PTP - Liège-Bastogne-Liège

afx237vi

Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the oldest of the monuments and... er... the least interesting... coming up on Sunday, and the last one-day race before the focus switches to stage-racing for the next few months.

http://www.letour.fr/us/homepage_horscourseLBL.html

257 km from Liège to Ans.





Startlist: http://www.cyclingfever.com/editie.html ... d=MjI5MTA=

Past winners:

2011 GILBERT Philippe
2010 VINOKOUROV Alexandre
2009 SCHLECK Andy
2008 VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro
2007 DI LUCA Danilo
2006 VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro
2005 VINOKOUROV Alexandre
2004 REBELLIN Davide
2003 HAMILTON Tyler
2002 BETTINI Paolo

mroli

Get in there sharpish - Phil G please...

rick_chasey

afx237vi wrote:

Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the oldest of the monuments and... er... the least interesting... coming up on Sunday,

tailwindhome

afx237vi wrote:

Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the oldest of the monuments and... er... the least interesting

But just to be clear, it's not a chipper.

josame

Nibali

thanks

bigmat

I struggle to get excited about Lombardy - is that wrong?

mididoctors

CUNEGO Damiano if he starts

if not Gilbert [safety shot]

Glut4

Gilbert please

iainf72

BigMat wrote:

I struggle to get excited about Lombardy - is that wrong?

Yes. Yes it is.

LeicesterLad

Gilbert please - Gotta come good at some point

RichN95.

BigMat wrote:

I struggle to get excited about Lombardy - is that wrong?

No, I agree.

LBL PTP: Rigoberto Uran.

rick_chasey

BigMat wrote:

I struggle to get excited about Lombardy - is that wrong?

Totally with ya.

Pross

I'm committed to avoiding favourites now if I want to pull back points so Dan Martin for me please AFX.

ocdupalais

Hang on a minute...

Rick Chasey wrote:

afx237vi wrote:

Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the oldest of the monuments and... er... the least interesting... coming up on Sunday,

Rick Chasey wrote:

BigMat wrote:

I struggle to get excited about Lombardy - is that wrong?

Totally with ya.

RichN95 wrote:

...I agree.

Rick Chasey wrote:

afx237vi wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

Has this race [Amstel Gold] ever been exciting before the 30km mark - crashes aside?

You meant to say 300 metres, right?

Couple years ago it got exciting at 15-20k out didn't it?

frenchfighter wrote:

...I dont like these long races much. Basically in most cases they just ride and ride and ride before launching the hostilities in the same places as if they race was 50km shorter and in many cases the hostilities are unleashed nearer to the finish as the riders are smoked.

...I'm starting to suspect that there are some folk around here who don't really like cycling at all.

Moontrane

Alejandro frackin' Valverde

sonny73

Can't get decent PTP points for toffee, time to change that Nibs... Vincenzo Nibali please.

rick_chasey

OCDuPalais wrote:

Hang on a minute...

...I'm starting to suspect that there are some folk around here who don't really like cycling at all.

..Ssssh...

Don't tell anyone

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Remember, we're the people who watch more than more or less anyone.

Most regulars here will watch more or less every stage in GTs and big 1 weekers, hours and hours of one day races.

Most of us will even watch the Tour of Oman and Tour of Qatar.

calvjones

Kiryienka (sp?)

PS - Milan San Remo. Meh, eh?

Pross

Rick Chasey wrote:

OCDuPalais wrote:

Hang on a minute...

...I'm starting to suspect that there are some folk around here who don't really like cycling at all.

..Ssssh...

Don't tell anyone

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Remember, we're the people who watch more than more or less anyone.

Most regulars here will watch more or less every stage in GTs and big 1 weekers, hours and hours of one day races.

Most of us will even watch the Tour of Oman and Tour of Qatar.

I even watched a stage of the Tour of Taiwan (my DVD of the local crit wasn't working that day)

stjohnswell

I'm still wedded to the folly of punting on last years form, so GILBERT please afx.

smithy21

Frank Schleck please

seven7faces

Nibali ta

scwxx77

I'd better post my pick before I forget again. I woke this morning not knowing what day it was then realised I'd missed Fleche Wallonne.

Philippe Gilbert for LBL please.

Noclue

Gilbert please.

Mad_Malx

Try to make up some ground and pick an outsider - or stay at the back of the peleton?

Gilbert please.

Moomaloid

I think we'd all agree that theres gotta be a cobble or three involved Fleche & Amstel, as i think Rick mentioned before now, only need to be watched in the closing stages really... even 3 laps of the Muur doesn't seem to generate more exciting racing. Liege is better, but not by much over the past few years...

That said... i'll still be watching em all

Trying to be clever on the PTP is getting my nowhere, so ill go for each way bet on PIP please.

Tusher

Dear Mr Mod,

I've just glimpsed an advert in the bottom left hand corner for what appeared to be a 'Cycling in Norway' holiday. Only it vanished after 4 seconds and I can't find out what to click on to bring it back. But the adverts for Fedex last for ages. Please can you fix it for me.

Thankyou,

Tusher (Mrs)

Tusher

And as for LBL, I really would like to think that Rigoberto can do it, I believe he can, but I don't think Sky can.

slimreaper

Jelle Vanendert please

patchy

Go Go Gilbert Legs!

Gilbert please dammit.

victorponf

Gilbert plearse