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hfer07 said:LOL - should we start a new thread called Evans vs Valverde?
Yes, I'm so excited but i'm angry that valverde got 2nd. That pprick...
Publicus said:
Shut up
Who said evans couldn't sprint???? BMC need to start a lead out train for him to take on griepel!!!
I think this race gets won on Saturday, and not by a sprinter.
You can't put Sanchez/Valverde/Armstrong/Evans/Hincapie/Pereiro/Jens etc + a dozen psycho young aussies together and not expect gaps to the out and out sprinters. Armstrong has shown enough to say he's not afraid, Evans and Valverde showed today that they still want to beat the **** out of each other.
The only doubting factor is whether or not there are teams willing to drive hard in order to ruin the pack.
Valverde for the overall is a great bet.
You can't put Sanchez/Valverde/Armstrong/Evans/Hincapie/Pereiro/Jens etc + a dozen psycho young aussies together and not expect gaps to the out and out sprinters. Armstrong has shown enough to say he's not afraid, Evans and Valverde showed today that they still want to beat the **** out of each other.
The only doubting factor is whether or not there are teams willing to drive hard in order to ruin the pack.
Valverde for the overall is a great bet.
Greg Johnson not happy about valverde over evans. Don't blame him!!
Manuel Cardoso
1(Por) Footon Servetto
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
3 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
4 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Doimo
5 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
6 Michael Rogers (Aus) HTC-Columbia
7 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Milram
8 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram
9 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française Des Jeux
10 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katyusha
Manuel Cardoso
1(Por) Footon Servetto
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
3 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
4 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Doimo
5 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
6 Michael Rogers (Aus) HTC-Columbia
7 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Milram
8 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram
9 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française Des Jeux
10 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katyusha
auscyclefan94 said:
he's also not happy about the Footon kit getting centre stage again. Don't blame him for that either!
Ouch, those Footon kits are about as awful as I've seen in a few years. Just WRONG.
What were they thinking
What were they thinking
badboyberty said:
It's ok, Cardoso's kit isn't quite as bad (still sub-par imo)
That's his gold bike too I think... now that's bad.
auscyclefan94 said:Shut up
Who said evans couldn't sprint???? BMC need to start a lead out train for him to take on griepel!!!
Cuddles, the little cyclist who could!
Publicus said:Cuddles, the little cyclist who could!
Contador, the guy who doped the best
joke
They were saying that davis was about 5mins behind. Damm those phucken radios!!!!
Interesting, last year he won here, now he's going out the back. He's in really bad shape.
auscyclefan94 said:Contador, the guy who doped the best
joke
They were saying that davis was about 5mins behind. Damm those phucken radios!!!!
touché!
And Davis is lucky they didn't bring radios, the whole team would be treated to him gasping for air like Eric Cartman!
Publicus said:
Allan has moved to lampre now.
This was allan and his brother scott before the stage last night
Fugly Foot... ugh! Thought today was going to be a day for Mic, Val, and Evens. I've been pretty impressed with BMC so far.
auscyclefan94 said:
Don't worry. Carboncrank will find some news report somewhere to explain away something that everyone else can see without even thinking about it: That Davis is out of shape. This says more about Astana than the team not buying radios yet.
Why does this tour not have a short time trial or even just a prologue? It would make the race a lot more interesting.
auscyclefan94 said:
Only one true stage so far, that was today as they road past the shop. I don't get time to really ride my own bike in January let alone go watch other people ride around. Luckily they head back this way three times on Saturday, but it'll be strange sitting in McLaren Vale while looking at Willunga on TV. Really want to head up Willy Hill though to see if Tim roe can get the KoM jersey back, he's shaping up to be Australia's next big climbing sensation so it'd be a great way to start his professional career.
We did go to town for the Cancer Council Classic, spent the hour just playing in the park with my son on his strider bike and only really paid attention for the sprint.
We used to go to the East End stage when it was on Tuesday nights and I can remember being able to walk up to any barrier and get a good view. This year the entire circuit was lined with people, five or more deep in some places. If we go to town next year I'm going to head down to Landmark and see if I can pick up an electric cattle prod so I can get a better view
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I have as well. they have been agressive in the breaks and in the sprints. Wyss has been a little unlucky not to podium as he has been boxed in especially that being due to no leadout trainFeldy82 said:
BroDeal said:
Shipping costs for tt bikes. Even so they could just use road bikes with aero bars. Would make the race more interesting but it is a sprinters race.
Highlander said:
I would have picked him for the Willunga stage, as he's a far better climber than any other sprinter in this race...but I didn't expect this particular stage to be hard enough to drop the others.
It's odd that he would attack, being a sprinter, but then again, since he won the nationals this way last year, I guess he thought he'd try again. He was probably scared of the top sprinters still being fresh to sprint, since he can't match them for speed (he's a continental-level sprinter, really)
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Hats off to Les Clarke and Greg Johnson for a well-written and edited race recap. That is what keeps me coming back to this site.
Thanks!
It's pretty obvious that Allan Davis has been in Bundaberg drinking the local product. In my experience, Bundaberg is good for riding a bike and drinking Bundy Rum, since there is nothing else to do there.
Great win for Cardoso, he took a punt and attacked and he got a victory for his team. A contender for upset victory of the season at this stage. Kudos.
Great win for Cardoso, he took a punt and attacked and he got a victory for his team. A contender for upset victory of the season at this stage. Kudos.
Nice to see an unexpected result.
Footon already with 2 wins. Who would have thunk it!
Has Cadel peaked too soon?
Footon already with 2 wins. Who would have thunk it!
Has Cadel peaked too soon?
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