Paris-Nice 2012: Stage 3; Vierzon - Le Lac de Vassivière (194km)

[skidmark]

It looked like Valverde thought he was gonna cruise to victory, sat up a bit to savour it, then saw Gerrans coming and panicked with a bike throw. Would've been funny if he lost giving a victory salute...

 

[Richeypen]

Well he's pedalling on a bike just after finish lol

Athlete does a warm down. Hilarious!

 

[LaFlorecita]

LLS leading out Valverde in the sprint - LOL

Exactly what I thought.

 

[YannickQ]

They're showing him spinning on a trainer after the finish, but I think it may be an interview before the race being shown for a second; not sure

Nahh think he is just trying to do some spinning to loosen his legs

 

[killswitch]

Would've been funny if he lost giving a victory salute...

aka doing a Zabel.

 

[Gloin22]

Wiggins finished 20th.What's wrong with that ? Seemed comftable tbh and didn't contest the sprint. The whole field gets the same time as Valverde.

 

[The Hitch]

Simon Gerrans clearly the fastest by far. Good ride by Gianni Meersman.

lol back to your piti hatred. Your in for a long 2 or 3 seasons

Valverde got the gap with the 5 other riders and sprinted form there, while Gerans waited behind then launched a late sprint.

Valverde timed it right though.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

LLS leading out Valverde in the sprint - LOL

I know LLS bashing is good fun and usually I'd join. But this time he honoustly went for the victory and it wasn't a bad attempt. He just ran out of gas 50m before the finish line.

No reason to bash him now. He actually did well for once... Give credit where credit is due.

 

[hfer07]

A new rivalry has just emerged:


Valverde vs Gerrans

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

57. DEKKER Thomas 152 GARMIN - BARRACUDA 4h 36' 19" + 00' 00"
85. MOLLEMA Bauke 93 RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM 4h 36' 59" + 00' 40"

 

[Richeypen]

lol back to your piti hatred. Your in for a long 2 or 3 seasons

Valverde got the gap with the 5 other riders and sprinted form there, while Gerans waited behind then launched a late sprint.

Valverde timed it right though.

God forbid I agree with El Pistolero but Gerrans was clearly fastest but let down by his appalling positioning. Basically he pulled a Greipel.

 

[insideout leadout]

I took Gerrans for an unknown frenchman at first, sorry GE.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Lol. Thomas Dekker the only Garmin rider in the first group

 

[maltiv]

TJVG has more or less won the white jersey already. That means BMC will actually win something! (sort of)

 

[richtea]

How many more stages could Valverde realistically win? Its going to an interesting few days.

 

[insideout leadout]

Lets see if Gerrans can become more of a factor in the Ardenne week. An AGR win perhaps.

 

[El Pistolero]

lol back to your piti hatred. Your in for a long 2 or 3 seasons

Valverde got the gap with the 5 other riders and sprinted form there, while Gerans waited behind then launched a late sprint.

Valverde timed it right though.

Where did you see any hatred? It's pretty damn obvious Gerrans was faster. Perhaps you should dim down with your love of Valverde and Cancellara because you've been spewing a lot of crap about their rivals lately. That's what I call hatred

I'm not Valverde's fan, but I respect his talent. Nothing more, nothing less.

 

[Beech Mtn]

I know LLS bashing is good fun and usually I'd join. But this time he honoustly went for the victory and it wasn't a bad attempt. He just ran out of gas 50m before the finish line.

No reason to bash him now. He actually did well for once... Give credit where credit is due.

Who's bashing? I like LLS. I thought he did a nice leadout for his good friend Valv.

 

[Beech Mtn]

God forbid I agree with El Pistolero but Gerrans was clearly fastest but let down by his appalling positioning. Basically he pulled a Greipel.

+1. Gerrans' sprint was really, really strong.

 

[theyoungest]

+1. Gerrans' sprint was really, really strong.

Gerrans was really strong, but Valverde seemed to think he already had it in the bag.

 

[Beech Mtn]

Gerrans was really strong, but Valverde seemed to think he already had it in the bag.

Yeah, I don't think Valv saw him coming up on the right. Gerrans was so far back, he just appeared out of nowhere. Valv was very close to losing it at the line.

 

[El Pistolero]

LLS sprint reminds me of that Lotto-Belisol's sprint at Le Samyn(can't remember who it was anymore). He probably just blew his legs off. He did good today.

 

[Roude Leiw]

Phinney got lost? He disappeared from top ten of GC

 

[Richeypen]

Phinney got lost? He disappeared from top ten of GC

blew pretty early on the climb. Was shown going backwards pretty quickly


Edit: Think it might have been before the climb actually. Seemed pretty fatigued after yesterday.

 

[maltiv]

Phinney got lost? He disappeared from top ten of GC

He was more or less the first guy to get dropped. Once the 3% climb began he shot out the back.