The Hitch said:Any race which after 6 days has only managed to seperate the top 20 riders by 18 seconds, is a failure.
Can't all be uphill sprints were everyone loses a minute in 2km when his name isn't Joaquim Rodriguez.
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The Hitch said:Any race which after 6 days has only managed to seperate the top 20 riders by 18 seconds, is a failure.
The Hitch said:Any race which after 6 days has only managed to seperate the top 20 riders by 18 seconds, is a failure.
Gloin22 said:What happend to Quintana ?
I know he was bit overrated for winning this anyway, but 2 minutes lost is pretty bad for today so I guess he had a fall or something like that ?
The Hitch said:Any race which after 6 days has only managed to seperate the top 20 riders by 18 seconds, is a failure.
staubsauger said:Just for the record. The Hitch is officially outed as Angelo Zomegnan now, isn't he?
staubsauger said:Just for the record. The Hitch is officially outed as Angelo Zomegnan now, isn't he?
No matter how fast or slow Klöden goes, he always looks good.McLovin said:I have a feeling Kloeden will win this course. He looked good today.
Dekker_Tifosi said:With Quintana out of the way it's going to be pretty clear it's Talansky vs Westra, Porte, v Garderen and maybe Klöden/Spilak/Scarponi.
All decent to good climbers with a good uphill ITT.
Chavanel a dark horse if he survives tomorrow
Dekker_Tifosi said:With Quintana out of the way it's going to be pretty clear it's Talansky vs Westra, Porte, v Garderen and maybe Klöden/Spilak/Scarponi.
All decent to good climbers with a good uphill ITT.
Chavanel a dark horse if he survives tomorrow
I doubt Westra will be able to stay with the best on Montagne de Lure.Dekker_Tifosi said:With Quintana out of the way it's going to be pretty clear it's Talansky vs Westra, Porte, v Garderen and maybe Klöden/Spilak/Scarponi.
All decent to good climbers with a good uphill ITT.
Chavanel a dark horse if he survives tomorrow
Kokoso said:I doubt Westra will be able to stay with the best on Montagne de Lure.
staubsauger said:I guess it's because Velits will most likely be dropped like a stone tommorow just like on Mount Baldy last year.
Westra looks very strong. He seems to be very focussed and peaked for Parijs - Nice as first main season highlight. he didn't hesitated when he was in problems today and yesterday and managed to chase back to the main group with aplomp. If he is able to repeat a performance like at Mende last year tommorow he should secure the title on the Col d' Eze.
Porte is much overated from my pov.
We should have Gorka Izaguirre on paper for tommorow shouldn't we? And Scarponi also looked to be in good shape.