"The greatest race of the year": 2014 Tour de San Luis, January 19th-26th

[Dazed and Confused]

11. Michele Scarponi (Astana) 23:19

slowly building towards the Giro.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

quintana 23:29 very good still

 

[burning]

23:29 by Quintana

 

[LaFlorecita]

25:18


.....

25:18. He will need to attack.

25:18
................

Ouch... that is very bad indeed

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

goodbye gaimon

 

[Dazed and Confused]

quintana 23:29 very good still

yea, very good ride. Best cyclist here by far.

 

[BigMac]

Congratulations to Movistar for the double.

Nairo should have it in the bag now.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

quintana 4 seconds slower than nibali

 

[Dazed and Confused]

GC top 3:
1. Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team)
2. Philip Gaimon (Garmin-Sharp) a 26
3. Sergio Godoy (San Luis) a 2:01

Game over.

 

[Lexman]

fun to read the comments while on my computer they are still riding, well as a matter fact Gaimon just finishes....

 

[gmedina]

hahah garmin tt helmet looks hilarious

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

General:
1. Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) 17:18:14
2. Philip Gaimon (Garmin-Sharp) a 26
3. Sergio Godoy (San Luis) a 2:01
4. Enzo Moyano (San Luis) a 2:17
5. Marc de Maar (UnitedHealthcare) a 2:18
6. Peter Stetina (BMC) a 2:47
7. Julián Arredondo (Trek) a 2:49
8. Eduardo Sepúlveda (Bretagne) a 2:59
9. Darwin Atapuma (BMC) a 3:21
10. Miguel Rubiano (Colombia) a 3:30

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Pretty girls dancing in the background.

 

[BigMac]

All eyes on the land down under now.

Apparentely, from the big names, only Nairo takes this race seriously, others just see it as a warm up, and to test their legs.

Reason TDU is much more interesting.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

All eyes on the land down under now.

Apparentely, from the big names, only Nairo takes this race seriously, others just see it as a warm up, and to test their legs.

Reason TDU is much more interesting.

the tdu is about as interesting as watching scrotum hair grow

 

[Escarabajo]

All eyes on the land down under now.

Apparentely, from the big names, only Nairo takes this race seriously, others just see it as a warm up, and to test their legs.

Reason TDU is much more interesting.

So all riders take it seriously in TDU in January???

 

[Popchu]

All eyes on the land down under now.

Apparentely, from the big names, only Nairo takes this race seriously, others just see it as a warm up, and to test their legs.

Reason TDU is much more interesting.

For Nairo it is also a warm up.

 

[gospina]

All eyes on the land down under now.

Apparentely, from the big names, only Nairo takes this race seriously, others just see it as a warm up, and to test their legs.

Reason TDU is much more interesting.

TDU is the Australian rider showcase (Plus the Gorilla).
San Luis is the Colombian, American and Argentinian rider showcase.

I like watching Arredondo, Atapuma, Gaimon, Nairo, Stetina, etc.. a lot more than watching Porte chase Evans on a downhill and the big German win a sprint without Cav nor Sagan.

 

[gospina]

For Nairo it is also a warm up.

LOL. He did say he was overweight, but admitted he was 9/10 in form. He has to slow down, he said.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Overall a very good ride by Gaimon, but he needs to be careful on the next stage.

TDU and San Luis are both good races, but clearly the Argentinians needs to step up the coverage, otherwise the event will die or become local for sure.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

LOL. He did say he was overweight, but admitted he was 9/10 in form. He has to slow down, he said.

no he said he felt 9/10 since he was sick this monday. not that he is 9/10 in form.

 

[del1962]

Adam Yates said only one Greenedge guy has a time trial bike here, Santaromita.

 

[BigMac]

So all riders take it seriously in TDU in January???

The big names, yes.

Don't they?

 

[De Snelle Duif]

I wonder if Van Den Broek and Kangert really tested themselves, they should both be quite a bit better than Scarponi normally.

Great form by Boonen apparently, although Sagan is not that far behind!

 

[The Hitch]

Nibali is peaking two months later this year though.

Good to see Boonen in shape.

Didn't he do very well in this tt the year he went for the TDF as well though?