Wow, a race from 2005.Dekker_Tifosi said:instead of staring yourself blind on the status of a race, look at the guy who finished 3 places behind Brutt there. Stef Clement, good enough for 3rd at the World ITT few years ago (and now eternally ****ed because of injuries)
Yes. As an amateur. Doesn't mean much (unless you're saying Juan José Abril is a good time-trialist?)Dekker_Tifosi said:instead of staring yourself blind on the status of a race, look at the guy who finished 3 places behind Brutt there. Stef Clement, good enough for 3rd at the World ITT few years ago (and now eternally ****ed because of injuries)
They won a stage which is probably all they hoped to do. If a team's goal is to win the overall, which it definitely was not Euskaltel's, then some other team should've stepped up and tried to reel in the break to protect their interests, as your precious BMC attempted to do, although unsuccessfully.auscyclefan94 said:The onus is on them to keep the time gap in check. They actually did reduce the time gap a fair bit. Watch the race troll!
Why would Euskatel want to relinquish the lead like that?
A dominant performance by the East Euro's !DenisMenchov said:We totally dominated this stage!!!
1. RUS
2. UKR
3. BLR
I think by the Slavs, but it can work.movingtarget said:A dominant performance by the East Euro's !
Circuito Montanes.... That's not even a pro race.Ryo Hazuki said:1 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 17.58
2 Alexander Serov (Rus) Lokomotiv 0.05
3 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Lokomotiv 0.11
4 Juan Jose Abril (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropusa 0.16
5 Nikolai Trousov (Rus) Lokomotiv 0.19
6 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank
7 Pedro Romero (Spa) Spiuk 0.21
8 Tomas Aurelio Gil (Ven) Andalucia-Paul Versan 0.24
9 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank
10 Dimitri Champion (Fra) French National Team
11 Fernando Herrero (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropusa 0.25
12 Sergey Klimov (Rus) Lokomotiv 0.28
13 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 0.32
14 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 0.37
15 Mathieu Perget (Fra) French National Team
flat itt of 15 km circuito montanes
never bother to look at cqrankings that site is totally incomplete
I didn't expect them to chase all day but similarly I didn't expect them to do literally nothing.Arnout said:I don't understand why a team is supposed to do the work if they have a guy placed 0 seconds in front of the #2 and expected to be dropped.
That's why I also liked the move by Floyd Landis. Do the unexpected, don't always stick to normal procedures.
yeah about the biggest in the world, won by riders like gesink and duarte. besides amateurracing in spain should not be taken lightly as they are all professional teams with biggers budgets than pretty much any ct team, same in italy.hrotha said:The Circuito Montañés is practically an amateur race though.
I thought Gesink was crap?Ryo Hazuki said:yeah about the biggest in the world, won by riders like gesink and duarte. besides amateurracing in spain should not be taken lightly as they are all professional teams with biggers budgets than pretty much any ct team, same in italy.
he was one of spains biggest talents yes but he retired before "turning pro". if you have no clue about what you are talking then don't bother to discuss it. look any results brutt had as an amateur until 2006 he rode excellent itt's and if you think he sucks now fine, believe that then.hrotha said:Yes. As an amateur. Doesn't mean much (unless you're saying Juan José Abril is a good time-trialist?)
of course but they need 2 minutes on him in the itt. good luck with thatJamsque said:Brutt is by no means a horrible time trialist and he will of course be very motivated if he is still wearing the leader's jersey on Saturday, but he's going to lose at least 30 seconds to the specialists and probably more.
No need to defend yourself, 99% agree on this.Ryo Hazuki said:where did I say that pls?
Everyone seems to be one of the biggest talents for you. Anyway, my point is that here and now the results of the Circuito Montañés six years ago are meaningless.Ryo Hazuki said:he was one of spains biggest talents yes but he retired before "turning pro". if you have no clue about what you are talking then don't bother to discuss it. look any results brutt had as an amateur until 2006 he rode excellent itt's and if you think he sucks now fine, believe that then.
won by mollema, gesink, duarte and van garderen in recent years. it's like the tour the avenir for spain except all ages. together with giro bio and tour avenir the biggest races to check young talents in europeMoondance said:Circuito Montanes.... That's not even a pro race.
EDIT: I see others beat me to this point.
Seems his climbing form is getting worse and worse.roundabout said:Martin alive and well 2.36 behind.
LLS continues his steady descent into mediocrity
http://sportresult.com/sports/cycling/TDR2011/results/2011/1RES.pdf