Paris-Tours 2010

[The Hitch]

If you're talking about me I said Freire didn't show anything that resembles a good form, but I also said he's Oscar Freire and he wins when you don't expect it. That's what he does.

Anyway why is everybody talking about Freire having a crappy season? This is his best season since 2007.

No i wasnt talking about you. Well maybe, i dont know. Some people just said they didnt expect Freire to win because hes in poor form, and im proud i stood by him.

 

[The Hitch]

I think they messed up the podium presentation. Steegmans who came 3rd stood on Freires right hand side.

 

[El Pistolero]

I think they messed up the podium presentation. Steegmans who came 3rd stood on Freires right hand side.

The power of an Armstrong call.

 

[Kwibus]

If you're talking about me I said Freire didn't show anything that resembles a good form, but I also said he's Oscar Freire and he wins when you don't expect it. That's what he does.

Anyway why is everybody talking about Freire having a crappy season? This is his best season since 2007.

Well he has 2 topnodge wins, but besides those 2 wins he was pretty much invisible.

 

[hrotha]

Well he has 2 topnodge wins, but besides those 2 wins he was pretty much invisible.

This is his seventh victory this year. Early in the season he was pretty dominating. He just sucked at the Tour and the Vuelta.

 

[jens_attacks]

this was a pretty exciting race.too bad for lequatre but that's cycling.avenue de grammont killed him.
and hats off to freire.still showing to youngsters how it's done.

 

[Kwibus]

This is his seventh victory this year. Early in the season he was pretty dominating. He just sucked at the Tour and the Vuelta.

Well that's what got a lot of attention. I missed most of the early season so I'm sorry for ignorance. I was afraid I would mess up by not checking wiki before saying he only won 2 races

 

[The Hitch]

2 rabo wins in as many days. Another angel bites the dust.

 

[El Pistolero]

Found it weird Gilbert didn't try anything on the little hills. But perhaps just the jetlag. I don't see him winning Giro di Lombardia this year though.

 

[Willy_Voet]

This is his seventh victory this year. Early in the season he was pretty dominating. He just sucked at the Tour and the Vuelta.

I'd give a 34 year old sprinter riding a GT after sinus surgery a free pass to suck.

 

[theyoungest]

I got home turned the tele on with 3k to go. Hoped it would've been 20k to go, but it came down to a bunchsprint so didn't really matter.

Very nice by Freire. He starts his season with Milan - San Remo and ends with Paris - Tours. Class rider who always manages to win big races every season. On the dutch tele they said he was complaining this morning that he wasn't good and had some pain here and there which was an indication for the commentator that Freire could win since Freire always wins when you don't expect him to win

Freire didn't complain about his form, he just complained about things in general, which usually means he's good. BTW, the commentator who said this was Stef Clement, his teammate.

 

[Kwibus]

Freire didn't complain about his form, he just complained about things in general, which usually means he's good. BTW, the commentator who said this was Stef Clement, his teammate.

Ah Clement. Like I said before I joined with 3k to go and I heard this voice, but had no idea who it was. Kinda liked it though.

 

[luckyboy]

Forgot all about this til I was randomly flicking through channels with 20km to go.

Nice win for Freire. Felt really bad for Lequatre. What was it - 400m?

 

[auscyclefan94]

Paris tours, you could watch year after year and it is pretty much decided on the last two km's on the avenue de grammont. Still exciting but it is always either a small bunch getting caught inside the final km or a bunch sprint. Allan Davis should of gone to this race. He would of won imo.

 

[Angliru]

No i wasnt talking about you. Well maybe, i dont know. Some people just said they didnt expect Freire to win because hes in poor form, and im proud i stood by him.

@ those that say Freire wasn't on form: Didn't he still finish 6th in the World's? How is that bad form?

 

[search]

it's not all about form, in my case, I just didn't expect him to be fast enough to win a major bunch sprint anymore. he won in San Remo of course, but that race was way more selctive. At tour of basque country he couldn't even beat Valverde in the sprint and I don't remember having seen him in the front at any other races this season.

 

[ScottyMuser]

Paris tours, you could watch year after year and it is pretty much decided on the last two km's on the avenue de grammont. Still exciting but it is always either a small bunch getting caught inside the final km or a bunch sprint. Allan Davis should of gone to this race. He would of won imo.

Is that not the same thing that happens at 95% of TDF flat stages? aS for Davies - not sure, I think Freire may still have edcged it, as Davies would not have been able to ride (Astana weren't invited, so Davies couldn't go)

 

[royalpig180]

I thought Wigans had finished his season. I see Peter Sagan is riding, he has this in the bag.

I too saw Sagan on the startlist, but not on the final rankings on CN or the Paris-Tours ASO official website... did he just no start? Anyone hear what happened there?

 

[The Hitch]

it's not all about form, in my case, I just didn't expect him to be fast enough to win a major bunch sprint anymore. he won in San Remo of course, but that race was way more selctive. At tour of basque country he couldn't even beat Valverde in the sprint and I don't remember having seen him in the front at any other races this season.

He did beat Valverde but was relegated for putting Valverde in the barriers. The next day Valverde put him in the barriers and didnt get relegated. Quite unlucky

Also Milan San Remo was won by Cav. Any parcors that can be won by Cav can be won by ANY sprinter.