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Didn't see Moser much, how did he finish?

SafeBet said:
I think we shouldn't overestimate the average quality of the italian riders.
We were in every break. We let other teams control the race.

I'm not sure what else we could expect from the likes of Gatto and Paolini. Attack with 4 laps to go?

Nibali should have attacked before, that's ok. But he probably wasn't feeling that well. He didn't have the legs he had in spring.

People did mark his moves pretty quick, like when he attacked people got on his wheel and they weren't pulling through despite him gesturing to them to do so.
 
Afrank said:
Didn't see Moser much, how did he finish?
He pulled strong just before the last Cauberg. Then soft pedalled till the end to finish 2 and half minutes behind.


Afrank said:
People did mark his moves pretty quick, like when he attacked people got on his wheel and they weren't pulling through despite him gesturing to them to do so.

Everybody knew he was gonna attack. That's what happens when you have a great year in the Monuments.
 
Anyway Moreno yesterday tweeted something like: "For people wondering why Italy didn't ride for me, guys, before today I hadn't even seen 270km on television".

Always love the attitude.

There will be brighter years for italian cycling.
 
typical "back when i was young, those were the days!!! we were all real man much talented then any of this young boys only riding for girls and money" that RDV, merckx and pretty much all old legends from all sports say when they get old.

it shouldn't be taken too seriously, tho comment on wiggins despite being rather idiotic coming from him taking into account the 84 giro it doesn't become any less true.

besides with ulissi, moser, aru, cattaneo, felinne and trenti (+ some others) italy has a tremendous amount of talent coming trough and many of those guys will have the classics as the main focus.
 
Parrulo said:
typical "back when i was young, those were the days!!! we were all real man much talented then any of this young boys only riding for girls and money" that RDV, merckx and pretty much all old legends from all sports say when they get old.

it shouldn't be taken too seriously, tho comment on wiggins despite being rather idiotic coming from him taking into account the 84 giro it doesn't become any less true.

besides with ulissi, moser, aru, cattaneo, felinne and trenti (+ some others) italy has a tremendous amount of talent coming trough and many of those guys will have the classics as the main focus.

Everything he says about contemporary italian cycling is absolutely true though.
There's no talent for one day races. How long ago did we win our last monument?
And even in stage races we have Nibali and nothing else.

Young riders look promising, I agree (even though tremendous amount of talent seems an exaggeration). At the moment we are in one of the worst moments of our cycling history.
 
SafeBet said:
Everything he says about contemporary italian cycling is absolutely true though.
There's no talent for one day races. How long ago did we win our last monument?
And even in stage races we have Nibali and nothing else.

Young riders look promising, I agree (even though tremendous amount of talent seems an exaggeration). At the moment we are in one of the worst moments of our cycling history.

I absolutely have no idea what you guys are talking about.
Enrico Gasparotto - Amstel Gold Race 2012 isn't enough? :confused:

And Pozzato&Ballan almost won Ronde Van Vlaanderen so I really don't get all the criticism.

I'd say there's LOTS of potential in one day races, and even now the situation isn't so bad. Was it better in the nineties? It sure as hell was, but the entire peloton composition was different.

What's more, Di Rocco didn't actually help the movement, all the opposite.

I'm more worried about the lack of GT riders right now, because I don't see a lot of potential from that point of view...maybe Moreno Moser will develop into one but who knows?
 
Pippo_San said:
I absolutely have no idea what you guys are talking about.
Enrico Gasparotto - Amstel Gold Race 2012 isn't enough? :confused:

And Pozzato&Ballan almost won Ronde Van Vlaanderen so I really don't get all the criticism.

I'd say there's LOTS of potential in one day races, and even now the situation isn't so bad. Was it better in the nineties? It sure as hell was, but the entire peloton composition was different.

What's more, Di Rocco didn't actually help the movement, all the opposite.

I'm more worried about the lack of GT riders right now, because I don't see a lot of potential from that point of view...maybe Moreno Moser will develop into one but who knows?

As Zam said, Amstel is not a monument.
Pippo and Ballan are good riders, I'm not saying they aren't. They lack consistency though. They rarely deliver when they're expected to.

Di Rocco, don't even get me started on the topic.

Moreno has a lot of potential. Not sure he might develop into a stage race rider though.
 
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manafana said:
his dad isnt doing him any favours running his mouth thou is he.

I expect Nibali will have a message for Moreno to deliver to his uncle, and not a very nice message either ;).
 
Pippo_San said:
I absolutely have no idea what you guys are talking about.
Enrico Gasparotto - Amstel Gold Race 2012 isn't enough? :confused:

And Pozzato&Ballan almost won Ronde Van Vlaanderen so I really don't get all the criticism.

I'm more worried about the lack of GT riders right now, because I don't see a lot of potential from that point of view...maybe Moreno Moser will develop into one but who knows?

So did Nibali with M-SR/ LBL.

Agostini ( potential wise seems good )/ Caruso could be good (thanks to continued Cannondale development and could win Giros'- Caruso could have won the white jersey if he did not have to ride for Basso) and Aru can certainly win if a GT if it is hilly enough.
 
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I'm an italian fan of cycling, and I really love Moreno Moser. Talking with him, he told me that he would like to become a GT cyclist. The main target of the next season will be to win a classic, or a semi-classic, but he knows that it will be very difficult to repeat a season like this one. And I don't think he will try on the cobblestones...
 
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"Agostini ( potential wise seems good )/ Caruso could be good (thanks to continued Cannondale development and could win Giros'- Caruso could have won the white jersey if he did not have to ride for Basso) and Aru can certainly win if a GT if it is hilly enough. "

Caruso will never win a Giro d' Italia.
 
jianji said:
I'm an italian fan of cycling, and I really love Moreno Moser. Talking with him, he told me that he would like to become a GT cyclist. The main target of the next season will be to win a classic, or a semi-classic, but he knows that it will be very difficult to repeat a season like this one. And I don't think he will try on the cobblestones...

some1 strip him of his last name!!!!!!
 
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Jason_Mercier said:
Caruso will never win a Giro d' Italia.

?????

Moser would probably be good at GTs (at least the Giro) because he has some pretty killer acceleration on short climbs. I think he will have another good season, because he will have more leadership opportunities and a race programme more tailored to the races he is good at.