Well, he was dropped by three riders last year, so a step up would be to be able to hang on to the front group.
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Flamin said:
I have a friend who rode as an amateur in france and is still quite involved with the french scene. He insisted heavily over the winter that this would happen. For years he's made a point that Cofidis are famed in france for having a terrible awful coaching staff that have no idea what they're doing.
Netserk said:
Actually thought that GVA didn't attack until the second to last hill, didn't remember him attacking as early as Vandenbergh. Still doesn't change the fact that Kristoff still needs to improve (even if it's just a bit) before he can follow the very best on such terrain.
peloton said:
After the Milano-Sanremo, Tour 2014 (beaten twice), Qatar and now this. Sagan is just not as fast as Kristoff.
Might be just me, but I never considered Sagan a pure sprinter. Fast man for sure, but wouldn't expect him to beat the real dawgs a.k.a Kristoff, Cav, Kittel.
Sagan's advantage was always (imo) his ability to survive climbs coupled with supreme bike-handling skills. In that respect, it's indeed troubling for him that Kristoffs climbing ability seems to have improved a lot as of late, seeing as he's also now proven to have the endurance for monument distances.
Sagan's advantage was always (imo) his ability to survive climbs coupled with supreme bike-handling skills. In that respect, it's indeed troubling for him that Kristoffs climbing ability seems to have improved a lot as of late, seeing as he's also now proven to have the endurance for monument distances.
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Carstenbf said:
He describes himself as an all-rounder does he not?
Anyway, jack of all trades, master of none seems to be the hat he's worn since the end of 2013. As soon as any 'master' races with him, he's in bother. Kwiatkowski, Cancellara, Kristoff...
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all rounder is what it takes to get green jersey at the Tour for example or top of the UCI points at the end of the year.. All rounder is the "base" material that makes champions we remember in the endargyllflyer said:
btw: great to see what kristoff is doing..
Kristoff's win:
More pics: http://www.steephill.tv/2015/tour-of-oman/photos/stage-03/
Stage 4 reminder:
Van Garderen for me, probably solo in the last 500 meters.
More pics: http://www.steephill.tv/2015/tour-of-oman/photos/stage-03/
Stage 4 reminder:
Van Garderen for me, probably solo in the last 500 meters.
argyllflyer said:
Might be. Considered that word, but didn't seem like it did him justice. He's pretty fast after all. Anyways, my reply was aimed at the multitude of posts before mine about him loosing sprints vs the top dawgs.
If there's a questionmark anywhere wrt Sagan, it's supposedly whether or not he's got the endurance for winning the big 6h+ 250k+ classics. He's still so young though, so that's only natural. He'll net a big one soon, not a doubt in my mind. Not necessarily this year though.
Anyways Oman thread. Carry on!
Yeah, Majka vs. Tejay. Maybe with Poels as an outsider.
Valverde had a great early season and should be the favorite, but will find a way to screw it up like he always does.
Valverde had a great early season and should be the favorite, but will find a way to screw it up like he always does.
Race in progress....
Not clear from twitter, but I think we are 80km into the race.
Two guys are left hanging up front with perhaps 8-10 minutes.
Tweets: https://twitter.com/tourofoman
Not clear from twitter, but I think we are 80km into the race.
Two guys are left hanging up front with perhaps 8-10 minutes.
Tweets: https://twitter.com/tourofoman
Looks like the 2 out front are Vandenbergh and Van Hoecke's and they have about 15mins with 110km to go.
Wonder who is chasing? If giving them 15mins can be refered to as chasing.
Looks like a hot day too!
Wonder who is chasing? If giving them 15mins can be refered to as chasing.
Looks like a hot day too!
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BMC leading the chase. konig said he is really suffering in the heat. So might not be around at the finish. Poels and Diegnan prob best bet for sky. though I don't really expect to see either of them battling at the pointy end of things.
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So i think here are live images, but i'm not sure.
http://part.gov.om/part/english/Sport-Channal.html
Edit: No highlights of yesterday's stage i see
http://part.gov.om/part/english/Sport-Channal.html
Edit: No highlights of yesterday's stage i see
Arredondo said:So i think here are live images, but i'm not sure.
http://part.gov.om/part/english/Sport-Channal.html
Edit: No highlights of yesterday's stage i see
Nice link. They just showed Kristoff's win.
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