Dusen wrote:
I feel bad for Moreno. He only lost with 3 seconds or something to Quintana on that timetrial. Really impressive effort by him.
But in the end, i believe the strongest rider won
Looking forward to the Vuelta
That was some next level shit from Moreno, I didnt expect that kinda effort at all from him. Quintana only beaten by 1 second on a flat TT by Saramontis, great effort as well there and the overall GC for a second time in a row!
No farewell victory for Thor Hushovd at the final stage of the Artic Race of Norway, Alexander Kristoff ruins the party a few hundred metres before the line. Steven Kruisjwijk held on to win the race overall by 4" over Kristoff in second place, with Nordhaug third.
So Kristoff, Hushovd, and Sam Bennet third some two seconds or so behind.
Ah, my original post was Kristoff'd by the previous poster
Ruthless professionalism from Kristoff in denying Hushovd a valedictory win, which bodes well for his future prospects. Champions need to be ruthless.
Edited by MothBones on 17-08-2014 16:48
Is Kristoff gonna be popular after that? What a stupid question from that commentator. Is the best rider we have and he was stronger than Hushovd. And he was going for the overall win too.
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That was unbelievable ride by Kristoff. Way he closed gap to Cannondale rider and then marked Hudshov. He has shown he is getting stronger every time and MSR win was not joke. Possibly deserved GC too but he won't mind too much.
So I just noticed that the Vuelta a Colombia has gotten absolutely no coverage in here whatsoever! So a short (well I define it as short...) summary of this year's edition of this spectacular race:
Although I didn't watch any of it, it was apparently a great race, and boiled down to a thrilling denouement as defending champion Oscar Sevilla three bonification seconds on the last stage to overturn a two second deficit to race leader Luis Camargo.
Sevilla was helped by a strong EPM-UNE team, who dominated the opening 29km TTT with a margin of 92 seconds over the next-best placed team, Movistar Team America of the Bolivian climber Oscar Soliz.
After three relatively flat (yeah, all things are relative here) days, which saw Colombian NC Miguel Angel Rubiano don the leaders jersey after a breakaway on the hilly stage three was allowed to stay away; Sevilla won the 5th stage on a long but fairly gentle drag up to Ibague. The next day featured the the famous Alto la Linea climb that has been used often in the Vuelta, and on which Sevilla himself has cracked big-time before in the past, but this year it was positioned too far from the finish to make any real difference and it was Julio Camacho (who ended up 3rd overall behind his Boyaca se Atreve teammate Camargo) who emerged victorious as a large group rolled home to the finish.
Stage 10 saw an 18km MTT up the regularly used Alto de las Palmas just outside of MedellÃn, and the stage was won by the unheralded Alvaro Gomez as the GC contenders fought it out for places below. Rubiano cracked spectacularly and lost 6 minutes, along with the race lead he had held from so early on, effectively capping an atrocious tour for Colombia (the PCT team, not the country). Camargo put in a great effort that saw him climb 1:28 faster than Sevilla, but it was not enough to deny him victory for the second year running on the final stage, a circuit around MedellÃn.
Spoiler
Talents-wise, there wasn't a lot to look at (race generally seems to be won by oldies ) only man likely to make Colombian Avenir squad who was present was Bernardo Suaza, of Valle d'Aosta victory, but was largely anonymous in the race. Others, like Miguel Angel Lopez, obviously chose alternate preparations for Avenir.
So unhappy that Howes just missed his first win as a pro rider. A bit unlucky to have someone as fast as Reijnen to go with him. Kudos to Reijnen for not waiting for a bunch sprint.
So a short (well I define it as short...) summary of this year's edition of this spectacular race:
