issoisso wrote:
So the idea was to tire the flat-specialist sprinters and benefit the hilly puncheurs by setting a very high pace on the flat.......
Let's make a typical sesame street game out of this:
Which of these doesn't fit?
Yes, it doesn't seem pretty much logical but I did actually see several teams without sprinting hopes setting that pace. But well, I didn't see the last like 20-25 kms of the race, so I don't know well how things evolved after that or why no puncheur attacked.
Rebellin did attack. About 500m from the top of the Poggio. He just attacked so weakly that the entire front group sat on his wheel. Then Pozzato counter attacked, and promptly sat up on the downhill.
I'm glad you did this, because I was reading some of Ringo's posts from the last few days my phone and the age thing was bugging me terribly (but not enough for me to painfully tap out on an alphanumeric keypad). I still can't believe that the error on the UCI website last year is still with us, Cav was born in '85, not '86.
Yes he has done very well for a young rider, but it would be foolish to think he will be inducted into the pantheon of cycling greats on a fairly tame MSR victory (obviously the sprint was impressive) and a few GT sprints alone. That's not to say he won't do it, because he obviously has a long time to go in his career, and he is a very talented rider. I just think its time to look at this victory with a sense of objectivity fellow Brits! And I don't just mean fans, anyone who's visited the cycling weekly website should know what I'm talking about.
British Cycling wrote:
Resisting the challenges of the climbers on the mountains in the final 25 kilometres of the race
Hahaha.
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Edited by issoisso on 22-03-2009 09:03
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"I love him, I think he's great. He's transformed the sport in so many ways. Every person in cycling has benefitted from Lance Armstrong, perhaps not financially but in some sense" - Bradley Wiggins on Lance Armstrong
