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UpTheRoad said:Degenkolb is one angry sprinter. Very little side to side movement, just an irate bobbing up and down.
Good win for him as it seemed like he was at the front from a long way out and nobody could come around him.
luckyboy said:hah Ben Swift 9th
Geraint Too Fast said:Have Greenedge given up doing leadouts?
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shalgo said:And Davis 15th. Good work by Sky and Greenedge.
gilbertador said:Im Surprised no one else saw Henao go out the back with 8km to go, Sky were leading the peloton and the chase.....
2 top 10s for swift aquired by eliminating Uran and Henao as GC threats!
The Hitch said:I like that Froome chose Pena Cabarga over Plance des belles filles.
But Contador was really stupid choosing Lance. Indurain is such a more obvious option.
Publicus said:I think it goes back to when he was recovering from his aneurysm (I forget the name of the disease). He read Lance's book and it inspired him. I'm glad he's being honest about it actually. If he said something like Indurain (who was known solely for his ITT) then it would have come across as fake IMO.
Everybody knows is a cover up, right gilbertador?hrotha said:Lol at Sky. Save your energy for later in the Vuelta? That's for ***. Let's all ride for Swift, who hasn't come even close to winning so far.
gilbertador said:Im Surprised no one else saw Henao go out the back with 8km to go, Sky were leading the peloton and the chase.....
2 top 10s for swift aquired by eliminating Uran and Henao as GC threats!
as predictedmaxmartin said:GREAT
Another chance for alien CF to waste energy to do massive work for BS before important ITT
Mellow Velo said:I tend to agree about the hard to fathom Sky tactics.
Seems a total waste of effort, to me.
However, with all the repetitive Sky bashing from the same, few
usual suspects, Argos and Degenkolb are getting a free ride.
They have completely dominated the flat stages, yet have attracted
zero criticism from anybody, especially those who claim they have an issue with teams being boringly predictable.
maxmartin said:that is because sprint field is so weak, hardly any significant competition for Degenkolb. I guess after all it is smart move for Argos to serve him for Vuelta. Although I disagree.
Degenkolb will be massively overrated as a sprinter after this Vuelta. There'll probably be people thinking he's at the level of Cavendish and Greipel - which he quite simply isn't. The competition in this Vuelta is pretty much non-existent. I mean, beating Bouhanni, Meersman, Cardoso and Mondory in a sprint is a decent performance, but that's normally the kind of competition one would get in "small **** races" like Tour de Langkawi.Zinoviev Letter said:I don't know why you'd disagree. Degenkolb isn't in the class of the very top fast men on a flat finish, at least at this point in his career. Here though he can beat up on a field of kids, has-beens and never-weres. And because he can deal with the tough stuff (indeed he's better on it than on the really easy finishes), this Vuelta suits him perfectly.
He's a lot better off coming away with a big collection of Vuelta wins than he is scraping a couple of thirds in the Tour.