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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 13-03-2015 20:53
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Glad Talansky fought back with a breakaway.
Really good fight by De Gendt. Shame for him he was caught.
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| fidjim2013 |
Posted on 13-03-2015 21:19
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baseballlover312 wrote:
Glad Talansky fought back with a breakaway.
Really good fight by De Gendt. Shame for him he was caught.
I agree and De Gendt deserved a better ending |
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| Tafiolmo |
Posted on 13-03-2015 22:07
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Riders like De Gendt is what makes cycling such a great sport to watch. |
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| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 13-03-2015 22:54
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Good plan for Kwiatek tomorrow would be to attack on the last descent because 2 things marginal gain's can't give you is technical ability and panache  |
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 13-03-2015 23:16
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baseballlover312 wrote:
Really good fight by De Gendt. Shame for him he was caught.
Concurr as well. Been waiting for the guy who did that ride up the Stelvio to come back, and it looked a little bit like that today. I thought he and Silin were going to get swallowed up comfortably, and when the camera cut back to the break and he suddenly had that big gap and was motoring, I was convinced he was going to hold them off. Great ride. |
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| Shonak |
Posted on 14-03-2015 03:58
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Kirchen_75 wrote:
Good plan for Kwiatek tomorrow would be to attack on the last descent because 2 things marginal gain's can't give you is technical ability and panache
Yeah, Kwiatek will definitely try to do something. It's just his style, guy has real panache.
@Ian and Kiserv: Thanks for the info, sounds like De Gendt is really getting close to his good years. Well, I don't want to jinx it but, let's just hope for the best.
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| moriz1 |
Posted on 14-03-2015 07:32
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Today I expect the biggest time differences of the entire week. The stage should be very tactical and exciting. Can´t wait..... |
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 14-03-2015 08:02
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I really like De Gendt as a cyclist, never gives up and he's finally coming back into form after the Giro 2012.
Good plan for Kwiatek tomorrow would be to attack on the last descent because 2 things marginal gain's can't give you is technical ability and panache
Porte's Australian, but I find it so hard to watch Sky win, as you said, Kwiatek has so much more panache and he is much more deserving of the win, of course though, by the logic De Gendt should take it.
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| Smowz |
Posted on 14-03-2015 08:15
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Yep Kwiatek is a really attacking rider in mountain stage races.
As we saw on the mountain stage he was repeatedly attacking unlike the skyborgs who just sat their all wheelsucking their way to the top of the climb and only came to the front when they absolutely have to.
*drops sarcasm.
I agree Kwaitek is an exciting rider but ffs get the blinkers off Kwiatek's mode on mountain climbs is to diesel up it and go for a fast finish. We will see if he has the strength to attack Sky on the descent into Nice today. In the past I have seen Kwaitek fade on the second or third mountain stages and struggle when selections are made.
Should be an anti Sky alliance made today - should be an attacking ride before the TT or of course Sky could suck the fun out of it. We shall see.
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| SotD |
Posted on 14-03-2015 10:29
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Smowz wrote:
Yep Kwiatek is a really attacking rider in mountain stage races.
As we saw on the mountain stage he was repeatedly attacking unlike the skyborgs who just sat their all wheelsucking their way to the top of the climb and only came to the front when they absolutely have to.
*drops sarcasm.
I agree Kwaitek is an exciting rider but ffs get the blinkers off Kwiatek's mode on mountain climbs is to diesel up it and go for a fast finish. We will see if he has the strength to attack Sky on the descent into Nice today. In the past I have seen Kwaitek fade on the second or third mountain stages and struggle when selections are made.
Should be an anti Sky alliance made today - should be an attacking ride before the TT or of course Sky could suck the fun out of it. We shall see.
Indeed. Unless he have significantly improved he may be a target for riders such as Jakob Fuglsang, Tejay van Garderen and Rui Costa today (clearly the Sky's aswell).
Impact must be done today, because tomorrow I doubt anyone can really wham at Porte. The climb should suit him well, and as the distance is isn't too long there isn't enough time for the likes of Aru to really shake up things.
I think we might see some action from my mate Jakob Fuglsang today. The downhill section in the end should suit him well, and I don't think he will struggle with the amount of climbs today. The TT will also suit him very well, but it's not likely that he will beat Porte, Thomas and van Garderen. And he said he wasn't happy with all these subtop result anymore. So I guess he will rather end up 10th having tried than 5th having not.
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| Riis123 |
Posted on 14-03-2015 11:34
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Looking forward ro today. As far as I know, they are at Vence now and Movistar has Quintana, Erviti and Ion in the break with 1'10 down. Interesting to see whether the guys from 4-20 in the GC will try to attack Sky like we saw teams do to Froome and Contador in Dauphine or it will be the rather dull affair to Nice as usual. |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 14-03-2015 11:44
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| TimoCycling |
Posted on 14-03-2015 11:46
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Will be hard to get back 25 riders... Interesting start. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 14-03-2015 11:51
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De Gendt?  |
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| Shonak |
Posted on 14-03-2015 11:52
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Great stuff, there should be more of those huge group efforts. Make for better racing any day of the week. Wellens, Izagirre, Yates, Barguil... De Gendt, Clarke, Dennis Breschel, Slagter, Boom, Bakelants... Taaramee, Sicard, Bennet, Jungels and... Greipel... oooff, quality.
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| roturn |
Posted on 14-03-2015 12:01
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Well Greipel just dropped just like Steegmans (who actually abandoned now), Haussler, Cimolai and Senechal.
Therefore several more riders try to join them.
Chavanel is only 35s behind and would be a huge rider for todays stage then.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 14-03-2015 12:20
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32 riders in that front group with over 2 minutes according to Sporza. Things just got interesting!
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| roturn |
Posted on 14-03-2015 12:27
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In especially following 5 are very interesting in the group:
18 Wellens (LTS) +1:25
20 Chavanel (IAM) +1:30
25 Edet (COF) +1:47
26 Slagter (TCG) +1:50
28 Gautier (EUC) +1:52 |
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| Shonak |
Posted on 14-03-2015 12:30
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Wellens in yellow after today's stage would be so pretty darn sweet.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| TimoCycling |
Posted on 14-03-2015 12:31
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roturn wrote:
In especially following 5 are very interesting in the group:
18 Wellens (LTS) +1:25
20 Chavanel (IAM) +1:30
25 Edet (COF) +1:47
26 Slagter (TCG) +1:50
28 Gautier (EUC) +1:52
What about Jungels, Kiserlovski, Barguil and Yates? |
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