ianrussell wrote:Yup, only sprinter there who is A(ish) list and showing it after losing position on stage 1.
Elia Viviani might disagree based on the Giro, but Viviani certainly is not helping his case with his performances in Beijing.
Michael Matthews doing well to compete with Bouhanni considering he doesn't even consider himself a pure sprinter like Bouhanni, saying Leigh Howard is more suited for that.
As expected ( looking at results past two days, he was barely hanging to the back ends of the peleton ) Richie Porte out of GC contention. Dombrowski and Lopez stay in it for Sky.
ianrussell wrote:Yup, only sprinter there who is A(ish) list and showing it after losing position on stage 1.
Elia Viviani might disagree based on the Giro, but Viviani certainly is not helping his case with his performances in Beijing.
Michael Matthews doing well to compete with Bouhanni considering he doesn't even consider himself a pure sprinter like Bouhanni, saying Leigh Howard is more suited for that.
Yes, didn't even realise he was racing as I'm not following it that closely. Saw he was fourth, so maybe coming back into some sort of form and might give Bouhanni a run later in the week...maybe.
Edited by ianrussell on 13-10-2013 09:45
Alakagom wrote:
As expected ( looking at results past two days, he was barely hanging to the back ends of the peleton ) Richie Porte out of GC contention. Dombrowski and Lopez stay in it for Sky.
Malkael wrote:
Elia Viviani might disagree based on the Giro, but Viviani certainly is not helping his case with his performances in Beijing.
Michael Matthews doing well to compete with Bouhanni considering he doesn't even consider himself a pure sprinter like Bouhanni, saying Leigh Howard is more suited for that.
Yes, didn't even realise he was racing as I'm not following it that closely. Saw he was fourth, so maybe coming back into some sort of form and might give Bouhanni a run later in the week...maybe.
From the pictures, Bouhanni has launched his two winning sprints and nobody has gained a bike length on him, despite the drafting, so it seems he has quite a margin on his opponents.
Unless he gets dropped or boxed, he'll most likely win all the sprints there.
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