Riis123 wrote:
Yeah, it was awesome to see the 3 best spanish riders in their prime (or very close it) and fresh battling it out each day. Each 3 of them could have made a good argument of thsmselves as the winner, altho I still feed very bad for the Purito in the form of his life somehow losing that Vuelta. He was just that fucking good. And I wont forget Valverde's victory on La Gallina anyime soon, check it out those that haven't watched that, its awesome. Or Puritos display on Mirador Ezaro.
I think Valverde would have won 2012 if it wasn't for the crash in first week where Sky and Katusha took advantage of that but that's a hypothetical and a bit of a what if, since the other three would have ridden way more against him than they in second week.
I rewatched La Gallina, some 10-15 minutes of it. Some of the best five minutes of cycling, just attack on attack. And Bertie was so easy on the pedals. I miss that time but time & age catches up with everyone except Balaverde.
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Riis123 wrote:
Yeah, it was awesome to see the 3 best spanish riders in their prime (or very close it) and fresh battling it out each day. Each 3 of them could have made a good argument of thsmselves as the winner, altho I still feed very bad for the Purito in the form of his life somehow losing that Vuelta. He was just that fucking good. And I wont forget Valverde's victory on La Gallina anyime soon, check it out those that haven't watched that, its awesome. Or Puritos display on Mirador Ezaro.
I think Valverde would have won 2012 if it wasn't for the crash in first week where Sky and Katusha took advantage of that but that's a hypothetical and a bit of a what if, since the other three would have ridden way more against him than they in second week.
I rewatched La Gallina, some 10-15 minutes of it. Some of the best five minutes of cycling, just attack on attack. And Bertie was so easy on the pedals. I miss that time but time & age catches up with everyone except Balaverde.
Its just so classic Valverde. Both losing a bunch of time preventing him from winning or fucking up in another manner and his La Gallina finish, struggling like a dog, then suddenly seeing the finish line and forgetting everything and pulling an inhuman finish out of nowhere
