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| EdvaldBoassonHagen |
Posted on 15-06-2012 23:04
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The germans looks very good for the Olympics ( Greipel , Degenkolb and Kittel) |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 16-06-2012 09:00
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EdvaldBoassonHagen wrote:
The germans looks very good for the Olympics ( Greipel , Degenkolb and Kittel)
Problem is, who'll be the lead man? |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 16-06-2012 09:12
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Kittel won't make it over the hills, that's first. Degenkolb could lead-out Greipel easily, but also they could latch on Belgian, Aussie or British train if it ends in mass-sprint, which I kinda doubt it will.
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| Wilier |
Posted on 16-06-2012 09:47
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Why would Degenkolb lead-out Greipel?
Edit: Ah wait nevermind, you're talking about the Olympics.
Edited by Wilier on 16-06-2012 09:48
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| solano |
Posted on 16-06-2012 10:16
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Alakagom wrote:
Kittel won't make it over the hills, that's first. Degenkolb could lead-out Greipel easily, but also they could latch on Belgian, Aussie or British train if it ends in mass-sprint, which I kinda doubt it will.
Great. We spend £9bn on the Olympics and then can't design a course that gives us a gold medal for Cav.  |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 16-06-2012 10:25
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solano wrote:
Alakagom wrote:
Kittel won't make it over the hills, that's first. Degenkolb could lead-out Greipel easily, but also they could latch on Belgian, Aussie or British train if it ends in mass-sprint, which I kinda doubt it will.
Great. We spend £9bn on the Olympics and then can't design a course that gives us a gold medal for Cav.
Well, I am not saying he won't win  He lost 4kg in weight already and should do better, but if Spain and countries with not a clear favoruite for sprint try to make it hard, I'd defo see Cav dropping.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 16-06-2012 12:46
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It's much harder to control with 5 indeed, that's a small team. No one team will be able to control it. |
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| johannes-w |
Posted on 16-06-2012 13:10
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well but there will also be more than just one team interested in controlling the race are those hills really that hard???
i looked on the profile a few weeks ago and thought they re too far away from the finish arent they?
will defenitly be an interesting race - also i think germanys chances are quite good because even if greipel gets dropped degenkolb could be pretty strong in a race like that looking back at milan san remo for example
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 16-06-2012 13:13
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Germany has a great team imo. I don't think many riders will drop on the hills. Though it depends how hard certain riders take the hill, of course. |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 16-06-2012 13:36
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See, Alakagaom. That's better 
I think that with Degenkolb leading out Greipel is extremely dangerous. Alone, Degenkolb isn't good enough yet, and Greipel has bad positioning. But together, they're a big danger.
I put the yet in bold so I could avoid arguement.
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 16-06-2012 16:15
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Wow, Cav impressed A LOT today.
Stage included Cauberg and uphill sprint finish won by Gilbert last year. He came 2nd to Boom.
Yeah, got beat by Boom isn't great, but for Cav to be there at the end of the stage is quite impressive nonetheless.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 16-06-2012 16:32
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Encouraging performance from Cav with the Olympics in mind.
Meanwhile, Quintana wins the Stage 3 mountain stage of Route du Sud.
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| Squire |
Posted on 16-06-2012 16:36
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Meanwhile, Quintana wins the Stage 3 mountain stage of Route du Sud.
Wins? He annihilates it! Will be exciting to see what he can do in the Vuelta.
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 16-06-2012 16:38
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Route de Sud Stage 3
| 1. | | | | QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander | | MOV | | | | 20 | | | 2. | | | | DUPONT Hubert | | ALM | | 01'12" | | | | | 3. | | | | CHARTEAU Anthony | | EUC | | | | 5 | | | 4. | | | | ELISSONDE Kenny | | FDJ | | | | | | | 5. | | | | PERGET Mathieu | | ALM | | | | | | | 6. | | | | TALABARDON Yannick | | SAU | | | | 0 | | | 7. | | | | PARDILLA BELLON Sergio | | MOV |
Annihilation as Squire said in this great French race. With one stage to go, only bad luck can cause Quintana to loose his 2nd stage race this year.
Baby Giro Stage 8
| 1. | | | | DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd | | BLS | | | | | | | 2. | | | | ARU Fabio | | - | | 43" | | | | | 3. | | | | DI SERAFINO Matteo | | - | | | | | | | 4. | | | | CIAVATTA Matteo | | - | | | | | | | 5. | | | | PENASA Pierre Paolo | | - |
So Dombrowski wins again and beats Aru again - this time on Gavia. That's some impressive riding. One stage to go. But he has only two team-mates left for tomorrow to defend his GC lead.
Tour de Slovenie
| 1. | | | | POZZOVIVO Domenico | | COG | | | | | | | 2. | | | | BRAJKOVIC Janez | | AST | | | | | | | 3. | | | | KOREN Kristjan | | LIQ |
Brajkovic very gracefully didn't contest the finish and let Pozzo win with 18km TT coming up tomorrow. Brajkovic set for his home GC win.
Full results from ZLM Tour later.
Edited by Alakagom on 16-06-2012 16:39
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 16-06-2012 16:38
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Brajkovic gave Pozzovivo the mountains stage in Slovenia, but should now have the GC sown up in the TT tomorrow.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 16-06-2012 16:40
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An American is gonna win the Giro!... bio
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 16-06-2012 16:42
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ZLM Toer Stage 3
| 1. | 32 | NED | | BOOM, Lars | Rabobank | 4.52'46" | | 10" | | 2. | 62 | GBR | | CAVENDISH, Mark | Sky Procycling | 4.52'46" | | 6" | | 3. | 65 | ESP | | FLECHA GIANNONNI,Antonio | Sky Procycling | 4.52'46" | | 4" | | 4. | 112 | NED | | DE KORT, Koen | Team-Argos-Shimano | 4.52'46" | | | | 5. | 45 | ITA | | NIZZOLO, Giacomo | Team Radioshack - Nissan | 4.52'46" | | | | 6. | 88 | BEL | | VANTOMME, Maxime | Katusha | 4.52'46" | | | | 7. | 38 | NED | | VAN WINDEN, Dennis | Rabobank | 4.52'46" | | | | 8. | 6 | BEL | | ROELANDTS, Jurgen | Lotto-Belisol Team | 4.52'46" | | | | 9. | 1 | DEN | | BAK, Lars Ytting | Lotto-Belisol Team | 4.52'46" |
The stage wasn't as selective as last year but ended with 26 riders battling for the win.
Andre Griepel and Marcel Kittel finished 13'10 mins down today. Cav should take his first stage race this year Bodes well Cav could do well today for his Olympics goal.
Anyone wondering how Cav lost it today ? It was around 10% uphill sprint
Edited by Alakagom on 16-06-2012 16:46
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| Wilier |
Posted on 16-06-2012 16:49
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I didn't know Boom was this good in an uphill sprint either.
Nice finish photo BTW.
Edited by Wilier on 16-06-2012 16:56
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| Vien |
Posted on 16-06-2012 17:22
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DERP!
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| EdvaldBoassonHagen |
Posted on 16-06-2012 18:23
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Boom explodes them.  |
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