Liege Bastogne Liege 2016 ***SPOILERS***
jimmythecuckoo
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Forecast not good...
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Can't see past Valverde for this one to be honest. But you never can tell.
Dan Martin will be hoping no one butters the last corner so he falls off again.
http://www.metcheck.com/EUROPE/city_day ... findtype=&
Website http://www.letour.fr/liege-bastogne-liege/2016/us/
Can't see past Valverde for this one to be honest. But you never can tell.
Dan Martin will be hoping no one butters the last corner so he falls off again.
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Pro Cycling Stats
http://www.procyclingstats.com/race.php?id=163623&c=2
Top ten favourites based on their ranking...
1 VALVERDE Alejandro 2479
2 FROOME Christopher 1758
3 QUINTANA Nairo 1736
4 NIBALI Vincenzo 1688
5 RODRÍGUEZ Joaquim 1413
6 BARDET Romain 1408
7 ULISSI Diego 1132
8 GILBERT Philippe 1129
9 MORENO Daniel 1101
10 BAKELANTS Jan 10890 -
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Froome LOL.
not a target for him. looks like Poels is going well though. Bardet for top 5, he always goes pretty well here.0 -
We don't want it bad enough for people to lose feeling in their fingers though0
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The forecast is so bad I've cried off the cyclo."In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"
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Looked at a few forecasts and no sign of snow - just cold, damp and breezy - I know it goes up into the hills but the race is looking pretty safe at the moment.[Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]0
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Right. Imagine you're the non-Movistar DS.
You've seen Movistar have the strongest team and Valverde the strongest sprint.
You've managed to coax some big hitters in like former or reining Tour winners.
How do you race it??0 -
Rick Chasey wrote:Right. Imagine you're the non-Movistar DS.
You've seen Movistar have the strongest team and Valverde the strongest sprint.
You've managed to coax some big hitters in like former or reining Tour winners.
How do you race it??
Hinault-esque suicide break?"In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"
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Pull a Tonya Harding on Valverde.0
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Alaphilippe's got this.0
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disgruntledgoat wrote:The forecast is so bad I've cried off the cyclo.
You're becoming more and more Belgian!We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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Rick Chasey wrote:Right. Imagine you're the non-Movistar DS.
You've seen Movistar have the strongest team and Valverde the strongest sprint.
You've managed to coax some big hitters in like former or reining Tour winners.
How do you race it??
DS with a decent climber - whole team rides hard all day trying to drop Valverde's teammates. Nearer the end tour champ makes his move with repeated attacks in an attempt to solo to victory. In practice, Valverde follows the moves and wins easily.
DS with quicker sprinter - hide next Gerrans and hope other DS hasn't used tactic above.0 -
My try.
Throw your #3, #4 #5 riders aggressively into the early break. Hopefully two of them will make it.
When things get hilly get your breakaway companions to drive it hard, so Movistar have a tough chase.
Throw your #1 rider in at the deep end on the attack around la redoute and have your #2 sit in the box.
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But if you can get three riders into the break you're pretty well set unless two are Schlecks. No team will want to let that go.0
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Or the team is EQS0
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Rick Chasey wrote:My try.
Throw your #3, #4 #5 riders aggressively into the early break. Hopefully two of them will make it.
When things get hilly get your breakaway companions to drive it hard, so Movistar have a tough chase.
Throw your #1 rider in at the deep end on the attack around la redoute and have your #2 sit in the box.
Let that play out.
Good plan. You want to isolate Valverde from La Redoute, as he can't cover everything himself, so keep attacking on the remaining climbs (ideally with 2 or 3 riders).0 -
I can't see past Valverdemort for this.0
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I'll put on my DS hat, as opposed to "What as a fan I'd like to see" (Long range attacks on la Redoute just don't happen)
Sit tight for the sprint, then complain when Valverde wins that no other teams helped to make the race hard.
Also known as the Lefevre paradox...0 -
No BR DS fancy an attack on the Cote de la Rue Naniot? That's where my team leader is going to have a go.0
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I can see Valverde losing this in the way he loses quite a few, small group , someone attacks, someone else reacts and drags it back, someone counters and everyone looks at Valverde to react, he sits tight and by the time someone else does it's too late, Valverde wins the sprint for second.[Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]0
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TakeTheHighRoad wrote:I'll put on my DS hat, as opposed to "What as a fan I'd like to see" (Long range attacks on la Redoute just don't happen)
Where's Frank Vandenbroucke when you need him?"In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"
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