Didn't expect too much from here, but at least we should try to get in the breakaways. Hopefully Chavanel will try to go in breakaways now that he has lost plenty of time.
Not happy that Van Stayen went in the break. Keizer even attacking in the hills, but still managed to lose quite a bit of time. Still, with 71 hills, i ain't complaining.
Vanderbiest, it's your time to do something decent since you did cost us any chance at a decent result and will have to cover the lost points all by yourself. No pressure though.
Bad positioning from Pluchkin here. A pity to lose his GC place to Madrazo. He's stronger in the mountains, but should have done better here. Still only 16 seconds off the first contender Madrazo.
CrueTrue wrote:
If Cohnen doesn't want to help Dekker, he might as well go for the polka dots. As it is now, his presence in the breakaways is just a waste of energy.
My thoughts on Steurs exactly. I think Fothen would be better off having him close, and if he is to attack, the least he can do is try to get something from it.
Kami wrote:
Bad positioning once again from Van Stayen, he wasn't even in one of the sprint trains ...
If you need someone to take him off your hands next season...
While Van Stayen hasn't been doing all to well in the sprints these seasons, i am still pretty content of him of what he did in the Vuelta. Main problem is, he doesn't have a real lead-out. It seems i overestimated Abakoumov's secondary stats.
Due to me having to rebuilt my whole team, i didn't really have any budget to spare on a good lead-out. And due to my own stupidity of not sending Steegmans here (i thought i did untill i saw this thread, but then remembered i send him to some races as the main sprinter, taking that gamble. We'll see how that works out after TONE.).
All by all, he is one of the best sprinters taking all his stats into account. Just venting my frustrations that he has not positioned himself like he did in La Vuelta.
Has Steurs crashed? He shouldnt be last on a stage like this surely...
EDIT:
And should Lavoine pose a threat on any stage, this should have been it. Oh well, can only hope he will pull out fairly quick so Holloway can be my main sprinter.
Edited by SotD on 15-04-2012 09:54
(i thought i did untill i saw this thread, but then remembered i send him to some races as the main sprinter, taking that gamble. We'll see how that works out after TONE.).
