Tour de Romandie 2014 "spoiler"

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  • stagehopper
    stagehopper Posts: 1,593
    Most of the main GC riders seemed to match up well with Martin from the intermediate split onwards - suspect wind bit different for later riders.
    @stagehopper
  • wombly_knees
    wombly_knees Posts: 657
    Zoidl decent again, given he's coming back from an injury.
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,471
    with martin only been a second behind froome at the top of the climb i suspect he went too hard on it and couldn't sustain his effort on the way down. he didn't look impressed crossing the line
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    I feel sorry for Tony Martin. Getting beatrn by the preying mantis in your specialist discipline is never fun. Im sure he is pissed as well just like he was at the Tour.

    Great ride by Uran.
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,786
    frenchfighter wrote:
    I feel sorry for Tony Martin. Getting beatrn by the preying mantis in your specialist discipline is never fun. Im sure he is pissed as well just like he was at the Tour.

    Great ride by Uran.

    I think that under the circumstances (not at all a typical TT course) he did a good ride. Not a lot of TT specialists in the mix.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,828
    edited May 2014
    frenchfighter wrote:
    I feel sorry for Tony Martin. Getting beatrn by the preying mantis in your specialist discipline is never fun. Im sure he is pissed as well just like he was at the Tour.

    Great ride by Uran.

    Also, Tony Martin has crashed at least 3 times that I have seen, during the race.
    He was only the 34th fastest up the climb. Spilak and Froome, as on the Queen stage, equal fastest.

    Agreed, great ride by Uran. Much better than expected, since his climbing form is poor
    at the moment.
    Hope he can get it all together at the Giro.
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  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Movistar run away with team classification prize. Sky clawed their way up to 9th, but still a disappointing performance.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 18,947
    Team Sky riders occupy the bottom 2 slots on GC.

    I expect Brailsford will have harsh words for them now he's fully focused on the road set up

    These Australians don't give their all for the shirt.
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  • tim000
    tim000 Posts: 718
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Team Sky riders occupy the bottom 2 slots on GC.

    I expect Brailsford will have harsh words for them now he's fully focused on the road set up

    These Australians don't give their all for the shirt.

    nobody cares (except you) where the support riders come. where the team leader comes is what matters.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,159
    edited May 2014
    tim000 wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Team Sky riders occupy the bottom 2 slots on GC.

    I expect Brailsford will have harsh words for them now he's fully focused on the road set up

    These Australians don't give their all for the shirt.

    nobody cares (except you) where the support riders come. where the team leader comes is what matters.
    I expect that TWH's post was somewhat sarcastic in view of other people's posts this week.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,645
    tim000 wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Team Sky riders occupy the bottom 2 slots on GC.

    I expect Brailsford will have harsh words for them now he's fully focused on the road set up

    These Australians don't give their all for the shirt.

    nobody cares (except you) where the support riders come. where the team leader comes is what matters.

    I think there may be a 'whoosh' moment there!
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Also, Tony Martin has crashed at least 3 times that I have seen, during the race.

    Is Martin the new Thomas?
  • tim000
    tim000 Posts: 718
    sorry , just read through a bit more. :oops:
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    So Froome has now won more WT races that Nibali.
  • BelgianBeerGeek
    BelgianBeerGeek Posts: 5,226
    inseine wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    I feel sorry for Tony Martin. Getting beatrn by the preying mantis in your specialist discipline is never fun. Im sure he is pissed as well just like he was at the Tour.

    Great ride by Uran.

    I think that under the circumstances (not at all a typical TT course) he did a good ride. Not a lot of TT specialists in the mix.
    Ok InSeine - question. What do you mean by TT specialist? I'm only asking because I thought these days that sort of concept was redundandant. Or is it that some are better than others at the TT?
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    edited May 2014
    Ok, hope you enjoyed the thread DD and were informed and entertained. Signing off with love from Froome:

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    Oops! Wrong photo.
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    Here you go.
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    Contador is the Greatest
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,006
    ^Can't even grow proper stubble like a True Champion.
    Lightweight.
  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    According to Martin he misjudged a corner going downhill and he reckons that's where he lost it.
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,786
    BelgianBeerGeek wrote:
    inseine wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    I feel sorry for Tony Martin. Getting beatrn by the preying mantis in your specialist discipline is never fun. Im sure he is pissed as well just like he was at the Tour.

    Great ride by Uran.

    I think that under the circumstances (not at all a typical TT course) he did a good ride. Not a lot of TT specialists in the mix.
    Ok InSeine - question. What do you mean by TT specialist? I'm only asking because I thought these days that sort of concept was redundandant. Or is it that some are better than others at the TT?

    I meant recognized testers, like Monfort or Bobridge, but I think you're right that most can turn it on these days if necessary. Witness all the work Moviestar have done in the wind tunnel this last year or so.
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  • napoleond
    napoleond Posts: 5,992
    I genuinely think Alex Dowsett has had a big impact at Movistar with regards TT setup/training.
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,786
    NapoleonD wrote:
    I genuinely think Alex Dowsett has had a big impact at Movistar with regards TT setup/training.

    This is true. All the wind tunnel work is done in the UK, at Simon Smarts place. Same place the Canyons and the areo clothing was developed.
    http://cyclinganddesign.blogspot.fr/

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