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Vuelta a España Saturday 18 Stage 1 - Pamplona - Pamplona
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| Andro |
Posted on 18-08-2012 19:46
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Holy fuck, Movistar. When did they get good at time trials? |
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Posted on 25-11-2024 06:42
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Posted on 18-08-2012 19:46
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Great ride by Movistar. Guillén will be pissed that the gap was so big. 
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Posted on 18-08-2012 19:47
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Should have been a ITT
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 18-08-2012 19:50
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Nice to see Castroviejo in the leader's jersey!
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| issoisso |
Posted on 18-08-2012 19:50
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Cobo got dropped
OH THE HUGE MANATEE
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| kumazan |
Posted on 18-08-2012 19:53
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He had a tooth infection. Apparently they only affect riders with great professionalism like Cobo and Andrew. Guess Klöden should be worried.
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| itsmichael |
Posted on 18-08-2012 19:54
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Really why is movistar such a suprise? They've got Valverde, Quitana, Lastras, Rojas, Castroviejo (Didn't you notice how he rode at the Olympic Games? A-M-A-Z-I-N-G) and Intxausti.
They all proved they can ride very hard.
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 18-08-2012 19:55
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I thought pro riders would get their teeth checked every other month or something. Especially any pro sportsman who has persistent tendinitis should have his teeth checked. :?
At least I can talk by experience, that can prevent you from practising your sport. |
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| acac |
Posted on 18-08-2012 19:57
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also a good ride by saxo.conta did a ITT today and still sky only took 2 secondes(that also means sky should have been better) |
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| Bosskardo |
Posted on 18-08-2012 19:59
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itsmichael wrote:
Really why is movistar such a suprise? They've got Valverde, Quitana, Lastras, Rojas, Castroviejo (Didn't you notice how he rode at the Olympic Games? A-M-A-Z-I-N-G) and Intxausti.
They all proved they can ride very hard.
Yeah, they have Valverde <sarcasm>
I know he is decent enough but he isn't a good time trialist and he has had some really bad TTs.
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 18-08-2012 20:00
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Yeah, Cobo can't ride with Unzué's teams... |
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| itsmichael |
Posted on 18-08-2012 20:03
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Bosskardo wrote:
itsmichael wrote:
Really why is movistar such a suprise? They've got Valverde, Quitana, Lastras, Rojas, Castroviejo (Didn't you notice how he rode at the Olympic Games? A-M-A-Z-I-N-G) and Intxausti.
They all proved they can ride very hard.
Yeah, they have Valverde <sarcasm>
I know he is decent enough but he isn't a good time trialist and he has had some really bad TTs.
Team Time Trialing isn't about how good you are in in a individual time trial. It is about how good you can ride in a chain and how hard you can ride. The ones you see chasing at the break away in flat stages are also not always good time trialists but they ride very hard.
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 18-08-2012 20:05
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Bosskardo wrote:
itsmichael wrote:
Really why is movistar such a suprise? They've got Valverde, Quitana, Lastras, Rojas, Castroviejo (Didn't you notice how he rode at the Olympic Games? A-M-A-Z-I-N-G) and Intxausti.
They all proved they can ride very hard.
Yeah, they have Valverde <sarcasm>
I know he is decent enough but he isn't a good time trialist and he has had some really bad TTs.
TT involve a huge technical aspect though, where thin margins can be gained.
Position on the bike, material, cadence, etc. all those can affect a TT result, which is not only about sheer power (whereas a mountain finish is mostly about what power riders can produce).
TTT are even more technical, as you need to have the right riders relaying when needed, use one line or two lines, etc. Well, PCM had pretty much the feeling about it, bar the fact that the 1/10 scale was giving too little relays to each rider. |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 18-08-2012 20:13
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Bosskardo wrote:
itsmichael wrote:
Really why is movistar such a suprise? They've got Valverde, Quitana, Lastras, Rojas, Castroviejo (Didn't you notice how he rode at the Olympic Games? A-M-A-Z-I-N-G) and Intxausti.
They all proved they can ride very hard.
Yeah, they have Valverde <sarcasm>
I know he is decent enough but he isn't a good time trialist and he has had some really bad TTs.
In a TTT your efforts are short. How good is Valverde at prologues?
Answer: Very
itsmichael wrote:
The ones you see chasing at the break away in flat stages are also not always good time trialists but they ride very hard.
But that's mostly because of how aerodynamic they are or are not on a TT bike. Which doesn't factor on a road race.
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Posted on 18-08-2012 20:38
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What happened with martin?
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Posted on 18-08-2012 20:53
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Well I didn't actually see the rainbow bands all race... he is QuickStep's designated leader though so I'd have thought he finished up with his team-mates.
Helpful as ever, the Vuelta organisers have still yet to post the official standings online & Eurosport had to cut out before they managed to get the individual standings up on-screen...
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| PCM rulezz |
Posted on 18-08-2012 21:00
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I have seen the results on sporza and Martin didn't finished with is team mates (Terpstra, Cataldo, De weert, Pauwels and Vandewalle)
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| pcm2009fan |
Posted on 18-08-2012 21:04
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Oh well that's already bad news for my velogames team for sure.. better than the TdF though where Romain Feillu didn't even turn up for the race  |
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 18-08-2012 21:06
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Movistar..
You can mock spaniards teams at italy and france. But never in spain |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 18-08-2012 21:08
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pcm2009fan wrote:
Oh well that's already bad news for my velogames team for sure.. better than the TdF though where Romain Feillu didn't even turn up for the race
Wait. I had Castroviewho?
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