Tirreno-Adriatico Stage 7: San Benedetto del Tronto (ITT) 9.3km

[Moondance]

More to my liking Nibali once again lost a TT meeting with Gesink, that makes it 6-2...

Nibali 1 GT, Gesink 0 GT.

Thats what counts





Please dont kick me out of the Dutch Mafia, boss

 

[auscyclefan94]

Nibali 1 GT, Gesink 0 GT.

Thats what counts





Please dont kick me out of the Dutch Mafia, boss

You seem relatively sane for a dutch mafia member!

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Nibali 1 GT, Gesink 0 GT.

Thats what counts





Please dont kick me out of the Dutch Mafia, boss

You will wake up with a back wheel next to your face in the morning

 

[El Pistolero]

Slipping in a quick remark about his idol

21th of March is a long time to wait.

And I just wanted to make it clear that Gesink still doesn't match Contador

Although I do tip Gesink for the podium now. After Andy and Basso.

 

[theyoungest]

More to my liking Nibali once again lost a TT meeting with Gesink, that makes it 6-2...

Nibali kicked Gesink's *** though on the climbs, something which he hasn't done before.

 

[Moondance]

You seem relatively sane for a dutch mafia member!

Have I not always been the voice of sanity and reason?

 

[kurtinsc]

As for long mountains and especially high mountains I think Evans doesn't stand a chance in hell against a top Gesink.

But Evans is definately a much better one for short and medium hills. It's also typical for mountainbikers to handle such things far better

I'm not 100% sure I agree. Cadel has done pretty well in long mountains when in form. At the Giro toward the beginning he was the next best in the high mountains after Basso, but faded as he lost the form he was trying to hold from the ardennes as the race progressed.

He was injured/fatigued at the Tour.

The last time they were really together in a race with some real mountains I guess was the 2009 Vuelta. I don't remember a significant difference in their mountain ability at that point.

I'm not saying you're wrong... but I'm not sure the evidence is there yet to say you are definitely right either.

 

[Parrulo]

Nibali 1 GT, Gesink 0 GT.

Thats what counts





Please dont kick me out of the Dutch Mafia, boss

expect "gesink could have won last year's vuelta / nibali wouldn't have won the vuelta if anton hadn't crashed" in 3. . . . 2. . . . 1

bad itt by machado. was expecting better tbh. still his form seems to be building up just fine for the giro.

gesink was a big surprise. cool cus i like him as a rider.

 

[El Pistolero]

expect "gesink could have won last year's vuelta / nibali wouldn't have won the vuelta if anton hadn't crashed" in 3. . . . 2. . . . 1

bad itt by machado. was expecting better tbh. still his form seems to be building up just fine for the giro.

gesink was a big surprise. cool cus i like him as a rider.

You forget that Gesink has a big hole in his knee from the Vuelta 2009

 

[theyoungest]

The last time they were really together in a race with some real mountains I guess was the 2009 Vuelta. I don't remember a significant difference in their mountain ability at that point.

Gesink dropped Evans on every uphill finish in that Vuelta.

You forget that Gesink has a big hole in his knee from the Vuelta 2009

You're probably kidding, but you can actually see the scar quite clearly.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Have I not always been the voice of sanity and reason?

but you're apart of the dutch mafia and when you associate with posters like T_L_R & D_T you don't help your cause!

 

[El Pistolero]

Gesink dropped Evans on every uphill finish in that Vuelta.

Although Cuddles had already the Tour in his legs.

 

[theyoungest]

Although Cuddles had already the Tour in his legs.

Gesink too (a few days of it)

 

[auscyclefan94]

Gesink dropped Evans on every uphill finish in that Vuelta.


You're probably kidding, but you can actually see the scar quite clearly.

no he didn't.

 

[El Pistolero]

Imagine without bonus seconds they would have been separated by a mere second.

 

[Parrulo]

You forget that Gesink has a big hole in his knee from the Vuelta 2009

tru dat. if he doesn't manage to close that hole in his knee in the next couple of years so he can win everything he wants too, he should turn it into a black hole and just suck into it any rider who dares to pass him in any race. . . . so he can also win everything he wants too

 

[kurtinsc]

Gesink dropped Evans on every uphill finish in that Vuelta.


You're probably kidding, but you can actually see the scar quite clearly.

Other then Sierra Nevada and Evan's wheel change debacle, the largest time gain from dropping him was... 14 seconds?

I guess I don't consider that all that significant. Maybe I should.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Nibali kicked Gesink's *** though on the climbs, something which he hasn't done before.

Meh, only won time once (and in Chieti he was even behind Gesink) besides, he'll still get owned on anything longer than 4/5km.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I'm not 100% sure I agree. Cadel has done pretty well in long mountains when in form. At the Giro toward the beginning he was the next best in the high mountains after Basso, but faded as he lost the form he was trying to hold from the ardennes as the race progressed.

He was injured/fatigued at the Tour.

The last time they were really together in a race with some real mountains I guess was the 2009 Vuelta. I don't remember a significant difference in their mountain ability at that point.

I'm not saying you're wrong... but I'm not sure the evidence is there yet to say you are definitely right either.

Evans got dropped by Gesink numerous times in that Vuelta...

 

[roundabout]

I like Gesink, but sometimes i wish he would race a bit more sparingly in order for this forum not to become a fulltime Gesink fanpage.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

You mean if he rode like Andy Schleck.

But then you would have a dead forum

 

[El Pistolero]

But never the less, Nibali is smart to not go to the Tour. He'll win GTs, while Gesink never will if he keeps focusing on the Tour. Let's face it, he's never going to be a match for Andy.

 

[theyoungest]

Other then Sierra Nevada and Evan's wheel change debacle, the largest time gain from dropping him was... 14 seconds?

I guess I don't consider that all that significant. Maybe I should.

Of course it's significant. Evans needs all the time he can get on the climbs, because Gesink clearly is the superior TT-er

 

[Moondance]

no he didn't.

On the four MTFs that Vuelta before Gesink fell he succeeded in putting time into Evans in each one.

-Alto de Aitana Stage 8

3. Gesink
4. Evans +6s

-Alto de Velefique Stage 12

3. Gesink
7. Evans +10s

-Sierra Nevada Stage 13 (that of the famous flat)

4. Gesink
8. Evans +1m 07s

-La Pandera Stage 14

6. Gesink
7. Evans +14s

 

[roundabout]

You mean if he rode like Andy Schleck.

But then you would have a dead forum

Nah, there are plenty of other rider fanboys that you guys successfully drown out.