Omega Pharma Quick Step: Are you kidding me??

[elduggo]

did he dedicate his victory to his friend Sergio, does anyone know?

 

[hrotha]

I doubt that Uran would refuse a little extra help. Nor would he tell everyone about it.

My theory doesn't require Urán to be likely to do either.

 

[roundabout]

My theory doesn't require Urán to be likely to do either.

Well, I don't really see a reason why Uran shouldn't have been trusted

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

OPQS = poor man's team Sky

Sky peaks year round. OPQS peaks in really strange places. Like a TT in the Giro where basically half the team rocks the top 10.

 

[maltiv]

So Brambilla went from consistently being between 44th and 170th in TTs to suddenly 5th in a GT TT.

Before today, his best ITT result was a 30th place in Tour de Slovenie from 2011.

Almost a more impressive improvement than Froome himself

 

[hrotha]

Well, I don't really see a reason why Uran shouldn't have been trusted

He could have been trusted, but you simply want as few people as possible in the A Team.

 

[Netserk]

He did beat Uran in the last Giro TT that mattered for both.

edit: @ maltiv

 

[Bavarianrider]

Maybe it is not Omega that is so good but it's the rest that really sucks.
Frikkin 40 year old Danilo Hondo came in 24th in a hilly TT and lost no more than 1:30 to most so "called" GC contenders. Heck he even beat some.
Maybe you should be worried about the wack *** competition a lot more than anything else.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Maybe it is not Omega that is so good but it's the rest that really sucks.
Frikkin 40 year old Danilo Hondo came in 24th in a hilly TT and lost no more than 1:30 to most so "called" GC contenders. Heck he even beat some.
Maybe you should be worried about the wack *** competition a lot more than anything else.

You mean competition like GT winners Evans, Hesjedal, Scarponi, and Basso and TdF podium finisher Quintana?

The competition is quite good here.

 

[shalgo]

Facts: Until Romandie this year, Uran has been very consistently 4-6 s/km slower in time trials than the winner. Since then he is -2 to +2 s/km slower than the winner.

This is a ~20% improvement in power output.

John Swanson

Doesn't that assume that the winners are always equally good?

 

[Bavarianrider]

You mean competition like GT winners Evans, Hesjedal, Scarponi, and Basso and TdF podium finisher Quintana?

The competition is quite good here.

On paper, in reality it's laughable. A 40 year old Hondo who never gave a damn **** about TT is a pretty good sign to me. Especially in a TT with a low 40 average.

 

[Pentacycle]

Do we have any reference for Brambilla going 100% on a TT course such as today's? Because most TT's he rode were either shorter or flat, and in some cases he wasn't riding for GC. Last year's Saltara comes closest, but there he had horrible shape.

 

[Netserk]

Do we have any reference for Brambilla going 100% on a TT course such as today's? Because most TT's he rode were either shorter or flat, and in some cases he wasn't riding for GC. Last year's Saltara comes closest, but there he had horrible shape.

He gave it his all in the Milano ITT in '12 when he beat Uran. Both going full gas.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

You mean competition like GT winners Evans, Hesjedal, Scarponi, and Basso and TdF podium finisher Quintana?

The competition is quite good here.

And still Hondo finished 24th...
Good find BTW Bavarianrider. Agree fully with your post.

 

[Netserk]

So De Marchi finishing 20th in the 2nd ITT in the Tour last year also means that was a weak field?

 

[SafeBet]

He gave it his all in the Milano ITT in '12 when he beat Uran. Both going full gas.

Cunego level.

 

[Netserk]

Cunego level.

He did well today. (though obviously not as good as Brambilla, who clearly is benefiting from the QS sauce)

 

[Benotti69]

Wow, that sound dangerously like you have applied some logic and common sense. You in the right forum bro?

by my logic if Uran is prepared to dope on OPQS he was prepared and probably did on Sky. But that logic flies in the face of fanlove for a certain team.

Why only cheat on monday and not tuesday?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Do we have a picture of Taus?

 

[Benotti69]

Do we have a picture of Taus?

couple of pages back, OPQS website staff photo...

 

[Dazed and Confused]

couple of pages back, OPQS website staff photo...

Damn, its moving fast for me. Thanks.

 

[SafeBet]

It's hillarious that Poels, Brambilla and De Gendt weren't even among the riders who finished the TTT together for OPQS.

 

[Samson777]

It's hillarious that Poels, Brambilla and De Gendt weren't even among the riders who finished the TTT together for OPQS.

Perhaps they just had a "bloody" good restday..

 

[burning]

It's hillarious that Poels, Brambilla and De Gendt weren't even among the riders who finished the TTT together for OPQS.

Nice catch, they probably peaked after rest day

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

It's hillarious that Poels, Brambilla and De Gendt weren't even among the riders who finished the TTT together for OPQS.

LOL. Great catch.

Some teams just get better "rest" I guess.