Flèche Wallonne *spoiler thread*

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  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    Can't see what other race would be better than this on a Wednesday afternoon and only 40 km from Liege for Sunday
  • DL1987
    DL1987 Posts: 204
    edited April 2014
    Apparently all the top 3 broke the record for ascending Mur De Huy.
  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    Watching Valverde power past Martin just when I thought Martin had enough of a gap to win made me think of this
    tumblr_lwgxg42Hvk1qh59n0o1_250.gif
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    DL1987 wrote:
    Apparently all the top 3 broke the record for assenting Mur De Huy.

    I would imagine that had a lot to do with the high speed going into it - the momentum was incredible
  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,317
    SpecialGuestStar wrote:
    Can't see what other race would be better than this on a Wednesday afternoon and only 40 km from Liege for Sunday

    Getting to watch mid-week pro racing has a lovely decadence to it - right up there with slipping into the cinema with a beer to watch an afternoon showing of A Bridge Too Far...
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Graeme_S wrote:
    Watching Valverde power past Martin just when I thought Martin had enough of a gap to win made me think of this
    tumblr_lwgxg42Hvk1qh59n0o1_250.gif


    :lol:
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    “They say you have to learn how to race it, this last climb,” said Martin. “Every year I get a little bit better. … This year it was just flat out the whole way up. Alejandro was the strongest today. With 100 meters to go I definitely thought I had it, but he blew past.”

    “I think I little bit surprised myself, you know? Flèche is the race that doesn’t really suit me,” said Kwiatkowski. “I think Amstel and Liège suit me well. I could recover well from Amstel. … I’m really happy with what I did today.”
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    frenchfighter wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Sorry Valverde haters but he wins. Again.
    .
    It's his first World Tour win since his suspension. (Excluding stages)

    So what. Deny all your like, his palmares, reputation and bank balance are all laughing.

    My boys all making it rain this year and the fans are loving it.

    Why is it you make fun of a team for having a big bank balance, but praise individual cheaters?
  • stanislav
    stanislav Posts: 1,151
    Valverde took the race the same way as Gilbert did on sunday,waiting for the right time to attack and then powering away.Good performance.
    PTP winner 2015.
  • Crankbrother
    Crankbrother Posts: 1,695
    ^ 2 up now ...

    SKY are only interesting to some of you lot as they are 'British' ... FF's favourites are just plain interesting (in both good and bad ways) ...

    Still a bit of a worry for a grown man to idolise a sportsman so much that he'll even defend how he dresses off the bike tho' ... Oh wait, there's a whole thread to itself about that for another rider too ...
  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    stanislav wrote:
    Valverde took the race the same way as Gilbert did on sunday,waiting for the right time to attack and then powering away.Good performance.
    That's not quite true is it? What actually happened is Valverde waited until Martin found the right time to attack, then he followed him, then he nipped past him before the line :wink:

    He played it perfectly and won, but it wasn't quite the same as Gilbert's ride on Sunday.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436
    Slow day in the markets?

    (or whatever people in the City do)
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    Mollema beginning to ripen.........proper GT contender
  • Crankbrother
    Crankbrother Posts: 1,695
    Graeme_S wrote:
    stanislav wrote:
    Valverde took the race the same way as Gilbert did on sunday,waiting for the right time to attack and then powering away.Good performance.
    That's not quite true is it? What actually happened is Valverde waited until Martin found the right time to attack, then he followed him, then he nipped past him before the line :wink:

    I believe the technical term for that style of win is called 'tucking your neck in' ...
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Slow day on the market stall?

    (or whatever people in the City do)

    They do whatever they can :)
  • stanislav
    stanislav Posts: 1,151
    Graeme_S wrote:
    stanislav wrote:
    Valverde took the race the same way as Gilbert did on sunday,waiting for the right time to attack and then powering away.Good performance.
    That's not quite true is it? What actually happened is Valverde waited until Martin found the right time to attack, then he followed him, then he nipped past him before the line :wink:

    He played it perfectly and won, but it wasn't quite the same as Gilbert's ride on Sunday.
    Nitt picking,Gilbert came from behind 3 riders who were on the front.Did they get there by chance or had 1 or more made some sort of attack. :wink:
    PTP winner 2015.
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,312
    Valverde... I thought we had got rid of that pest... need to spray him with more insecticide... :evil:
    left the forum March 2023
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    stanislav wrote:
    Graeme_S wrote:
    stanislav wrote:
    Valverde took the race the same way as Gilbert did on sunday,waiting for the right time to attack and then powering away.Good performance.
    That's not quite true is it? What actually happened is Valverde waited until Martin found the right time to attack, then he followed him, then he nipped past him before the line :wink:

    He played it perfectly and won, but it wasn't quite the same as Gilbert's ride on Sunday.
    Nitt picking,Gilbert came from behind 3 riders who were on the front.Did they get there by chance or had 1 or more made some sort of attack. :wink:
    They had actually responded to an early decoy attack by one of Gilbert's teammates (Sanchez)
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    stanislav wrote:
    Graeme_S wrote:
    stanislav wrote:
    Valverde took the race the same way as Gilbert did on sunday,waiting for the right time to attack and then powering away.Good performance.
    That's not quite true is it? What actually happened is Valverde waited until Martin found the right time to attack, then he followed him, then he nipped past him before the line :wink:

    He played it perfectly and won, but it wasn't quite the same as Gilbert's ride on Sunday.
    Nitt picking,Gilbert came from behind 3 riders who were on the front.Did they get there by chance or had 1 or more made some sort of attack. :wink:
    They had actually responded to an early decoy attack by one of Gilbert's teammates (Sanchez)
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Slow day in the markets?

    (or whatever people in the City do)

    Yes very slow. Yesterday was fun.

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  • stanislav
    stanislav Posts: 1,151
    RichN95 wrote:
    stanislav wrote:
    Graeme_S wrote:
    stanislav wrote:
    Valverde took the race the same way as Gilbert did on sunday,waiting for the right time to attack and then powering away.Good performance.
    That's not quite true is it? What actually happened is Valverde waited until Martin found the right time to attack, then he followed him, then he nipped past him before the line :wink:

    He played it perfectly and won, but it wasn't quite the same as Gilbert's ride on Sunday.
    Nitt picking,Gilbert came from behind 3 riders who were on the front.Did they get there by chance or had 1 or more made some sort of attack. :wink:
    They had actually responded to an early decoy attack by one of Gilbert's teammates (Sanchez)
    That's more or less what I said
    PTP winner 2015.
  • stanislav
    stanislav Posts: 1,151
    stanislav wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    stanislav wrote:
    Graeme_S wrote:
    stanislav wrote:
    Valverde took the race the same way as Gilbert did on sunday,waiting for the right time to attack and then powering away.Good performance.
    That's not quite true is it? What actually happened is Valverde waited until Martin found the right time to attack, then he followed him, then he nipped past him before the line :wink:

    He played it perfectly and won, but it wasn't quite the same as Gilbert's ride on Sunday.
    Nitt picking,Gilbert came from behind 3 riders who were on the front.Did they get there by chance or had 1 or more made some sort of attack. :wink:
    They had actually responded to an early decoy attack by one of Gilbert's teammates (Sanchez)
    That's more or less what I said
    Like him or not ,still a good win
    PTP winner 2015.
  • dolan_driver
    dolan_driver Posts: 831
    A good ride from Dan Martin. He appears to be coming to the boil nicely for the Giro.

    DD.
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    Dolan Driver wrote:
    A good ride from Dan Martin. He appears to be coming to the boil nicely for the Giro.

    DD.

    mmm - seems a lot more hit and miss than last year
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    Was it me or was there booing?
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  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    Betancur can't decide if he is any good or not ....Ag2R got plenty of other climbing talent. I don't get him in this punchy team -

    Flèche Wallonne : Réaction de Julien Jurdie : « L’équipe était forte aujourd’hui, elle a bien travaillé, dans un très bon état d’esprit. Malheureusement j’ai fait une erreur de coaching dans le final en demandant au groupe de travailler pour Carlos alors qui n’avait pas les meilleures jambes. J’aurais dû laisser Romain s’exprimer dans la dernière montée, car il avait peut-être la capacité d’aller chercher un top 10. »
    Résultats : 35. Bardet 36. Betancur 39.Cherel 55. Gastauer 65. Minard 66. Montaguti 131. Bonnafond DNF : Riblon
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    I think Betancur is doing just fine and AG2R are lucky to have him. Check out his results this season already.

    Pretty good results as a team - a full 6 of them coming in better than the best placed sky rider.
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    calvjones wrote:
    Was it me or was there booing?

    There was.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Must have been the English contingent.

    I always remember standing at the top of the hill of that Anncey TT and cheering Contador wildly. The English contingent next to me could not believe I wasnt cheering for Wiggins simply because I was English. I had the last laugh of course.
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Must have been the English contingent.

    I always remember standing at the top of the hill of that Anncey TT and cheering Contador wildly. The English contingent next to me could not believe I wasnt cheering for Wiggins simply because I was English. I had the last laugh of course.

    Valverde not very popular generally. Bert is fairly popular.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.

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