Movistar deserved the win today as they worked hard during the stage, Valverde just finished it off for them. Never really sen him race before, but nice to see him having a go in his first race back in almost 2 years.
Anybody else see Paul Sherwen interviewing a crying Valverde in half english half italian?
I'm amazed Valverde understood any of that.
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issoisso wrote:
You gotta respect Valverde. He's barely been back a few days, should really be taking it easy, getting used to the rhythm, he's down at the Tour of Who Gives a Shit that doesn't matter in the least especially to a spanish team, yet he's still giving all he's got.
Doping aside, this is the kind of rider the sport needs more of.
Even though I still feel a bit suspicious about him, I have to agree.
And, he's really entertaining to watch. Therefore it's actually nice to have him back. I just hope we can trust him this time.
Yeah Valverde!
Pity that he is not in the lead, hopefully he will go for some bonus tommorow.
Maybe Valverde was(or is) a prick, but he loves to ride and to entertain us...
And i have won a bet finally.
Great results for many riders, Valverde gets a win, GreenEdge the leaders jersey, Dennis as 5th must be great for him, and finally 3rd should be a good result for Machado and RSNT.
Ste117 wrote: He did deserve a ban for intention, but I felt it was a little harsh, the fact that he never failed a doping test is why he still remains my favourite rider, however if he did fail a doping test they he wouldn't, so I continue to support him
Can you sincerely believe it was the first time he had his blood there and never used other blood or products to dope ?
As Basso, I guess he was so unlucky to have had his blood stored there just the one time when the cops went in and seized everything.
issoisso wrote:
Anybody else see Paul Sherwen interviewing a crying Valverde in half english half italian?
None of us even mentioned Gerrans when we were picking our favourites, but he is obviously in terrific shape this season. I expect him to make some noise in the Ardennes.
Ste117 wrote: He did deserve a ban for intention, but I felt it was a little harsh, the fact that he never failed a doping test is why he still remains my favourite rider, however if he did fail a doping test they he wouldn't, so I continue to support him
Can you sincerely believe it was the first time he had his blood there and never used other blood or products to dope ?
As Basso, I guess he was so unlucky to have had his blood stored there just the one time when the cops went in and seized everything.
issoisso wrote:
Anybody else see Paul Sherwen interviewing a crying Valverde in half english half italian?
I'm amazed Valverde understood any of that.
Can Valverde speak any foreign language anyway ?
He can probably understand some English, but he only speaks Spanish in interviews.
Oh God, already woken from last long night.I just hope Bushwackers isn't on or I will have a headache
Ste117 wrote: He did deserve a ban for intention, but I felt it was a little harsh, the fact that he never failed a doping test is why he still remains my favourite rider, however if he did fail a doping test they he wouldn't, so I continue to support him
Can you sincerely believe it was the first time he had his blood there and never used other blood or products to dope ?
As Basso, I guess he was so unlucky to have had his blood stored there just the one time when the cops went in and seized everything.
issoisso wrote:
Anybody else see Paul Sherwen interviewing a crying Valverde in half english half italian?
I'm amazed Valverde understood any of that.
Can Valverde speak any foreign language anyway ?
He can probably understand some English, but he only speaks Spanish in interviews.
Oh God, already woken from last long night.I just hope Bushwackers isn't on or I will have a headache
Somehow I expected Valverde to be this strong already. He's been training like a madman during his suspension. He never really left Movistar and kept training a lot with the team.
Gerrans is very motivated at the moment, being the national champion riding for a new team in his home country.
Ste117 wrote: He did deserve a ban for intention, but I felt it was a little harsh, the fact that he never failed a doping test is why he still remains my favourite rider, however if he did fail a doping test they he wouldn't, so I continue to support him
Can you sincerely believe it was the first time he had his blood there and never used other blood or products to dope ?
As Basso, I guess he was so unlucky to have had his blood stored there just the one time when the cops went in and seized everything.
issoisso wrote:
Anybody else see Paul Sherwen interviewing a crying Valverde in half english half italian?
I'm amazed Valverde understood any of that.
Can Valverde speak any foreign language anyway ?
He can probably understand some English, but he only speaks Spanish in interviews.
Oh God, already woken from last long night.I just hope Bushwackers isn't on or I will have a headache
Stage 5
1
Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar
3:45:48
2
Simon Gerrans (Aus) GreenEDGE
3
Tiago Machado (Por) RadioShack-Nissan
0:00:02
4
Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky Procycling
0:00:04
5
Rohan Dennis (Aus) UNI SA - Australia
0:00:07
6
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling
0:00:12
7
Javier Moreno (Spa) Movistar
0:00:13
8
Jan Bakelants (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan
9
Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin-Barracuda
0:00:26
10
Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha
Where's Danny Pate?
He actually finished on 14th which I found very impressive, due to the amount of work he has done at the front of peleton trough TdU and even on this stage he was at the front too pulling. But I am not going to say a word mroe about Pate v Rogers. Almost sick of it
So I go to sleep and wake up to see 1) Wacky Bush once again going on and on about Danny Pate despite having absolutely zero evidence / arguments to back up his claims, 2) people praising the innocent Valverde who has apparently been the victim of a miscarriage of justice.
Interesting...
Some great highlights, though. Real racing in January? Can't complain about that.
CrueTrue wrote:
So I go to sleep and wake up to see 1) Wacky Bush once again going on and on about Danny Pate despite having absolutely zero evidence / arguments to back up his claims, 2) people praising the innocent Valverde who has apparently been the victim of a miscarriage of justice.
Interesting...
Some great highlights, though. Real racing in January? Can't complain about that.
Wait till Tour San Luis for that The first MTF is coming soon.
Valverde crying in the interview was nice to see, showed how much that meant to him.
Phil and Paul were hilarious at times, calling TdU a GT at one point : " Nathan Hass going for his first GT victory" ( or soemthing like that )
After Paul pointed out a Lion of Flanders flag by the side of the road, Phils response "I would say they are immigrants"
And it's also nice to see Valverde back winning again.
