Miguel Ángel Lopez Discussion Thread

[Valv.Piti]

Well just hope he will rece Suisse then at least, I understood he was supposed to ride Romandie and Cali.. better not be a serious injury.

 

[Oliver]

Picking his stages and attack in Tour de France, nog going for GC I hope.

 

[yaco]

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Picking his stages and attack in Tour de France, nog going for GC I hope.

He'd have to be in super form after 9 race days to even keep up with the peleton, let alone winning a stage.

 

[jaylew]

Finally back. Raced in Switzerland yesterday.

 

[Oliver]

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Horrible, just horrible season for Astana.

They will come back super strong!

 

[Oliver]

Sad to see he crashed again!

 

[DNP-Old]

Broken thumb.

 

[RedheadDane]

I was starting to ponder at the crazy team Astana could have at the Tour if Lopez gets fit, + Aru and Fuglsang. Now, well, let's hope it's not too bad.

Errr... got a bit of a question about his nickname. It might have been mentioned before, but wasn't there a pretty insane reason he got it? Something about fighting off would-be robbers?

 

[DNP-Old]

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Errr... got a bit of a question about his nickname. It might have been mentioned before, but wasn't there a pretty insane reason he got it? Something about fighting off would-be robbers?

Yes.

 

[del1962]

Don't know what he can do, but the frequency of his crashing is not good, you have to feel for him

 

[hfer07]

DAMN IT!!!

there is no break for his bad luck, is there?

Lopez went from "Superman" to "Glass man".....

 

[carolina]

And when I thought Astana's bad luck had run out...

 

[portugal11]

This isn't bad luck, miguel is a terrible bike handler and he has to improve this

 

[RedheadDane]

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And when I thought Astana's bad luck had run out...

To be honest, a broken thumb - and some stitches - is really nothing compared to everything else...

 

[hazaran]

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And when I thought Astana's bad luck had run out...

To be honest, a broken thumb - and some stitches - is really nothing compared to everything else...

And a few teeth, but yeah it doesn't approach being hit and killed by a bus...

 

[tristecsinamigos]

broken teeth again (like in the last Vuelta a España)? :surprised:

Apparently a couple of riders crashed in front of him during a descent, and he crashed too.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

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This isn't bad luck, miguel is a terrible bike handler and he has to improve this

He does seem to be a very bad bike handler, but even bad bike handlers aren't always at fault for any given crash they are involved in. It's not entirely clear what happened here, but it seems it was someone else's error on this occasion.

 

[Escarabajo]

I feel bad for Lopez!

He will turn it around soon. Hopefully in time for La Vuelta.

 

[Valv.Piti]

broken teeth again (like in the last Vuelta a España)? :surprised:

Apparently a couple of riders crashed in front of him during a descent, and he crashed too.

 

[Valv.Piti]

broken teeth again (like in the last Vuelta a España)? :surprised:

Apparently a couple of riders crashed in front of him during a descent, and he crashed too.

 

[barmaher]

What are his prospects for the rest of the year? All for Vuelta, I would think

 

[Oliver]

Any news about him?

 

[DNP-Old]

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Any news about him?

He returned on the bike this past Sunday.

 

[Ruudz0r]

He is likely returning to racing in the Tour of Austria

 

[May0maniac]

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He is likely returning to racing in the Tour of Austria

Great news.
From what I've heard Formolo will be racing the Österreich Rundfahrt (according to the official website of the race also Sep Vanmarcke), also Hirt and Großschartner, so the field should be somewhat decent.
With such an interesting field I'm thinking about climbing the Glockner or even just the Iselsberg with my own bike to watch the race.