Liège - Bastogne - Liège : Sunday April 22th 201é

[Fetisoff]

No way, as a female she talks way too much to be allowed in that country.

Nothing a little burqa can't solve though

 

[nvpacchi]

Thanks. How the **** did I miss that? When was it announced, you guys remember?

I'm pretty sure before the season started or shortly thereafter.

Gorka Gerrikagoitia on the crash, "It was a most stupid crash", the normally soft-spoken ex-pro told http://www.biciciclismo.com. "He got tangled up in something and hit the tarmac. He broke his collarbone. A great shame".

from ibanmayoblog

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

GdL brain fart 2.0 like i said. after the roche aux fancons he should have waited for saint nicolas and made his move there.

No ofcourse not. Andy Schleck soloed from Roche Aux Faucons. If you are the strongest you can win there.

Nibali did it right. He was just extremely unlucky that Iglinsky had some god awesome day. And maybe the effort was just a bit harder in the rain today. I really had the impression Nibali was empty at the Saint Nicolas and Ans climbed. He didn't have much left

 

[CasperVg]

Well I was certainly rooting for Nibali to take this after his good results in Lombardia and MSR he really deserved a monument win, espessially because he's one of the few riders who still dares to attack far away from the finish. Unfortunately his efforts have not been completely rewarded yet. Still, Iglinskiy certainly didn't steal the win; in fact he was one of the few riders who didn't just sit up and ride for second place, so it's well deserved. I guess it was a rather lacklustre day for the Belgians and Luxemburgers though, with the Schlecks and Gilbert (and to a less degree Vanendert as well) failing. TGBM did well however, hope to see him more in these races. All in all this was argueably the most exciting of the 3 ardennes classics.

 

[El Pistolero]

No ofcourse not. Andy Schleck soloed from Roche Aux Faucons. If you are the strongest you can win there.

Nibali did it right. He was just extremely unlucky that Iglinsky had some god awesome day. And maybe the effort was just a bit harder in the rain today. I really had the impression Nibali was empty at the Saint Nicolas and Ans climbed. He didn't have much left

You'd be empty for less.

Don't think he could've won if he waited for Saint-Nicholas. He's not exactly the most explosive guy out there, so Iglinskiy would have probably been able to follow him there.

It was the ideal place to attack, but he was unlucky that no one tried to follow him except Gilbert who didn't have the legs.

I personally didn't care who won of the two, so I'm happy with a great race. Big F you to all the people who called LBL a boring race. It all depends on the riders, don't blame the race

 

[hrotha]

Nibbles did what he had to do, and all he could. Unfortunately that wasn't enough, but DAMN do I love this guy.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

You'd be empty for less.

Don't think he could've won if he waited for Saint-Nicholas. He's not exactly the most explosive guy out there, so Iglinskiy would have probably been able to follow him there.

It was the ideal place to attack, but he was unlucky that no one tried to follow him except Gilbert who didn't have the legs.

I think they couldn't. It's right at the top of the climb when everyone is at treshold and nibali can really downhill fast.

I still think it was the right time because as you said at Saint Nicolas he is not explosive enough. But somehow he got caught

 

[jens_attacks]

Also said would've been happier if it was someone like Gilbert, not Iglinsky, to pass him.

The weather is really really bad by the way. The winner will be one hard man.

he was indeed

grande max!

 

[El Pistolero]

Nibbles did what he had to do, and all he could. Unfortunately that wasn't enough, but DAMN do I love this guy.

That's one day racing. Hard to win even if you're in great form. GTs are "easier" to win if you're on that kind of form. If he brings this form to the Giro he'll win, no doubt.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

The mystery with Iglinsky is how he's not been more successful. At times he oozes talent. Strade Bianche, E3. What was the mountains stage in the Tour last year where he was the best in the breakaway ?

 

[Lexman]

8. SCARPONI Michele 145 LAMPRE - ISD 6h 44' 28" + 00' 36"
36. CUNEGO Damiano 141 LAMPRE - ISD 6h 46' 03" + 02' 11"

Would you expected this after Trientino?

Certainly not from Scarponi, Cunego i'm not surprised he went way too deep in Trentino...

 

[_nm___]

Cunego doesn't have the consistent goods. I wonder what exactly he was on in the 2004 Giro.

he was on the same team as the main favorite, Gilberto Simoni. that helps.

Still Damiano was 4th at 2006 Giro behind dopers Gutierrez Cataluna and Basso. He also was 5th at 2007 Giro .

 

[Parrulo]

The mystery with Iglinsky is how he's not been more successful. At times he oozes talent. Strade Bianche, E3. What was the mountains stage in the Tour last year where he was the best in the breakaway ?

alp d'huez when contador attacked. he dropped back of the breakaway to wait for contador, pushing him back to the breakaway and dropped most of the riders by pushing the pace.

 

[Parrulo]

That's one day racing. Hard to win even if you're in great form. GTs are "easier" to win if you're on that kind of form. If he brings this form to the Giro he'll win, no doubt.

a bit of a leap don't you think?

 

[Bala Verde]

Also, let's not castigate the solo rider who attacks from 'too far out' confused, and ultimately fails to win the race, because otherwise every race will be raced as strategically as we have seen so often; the wait till the last hill and relying on a sprint at the finish.

Nibali really animated LBL and he 'deserved' to win for the way he rode; aggressively, passionate and with everything he got. I'd even say he rode strategicallym because he might have seen that the main contenders didn't feel like taking the reins and work together. Iglinsky 'deserved' to win too, for the way he rode and how strong he proved to be up until the end. He only caught Nibali with 1,5-2k to go; he might have come too late any other day.

 

[El Pistolero]

a bit of a leap don't you think?

Nah, competition isn't all that big in the Giro this year.

 

[cineteq]

If he brings this form to the Tour he'll win, no doubt.

He won't be at the Giro, so I fixed it for ya

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Nibbles did what he had to do, and all he could. Unfortunately that wasn't enough, but DAMN do I love this guy.

This.

The mystery with Iglinsky is how he's not been more successful. At times he oozes talent. Strade Bianche, E3. What was the mountains stage in the Tour last year where he was the best in the breakaway ?

For a while he's had to play support to Vino, and only really got to ride for himself in the northern Classics where he did pretty decently.

I remember back in 2009 with The Hog, Bruyneel was complaining that the Kazakh backers were unhappy with him only having the one Kazakh in the Tour squad (Muravyev), and if he was only going to have one it should be Iglinskiy (as the best Kazakh on the squad at the time with Kash and Vino banned). Bruyneel's attitude was that Iglinskiy is too in it for himself and he didn't trust him, so he didn't give him any important tasks. Indeed, he wasn't supposed to be Contador's last mountain helper in the Giro in '08, but having not done the Classics and raced Romandie he was in much better form than Klöden and Leipheimer (who were the others supposed to be up there, in fact Klöden was supposed to be leader).

 

[rxgqgxnyfz]

The mystery with Iglinsky is how he's not been more successful. At times he oozes talent. Strade Bianche, E3. What was the mountains stage in the Tour last year where he was the best in the breakaway ?

Yep, at FV a few days ago, he was almost like Vino incarnate.

Attack, attack and attack. And then attack some more. And still placed good.

I'm glad some of Vino's wisdom (or lack of there of ;p) and power finally descended on him.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Not gonna work. We've already got her hooking up with her archnemesis airstream, just so we can shoot a movie about it in the future (with Olivia Wilde playing LaFlorecita)

don't forget that DiCaprio is playing me

 

[Parrulo]

Nah, competition isn't all that big in the Giro this year.

but he will ride the tour so . . . he is going to win the tour

i just pray for rain on the downhill finishes of the tour, or the giro if he rides it instead of the tour.

 

[El Pistolero]

but he will ride the tour so . . . he is going to win the tour

He should ride the Giro then lol. Can't see him win the Tour to be honest. I don't really care about the Tour this year anyway

 

[rxgqgxnyfz]

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

The mystery with Iglinsky is how he's not been more successful. At times he oozes talent. Strade Bianche, E3. What was the mountains stage in the Tour last year where he was the best in the breakaway ?

because iglinsky attacks a lot

he is like a young vino. he attacks everywhere and often burned himself out. but at least he is not a *****

 

[Fetisoff]

don't forget that DiCaprio is playing me

I've already told his agent not to book anything after "Django Unchained" filming is done. Unfortunately that creates some budget constraints though, which means Sergey Bezrukov

will have to play myself, airstream and at least a couple more characters

OK, you have to be Russian to get that last part, but I still think it's funny