World Championship - ***SPOILERS***
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Surely if you are receiving mechanical assistance then you should go at the same pace as the rest rather than having the driver hit the accelerator?0
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Oh my Nibs form is huge. Bridged. Surprised no team mate helped him.
Spain has big numbers and have done no work.Contador is the Greatest0 -
Not quite sure why Boardman is so shocked they might very well be waiting for the final climb....0
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No excuse needed, you either have the legs on the day or you don't.. They didn't. It's not a stage race so no point killing yourself to minimise gap as you would in stage race, once your dropped here that's it.emadden wrote:oldwelshman wrote:
They were minutes down so the guys that fell could get back up and ride into the distance before Froome appearedemadden wrote:Team GB: This is why you dont quit because of rain. In a race of attrition such as this, you never know what will happen. In you're not in, you cant win.
No excuse.0 -
hammerite wrote:Atapuma making friends with Gilbert for next season!
Isnt he riding for the other Colombians too?0 -
Give me more wrote:Nibali back, with a lot of assistance...
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Given his 200+km on the front Huzarski really should have been dropped by Visconti at the front.0
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Italian mechanics to use Lamboughinis next year0
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I hope Valverde does not get this...spanish have wheel sucked all day long.0
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yes including the steak eater, so if he wins is he a lightweight for wheel sucking whole race?frenchfighter wrote:Oh my Nibs form is huge. Bridged. Surprised no team mate helped him.
Spain has big numbers and have done no work.
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Cumulonimbus wrote:hammerite wrote:Atapuma making friends with Gilbert for next season!
Isnt he riding for the other Colombians too?
Given he's the only Colombian in a line of Belgians at the front I'm not so sure!0 -
Simon Clarke was right up there last year. Think he was top 5 even?0
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Gazzetta67 wrote:I hope Valverde does not get this...spanish have wheel sucked all day long.
And the Swiss haven't?0 -
Contador dropped. Bakelandts dropped.Contador is the Greatest0
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Come on, teams.
What a final 4 laps this is going to be. What a final 2 laps this is going to be. What a final last 500m this is going to be.0 -
oldwelshman wrote:
yes including the steak eater, so if he wins is he a lightweight for wheel sucking whole race?frenchfighter wrote:Oh my Nibs form is huge. Bridged. Surprised no team mate helped him.
Spain has big numbers and have done no work.
Panache for riding a smart race.0 -
WTF how is Degenkob still there ?
See this all coming down to last climb, playing into classics guys, unless someone like Uran or Quintana go soon. 0 -
oldwelshman wrote:WTF how is Degenkob still there ? See this all coming down to last climb, playing into classics guys, unless someone like Uran or Quintana go soon.
He was there in the final lap in Valkenberg too wasn't he?0 -
and the swiss too 0
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oldwelshman wrote:
No excuse needed, you either have the legs on the day or you don't.. They didn't. It's not a stage race so no point killing yourself to minimise gap as you would in stage race, once your dropped here that's it.emadden wrote:oldwelshman wrote:
They were minutes down so the guys that fell could get back up and ride into the distance before Froome appearedemadden wrote:Team GB: This is why you dont quit because of rain. In a race of attrition such as this, you never know what will happen. In you're not in, you cant win.
No excuse.
Its the freaking Worlds, not the Tour of Ambleside i.e. a race which deserves to be taken seriously**************************************************
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Very disappointed the group is so large. Not even some lesser names have tried.Contador is the Greatest0
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Gazzetta67 wrote:I hope Valverde does not get this...spanish have wheel sucked all day long.
I'm more concerned about his dirty past than whether he's wheel sucking or not.0 -
Stybar still there ....good outside bet for a toughman0
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Literally 20 riders who could win this.0
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Im glad it is reasonably dry now. Didnt want to see the riders descend like maniacs on those white lines.Contador is the Greatest0
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One Spanish doper gets the team car back up to the peloton as the other goes out the back.0
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This race would have been totally different if it wasn't wet. Effectively neutralised attacks for the most part.frenchfighter wrote:Very disappointed the group is so large. Not even some lesser names have tried.0 -
emadden wrote:
Its the freaking Worlds, not the Tour of Ambleside i.e. a race which deserves to be taken seriously
without really wanting to weigh in on the argument.... have you seen how many riders usually pull out of a Worlds race? Bar last year and the race in Copenhagen there's usually a shed load (see Varese and Mendirisio). Once you're dropped from the main bunch as a rule you've had it.
Which is why the GB riders need to ride a smarter race and not give everyone an armchair ride for the first 100km.0
