Vuelta Andalucia 2012. feb 19th - feb 23th(2.1 UCI Europe Tour)

[theyoungest]

485w in the last k for a guy finishing 13th. That must mean Valverde did at least 500w+ in the last k. Impressive

Valverde is at least 10 kgs lighter...

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Ah well, still impressive numbers.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

 

[taiwan]

Bert clocks out...

Piti clocks in

Damn why do GC men even bother

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Also Gilbert vs. Valverde Just awesome. Can't wait.

 

[EddytheBoss]

 

[Michele]

Valverde is at least 10 kgs lighter...

Doumulin according to wikipedia is 51kg (159cm) instead of 61kg (178cm) of Valverde.

 

[roundabout]

Doumulin according to wikipedia is 51kg (159cm) instead of 61kg (178cm) of Valverde.

Is that Dumoulin French by any chance?

 

[classicomano]

Doumulin according to wikipedia is 51kg (159cm) instead of 61kg (178cm) of Valverde.

Ok no yeah youre right. Sorry.

 

[Thibaut Pinot]

Vacansoleil twitter: novikov trained ok and doesn't feel sick. He feels a lack of power and consulted the doctor at #ruta

 

[Angliru]

At least Frank rides decently in other races besides the Tour and Ardennes, unlike his brother.

I agree. Frank competes in most races he enters.

 

[Angliru]

Bert clocks out...

Piti clocks in

Damn why do GC men even bother

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Also Gilbert vs. Valverde Just awesome. Can't wait.

It's a beautiful world, isnt' it?

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Still, good result for Gesink. Nothing spectacular, but after his injury you'd half expect him to come 50th or thereabouts.

yeh not a bad result actually.

But I expected much more from Mollema and Kruijswijk. Oh well. We'll see in a month where they are

Meh Mollema and Kruijswijk are never good straight away, I actually thought Mollema's performance some what encouraging. Wonder how he goes at paris-nice.

Kelderman tweets he has a bad cold. So that's why he didn't crush the field by 3 minutes.

well dumoulin is a fair comparison, both rode together in the espoirs, you would think kelderman could do better. Oh well, no big deal.

Pretty good ride by dumoulin btw.

 

[Kwibus]

CN.com stage 2 report:

"Denis Menchov (Rabobank) finished second on the stage, 10 seconds behind the Spaniard, with Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) and Frank Schleck (RadioShack-Nissan) finishing in the same time as Menchov in third and fourth respectively"

Ok what's wrong with this? First to spot it get's an airguitar.

So dissapointing that you guys failed to see this.

Menchov doesn't ride for Rabobank anymore.....

edit: I see that someone did actually notice it.

 

[theyoungest]

Doumulin according to wikipedia is 51kg (159cm) instead of 61kg (178cm) of Valverde.

That's Samuel Dumoulin. The guy in the Ruta del Sol is the Dutch Dumoulin, and he's 185 cm and 72 kgs.

Meh Mollema and Kruijswijk are never good straight away, I actually thought Mollema's performance some what encouraging. Wonder how he goes at paris-nice.

Kruijswijk says he attacked and then blew up, and that he still has some work to do on these type of finishes before Tirreno. Mollema says he needs more racing (fair enough, it's his 4th race day of the year, and indeed he's never good straightaway).

 

[Midnightfright]

Thats gs finish for dumoulin I never thought he was much of a climber.

 

[Michele]

That's Samuel Dumoulin. The guy in the Ruta del Sol is the Dutch Dumoulin, and he's 185 cm and 72 kgs.

Didnt even know a dutch Dumoulin existed.

 

[theyoungest]

Didnt even know a dutch Dumoulin existed.

Tom Dumoulin

 

[jens_attacks]

looks like a thomas dekker wannabe

 

[Lanark]

Didnt even know a dutch Dumoulin existed.

You wouldn't, unless you follow u23 cycling quite closely, this is his first pro-race. He is more of an ITT specialist, but can climb a bit as well apparently.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

You wouldn't, unless you follow u23 cycling quite closely, this is his first pro-race. He is more of an ITT specialist, but can climb a bit as well apparently.

I don't know why you guys all react like it's a huge suprise.

He did show good climbing abilities on SHORT hilly finishes at U23 as well. He won the GP Portugal u23 after finishing top 5 on the hill finish and winning the time trial. But the crucial part was the top 5 finish on a steep hill.

The only suprise, for me, is that he did so well already also at the pro's on such a hill finish. I expected it to take at least 2/3 years even for a little race such as this because last year he suddenly climbed a lot worse.

 

[theyoungest]

I don't know why you guys all react like it's a huge suprise.

He did show good climbing abilities on SHORT hilly finishes at U23 as well. He won the GP Portugal u23 after finishing top 5 on the hill finish and winning the time trial. But the crucial part was the top 5 finish on a steep hill.

I saw a video of that "hill" finish in Portugal... that wasn't much. This is definitely the best climbing he's ever done.

He was, however, the best on the hills in Geelong, together with Degenkolb. Good, strong guy for the hills, of whom I don't understand why Rabo didn't sign him... it's not like their team for the hilly classics is overly strong. Or their team for time trials.

 

[Michele]

Tom Dumoulin

Cheers


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[Ruudz0r]

Freire wins

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

Etapa 4:
1. Óscar Freire (Katusha) 3:41:55
2. Daniel Schorn (NetApp) m.t.
3. Michael Matthews (Rabobank) m.t.
4. Marco Marcato (Vacansoleil) m.t.
5. Simon Geschke (Project 1t4i) m.t.
6. Pim Ligthart (Vacansoleil) m.t.
7. Kenny Van Hummel (Vacansoleil) m.t.
8. Daniele Bennati (RadioShack-Nissan) m.t.
9. Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) m.t.
10. Sergey Lagutin (Vacansoleil) m.t.

 

[Kwibus]

Etapa 4:
1. Óscar Freire (Katusha) 3:41:55
2. Daniel Schorn (NetApp) m.t.
3. Michael Matthews (Rabobank) m.t.
4. Marco Marcato (Vacansoleil) m.t.
5. Simon Geschke (Project 1t4i) m.t.
6. Pim Ligthart (Vacansoleil) m.t.
7. Kenny Van Hummel (Vacansoleil) m.t.
8. Daniele Bennati (RadioShack-Nissan) m.t.
9. Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) m.t.
10. Sergey Lagutin (Vacansoleil) m.t.

Bennati has changes his way of ending 2nd or 3rd with places 7th-8th places.

I also wonder wtf Vacansoleil did with 4 riders in the top10.... Maybe they should decide to appoint one rider to go for the win and let the others do a leadout.