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| CountArach |
Posted on 14-04-2013 16:04
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Meersman not Kwiat!
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| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 14-04-2013 16:05
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Meersman! |
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| iambennyboy |
Posted on 14-04-2013 16:05
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6th Weinning
7th Leukemans
8th Gasparotto
9th Caruso
10th Wegmann |
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| fosforgasXIII |
Posted on 14-04-2013 16:05
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Gilbert 4th, not Meersman |
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| mowinckel91 |
Posted on 14-04-2013 16:06
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Impressive ride by Nordhaug today also. Kristoff and Nordhaug have been the best norwegians this spring. Hushovd and EBH havent done much! |
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 14-04-2013 16:08
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I still want to know, who was the Blanco rider in the group?(About 12th) Mollema or Nordhaug? Commentary said both names once... 
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| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 14-04-2013 16:08
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OPQS say it was Kwiatek LOL |
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| iambennyboy |
Posted on 14-04-2013 16:08
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Gilbert's Attack was crazy and yet Gerrans and Valverde could stick with him.
wonder what happened to that Katusha rider up the hill, did he pop out of his pedal? |
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| abysmo |
Posted on 14-04-2013 16:09
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I think it was the tv transmission of the race, with very few peloton footage, that gave it some kind of weird feeling. There is definitely more chance for late breaks to use tactical advantages in this course, I don't think it is that bad, some of the fault lies in the lack of work from some teams earlier on. Had they known Sagan would implode...
This has to be attacked from further out now, the last climb isn't enough for a favorite to drop guys on his wheel.
I'm ok with a week which has 3 very different races in 3 days. |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 14-04-2013 16:10
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How did EBH do after all that talk that he could win this?
I always seem to come in at the "perfect" time so that I can neither enjoy the final kms, nor can I avoid spoilers to be able to watch the race at a later time without knowing the result and thus enjoying it more.
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 14-04-2013 16:10
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I'm 99% sure the results aren't completely correct. There was definitely a Sky rider in 6th.
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| iambennyboy |
Posted on 14-04-2013 16:11
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valverde321 wrote:
How did EBH do after all that talk that he could win this?
I always seem to come in at the "perfect" time so that I can neither enjoy the final kms, nor can I avoid spoilers to be able to watch the race at a later time without knowing the result and thus enjoying it more.
only saw him once. looked good in his champion jersey. not much else to say  |
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| raulvasa_9 |
Posted on 14-04-2013 16:12
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Absolutely impressive the end of the race of Valverde and Gilbert. What a pity the last world championship, if Valverde didn´t waited for Freire and decided followed Gilbert when he attacked, I think he would be now the world champion. Today I think movistar and bmc let all the work in the peloton to cannondale, and they have been punished for it. Both of them should be more agressive, on the peloton or attacking with riders as Quntana, Rui Costa, Van Avermaert or Oss. |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 14-04-2013 16:15
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 14-04-2013 16:17
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Did not expect that, great ride by Kreuziger.
And did Kwiatkowski come as 4th best rider from the favoruites group ? WTF
Seems like great race, shamed I missed it..
Edited by Alakagom on 14-04-2013 16:17
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| MitchNL |
Posted on 14-04-2013 16:18
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iambennyboy wrote:
wonder what happened to that Katusha rider up the hill, did he pop out of his pedal?
It was Caruso who broke his chain I believe. 
Massive ride by Kreuziger! Gerrans and Valverde also impressed me when they could hang on to Gilbert. 
But where on earth was Peter Sagan?
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 14-04-2013 16:22
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OPQS confirms it was Kwiatkowski on 5th.
I say WTF What a year he is having, never in millions years I would expect Top 5 from him in this race :L
Absolutely amazing.
Edited by Alakagom on 14-04-2013 16:22
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 14-04-2013 16:23
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Kwiatek! 
A more complete Sagan forming 
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| Roman |
Posted on 14-04-2013 16:26
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kumazan wrote:
Didn't some Czech dude win the Tour de Suisse and Romandie a few years ago? How was his name?
Well, it's hard to compare it, but in my opinion this win is the greatest result of all Roman's win, a win in one of Ardennes classics, that's amazing. It's in my opinion bigger win than his wins in TdS and TdR and his stage win in Giro as well, but that were huge results indeed as well.
Same with Hruska's wins in Giro and Svorada's wins in all 3 GTs, you can't unfortunetely compare results of Czech cyclists in Peace Race and another races pre-1989..
But who cares in the end.. what a result.. 
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 14-04-2013 16:27
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I'm starting to think something happened to Sagan. A mechanical, crash or something like that.
He is nowhere to be seen when Gilbert attacks on the Cauberg. The Cannondale rider who tries to respond but cracks immediately is Moser, unless my eyes are deceiving me. Sagan wasn't even in the group by then, as far as I could see.
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