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| Riis123 |
Posted on 02-05-2015 16:42
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gotlandrules wrote:
If i was cheering for Uran at the Giro i would be worried right about now.
Think he will be fine.
Realistically, there are only a couple of stages with GC implication in the first two weeks. Basically just peak for the 3rd week and you should be fine in that race when the long ITT and the mountains kicks off
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| gotlandrules |
Posted on 02-05-2015 16:44
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Riis123 wrote:
gotlandrules wrote:
If i was cheering for Uran at the Giro i would be worried right about now.
Think he will be fine.
Realistically, there are only a couple of stages with GC implication in the first two weeks. Basically just peak for the 3rd week and you should be fine in that race when the long ITT and the mountains kicks off
Maybe, i would still be worried though. Uran should be in better shape then most guys that were up there and i would have expected him to be in the favorites group atleast. He might be fine and have planned his peak perfectly, but i would be worried  |
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| cio93 |
Posted on 02-05-2015 16:46
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Riis123 wrote:
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cio - Why would you be disgusted? He probably is doped, but honestly, whats the chance the other guys that's up there with him aren't doped aswell?
I hate the others just as much, I just would prefer to keep the total number as low as possible.
"The others"... like, I dno, all of the best climbers in the world? Wouldnt be able to watch a sport when I hated all the protagonists, holy fck.
Well, there's a reason I play velogames...it makes it slightly easier to deal with it if I at least get some good points there. 
Yeah, basically, the fun part of the season is over now for me.
I'm waiting for the sprint stages in the GT's to keep me around until Worlds.
And to be fair, I do enjoy seeing guys like Quintana, Pinot or the Yates brothers do well. There's just much much less empathy involved.
And on the other hand, if Cav wins a sprint, the day is just as ruined as when Froome wins a mountain stage.
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| Riis123 |
Posted on 02-05-2015 16:47
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gotlandrules wrote:
Riis123 wrote:
gotlandrules wrote:
If i was cheering for Uran at the Giro i would be worried right about now.
Think he will be fine.
Realistically, there are only a couple of stages with GC implication in the first two weeks. Basically just peak for the 3rd week and you should be fine in that race when the long ITT and the mountains kicks off
Maybe, i would still be worried though. Uran should be in better shape then most guys that were up there and i would have expected him to be in the favorites group atleast. He might be fine and have planned his peak perfectly, but i would be worried
Meh, I dont know about that, cause on the other hand, Romandie is for nearly all of the riders the last race of the spring and the first semi-peak for Froome, Bardet, Nibali etc etc.
You could be right tho, but so far, I think Urán has looked better than he ever has in the spring |
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| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 02-05-2015 16:50
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Nibbles is clearly progressing torwards Tour so don't understand the dissapointment with him. Last years preps for him were perfect so hes going pretty much with the same schedule. Why change something that worked? |
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Posted on 02-05-2015 16:50
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Uran is higher up than he was at Romandie last year - and it didn't hinder his Giro efforts then
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| Riis123 |
Posted on 02-05-2015 17:01
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Kirchen_75 wrote:
Nibbles is clearly progressing torwards Tour so don't understand the dissapointment with him. Last years preps for him were perfect so hes going pretty much with the same schedule. Why change something that worked?
While he was extremely strong last year, he is up against Froome, Contador and Quintana this year. The could obviously all crash out again and then he would be able to thrash Peraud, Pinot etc. again, but the likehood of that happening... obviously, he got a fair shot against those aforementioned, but I dont like his chances against those. Especially not on a route like that when the Tour clearly will be decided on the numerous uphill finishes where I would say all 3 of those are stronger than Nibali.
It just baffles me why he does it when he always has been good in the spring and went at it in T-A and Liege. The attacks now, at least to me, the last 2 years at the spring races have just been rather pathetic to watch. And the risk at getting injured, sick, crashing etc. still is present and when you are focusing on one single race every year (and more or less only), you better be praying you dont get screwed over by some of that. I guess its high risk (like very fucking high risk), high reward. Worked for Armstrong, worked for Nibali last year, but the circumstances just were different back then |
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| Nin1388 |
Posted on 02-05-2015 17:08
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I will not be surprised if Sky chickens out and takes Porte out from Giro. After all Froome is in bad shape and Porte has been brilliant. Still Porte has everything to prove in GT, but we know Sky makes wierd decisions. |
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| Squire |
Posted on 02-05-2015 17:13
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Nin1388 wrote:
I will not be surprised if Sky chickens out and takes Porte out from Giro. After all Froome is in bad shape and Porte has been brilliant. Still Porte has everything to prove in GT, but we know Sky makes wierd decisions.
I'd love to be in such a bad shape that I was about to win a WT stage race.
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| Nin1388 |
Posted on 02-05-2015 17:17
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Squire wrote:
Nin1388 wrote:
I will not be surprised if Sky chickens out and takes Porte out from Giro. After all Froome is in bad shape and Porte has been brilliant. Still Porte has everything to prove in GT, but we know Sky makes wierd decisions.
I'd love to be in such a bad shape that I was about to win a WT stage race.
Yes but Froome is a rider who is in top form all season. Also him not able to drop Bardet and co will surely surprise Sky. |
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Posted on 02-05-2015 17:23
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He's been in top form all season once: His incredible 2013. I think Sky have no worries about Froome. They should rather be worried about the rest of the team today.
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 02-05-2015 17:27
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Squire wrote:
He's been in top form all season once: His incredible 2013. I think Sky have no worries about Froome. They should rather be worried about the rest of the team today.
Not really.
G, Stannard, Rowe. Dead weigh from Classics, they shouldn't even be riding.
Pate and Viaviani don't need much saying.
Only Roche didn't do good job as was expected, however it's miracle he's riding from his LBL crash, so gotta take that into account.
Overall, aside Roche you'd expect Froome to have been isolated from the start, it was always going happen with the team they brought and Kennaugh DNFing.
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 02-05-2015 19:05
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gotlandrules wrote:
Gesink is alive again  Disappointed in Fuglsang and Rui Costa.
Gesink was fun to watch...like old days. Always hanging back there with he's slow diesel.
Lets hope he will be back for good |
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| ruben |
Posted on 02-05-2015 19:31
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With 3 races this year i'm baffled how he does this.
But then you'll see, he'll get into shape and then have inexplicable off days again so no hope there. But yeah, that's his problem, he is a great diesel but doesn't have the top-end speed which all top riders have |
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 02-05-2015 20:52
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Zakarin, what a joke.
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 02-05-2015 21:03
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Same time all peloton must hate Froome powermeter riding style. It is damn effective like dot command climbing at pcm.
He just keep on climbing back..later he turns on volume with retard hyper fast cadence attack.
If you not drop him early and destroy he's morale..he will climb back. |
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| Ton1Mart1n |
Posted on 02-05-2015 21:47
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You cannot hate Pinot and Bardet. These are just amazing and entertaining on such a stage. Big bravour!
“When it’s hurting you, that’s when you can make a difference”
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| Shonak |
Posted on 02-05-2015 22:53
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Nibali and Uran are right on schedule for their respective goals. Nibali has been sorta decent last year in Romandie though, I suppose he's around this level again. Uran has had a superior early season than last year, definitely the main rival in my eyes for Bertie at this point, with Porte playing only second fiddle.
Quintana's first taste of Froome's yoyo-ing. He's clearly missing the race kilometers yet.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| Shonak |
Posted on 02-05-2015 22:54
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Miguel98 wrote:
I'm willing to take on a bet that Zakarin won't finish the year without beeing banned.
Avatar bet?
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| Malkael |
Posted on 03-05-2015 14:05
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Spilak just 8 seconds behind the current best time at the intermediate point and finish of Tony Martin, so far he's fastest (at Inter. check) of the GC hopefuls at the moment I do believe.
Edit #1: Froome slower than Martin and Spilak! About 23 seconds down on the time of T.Martin reportedly.
Edit #2: Thibaut Pinot down some 45" on the time of Tony Martin at the bottom of the climb before the intermediate time check.
Edit #3: Rigoberto Uran finishes 32" seconds off the time of T.Martin at the finishing line!
Edited by Malkael on 03-05-2015 14:08
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