Volta a Catalunya 2012: Stage 2, Girona - Girona (161 km)

[Beech Mtn]

Majka, CASorensen, and Navarro all lost 51". Pires only Saxo to come in with the front group. So much for Dani's GC hopes.

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Brajkovic lost 51 secs too.

 

[Parrulo]

Machado also in the 51 second group.

the guy takes being afraid of descents to a whole new level, even worst then the schlecks

 

[roundabout]

So was it Cataldo who forced the selection on the climb? It didn't look like Pauwels and the rest finished too far back.

 

[Beech Mtn]

NicoRoche came in w/ Valverde, ASchleck, Vanendert group.

JaviMoreno at 17.03?! Must've had some kind of problem.

 

[Gloin22]

NicoRoche came in w/ Valverde, ASchleck, Vanendert group.

JaviMoreno at 17.03?! Must've had some kind of problem.

Maybe just wants to go in break tomorrow and lost time on purpose so he'd be allowed to go. Not likely he'd win from a selective group anyway.

 

[theyoungest]

NicoRoche came in w/ Valverde, ASchleck, Vanendert group.

JaviMoreno at 17.03?! Must've had some kind of problem.

Moreno was working for Valverde, I think.

 

[Frosty]

Basso finished over 3 minutes down but Szmyd was in the front group.

Tejay finished just off the back of Valverde's group, at 2.17 down

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Descending could be a problem for Sky in July. None of Wiggins, Froome, Porte and Uran can descend well.

uran is a good descender. he also lead the descend. very stupid tactic again by sky. as urans sprint was wasted because of that

 

[theyoungest]

the guy takes being afraid of descents to a whole new level, even worst then the schlecks

Was he with the leaders on the climb?

Pretty poor performance by RSNT as a whole, BTW. Only Fuglsang in the front group.

So was it Cataldo who forced the selection on the climb? It didn't look like Pauwels and the rest finished too far back.

Yes, it was.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Machado also in the 51 second group.

disapointing I saw him drop in downhil I think.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

So was it Cataldo who forced the selection on the climb? It didn't look like Pauwels and the rest finished too far back.

yes cataldo. he was very strong!

 

[roundabout]

Was he with the leaders on the climb?

Pretty poor performance by RSNT as a whole, BTW. Only Fuglsang in the front group.


Yes, it was.

I don't think Machado was with the leaders over the top. Hell, I don't think Fuglsang was either.

Very impressive then from Cataldo.

 

[Wilba60]

For those who followed the Greenedge thread on this forum through November and December you will remember the MANY forum contributors who absolutely caned the GE team and their selection of "all sprinters" and no-one who could climb more than a tiny hill. Shocking, weakest in the WT, who picked this rubbish, etc were many of the claims.

As one of the few sticking up for the new Aussie team I am just sitting back smiling. Surely they must be moved from Shocking to Poor now on some of the experts rankings
GE supporters like myself will not be getting ahead of ourselves of course as this trend can't continue all year but it is nice to pick up the wins and we look forward to a few more hopefully...maybe Albasini can go on and win this race to add to Gerrans MSR victory.

One of the beauties of this team and I notice it a lot while you are all discussing the big names is that a lot more riders are given license at GE to go for a win rather than 95% of a team roster looking after 2 or 3 gun riders.

 

[Gloin22]

For those who followed the Greenedge thread on this forum through November and December you will remember the MANY forum contributors who absolutely caned the GE team and their selection of "all sprinters" and no-one who could climb more than a tiny hill. Shocking, weakest in the WT, who picked this rubbish, etc were many of the claims.

As one of the few sticking up for the new Aussie team I am just sitting back smiling. Surely they must be moved from Shocking to Poor now on some of the experts rankings
GE supporters like myself will not be getting ahead of ourselves of course as this trend can't continue all year but it is nice to pick up the wins and we look forward to a few more hopefully...maybe Albasini can go on and win this race to add to Gerrans MSR victory.

One of the beauties of this team and I notice it a lot while you are all discussing the big names is that a lot more riders are given license at GE to go for a win rather than 95% of a team roster looking after 2 or 3 gun riders.

I agree, but there are only two riders able to win for GE all season.

Gerrrans/Alabasin/Goss and Meyer/Durbridge/Bobridge for Top 10's in TT.

In my opinion if those three went in breaks as they shown expect Goss they could win. Any other GE rider would not imho.

 

[Parrulo]

Was he with the leaders on the climb?

Pretty poor performance by RSNT as a whole, BTW. Only Fuglsang in the front group.


Yes, it was.

disapointing I saw him drop in downhil I think.

ya i think he was, i know he is a bad descender but i wasn't expecting to see him getting dropped there today . . . his form can't be the best either as he got the flu after algarve and didn't train properly for about a week due to fever and stuff like that ( he posted it on his site which he updates daily)

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Van Hummel only at 3 minutes with a whole peloton still much much further

So he really did improve on his climbing

 

[JRanton]

uran is a good descender. he also lead the descend. very stupid tactic again by sky. as urans sprint was wasted because of that

Rubbish. It's amazing the lengths you go to in order to make excuses for Colombian riders. From the helicopter shots it looked like at most he led the descent for a few corners. Meanwhile Cataldo led the bunch up the climb and down most of the descent and still managed to finish second in the sprint ahead of Uran!

Uran isn't a good descender btw. Not terrible, but not good either.

 

[hatcher]

Don't know how he is overall. but he was terrible in the tour last year. He was constantly gapped on descents by the other white jersey contenders.

 

[cineteq]

GC:
1º 62 ALBASINI, Michael SUI GREENEDGE CYCLING TE 07:12:11
2º 54 HESJEDAL, Ryder CAN TEAM GARMIN-BARRACUD a 01:32
5º 44 JEANNESSON, Arnold FRA FDJ -BIG MAT a 01:32
6º 51 MARTIN, Daniel IRL TEAM GARMIN-BARRACUD a 01:32
7º 154 PORTE, Richie AUS SKY PROCYCLING a 01:32
8º 101 V.DEN BROECK, Jurgen BEL LOTTO-BELISOL a 01:32
9º 147 FUGLSANG, Jakob DEN RADIOSHACK-NISSAN a 01:32
10º 81 CUNEGO, Damiano ITA LAMPRE-ISD a 01:32
11º 56 DANIELSON, Tom USA TEAM GARMIN-BARRACUD a 01:32
14º 31 SANCHEZ, Samuel ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI a 01:32
15º 157 URAN, Rigoberto COL SKY PROCYCLING a 01:32
16º 134 KELDERMAN, Wilco NED RABOBANK a 01:32
20º 131 GESINK, Robert NED RABOBANK a 01:32
22º 71 MENCHOV, Denis RUS KATUSHA TEAM a 01:32
23º 137 TEN DAM, Laurens NED RABOBANK a 01:32
24º 121 LEIPHEIMER, Levi USA OMEGA Pharma-QUICK S a 01:32
29º 133 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven NED RABOBANK a 01:32
31º 151 WIGGINS, Bradley GBR SKY PROCYCLING a 01:32
36º 132 SANCHEZ, Luis Leon ESP RABOBANK a 02:23
41º 11 BRAJKOVIC, Janez SLO ASTANA PRO TEAM a 02:23
42º 142 MACHADO, Tiago POR RADIOSHACK-NISSAN a 02:23
74º 1 ROCHE, Nicolas IRL AG2R LA MONDIALE a 03:41
84º 114 ARROYO, David ESP MOVISTAR a 03:41
88º 141 SCHLECK, Andy LUX RADIOSHACK-NISSAN a 03:41
100º 22 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay USA BMC RACING TEAM a 03:49
101º 111 VALVERDE, Alejandro ESP MOVISTAR a 04:01
103º 38 TXURRUKA, Amets ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI a 04:51
109º 91 BASSO, Ivan ITA LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE a 04:58
128º 53 VANDEVELDE, Christian USA TEAM GARMIN-BARRACUD a 08:23
151º 32 NIEVE, Mikel ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI a 11:49
158º 13 KASHECHKIN, Andrey KAZ ASTANA PRO TEAM a 14:19
165º 173 DE GENDT, Thomas BEL VACANSOLEIL-DCM a 14:44

 

[Wilba60]

I agree, but there are only two riders able to win for GE all season.

Gerrrans/Alabasin/Goss and Meyer/Durbridge/Bobridge for Top 10's in TT.

In my opinion if those three went in breaks as they shown expect Goss they could win. Any other GE rider would not imho.

Your list there suggests more than two riders and there are a few more that I think are possibilities, even moreso in a break. Certainly Langeveld and Clarke are racing in very good form, as well as Allan Davis in this race (Catalunya). The powerhouses like O'Grady and Tuft if not pulling for the team would be able to win in a breakaway and then there are sprinters like Howard, Docker and Dean...plus don't forget McEwan in his last few races.

Kroupis and Cooke have already had second places as well behind quality opposition. Nearly forgot another young gun who will ride at the Olympics, Hepburn.

 

[Froome19]

You're right actually, Froome did descend pretty well at the Vuelta. He has a pretty bad reputation in terms of bike handling though. That first corner crash at the world's time trial championships was particularly embarrassing.

He didnt race the Worlds TT

 

[roundabout]

Looks like Piti got a 20 second penalty as well.

 

[roundabout]

He didnt race the Worlds TT

The Worlds a few years back, maybe 2007. Not the last Worlds.

Edit: 2006 U23 TT

 

[Gloin22]

He didnt race the Worlds TT

 

[King Of The Mountain's]

Greenedge the new stage racing team sensation lol
what does my heading is gerrans top of uci for his TDU nibbles tirreno win should be worth much more few top 10's in classics gerrans will win the WT