No, I hope he's not over the hill already.El Pistolero said:He's no Boonen yet.
No, I hope he's not over the hill already.El Pistolero said:He's no Boonen yet.
khodder said:If you are riding in 20th and the first guy goes down, you have less time to react and possibly avoid/at least stay upright than if you are riding 50th.
It works both ways. There is just as much chance the guy next to you loses control and crahses into you if you are riding in the top 20 of a 5 wide Peloton or if you are riding 100th in the 4 wide peloton.
The only reason race position matter is not becasue of liklihood of accidents it is the possible outcome of those accidents. See being held up by a crash and losing a minute plus as opposed to those at the front who were in front of the crash.
theyoungest said:This is a different situation of course, but all season long it's seemed like our country's best cyclist doesn't really like what he's doing. Which is a pity. Maybe it's time for a sabbatical.
Parrulo said:what gesink really needs is to man **** up.
what a wimp
Following your own special logic, I guess Soler needs to man up tooParrulo said:what gesink really needs is to man **** up.
what a wimp
cineteq said:Following your own special logic, I guess Soler needs to man up too![]()
The Hitch said:Gesink seems ok. He has yet to lose a second after his crash. Ive been accused of being dramatic with dismissing my guy when he lost real time so i think some of the posters on this thread deserve a similar title. The mountains are still a long way away. Even if he loses big time tomorow hell still be a lot better off than many others.
Come back to me when he is 2 minutes 30 down on his rivals.
killswitch said:Garate could go for KOM, TGBM for white jersey, Lulu can get in breaks and make the top ten like last year, Barredo also for breaks...
The Hitch said:Looks like we are both screwed. At least Gesink has another 10 years of TDF left in him. This was Samus last chance.
Kwibus said:Allthough you never know. I mean Horner is still getting better
The chances of him getting worse are ofcourse bigger. Do you know if Sammy will ride the Vuelta?
The Hitch said:No he wont ride the Vuelta. Which is extremely ironic.
The reason Samu is eliminated before the race starts at the Tour is because his team is so weak and yet he cant ride the Vuelta because his team is too strong - Anton and Nieve are reserved for that one.
But will probably ride next years Giro. If he can manage peak for that hed surely be the favourite (Basso Contador and Schleck will probably go for the Tour)
The Hitch said:Gesink and Rabo get some money and exposure for him being in White. If hes feeling that bad maybe hes only staying in the race as long as he is in white?
Kelly suggests maybe crash didnt effect Gesink too much and he wasnt on form. Not my opinion, just repeating what he said.
Dekker_Tifosi said:Gesink wins! Hurrah
/DenisMenchov mode
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Dekker_Tifosi said:I could be a real **** and get all the quotes back, like DM would do. But I won't
I feel very sad for Van den Broeck, who just like Gesink prepared this Tour for months... all in vain.
This is total BS
El Pistolero said:Oh well, JVDB for the Vuelta.
Dekker_Tifosi said:Gesink wins! Hurrah
/DenisMenchov mode
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