Amstel Gold Race 2013 **Spoilers**

milton50

He's got it!! Great ride!

mroli

Good work....

frenchfighter

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

thomthom

What a great win that was.

frenchfighter

BIG RING FUCKING HEAVYWEIGHT RIDING

PANACHE PERSONIFIED

blazing_saddles

Kreuziger wins and a bunch sprint. Perhaps the result the "new" race deserved?

rozzer32

Sagan totally no where. I find it funny that everyone hails him as the next biggest thing in cycling yet when it comes to the big classics it's like his legs decide to stay at home. Maybe Sagan will be known as the chipper king.

cal_stewart

Am I the only one happy about sagan being know where

frenchfighter

Would have been wonderful if Gilbert arrived 2nd in solo

frenchfighter

Cal_Stewart wrote:

Am I the only one happy about sagan being know where

Nope
Although it depends on the way of the win

thomthom

rozzer32 wrote:

Sagan totally no where. I find it funny that everyone hails him as the next biggest thing in cycling yet when it comes to the big classics it's like his legs decide to stay at home. Maybe Sagan will be known as the chipper king.

Is this genuine?

RonB

Provisional placings... Valverde won the sprint for second place ahead of Gerrans, Meersman and Gilbert.

milton50

Sagan nowhere. Not sure what happened there. Shame that Valverde got on the podium but otherwise a great race.

Gilbert looks to be in great shape for FW and LBL.

Outsider art by Loan

hah, Gilbert still thinks he's on mad drugs.

Good race.

frenchfighter

Kreuziger's legs were on fire today. Superb. Love it. A win like that is worth 20 sprint wins.

Where was JTL. His form has gone backwards since joining Sky.

rozzer32

ThomThom wrote:

rozzer32 wrote:

Sagan totally no where. I find it funny that everyone hails him as the next biggest thing in cycling yet when it comes to the big classics it's like his legs decide to stay at home. Maybe Sagan will be known as the chipper king.

Is this genuine?

For a guy who loves to do all his celebrating and wheelies etc he just never seems to go that last 5% at the big classics. Maybe he just hasn't got a celebration that's up to the big classic standard yet.

Pross

Well done Kreuziger, excellent race and a deserved win. Also great ride by Asterloza, would have loved him to hold on. It was nice to see one of my favourite riders, Nordhaug, showing a return to form too. Who was the Sky rider up there in the sprint? Looked to heavy for Uran or Henao :?

tailwindhome

ThomThom wrote:

rozzer32 wrote:

Sagan totally no where. I find it funny that everyone hails him as the next biggest thing in cycling yet when it comes to the big classics it's like his legs decide to stay at home. Maybe Sagan will be known as the chipper king.

Is this genuine?

eh?

1st one dayer all year that he's in top 2

2nd in Flanders and MSR.

Tough crowd.



T

frenchfighter

Will be very annoying if Rodriguez is out for the rest of the Ardennes. His favourite week of the year.

Annoying that that loser Gerrans is on the podium.

thomthom

rozzer32 wrote:

ThomThom wrote:

rozzer32 wrote:

Sagan totally no where. I find it funny that everyone hails him as the next biggest thing in cycling yet when it comes to the big classics it's like his legs decide to stay at home. Maybe Sagan will be known as the chipper king.

Is this genuine?

For a guy who loves to do all his celebrating and wheelies etc he just never seems to go that last 5% at the big classics. Maybe he just hasn't got a celebration that's up to the big classic standard yet.

23 years old and hardly missed a podium this year. Tough crowd!

tailwindhome

Nice win.

Enjoyed that.

Some PTP carnage too......

cal_stewart

rather gerrans than piti

frenchfighter

Pross wrote:

Well done Kreuziger, excellent race and a deserved win. Also great ride by Asterloza, would have loved him to hold on. It was nice to see one of my favourite riders, Nordhaug, showing a return to form too. Who was the Sky rider up there in the sprint? Looked to heavy for Uran or Henao :?

He was with Sky with the last three years. He just joined Blanco. Sky must have picked him up very cheaply.

thejimmymethod

frenchfighter wrote:

Kreuziger's legs were on fire today. Superb. Love it. A win like that is worth 20 sprint wins.

Where was JTL. His form has gone backwards since joining Sky.

Punctured at 45km to go:

Jonathan T-Locke
@J_T_Locke
Puncture with 45k to go in Amstel. Race in full flight. No amount of sticky bottles were getting me back today.

4:06pm · 14 Apr 13

Pross

TailWindHome wrote:

Nice win.

Enjoyed that.

Some PTP carnage too......

I got a second, doubt anyone picked Kreuziger and no-one else had Valv when I last looked, not sure if that is people letting their principles rule their heads (fools) as it seems odd no-one would pick him in this race.

r0bh

frenchfighter wrote:

Where was JTL. His form has gone backwards since joining Sky.

Maybe you shouldn't jump to conclusions?

Jonathan T-Locke ‏@J_T_Locke 5m
Puncture with 45k to go in Amstel. Race in full flight. No amount of sticky bottles were getting me back today.

frenchfighter

1 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team
3 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team
5 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
6 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge
7 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
8 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team
9 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha
10 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Garmin-Sharp

Thanks for the info on JTL. Even without today he has been worse this year.

rozzer32

ThomThom wrote:

rozzer32 wrote:

ThomThom wrote:

rozzer32 wrote:

Sagan totally no where. I find it funny that everyone hails him as the next biggest thing in cycling yet when it comes to the big classics it's like his legs decide to stay at home. Maybe Sagan will be known as the chipper king.

Is this genuine?

For a guy who loves to do all his celebrating and wheelies etc he just never seems to go that last 5% at the big classics. Maybe he just hasn't got a celebration that's up to the big classic standard yet.

23 years old and hardly missed a podium this year. Tough crowd!

Maybe I am being a bit harsh but everyone bigs him up and he bigs himself up with all these celebrations. I wouldn't mind the celebrations if he was winning all the big races but he's not. He's won some chippers. Maybe it will come with time. I suppose it's a bit like with David Haye. Bigs himself up as the best boxer in the world yet gets battered by Klitschko, but then thinks he is a quality boxer again when he beats Chisora. Suppose I'm just being a bit harsh and if I was half the cyclist Sagan is then I'd be over the moon.

Pross

frenchfighter wrote:

Pross wrote:

Well done Kreuziger, excellent race and a deserved win. Also great ride by Asterloza, would have loved him to hold on. It was nice to see one of my favourite riders, Nordhaug, showing a return to form too. Who was the Sky rider up there in the sprint? Looked to heavy for Uran or Henao :?

He was with Sky with the last three years. He just joined Blanco. Sky must have picked him up very cheaply.

:?: I know he was with Sky and moved to Rabo, I'm not sure what your point is? He was right up there last year? until Cunego wiped him out but has been out of action for a while due to injury.

Pross

frenchfighter wrote:

1 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team
3 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team
5 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
6 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge
7 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
8 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team
9 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha
10 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Garmin-Sharp

Thanks for the info on JTL. Even without today he has been worse this year.

Did I imagine seeing a Sky jersey in that front group? Must have been Garmin :?