Will R.Gesink ever win a GT?

[classicomano]

It was pretty obvious he was affected by the cold as he had to be dragged up the mountain by 4 teammates, who he could barely hang on to.

 

[Kokoso]

It was pretty obvious he was affected by the cold as he had to be dragged up the mountain by 4 teammates, who he could barely hang on to.

I don't recognize who is and who isn't affected by cold just by looking at TV. Do you?

 

[classicomano]

Are you trolling now?

 

[Kokoso]

Are you trolling now?

No, I'm not.

 

[classicomano]

Well your post sounded as if we were just drawing conclusions from watching the tv. But Gesink himself said his legs were frozen so he couldnt do **** in the last climb. And that makes sense seeing how he performed.

 

[Kokoso]

Well your post sounded as if we were just drawing conclusions from watching the tv. But Gesink himself said his legs were frozen so he couldnt do **** in the last climb. And that makes sense seeing how he performed.

He just failed, that's all. Whatever reason it had. If it was because of cold, what I don't think is necesarily truth, than next he should get dressed more and problem could be solved. Strangely this resolution didn't appear to him...we all are learning I guess.

 

[classicomano]

He just failed, that's all. Whatever reason it had. If it was because of cold, what I don't think is necesarily truth, than next he should get dressed more and problem could be solved. Strangely this resolution didn't appear to him...we all are learning I guess.

Well it did but ..

“This was a bad day”, Sport Director Jan Boven realised afterwards. “This is not what we had hoped for. In the kilometres leading up to the final climb Robert was suffering from the cold, but because of the high pace he couldn’t change clothes. When the climb started Robert was done within half a kilometre. After that it was all about damage control. The boys waited for him and protected him, but we knew it was trouble when we saw he could hardly follow.”

make of it what you will.

 

[hidache]

He just failed, that's all. Whatever reason it had. If it was because of cold, what I don't think is necesarily truth, than next he should get dressed more and problem could be solved. Strangely this resolution didn't appear to him...we all are learning I guess.

That's what he said: run up to the climb he was all dressed up but because of the speed he got too warm and got rid of some clothes. When the climb began, the temperature dropped a fair bit and now he had to little clothes on and it was too late to get warm again. He admits that he wasn't dressed up properly and he should have kept his clothes with him. Him freezing up at this temperature with little clothes on is quite logical, coming from the Netherlands or not. So although it was his own fault, it didn't give a clear image of his form atm.

 

[Afrank]

Giro's too cold, Tour's competition level is too high, looks like it's time to start focusing on the Vuelta. But he'll probably crack or lose a bunch of time somewhere and say he couldn't handle the heat.

 

[SafeBet]

He's truly unlucky. Look at this mechanical. Too bad

 

[Afrank]

The ballad of Robert Gesink has to be one of the saddest in pro cycling.

 

[brilleaben]

Will R.Gesink ever win a race?

 

[cineteq]

The ballad of Robert Gesink has to be one of the saddest in pro cycling.

Poor thing - Life's a cycle, he'll get better luck later on.

 

[theyoungest]

Luckily I've given up on Robert Gesink, otherwise I'd be pretty frustrated that this guy always (and I mean always) has bad luck.

 

[movingtarget]

He's truly unlucky. Look at this mechanical. Too bad

Awful luck. A stage win would have been nice. He did well today until the end of course.

 

[l.Harm]

If he gets the 23 seconds (mechanical in last 3k) he would be 10th now.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Gotta give it another try later in the week.
Go soft during the next two stages and then.....

 

[movingtarget]

Gotta give it another try later in the week.
Go soft during the next two stages and then.....

He should make up some time in the TT.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

He should make up some time in the TT.

Potentially:

1 NIBALI Vincenzo ITA AST 67:55:36 0:00
2 EVANS Cadel AUS BMC 67:57:02 1:26
3 URAN URAN Rigoberto COL SKY 67:58:22 2:46
4 SCARPONI Michele ITA LAM 67:59:29 3:53
5 NIEMIEC Przemyslaw POL LAM 67:59:49 4:13
6 SANTAMBROGIO Mauro ITA VIN 68:00:33 4:57
7 BETANCUR GOMEZ Carlos A. COL ALM 68:00:51 5:15
8 MAJKA Rafal POL TST 68:00:56 5:20
9 INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Benat ESP MOV 68:01:23 5:47
10 POZZOVIVO Domenico ITA ALM 68:03:10 7:34
11 KANGERT Tanel EST AST 68:03:19 7:43
12 GESINK Robert NED BLA 68:03:23 7:47

A youngsters can always botch the job and then we have Pozzovivo and Satambrogio. Was it just a bad day or perhaps a bit of sickness etc. Anyway looking forward to it.

 

[theyoungest]

Gesink can still make it to 10th but who the f.ck cares. The stage win today would have been so much better. Anyway, he seems to be going slightly better than the weeks before so maybe he'll get another chance at a stage win.

 

[The Hitch]

I've hard time to byu this. He's from Holland, so he knows how cold weather looks like. He's riding in Europe for years. Even Colombians (where I believe wather is really hot generally) are able to cope with these conditions and they are racing here for few years.

Colombia is 1 of the most mountainous countries on earth. The cyclists tend to come from above 2000m altitude where the daily highs are around 15-20 degrees and obviously colder at other times of the day and night. Many will in training go up to the tierra fria above 300m where daily highs are sometimes even in the single figures.

+ there is very frequent and heavy rain

So its not as if they are coming from sweltering heat.

 

[The Hitch]

Gesink can still make it to 10th but who the f.ck cares. The stage win today would have been so much better. Anyway, he seems to be going slightly better than the weeks before so maybe he'll get another chance at a stage win.

Just want to point out there is absolutely no guarantee he would have gotten a stage win.

Gotta give it another try later in the week.
Go soft during the next two stages and then.....

Where?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Just want to point out there is absolutely no guarantee he would have gotten a stage win.


Where?

WC style course maybe....

 

[Kokoso]

Colombia is 1 of the most mountainous countries on earth. The cyclists tend to come from above 2000m altitude where the daily highs are around 15-20 degrees and obviously colder at other times of the day and night. Many will in training go up to the tierra fria above 300m where daily highs are sometimes even in the single figures.

+ there is very frequent and heavy rain

So its not as if they are coming from sweltering heat.

Thank you for explanation. Interesting fact is that Colombians are used to tell that they learnt to cope with European cold.

 

[theyoungest]

Just want to point out there is absolutely no guarantee he would have gotten a stage win.

There are no guarantees. However, he was the strongest guy in that break.

And bad luck robbed him of the chance to show it.