Tour of the Basque Country 2012

[killswitch]

what's going on with him??

He was sick twice after Paris-Nice.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

What do you think that rolleyes emoticon means?

Either you misunderstand it, or you're unnecessarily dickish in just about all your replies.

it's a sarcastic smiley that implies my annoyance by the ignorance in your post. my bad but stupidity, online especially, is something I don't get used to. I'm sorry

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Usual situation for talented young russians. Good in amateur races and really bad in big teams and pro races. Only in last 5 years- M.Ignatiev, Kolesnikov, Khatuntsev, Trusov, Rovny, Silin... Kritskiy has too much injuries.

although they can't be compared completely to novikov(no track). it's typical east-european school of riding extremely heavy gears which injures most riders up to a point where their style isn't effective anymore and they become less and less strong. ignatiev is a perfect example of that but also german riders like fothen or dutch like weening. very few riders have the sheer power and brutality to hold that till the end of their careers. guys like botero, vino, ullrich are rare

 

[jens_attacks]

tomorrow with zaldiaran from trevino it's again for rojas.the climb is more like a false flat,not exactly worthy of itzulia.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Wout ftw in AGR and the WC.

After years of rabofail, maybe the Dutch can finally win on their own soil again, with Poels!

Actually Wout Poels will skip Amstel Gold Race because he wants to focus on WP and LBL.

 

[hrotha]

Actually Wout Poels will skip Amstel Gold Race because he wants to focus on WP and LBL.

Not sure how I feel about that. While AGR is not the one that suits him best, it's not like he couldn't get a result there, is it?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Not sure how I feel about that. While AGR is not the one that suits him best, it's not like he couldn't get a result there, is it?

he doesn't like the narrow roads and pushing for position. Which is much worse in AGR than in WP/LBL

AGR is like flanders without cobbles

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Not sure how I feel about that. While AGR is not the one that suits him best, it's not like he couldn't get a result there, is it?

he sucks in placing himself so it would be a waste for him. it's like with uran who also doesn't like agr

 

[taiwan]

I don't know what's that weird with these results. This is what Pais Vasco sprints always look like.

Yeah sort of true, but even if I had to make a top ten out of that group of riders in a sprint it would be quite different. I'm just wrong, I suppose.

People who lost a minute plus today:

Gerrans, Albasini, Mollema, Monfort, Navarro, Peraud, Noncentini, Dan Martin, Danielson, Brajkovic, Vanendert, Gadret, De La Fuente, Kloeden, Cummings

Tough stage I guess. can't believe they're all indifferent to the GC. If Poels is that good ATM he could easily be the man for the GC.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Yeah sort of true, but even if I had to make a top ten out of that group of riders in a sprint it would be quite different. I'm just wrong, I suppose.

People who lost a minute plus today:

Gerrans, Albasini, Mollema, Monfort, Navarro, Peraud, Noncentini, Dan Martin, Danielson, Brajkovic, Vanendert, Gadret, De La Fuente, Kloeden, Cummings

Tough stage I guess. can't believe they're all indifferent to the GC. If Poels is that good ATM he could easily be the man for the GC.

ugh not again

 

[Mellow Velo]

ugh not again

Well, in fairness:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/vuelta-ciclista-al-pais-vasco-2012/stage-1/results
CN not showing said riders at 0", but 1'-28" etc, so maybe they weren't all involved in a sub 3km crash.
Pity we don't have pictures to clear things up.
Who knows, maybe another odd bit of Basquery.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

No, CN is f.king up as usual

Check the official GC on the pais vasco site... ;-)

 

[Mellow Velo]

No, CN is f.king up as usual

Check the official GC on the pais vasco site... ;-)

Yes, I just did.........again.
VNs seems to have it covered. Held up, same time:
http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/1...-of-defending-Vuelta-al-Pais-Vasco-title.aspx

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

it's very simple. all riders ate 3:15 have 3:15 after their name. all riders with 0 after their name have lost 0 seconds.

 

[theyoungest]

Not sure how I feel about that. While AGR is not the one that suits him best, it's not like he couldn't get a result there, is it?

He has never made a mark in a 260 km race... Fleche might be a good start for him to try and do well in a classic.

 

[El Pistolero]

Silly to skip Amstel Gold Race, but Fleche should suit him better because they really don't race there until the final km and it's shorter as well.

But things can improve quicky... Sagan had crappy results in the long races as well last year and look at him now.

 

[taiwan]

ugh not again

I didn't read the thread, and I didn't check CN against the official site. So shoot me.

 

[BillytheKid]

Psst...Don't tell The Hog, but Horner was right behind Luqui's Damino Caruso in that up-front crash on yesterday's final climb. Caruso went down, not Horner and not a single teammate in sight.

The Hog's been trolling this thing about...Cancellara not have a proper team to protect him and such. I guess he expects an armoured detail. So don't tell him, cause he'd just have a fit about it as being another example of a unprotected rider on RSN.

Man, if Horner went down we'd all be in real trouble.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

I guess you're right. I might be getting too caught up in the ''Gesink performing better than expected'' situation. It might be better than expected but still not quite at the level he usually is, especially climbing-wise.

gesink wont feature at ardennes, this first part of the season I expect nothing but mediocrity. On the bright side, these decent amount fo race time should bode better for his latter season and overall recovery. Still I bet he fails bad at tour.

 

[theyoungest]

I don't know what's that weird with these results. This is what Pais Vasco sprints always look like.

Rojas just won a race, and you don't know what's weird about it?

And there were actual sprinters in this race, but apart from Rojas none of them made it to the front.

 

[liamito]

Psst...Don't tell The Hog, but Horner was right behind Luqui's Damino Caruso in that up-front crash on yesterday's final climb. Caruso went down, not Horner and not a single teammate in sight.

The Hog's been trolling this thing about...Cancellara not have a proper team to protect him and such. I guess he expects an armoured detail. So don't tell him, cause he'd just have a fit about it as being another example of a unprotected rider on RSN.

Man, if Horner went down we'd all be in real trouble.

He went down...

http://tinyurl.com/7hv6hsw

 

[Kvinto]

Rojas just won a race, and you don't know what's weird about it?

And there were actual sprinters in this race, but apart from Rojas none of them made it to the front.

In chaos caused by the lack of strong sprinting trains, the difference between the likes of Appollonio and Hesjedal fades and even Rojas can win a race

 

[The Sheep]

He went down...

http://tinyurl.com/7hv6hsw

did they break their hips?

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

did they break their hips?

their artificial hips?

 

[hrotha]

Grischa has always been young inside.
http://www.radsportseiten.net/beeldfiche.php?beeldid=109795