Samuel Samu Sanchez official awesomness thread.

[El Pistolero]

You are aware that Gilbert hasn't been in the top 15 once this season, right? How that can be better than Hushovd is beyond me. I remember you praising Boonen for his P-N prologue, but clearly Hushovd, who was 1 second behind Boonen, was horrible, right? But anyway, the discussion is pointless and the conclusion is that they've both been absolutely ****

Tour du Haut var.

Point is, at Omloop both were crap, but Phil had a flat tire right before the Taaienberg(not that he would have won or anything). At M-SR he crashed again before he could show him self.

After M-SR he overtrained him self because of his teeth problem and that's why he sucked so much in the E3 Harelbeke. I have however full confidence in him for the Ardennes classics.

A prologue is a poor indicator of one's form. Yes, I still think Boonen did a good prologue there, but it had little to do with his form(which he obviously had).

 

[hoerpi]

Come on, this is about the awesome man they call Samu, not some other riders. Since he's aiming for the worlds he'll come to Lombardia with a good form and we all know what that means... The first monument win for Euskaltel.

 

[Gloin22]

So anyone knows if Sanchez is doing the ardennes classics or opted out. Would be such a shame if he didnt ride them.

 

[Arnout]

So anyone knows if Sanchez is doing the ardennes classics or opted out. Would be such a shame if he didnt ride them.

Still undecided.

 

[Angliru]

I figured I'd bump this in honor of Samu's AGR ride. LBL look out!

 

[nvpacchi]

Still undecided.

Arnout, where did you read that Sam might race FW and LBL?

 

[Arnout]

Arnout, where did you read that Sam might race FW and LBL?

The known source This article says he is going to do Amstel and will think about Liege if his legs are still good.

 

[Angliru]

The known source This article says he is going to do Amstel and will think about Liege if his legs are still good.

Well his legs should be thrashed after chasing as a result of his flat. That's not good. My fingers are crossed that he recovers fully over the week and kills it at LBL.

 

[Arnout]

Well his legs should be thrashed after chasing as a result of his flat. That's not good. My fingers are crossed that he recovers fully over the week and kills it at LBL.

Nah, the race overall was not that hard, if that bit of flat has killed him, it would've meant he wouldn't be fresh for LBL anyway. We'll see. Don't forget AGR is not his style, never has been and since he's more a diesel than an explosive hilly rider in the last few years, he did extremely well today, it might've been his best result ever here.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Well his legs should be thrashed after chasing as a result of his flat. That's not good. My fingers are crossed that he recovers fully over the week and kills it at LBL.

Oh I hope it so badly. Samu is so awesome.

I hope he wins le Tour

 

[DominicDecoco]

Thought he did exellent today.

 

[The Hitch]

Really sad if the mechanical cost him the race.

Lets hope he finally gets some luck and everyone else gets a mechanical in the last few km of a major mountain stage in the Tour.

It would be no less than he deserves.

 

[nvpacchi]

The known source This article says he is going to do Amstel and will think about Liege if his legs are still good.

Haaah Magnus is always on top of things

 

[Arnout]

Haaah Magnus is always on top of things

Yes, is time to spread the word.

Bookmark this, and don't be fooled by the title

http://www.ibanmayoblog.blogspot.com/

 

[nvpacchi]

13th was his top Amstel placing until today. Granted you can't compare years to other years easily, but it is very encouraging seeing him ride well in his worst of the 3 ardennes

 

[c&cfan]

Really sad if the mechanical cost him the race.

Lets hope he finally gets some luck and everyone else gets a mechanical in the last few km of a major mountain stage in the Tour.

It would be no less than he deserves.

it really p+sses me off..
not to mention last year's tour.

 

[meat puppet]

http://www.samusanchez.com/inicio.htm

I mean wow, party like it's 1999. Only Samu could pull this homespun-overload off. Probably coded it himself. Pure class.

 

[The Hitch]

http://www.samusanchez.com/inicio.htm

I mean wow, party like it's 1999. Only Samu could pull this homespun-overload off. Probably coded it himself. Pure class.

I don't get it.

 

[El Pistolero]

It's a horrible site. Reminds me of Cavendish' website.

 

[Parrulo]

http://www.samusanchez.com/inicio.htm

I mean wow, party like it's 1999. Only Samu could pull this homespun-overload off. Probably coded it himself. Pure class.

that bar on the left reminds me a lot of the kind of stuff you can do with microsoft frontpage, actually i bet the entire site was made using frontpage. AWESOME!!!!!

 

[Arnout]

Remembers me of the days I designed my own webpage indeed. That's actually way shorter ago than I thought now I'm thinking of it. But still, it doesn't look very slick

 

[c&cfan]

that bar on the left reminds me a lot of the kind of stuff you can do with microsoft frontpage, actually i bet the entire site was made using frontpage. AWESOME!!!!!

lol, and let's feed it with java or silverlight. forget that html5 stuff.

 

[greenedge]

Amazing that he came 7th even after having to chase for a while.

I wish he could do F-W/ LBL.

 

[Forunculo]

Mod note: photo was too big

 

[nobilis]

there is a street named after him in Oviedo? http://www.samusanchez.com/callesamu.htm

I didn't know that. It should be after the Gold Medal.