Ferminal said:
They post their results in PDF format? What kind of Mickey Kangaroo outfit is this?
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Ferminal said:
Frosty said:
auscyclefan94 said:1:Ben SWIFT (GBR) - SKY PRO CYCLING, 2:Robbie McEWEN (AUS) - TEAM RADIOSHACK, 3:Graeme BROWN (AUS) - RABOBANK, 4:Romain FEILLU (FRA) - VACANSOLEIL DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM, 5:Jürgen ROELANDTS (BEL) - OMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO, 6:Francesco CHICCHI (ITA) - QUICK STEP, 7:Michael MATTHEWS (AUS) - RABOBANK, 8enis GALIMZYANOV (RUS) - KATUSHA 9:Francisco VENTOSO (ESP) - MOVISTAR TEAM, 10:Allan DAVIS (AUS) - ASTANA
Swift is quick but I doubt he would of beat these guys without a gap.
Sum_of_Marc said:Except, that is exactly the sort of competition that Swift can beat. And he proved it.
danjo007 said:there was a LOT of gravel all over the road shortly after the "crash corner" - it wasnt swept at all. noone crashed there, but it was awfully bad.
so big Mike - go have a look at the course before coming out and stating it was all swept and in the next breath, "well i havent looked at it"
now...
sky tactics - HOW VERY SAD!
attacking after crashes. and gerrant thomas - LEARN TO RIDE!
really -he leads out ben swift. then sits up and HE is the one who decides to crash in fron of the field!!!! ive seen leadout men ride rivals into barriers, but to fall of at 70kph and destroy most the other sprinters was pretty average.
sky - GTFO the way and let the real sprinters through team of wannabe's!
danjo007 said:now...
sky tactics - HOW VERY SAD!
attacking after crashes. and gerrant thomas - LEARN TO RIDE!
really -he leads out ben swift. then sits up and HE is the one who decides to crash in fron of the field!!!! ive seen leadout men ride rivals into barriers, but to fall of at 70kph and destroy most the other sprinters was pretty average.
sky - GTFO the way and let the real sprinters through team of wannabe's!
danjo007 said:attacking after crashes. and Gerrant Thomas - LEARN TO RIDE!
really -he leads out ben swift. then sits up and HE is the one who decides to crash in front of the field!!!!
Moondance said:Okay, having seen the evidence with my own eyes I'm gonna say that Thomas could've done a much better job of preventing that late crash... Letting himself slide back smack-bang in the middle of those contesting the sprint was not the way to go.
euanli said:Yeah Sky should stop dropping gravel right infront of their lead out trains. Sheesh.
Moondance said:Okay, having seen the evidence with my own eyes I'm gonna say that Thomas could've done a much better job of preventing that late crash... Letting himself slide back smack-bang in the middle of those contesting the sprint was not the way to go.
As for the gravel fall which took out Cav & Goss et al. I think the direction is guilty as charged. The accident there was preventable.