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l.Harm said:Prologue's for Gesink
CasperVg said:Make that the Tour as a whole, JVDB doesn't stand a chance against Gesink.
Timmy-loves-Rabo said:It's not a GT without Gesink hitting the floor at least once
Timmy-loves-Rabo said:It's not a GT without Gesink hitting the floor at least once
Timmy-loves-Rabo said:Not really a great climb for gesink tho.
Timmy-loves-Rabo said:We should get a decent indicator of what Gesink will be at this tour on Saturday. Not really a great climb for gesink tho.
Dekker_Tifosi said:Not true. The climb is very much like Mount Baldy, 6km at 8,5%. Baldy was 7km at 8.??%.. Only difference is lower altitude and easier run-in
Only thing that could happen is having some problems at the foot of the climb.
I think Belles Filles is not a Gesink type climb, more suited to Schleck, VDB, Mollema... the guys who fare better on more explosive stuff. He just has to limit his damage there.Dekker_Tifosi said:Not true. The climb is very much like Mount Baldy, 6km at 8,5%. Baldy was 7km at 8.??%.. Only difference is lower altitude and easier run-in
Only thing that could happen is having some problems at the foot of the climb.
theyoungest said:I think Belles Filles is not a Gesink type climb, more suited to Schleck, VDB, Mollema... the guys who fare better on more explosive stuff. He just has to limit his damage there.
Baldy was completely different, yes the profile of the final 5 k looks similar, but it was preceded by a hard stage and (more importantly) it's at high altitude... basically what you say yourself as well.
Actually, VDB is quite good at explosive stuff... it's on the really long climbs that he starts to struggle. Remember his attack on Mende? Or on the Mur de Bretagne? Both times Gesink was struggling at the back.Lexman said:VDB is not an explosive type of climber, Vanendert might do better; VDB and Gesink will come in together (hand in hand )
theyoungest said:Actually, VDB is quite good at explosive stuff... it's on the really long climbs that he starts to struggle. Remember his attack on Mende? Or on the Mur de Bretagne? Both times Gesink was struggling at the back.
Lanark said:True, his stage win in the Dauphiné was on a short steep hill as well, and in the Vuelta his best stage result was to San Lorenzo de El Escorial. He is not a Rodriguez, but he can handle the steep stuff and tempo changes really well. In the 2010 Tour he probably suffered the most on the Madeleine and Tourmalet.
theyoungest said:Actually, VDB is quite good at explosive stuff... it's on the really long climbs that he starts to struggle. Remember his attack on Mende? Or on the Mur de Bretagne? Both times Gesink was struggling at the back.
Logic-is-your-friend said:In the 2010 TDF Van den Broeck suffered most from both rest days, as usual. Madeleine and Tourmalet just happened to be in the stages right after the rest days.
Azabael said:Then why doesn't he does something intense on the rest days so he doesn't allow his body to take that fallback?
boomcie said:Anyone else wonder why Crash is still in the race? Amazing bike-handling skills.
Logic-is-your-friend said:The trick is to always be right next to Wiggins. If you fall, at least you take him out as well. It's a win-win...-lose thing.