He could thrive because of the pressure, he could crack because of it. Has GVA ever ridden a TT in similar circumstances?tweak37 said:DNP-Old said:Different times, different measures. He didn't have a GC to fight for last year. There was no pressure at all.Billie said:Van Avermaet lost 27 secs to Cancellara on the timetrial last year
The point is, I think, that even without such pressure, he did quite well.
liamito said:where did TJ go?![]()
Carols said:liamito said:where did TJ go?![]()
92nd, over a minute back. He must had some kind of issue.
Finally learning how to win.Vroome.exe said:Van avermaet, the great wheelsucker.
Carols said:liamito said:where did TJ go?![]()
92nd, over a minute back. He must had some kind of issue.
Billie said:Carols said:liamito said:where did TJ go?![]()
92nd, over a minute back. He must had some kind of issue.
where did you find full results yet?
Carols said:Billie said:Carols said:liamito said:where did TJ go?![]()
92nd, over a minute back. He must had some kind of issue.
where did you find full results yet?
It was announced on the stream I was watching.
Vroome.exe said:Van avermaet, the great wheelsucker.
SKSemtex said:Vroome.exe said:Van avermaet, the great wheelsucker.
What a blshit. Finally somebody who is not scared to join Sagan in break and challenge him on sprint. Great rider. My second most favorite. I am so glad that Belgium has its winner again. Him and Sagan are guarantee that there is no borefest if there is at least some small chance for attackers to win.
So there goes the GC.snccdcno said:BMC twitter just said TJ was caught up in a crash with 5km to go.
https://twitter.com/BMCProTeam/status/709401286463102976
Vroome.exe said:Wait, what. Van Avermaet today was wheelsucking all the way, he almost destroyed the chance of this breakaway win and you say he entertained the race? And then someone has the stupidity to call someone like Sagan or Stybar a wheelsucker...
Can he? For once? God sake. All power to Greg.Vroome.exe said:Van avermaet, the great wheelsucker.
classicomano said:Can he? For once? God sake. All power to Greg.Vroome.exe said:Van avermaet, the great wheelsucker.
He lost 2 seconds in the opening prologue last year, and won 4 to Sagan.Billie said:Van Avermaet lost 27 secs to Cancellara on the timetrial last year
Vroome.exe said:SKSemtex said:Vroome.exe said:Van avermaet, the great wheelsucker.
What a blshit. Finally somebody who is not scared to join Sagan in break and challenge him on sprint. Great rider. My second most favorite. I am so glad that Belgium has its winner again. Him and Sagan are guarantee that there is no borefest if there is at least some small chance for attackers to win.
Wait, what. Van Avermaet today was wheelsucking all the way, he almost destroyed the chance of this breakaway win and you say he entertained the race? And then someone has the stupidity to call someone like Sagan or Stybar a wheelsucker...
Soson will destroy him in ITT tomorrowtomorrow said:I just, so the only thing avarmaet needs to get 3 monuments this year is to work with sagan in an attack. They just can't be both second. Together, they might even not allow fabian to leave.
Btw, sagan went a little bit too early today. Just watched the last kms and he went from like 300m, 50m before finish he was done and that's exactly when Avarmaet went past him in like 3 pedal strokes. One could start wondering, if Sagan is not playing something(like hiding in WCH or in Montreal few years back). This one is fifth consecutive duel between those two with the same result(one was actually for second in Flanders last year) that I can remember. Last year it's obvious Greg had been stronger, but it's starting to be hard to believe, that the cards have changed so much for them. Earlier, there was no way Sagan would be outsprinted by Greg in such a way, now is basically obvious that Greg is the favourite. The hard to believe part is not that Greg won, but the way he won. It looked like Sagan never stood a chance, both in Omloop and today.
Yes, nothing they did today made any sense. They shouldn't have taken any turns in the front group. Better to hope it all gets back together to have a better chance of winning the GC with Stybar/Jungels and still having the favorite for the stage win. How they rode today is mind-boggling.maltiv said:So Etixx' riding today kind of backfired. They gave up a really good chance of stage victory (Gaviria) and lost lots of time to the closest GC-contenders (Sagan & GVA), all so that Stybar could take a full 3 seconds on the rest of the bunch...