but he didn't follow all the way through. Not the teams fault.
That being said, he impressed me even more then in the Amstel today. Being one of the strongest uphill is what I like to see. I'm just hoping that his back problems aren't gonna *** up his progression in the future. Liege next, should suit him but weather is expected to be pretty bad.
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