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Nice win from Porte, great to see Menchov stay ahead of the leading pack for 2nd too!
Not sure if the main GC group were all knakered or just lost time stupidly by looking around at each other for the final 1k. I only thought Porte would get 10-15 seconds but got over half a minute.
Not sure if the main GC group were all knakered or just lost time stupidly by looking around at each other for the final 1k. I only thought Porte would get 10-15 seconds but got over half a minute.
In fact, a good sign that Menchov was strong today. Him and Evans are still alive, also Scarponi, while Klöden and especially Basso show weakness.
Voigt as usual, he could stay WT rider until 45 if he wanted to.
So now let´s wait for Grandpa Horner.
Voigt as usual, he could stay WT rider until 45 if he wanted to.
So now let´s wait for Grandpa Horner.
hayzer114 said:
Barring a crash Porte has it in the bag as he's the best time trialist in the peloton.
hayzer114 said:
Nothing will happen tomorrow. Sunday there's an ITT on the Col D'Eze, that could create some gaps, but not enough to threaten Porte.
hayzer114 said:
A couple of Cat 1 climbs halfway through but last 30km's are nothing special. Sky will probably be wise just to let a break go and take it.
Sky is so laughable. As a captain Porte is suddenly able to jump away on a mtf 
Hell, Mentsjoev second after yesterday's leaked information. Horrible. Pure pain.
Blanco should've tried to send Boom and Slagter as captains to P-N. Gesink, what a joke.
Porte should be able to win this now.
Although Westra did put about 1 1/2 minute on Porte at Col d' Eze last year. So there's still some desperate hope for the Dutch mafia
Hell, Mentsjoev second after yesterday's leaked information. Horrible. Pure pain.
Blanco should've tried to send Boom and Slagter as captains to P-N. Gesink, what a joke.
Porte should be able to win this now.
Although Westra did put about 1 1/2 minute on Porte at Col d' Eze last year. So there's still some desperate hope for the Dutch mafia
Ferminal said:
More than 10 minutes surely after the build up he had for this race
Along with Gesink of course
Well, last year Westra took 1'42 out of Porte in the final TT, Westra has got this in the bag for sure
No, in reality, I think we all know why Sky has been going so well lately. It's to ensure the natural law that Westra will always be 2nd. Last year it took Wiggins, now it's Porte.
No, in reality, I think we all know why Sky has been going so well lately. It's to ensure the natural law that Westra will always be 2nd. Last year it took Wiggins, now it's Porte.
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Maaaaaaaarten said:Well, last year Westra took 1'42 out of Porte in the final TT, Westra has got this in the bag for sure
No, in reality, I think we all know why Sky has been going so well lately. It's to ensure the natural law that Westra will always be 2nd. Last year it took Wiggins, now it's Porte.
So it's about looking forward which rider will be ahead of Westra in De Panne.
It seems I was too conservative in my guesstimate: instead of "he won't make the top-20" I should have said "he won't make the top-30".Dekker_Tifosi said:
I don't know what's wrong with Gesink, but I saw this coming. He just looked like crap the last few days.
theyoungest said:
Yep you were right, he was absolutely nowhere. Already early on the climb you could see it.
Still wonder why he could follow/beat similar names just days ago in Murcia and now can't even follow the likes of Grivko...
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Overly strange move from Gesink. Wouldn't it be easier to drop at once? I'm worried about his Giro perspectives.
No recovery anymore? Or maybe he's just sick, was he rooming with Stef Clement?Dekker_Tifosi said:
Dekker_Tifosi said:
very simple, this isn;t murcia, this is p-n the level is muc higher, gesink was probably in early oman shape anyway
Very impressive win from Porte today. Hopefully Talansky learned something from it.
Sky is too strong a team for Porte get isolated and lose anytime on the run in Saturday.
Sunday's uphill time trial should be exciting.
Sky is too strong a team for Porte get isolated and lose anytime on the run in Saturday.
Sunday's uphill time trial should be exciting.
So this "Sky Train" strategy thingy seems to work out well. Just wondering why if it's that great why isn't everyone doing it?
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