Tour de Romandie 2012

[Vino attacks everyone]

148 Chris Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:06:33
149 Danny Pate (USA) Sky Procycling
150 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:12:33
151 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling
152 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:13:46
DNS Jakob Fugslang (Den) Radioshack-Nissan


4 out of the last 5 for Sky ?

Now that never happened to US postal...

It didn't happen to US postal becasue they only raced 2 races a year ( Dauphine and tdf)

 

[joe1265]

So can almost 75% of the rest of the top 25

Yea, but those guys suck!

 

[Catwhoorg]

true dat ...

 

[Parrulo]

I disagree. Costa is a completely different rider. More suited to hilly classics and hilly stages.

Machado is a real stage racer and has had top 10's almost everywhere this season. I think you are too quick to judge and definitely think Machado is not much worse than Costa

he might not be much worse but he was supposed to be much better, which so far he hasn't show

i wonder if he will ride the giro now that fugslang won't. i certainly prefer it then watching him being a slave for a 50 year old man in cali. . .

his form seems to be improving so maybe he actually manages to peak for it, and if he avoids crashes and injuries on the first week (he was able to do that in the vuelta which was his second GT but missed his peak completely according to himself) maybe he can actually pull a good result.

 

[El Pistolero]

It didn't happen to US postal becasue they only raced 2 races a year ( Dauphine and tdf)

They actually did a Giro-Tour and Tour-Vuelta double.

 

[maltiv]

148 Chris Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:06:33
149 Danny Pate (USA) Sky Procycling
150 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:12:33
151 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling
152 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:13:46
DNS Jakob Fugslang (Den) Radioshack-Nissan


4 out of the last 5 for Sky ?

Now that never happened to US postal...

Those guys had finished their domestique work, why would they waste energy at simply staying in the peloton for no reason? A good domestique always saves energy when possible.

 

[iZnoGouD]

Who will replace Fugslang at Giro ?

 

[DominicDecoco]

Who will replace Fugslang at Giro ?

Lance.

______

 

[hrotha]

Who will replace Fugslang at Giro ?

They'll start with 8 riders because why not.

 

[Catwhoorg]

Those guys had finished their domestique work, why would they waste energy at simply staying in the peloton for no reason? A good domestique always saves energy when possible.

Oh I fully agree.

I think thats the real difference between "UK Postal" and the old US postal, the domestiques have to save their energy for wiggo and Sky, they never did for Lance.

 

[Azabael]

Oh I fully agree.

I think thats the real difference between "UK Postal" and the old US postal, the domestiques have to save their energy for wiggo and Sky, they never did for Lance.

Yea, but merely because something else gave them back the juice they required.

 

[markene2]

Nice win by Sanchez today. Is it just me or is this race more boring than usual?

 

[Mellow Velo]

It didn't happen to US postal becasue they only raced 2 races a year ( Dauphine and tdf)

They actually did a Giro-Tour and Tour-Vuelta double.

Wot?
They were disguised as Lotto-Rabo riders at that Giro.

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

nothing to do with attitude. De Gendt is simply not consistent enough to be a stage-racer

How do you know his inconsistent performances aren't caused by his horrible attitude?

 

[will10]

Wot?
They were disguised as Lotto-Rabo riders at that Giro.

Rabo?

Van Huffel and Ardila did sign temporary 1 hour Discovery contracts though

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Wiggins didn't look good on that climb and was cooked at the finish. Not a good sign for the next two days?

that's what I saw too

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Oh I fully agree.

I think thats the real difference between "UK Postal" and the old US postal, the domestiques have to save their energy for wiggo and Sky, they never did for Lance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-y38WZAtgc

that is us postal! NOTHING like sky at all. NOTHING. see for yourself...

 

[Gloin22]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-y38WZAtgc

that is us postal! NOTHING like sky at all. NOTHING. see for yourself...

That clip is basically like Wiggo - Froome vuleta

Just with the juice on the clip

 

[Arnout]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-y38WZAtgc

that is us postal! NOTHING like sky at all. NOTHING. see for yourself...

Thanks for that video. Cycling looks like to be so much cooler back then, although part of that feeling will be my nostalgia. This was the Tour that really got me into cycling. Sadly the team doctor of Euskaltel left a year later.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Thanks for that video. Cycling looks like to be so much cooler back then, although part of that feeling will be my nostalgia. This was the Tour that really got me into cycling. Sadly the team doctor of Euskaltel left a year later.

But based on this video, I say bring back the epo.

exactky and not just the epo. also the personalities back then.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

That clip is basically like Wiggo - Froome vuleta

Just with the juice on the clip

bs,. just look how rthey sprint up that mountain. you doin;t see that anymiore. immediately everyone is dropped and I mean everyone

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

bs,. just look how rthey sprint up that mountain. you doin;t see that anymiore. immediately everyone is dropped and I mean everyone

Vino was brave that day, tried to follow Lancey and the Euskatel riders, but he just did not have the legs.... at all

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

he finished 2nd...

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

he finished 2nd...

bah, i know, i am really tired, was messing the stages up...

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1_c8WHOnsY&feature=relmfu
stage my brain was focusing on