Gustavovskiy wrote:
I like the detail of the stage ending fifty meters before a lake.
What's the idea here? In a place full of straight roads and deserts, they place 2 stages finishes within the proximities of a roundabout and a lake.
Remarkable
Lol that "lake" was the persian gulf
Hey geography is no excuse for anyone, especially for a small country like Qatar
Very nice result by Mol and Steurs. Also Chicchi, Bos and Phiney gave very good indications for the forthcoming season, as well as all-mighty Boonen, of corse.
No, he won because all the other sprinters were off their trains way too early. Look at how fucking far away Boonen is sprinting from, and everybody else is doing the same. Chicchi gives a hell of a sprint (I would call it McEwen like), and was definitely the strongest, but if he isn't so far back that he can't unleash his sprint until the last fifty meters, when everyone else is dead, I don't know if he would have won.
Boonen actually looked really strong, as he held a really fast sprint for a really long time, it was just a little bit too long.
Edited by Deadpool on 12-02-2010 15:31
wow! when you see that from right camera, you can see what an acceleration and speed he had in last 100-200m ? meters. OMG
you wont see something like that often
I_Mayo wrote: OMG
you wont see something like that often
No, only when Mark Cavendish is riding
Or vintage, early-2000 McEwen videos.
Cav has the third fastest acceleration I've ever seen, behind McEwen and Abdu. That said, he has much more staying power than either of those, and is probably the most naturally gifted sprinter ever, although he'll have to do a lot more to challenge the little onion for best sprinter ever.
sightly off topic but my most memorable McEwen win has to be the one in Canterbury. From comming from behind the entire peloton a few KM's earler to take the win, that was special.
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Chicchi has always had tremendous speed. Which is why he was considered an elite prospect as a youth even before he won the u-23 worlds in a bunch sprint.
The problem is he never had anything else that a sprinter needs.
Notice how he's nowhere as the sprint starts. Although for once, he did have the courage to go for a gap.
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Deadpool wrote:
Or vintage, early-2000 McEwen videos.
Cav has the third fastest acceleration I've ever seen, behind McEwen and Abdu. That said, he has much more staying power than either of those, and is probably the most naturally gifted sprinter ever, although he'll have to do a lot more to challenge the little onion for best sprinter ever.
Deadpool wrote:
Or vintage, early-2000 McEwen videos.
Cav has the third fastest acceleration I've ever seen, behind McEwen and Abdu. That said, he has much more staying power than either of those, and is probably the most naturally gifted sprinter ever, although he'll have to do a lot more to challenge the little onion for best sprinter ever.
Whoa, what a sprint. Absolutely amazing. He was like, what, 20th in the beginning? It's true that the trains blew up soon, but still the progression of Chicchi is fantastic!
Deadpool wrote:
No, he won because all the other sprinters were off their trains way too early. Look at how fucking far away Boonen is sprinting from, and everybody else is doing the same. Chicchi gives a hell of a sprint (I would call it McEwen like), and was definitely the strongest, but if he isn't so far back that he can't unleash his sprint until the last fifty meters, when everyone else is dead, I don't know if he would have won.
Boonen actually looked really strong, as he held a really fast sprint for a really long time, it was just a little bit too long.
Boonen looked like shit to me. Sorry, but when he started his sprint, he could only barely pass the man in front of him. He did held the relative low speed for a long time though.
Deadpool wrote:
No, he won because all the other sprinters were off their trains way too early. Look at how fucking far away Boonen is sprinting from, and everybody else is doing the same. Chicchi gives a hell of a sprint (I would call it McEwen like), and was definitely the strongest, but if he isn't so far back that he can't unleash his sprint until the last fifty meters, when everyone else is dead, I don't know if he would have won.
Boonen actually looked really strong, as he held a really fast sprint for a really long time, it was just a little bit too long.
Boonen looked like shit to me. Sorry, but when he started his sprint, he could only barely pass the man in front of him. He did held the relative low speed for a long time though.
How is that any different than how he always has done it? Boonen wins when he has a good lead-out train put him in front, so that he only has to pass his lead-out man and then hold-on.
That was a classic Boonen sprint, he just moved around his leadout man from way too far out, so he couldn't hold on.
Edited by Deadpool on 12-02-2010 17:53
