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El Pistolero said:They fluked a win in Catalunya.
Gloin22 said:Cadel's win was more flucky if we go there Easily could have been close 2nd
El Pistolero said:How is that a fluke? He won because he was fastest over 6km. Brajkovic won, but no one knew the finish was there, so for all intends possible, Astana fluked a win.
I bet BW fluked a win in the P-N time trial as well.
greenedge said:AG2R will not be happy at all.
They just need to seek out a few more attacking options and the ins will hopefully come for them.
cineteq said:Let's extend this competition by adding the pro continental teams:
AG2R-La Mondiale
Accent Jobs-Willems Veranda's
Acqua&Sapone
Colombia-Coldeportes
Spidertech
Team Type 1
Utensilnord Named
UnitedHealthcare
Fetisoff said:I'd go with Utensilnord
nobilis said:I have to go with Utensilnord too. Do they finish the Pais Vasco with just 2 riders?
El Pistolero said:How is that a fluke? He won because he was fastest over 6km. Brajkovic won, but no one knew the finish was there, so for all intends possible, Astana fluked a win.
I bet BW fluked a win in the P-N time trial as well.
Fetisoff said:Lol, yeah. And none in top-50
except that Westra DID have aerobarsThe Hitch said:He beat a dutchman so you can bet there is some explanation.
With westra i think it was that he couldnt be bothered with aerobars on stage 7 and that he couldnt be bothered period in stage 1.
So yeah BW did actually fluke it.
Dekker_Tifosi said:except that Westra DID have aerobars
The Hitch said:thats why i said i think. Wasnt quite sure. Was it the helmet then, not aerodynamic or something?
nobilis said:How can they do that. Failing to place a rider in the top 50 is as hard as winning the race.
nobilis said:yeah he had a regular helmet. But I don't think it mattered. However, the aero bars were important and I still can't understand why Valverde didn't put any.
will10 said:An aero helmet doesn't give any advantage over a road helmet at 30kph average? Would love to know how you worked that one out.