The Hitch said:i will if you accuse Mollema of doping and then start talking about Contador doping. Which is what you did in the other thread.
Mollema dopes himself with drinks of pure awesomeness
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The Hitch said:i will if you accuse Mollema of doping and then start talking about Contador doping. Which is what you did in the other thread.
El Pistolero said:Really? What has he accomplished last year and so far this season?
Frosty said:What are Mollema's plans for the rest of the season. Assume he is doing the Ardennes Classics but what after that? GC wise, is he just aiming at the tour or might he be off to the Giro?
theyoungest said:When will Andy Schleck find his niche? Time trials that don't involve time trialing?
Frosty said:What are Mollema's plans for the rest of the season. Assume he is doing the Ardennes Classics but what after that? GC wise, is he just aiming at the tour or might he be off to the Giro?
luckyboy said:What are Kruijswijk and Ten Dam doing?
durhamwasp said:The Dutch classic this weekend, surely Bauke will fancy a top-10 placing in this one?
Azabael said:Well, in my opinion only Mollema and Poels have enough power uphill out of all dutchies to possibly reach, say, podium when they turn toward the Cauberg as a little bunch. But they'll need superb form.
On a side note, I've seen Michel Kreder perform extra-ordinarily well in such a finish at Gran Premio Miguel Indurain in 2010, with basically holding Valderde's wheel the entire final climb. Only Rodriguez ended a few seconds in front of them. Even Valverde was impressed and afterwards asked who the hell that guy behind him was. But unfortunately it seems Kreder turned himself into a second row flat course spritner. As working on his explosiveness cost him his ability to ride uphill well. Pity.
He got the green jersey at the Vuelta, which was more thanks to positioning than anything else. He's actually quite good at it.Gloin22 said:His positioning is sometimes bit iffy, and Amstel is a lot about that.
Kreder lacks the engine to do well in hard races like this, no matter what Vaughters says. Which so far also applies to Poels and Mollema, by the way.Azabael said:On a side note, I've seen Michel Kreder perform extra-ordinarily well in such a finish at Gran Premio Miguel Indurain in 2010, with basically holding Valderde's wheel the entire final climb. Only Rodriguez ended a few seconds in front of them. Even Valverde was impressed and afterwards asked who the hell that guy behind him was. But unfortunately it seems Kreder turned himself into a second row flat course spritner. As working on his explosiveness cost him his ability to ride uphill well. Pity.
Gloin22 said:Rabo has many contenders for Amstel. Breschel/Martens/Gesink and Mollema. Probably the one feeling best on the day will be the captain.
theyoungest said:He got the green jersey at the Vuelta, which was more thanks to positioning than anything else. He's actually quite good at it.
A bigger problem might be the fact that he's never ridden Amstel before, and neither have Breschel and Kruijswijk. Three leaders for the race who have never done it, and this for a Dutch team.
Kreder lacks the engine to do well in hard races like this, no matter what Vaughters says. Which so far also applies to Poels and Mollema, by the way.
I mean a hard 260 km one day race. GTs, or stages in GTs, are a different story.Azabael said:Depends on your definition of hard, though. Thinking of Poels ending second in l'Angliru stage of last year's vuelta. I know that's not a 250km race, but it therefore depends on what you call hard races.