Tour of the Basque Country 2012

[taiwan]

Dang hope Purito can hang on to the podium with that course.

 

[The Hitch]

They were too busy this morning working on REAL marginal gains, such as setting the correct mood lighting on the team bus, selecting which members of the team get the privileged aero hole-free helmets and working out which Brian Eno record to play to set the right ambiance to do such frivolous things as study the route book.

lol good post

 

[theyoungest]

Easy...it does not look

Kind of reminds me of this post...

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I missed that post. I took this from another board where I saw this picture

 

[Bavarianrider]

I think this sucks a TT should have a resonable layout. These course has like 500 corners in 18km

 

[Parrulo]

I think this sucks a TT should have a layout that tony martin can win. These course has like 500 corners in 18km

fixed it for you. no need to thank me.

 

[El Pistolero]

Another way to look at it is that Gilbert can only do classics with loads of hills in them. He just about manages when the hills are cobbled.

Joaquim Rodriguez can do hilly classics, mountain stages of gts, and overall gts.

Its a bit dumb to claim that a guy who cant tt cant perform in stage races cant really sprint or do cobbles and sure as hell cant climb mountains, is definately not a 1 trick pony yet label Purito as such.

Rodriguez can only climb, so naturally he's going to be up there in GTs and the hillier one day races where a climber has the advantage as well.

He can't time trial: he's absolutely horrible in it. He'll never win a GT or a stage race with a time trial in it(and every stage race should have some time trial kms...).

He can't descent.

Every climber in the peloton can get over big hills otherwise they wouldn't really be climbers now would they?

If Rodriguez is not a one trick pony then I don't know who is...

Gilbert just about manages cobbles? He got third twice in the Ronde. He dropped everyone on the Kemmelberg in the Tour of Belgium. He dropped everyone on the Gitsberg at the Belgian nats. And you say he can just about manage hills with cobbles on?

And Gilbert can't handle flat cobbles?


http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.516750


http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.516747

Gilbert has a few top 10 placings in GT time trials by the way. It's already an impressive result for Jrod if he can finish inside the top 100 on a flat time trial.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Cheer up Bavaria...if Tony wins it will be all the more glorious

 

[Bavarianrider]

Cheer up Bavaria...if Tony wins it will be all the more glorious

If he wins i'll go nuts like this guy

http://www.bild.de/video/clip/tv/italien-kommentator-flippt-aus-23519884.bild.html

 

[Zam_Olyas]

I think this sucks a TT should have a resonable layout. These course has like 500 corners in 18km

Not going to blame us, the dirty south, this time

 

[Arnout]

Can you guys shut up about Gilbert, he doesn't participate as far as I'm aware.

I could start about Iban Mayo, he would've won all stages here.

The middle part of the TT is quite straightforward. A part more for Martin than for Sanchez. Will be interesting...

 

[El Pistolero]

fixed it for you. no need to thank me.

He's right about one thing though: this route is not balanced at all and favored only the punchy climbers. Didn't Libertine hate that? Although if we could believe her this is a sprinter's race with a flat time trial in it at the end that Tony will win easily.

 

[Bavarianrider]

He's right about one thing though: this route is not balanced at all and favored only the punchy climbers. Didn't Libertine hate that? Although if we could believe her this is a sprinter's race with a flat time trial in it at the end that Tony will win easily.

Libertine Seguros is a girl?

 

[El Pistolero]

Can you guys shut up about Gilbert, he doesn't participate as far as I'm aware.

I could start about Iban Mayo, he would've won all stages here.

The middle part of the TT is quite straightforward. A part more for Martin than for Sanchez. Will be interesting...

Mind you, I didn't bring him up here. I was talking about Jrod when suddenly someone felt the need to bring Gilbert in.

Jrod, as far as I know, does participate here and I'm allowed to voice my opinion of him. Great rider, one hell of a trick, but still one trick pony.

 

[BillytheKid]

Horner rates Pais Vasco second to TdF in degree of difficulty of terrain and field along with other comments on crashing and the life of a pro cyclist.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TkBtqVBTQP4

To bad the knee problem. In a earlier interview he said it really bothered him most on accelerations coming out of corners. Not good for this ITT.

I going to agian applaud Tony Martin. The TdF won't have this profile and steep digs. He's going to be better than people think if he can go the distance of GT without a bad day.

So glad I did not blow off today's stage. That was great racing no matter what Libertine says

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Libertine Seguros is a girl?

You didn't pick that up from the way everything is always **** no matter how hard the organisers try.

 

[Bavarianrider]

You didn't pick that up from the way everything is always **** no matter how hard the organisers try.

No
But no that i know i guess i have to be more polite towards her.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Can you guys shut up about Gilbert, he doesn't participate as far as I'm aware.

I could start about Iban Mayo, he would've won all stages here.

No he wouldn't

 

[Arnout]

Yes he would

http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/?id=2003/apr03/paisvasco03/paisvasco035a
http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/?id=2003/apr03/paisvasco03/paisvasco035b

Note that Samu already was third here. Although perhaps seeing those names around him it might not be a compliment Still, he finished outside of the time limit in that years Tour de France, in a stage won by... yes you know it.

 

[robert_c]

As an american, I'll be cheering on Horner.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

As an american, I'll be cheering on Horner.

nasionalism ey?

 

[BillytheKid]

nasionalism ey?

Absolutely!

 

[Fetisoff]

Can you guys shut up about Gilbert, he doesn't participate as far as I'm aware.

I could start about Iban Mayo, he would've won all stages here.

The middle part of the TT is quite straightforward. A part more for Martin than for Sanchez. Will be interesting...

Meh. Look at half the non-racing threads on here. At one point or another, they all turn into Andy or Cav - bashing.

When someone's trolling (or just being stupid, whichever), I think it's OK to troll them back a little.

 

[will10]

Yes he would

http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/?id=2003/apr03/paisvasco03/paisvasco035a
http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/?id=2003/apr03/paisvasco03/paisvasco035b

Note that Samu already was third here. Although perhaps seeing those names around him it might not be a compliment Still, he finished outside of the time limit in that years Tour de France, in a stage won by... yes you know it.

What planet....

 

[Moviefan1203]

As an american, I'll be cheering on Horner.

Me too, go Chris go!!!