|
Belgium opening weekend 2015
|
| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 28-02-2015 21:22
|
Grand Tour Champion
Posts: 7702
Joined: 24-07-2009
PCM$: 200.00
|
Alakagom wrote:
Kirchen_75 wrote:
Alakagom wrote:
How can you know he peaked for it last year? Because he won it doesn't mean he peaked..and we know what happend in Gent last year. He was looking in prime condition until that crash.
Not sure why you mention positioning, he was perfectly placed, it was he that made the selection and then punctured at the end of the berg which cost him the whole race. (he was in good position before Taaienberg as well where he got the first puncture and had to get back). Still Sep would probably have lost the race somehow if he made that group, as he said today and happens so often, the strongest doesn't always win.
Because Omloop Het Nieuwsblad suits him best. That's why I think he picks this race as the main one and plays 2nd fiddle to Thomas and Wiggins on the rest of the classics. He's not the best on the berg's you could see that today as strong as he was he struggled a bit.
Bad positioning I'm talking about earlier in the race. He had to play catch-up and used up some energy, obviously that didn't help him did it?
Your statement adds to why it makes perfect sense for him to peak for Robuaix, no? 
Roubaix is a totally different race to any other.
Edited by Kirchen_75 on 28-02-2015 21:23
|
| |
|
|
| Ollfardh |
Posted on 28-02-2015 22:44
|
World Champion
Posts: 14563
Joined: 08-08-2011
PCM$: 9100.00
|
I do feel Stannard's wheelsucking was poor ettix
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
|
| |
|
|
| Alakagom |
Posted on 28-02-2015 22:59
|
World Champion
Posts: 10891
Joined: 19-11-2010
PCM$: 200.00
|
Ollfardh wrote:
I do feel Stannard's wheelsucking was poor ettix
Only Lefevere can use that excuse, and that's only because he needs something to defend his team performance, no one else (I give 9/10 for the pun though;D)
|
| |
|
|
| cio93 |
Posted on 28-02-2015 23:22
|
World Champion
Posts: 10845
Joined: 29-10-2007
PCM$: 500.00
|
Ollfardh wrote:
I do feel Stannard's wheelsucking was poor ettix
OH GOD I GOT THIS ONE 40 MINUTES LATER AND IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ROOM 
|
| |
|
|
| Ad Bot |
Posted on 22-11-2024 12:07
|
Bot Agent
Posts: Countless
Joined: 23.11.09
|
|
| IP: None |
|
|
| Movistar |
Posted on 01-03-2015 01:31
|
Domestique
Posts: 424
Joined: 05-06-2012
PCM$: 200.00
|
I dont see how you can call it a fuckup by Ettix when Stannard was that much stronger. He is either on 40 gallons of EPO or the Ettix boys were not on anything.
In the end a 3-1 doesnt really have any advantage if all 3 are not stronger than the 1.
The fucking sprint was a complete disaster however and that is all on Terpstra.
Edited by Movistar on 01-03-2015 01:33
|
| |
|
|
| jandal7 |
Posted on 01-03-2015 01:34
|
World Champion
Posts: 11392
Joined: 17-12-2014
PCM$: 1020.00
|
Ollfardh wrote:
I do feel Stannard's wheelsucking was poor ettix
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
[ICL] Santos-Euskadi | [PT]  Xero Racing
5x  x5
2x  x2
2x  x2 |
| |
|
|
| Shonak |
Posted on 01-03-2015 04:46
|
Tour de France Champion
Posts: 15615
Joined: 16-07-2013
PCM$: 350.00
|
Movistar wrote:
I dont see how you can call it a fuckup by Ettix when Stannard was that much stronger. He is either on 40 gallons of EPO or the Ettix boys were not on anything.
Stannard was the whole last 40k in the slipstream of three guys, who rode to keep Vanmarcke and GVA away. Quick Step didn't test him once before the final nor did they particularly care about him it seems. Plenty of road & time to reserve energy for the finish, but yes, of course just say EPO and be done with it sigh 
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
|
| |
|
|
| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 01-03-2015 14:02
|
Grand Tour Champion
Posts: 7702
Joined: 24-07-2009
PCM$: 200.00
|
Tommeke 70 km attack lol |
| |
|
|
| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 01-03-2015 14:10
|
Grand Tour Champion
Posts: 7702
Joined: 24-07-2009
PCM$: 200.00
|
Sep is testing everyone on Kwaremont. Tommeke and Boeckmans only ones to respond. A wild Styby appears |
| |
|
|
| Miguel98 |
Posted on 01-03-2015 14:11
|
World Champion
Posts: 10497
Joined: 23-06-2011
PCM$: 200.00
|
RIP peloton, never forget |
| |
|
|
| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 01-03-2015 14:15
|
Grand Tour Champion
Posts: 7702
Joined: 24-07-2009
PCM$: 200.00
|
Group 1: Sep, Tommeke, Styby, Lampaert, Boeckmans, Stannard, Wynants |
| |
|
|
| Alakagom |
Posted on 01-03-2015 14:17
|
World Champion
Posts: 10891
Joined: 19-11-2010
PCM$: 200.00
|
Kirchen_75 wrote:
Group 1: Sep, Tommeke, Styby, Lampaert, Boeckmans, Stannard, Wynants
You seem to be behind. Group with Kristoff Viviani and Cav joined already few mins ago.
|
| |
|
|
| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 01-03-2015 14:19
|
Grand Tour Champion
Posts: 7702
Joined: 24-07-2009
PCM$: 200.00
|
Alakagom wrote:
Kirchen_75 wrote:
Group 1: Sep, Tommeke, Styby, Lampaert, Boeckmans, Stannard, Wynants
You seem to be behind. Group with Kristoff Viviani and Cav joined already few mins ago.
I was only naming riders I could recognise on the front of the group and yes I might be behind because I'm using a stream. |
| |
|
|
| MARSUPILAMI |
Posted on 01-03-2015 15:03
|
Team Leader
Posts: 5597
Joined: 10-08-2013
PCM$: 300.00
|
At the moment, a big group with "sprinters" (or fast riders) at the front, and a peloton (which won´t catch the head) behind, no?
Could you tell me who is in the head?
Cav, Viviani, Kristoff, Coquard, Styby, Tommeke, Stannard... who else?
PS: F*ck ads in Eurosport 2!
|
| |
|
|
| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 01-03-2015 15:05
|
Tour de France Champion
Posts: 16429
Joined: 27-07-2011
PCM$: 10438.70
|
No, there is a big peloton together now that caught the head.
Also fricking MTN going just for EBH why did Farrar go there what an idiot! 
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
| |
|
|
| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 01-03-2015 15:36
|
Grand Tour Champion
Posts: 7702
Joined: 24-07-2009
PCM$: 200.00
|
Phil attack |
| |
|
|
| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 01-03-2015 15:38
|
Team Leader
Posts: 6036
Joined: 20-07-2008
PCM$: 200.00
|
*holds breath*
|
| |
|
|
| cio93 |
Posted on 01-03-2015 15:40
|
World Champion
Posts: 10845
Joined: 29-10-2007
PCM$: 500.00
|
Ah dang.
|
| |
|
|
| Roextro |
Posted on 01-03-2015 15:40
|
Small Tour Specialist
Posts: 2370
Joined: 24-01-2014
PCM$: 200.00
|
Cavendish!!! |
| |
|
|
| Miguel98 |
Posted on 01-03-2015 15:41
|
World Champion
Posts: 10497
Joined: 23-06-2011
PCM$: 200.00
|
Cav wins |
| |
|
