Tour de San Luis *spoiler*

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  • nic_77
    nic_77 Posts: 929
    1 Modolo
    2 Cavendish
    3 Howard
    4 Debusschere
    5 Sagan

    Apparently...
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    The last 10 posts or so gave me a good chuckle!
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Last 2km
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... zssOBDRn04

    I would recommend looking at the photos on steephill. They have the veloimages people and they have this really cool and unique finishing edit to their photos. They are used in TofTurkey and TofCali too.

    Cav looking good on that bumb, nice work Modolo. Sagan - lacking a little fitness.

    Ulissi and Betancur are riding this race.
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  • LutherB
    LutherB Posts: 544
    Awesome coverage from you guys though!
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    Where's the 20 pages criticising OPQS's lead out?
  • greeny12
    greeny12 Posts: 759
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Last 2km
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... zssOBDRn04

    .

    Ooops - that roundabout looked like it took out a chunk of the bunch who went round the left not realising it was a sharp right exit rather than a straight over!!
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  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    greeny12 wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Last 2km
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... zssOBDRn04

    .

    Ooops - that roundabout looked like it took out a chunk of the bunch who went round the left not realising it was a sharp right exit rather than a straight over!!


    And with the added value of the commentators disagreeing on who won :)
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Pross wrote:
    Where's the 20 pages criticising OPQS's lead out?

    Cavendish came first and second. What's there to discuss?
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    Where's the 20 pages criticising OPQS's lead out?

    Cavendish came first and second. What's there to discuss?

    If he came second last year people were all over Sky for their poor lead out and not dedicating enough support to Cav.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    Think Peta must have not been watching... ;)
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,434
    Mark Cavendish ‏@MarkCavendish

    So @SachaModolo has a twitter handle. This guy's good. I believe if his director puts more confidence in him, he'll win a lot more races.
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  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Mark Cavendish ‏@MarkCavendish

    So @SachaModolo has a twitter handle. This guy's good. I believe if his director puts more confidence in him, he'll win a lot more races.


    I gather that Modolo's team did bugger all work during the stage?
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Mark Cavendish ‏@MarkCavendish

    So @SachaModolo has a twitter handle. This guy's good. I believe if his director puts more confidence in him, he'll win a lot more races.

    Has someone hacked Cav's account? It's not normal for him to suggest someone beat him because they were good! :shock:
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,182
    So Canal10 actually has a camera, rather than someone standing at the back of the crowd with a mobile (Canal13 last night).

    From the clip Cav appears to be overgeared in the last few meters - maybe misjudged the finish gradient (or underestimated the opposition)?
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    Or remembered it is the middle of January
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    He looked like he was labouring a bit there like into a headwind or a bit of a gradient.
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  • ruarigrant
    ruarigrant Posts: 15
    the middle of january factor is probably fairly significant - no one's at their best now! otherwise contador would be claiming the overall, and thats unlikely
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Finishing up very shortly
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Dont know that rider that won.

    Think Sagan has crashed out.
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  • slim_boy_fat
    slim_boy_fat Posts: 1,810
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Dont know that rider that won.

    Think Sagan has crashed out.
    Start list has him as,

    206 Alex Diniz (Bra)
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    To come:
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  • slim_boy_fat
    slim_boy_fat Posts: 1,810
    Slim Boy Fat wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Dont know that rider that won.

    Think Sagan has crashed out.
    Start list has him as,

    206 Alex Diniz (Bra)
    Just read he is back after 2 year EPO ban :roll:

    Edit: actually his ban ended April 2011.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    LoL
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  • EKIMIKE
    EKIMIKE Posts: 2,232
    Sounds like Ivailo Gabrovski/Tour of Turkey all over again...
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  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Maybe, but you do get strange results in January and February. Form and fitness carries riders a long way at this time of the year.

    Good to see Kwiatkowski starting the year on form.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    Yeah, it's peak season for the South American based teams so you would expect them to be in better shape which will counteract their relatively lower ability.
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Unfortunately for now I'll just have to let out a loud hmmmmm re yday's winner
  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,317
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    Unfortunately for now I'll just have to let out a loud hmmmmm re yday's winner


    Oooh, I didn't notice - is he dreamy? I thought you were more of a Bernie Eisel kinda guy?
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    You'd think if a local rider was making life hard for a GT man in January he'd just let him go. I can't imagine that Nibbles or Contador are especially fussed on the Tour de San Luis.

    Can we stop making insinuations against riders for winning? Someone's gotta.
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  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    OCDuPalais wrote:
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    Unfortunately for now I'll just have to let out a loud hmmmmm re yday's winner


    Oooh, I didn't notice - is he dreamy? I thought you were more of a Bernie Eisel kinda guy?


    LET ME MAKE ONE THING CLEAR - no one comes close to Herr Eisel :wink:


    To avoid any confusion maybe I'll have to start adapting my 'hmmmms' according to the relevant context

    Perhaps a 'pffffft hmmmmm' to be used to denote a large dollop of scepticism

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