Tour of the Basque Country 2012

[hatcher]

Very nice by Rodriguez.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Samu Wins

 

[Arnout]

Sanchezek!!!!!!

 

[Red Rick]

The only tt's Jrod can do better are wall prologues

 

[Kwibus]

First stage I could actually see this week.

Great crowds. Love the basques.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Sorry, he's The Great Bauke Mollema. The Great One is the Great One--you know his name without mentioning it. Only 3 months 29 days until his return.

Nice ride by Samu!

Merckx is planning a comeback?

 

[Publicus]

Merckx is planning a comeback?

I think they released him shortly after he was arrested right?

 

[Cancellator]

Merckx is planning a comeback?

He would surely go fast on the descents!

 

[cineteq]

GC
1. Sanchez
2. Rodriguez
3. Mollema

 

[insideout leadout]

Samu and J-Rod are pure class. Hope they can bring the form to the Ardenne week as well.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Maybe Henao and the other climbers should start making the races hard to drop the time-trialers then.

Depends what they're given to work with. The Ibardin stage for example, would have been a complete waste of time attacking earlier than the last kilometre.

I think smaller teams would be a good way to increase the incentive for making the races hard, because at the moment there are quite a few very strong teams who are able to exert too much control to make attacking from distance worthwhile.

 

[Txikia]

Great victory for Samu the asturianu and Euskaltel!

 

[greatking88]

Wait for Samuu's celebrations on the podium

 

[BillytheKid]

Sanchez and Rodriguez strong, but might have had a more time on this course than the others. They both looked much easier in the tricky corners.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

The only tt's Jrod can do better are wall prologues

That would be amazing. Giro prologue - Montelupone - Montelupone (1,9km)...

 

[theyoungest]

Mollema just almost won a time trial. Instant favourite for the Tour de France

Expected winner in Sanchez, well done. Martin not bad, considering.

 

[Wigwan]

Someone has the GC top 10?

1 Sanchez
2 Purito
3 Mollema
4 ???? Cunego??

 

[maltiv]

Awesome for Samu to finally win here. Really happy for him. Now hopefully he'll win one of the ardennes classics as well!

Also really impressed by Nordhaug again, 6th overall is a great result for him!

 

[The Hitch]

GC
1. Sanchez
2. Rodriguez
3. Mollema

Oh look, Samu can tt.

In your face

Hope the pie tastes good.

 

[Trofinios]

J-Rod after the stage:"

"My time-trialing is improving, and with two long TT stages in TDF I think I could do some real damage and possibly win the tour."

 

[hrotha]

Depends what they're given to work with. The Ibardin stage for example, would have been a complete waste of time attacking earlier than the last kilometre.

I think smaller teams would be a good way to increase the incentive for making the races hard, because at the moment there are quite a few very strong teams who are able to exert too much control to make attacking from distance worthwhile.

You know perfectly well that riders nowadays routinely throw away very demanding stages just because they've forgotten how to attack before the final climb. The courses are not the problem here, generally speaking.

 

[Gloin22]

6th for Nordhaug - that's an epic result for him. Great Henao 13th, not bad as well.

 

[Bavarianrider]

Congrats to the guys on the podium. They deserve it. The strongest man won, that's how it should be.

I am happy with Tonys performance. A 5th place in Pais Vasco which didn't see a traditional TT is nothing to be ashame of. so isn't his third place today.

 

[The Hitch]

Sanchez and Rodriguez strong, but might have had a more time on this course than the others. They both looked much easier in the tricky corners.

While im at the boasting stage, what was that about how Horner was going to beat Samu on the tt?

 

[cineteq]

Oh look, Samu can tt.

In your face

Hope the pie tastes good.

Good for him, he was one of my 5 star favorites - In your face, back to you!