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Critérium du Dauphiné 2013
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 03-06-2013 09:36
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Great win for Veilleux and nice 10th spot for König, i think he will attack top10 GC througout the whole race.
Froome is the winner already, bar some injury. 
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| superider2010 |
Posted on 03-06-2013 12:04
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i need a link to watch stage 2 before it's over
edit: no need anymore,aljazeera solved my problem
Edited by superider2010 on 03-06-2013 12:10
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 03-06-2013 12:06
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| ShortsNL |
Posted on 03-06-2013 12:41
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13:12 - Abandon
Jelle Vanendert a quitté la course.
Westra at medical car after fall.
151/191 km raced,
Breakaway has about 2 minutes and 50 seconds:
Arnaud Gérard (BSE), Rudy Molard (COF), Thomas Damuseau (ARG) et Jose Mendes (TNE) |
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| ianrussell |
Posted on 03-06-2013 13:38
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Good job Viviani, sticking it out in the Giro at least left him in good shape to get through the climbs today and take a big win. |
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| ianrussell |
Posted on 03-06-2013 13:41
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Also I've been out a few days, any reason EBH isn't sprinting here? :/ |
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| pilipinoopao |
Posted on 03-06-2013 13:55
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Great win by Viviani, Meersman started to far |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 03-06-2013 14:09
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ianrussell wrote:
Also I've been out a few days, any reason EBH isn't sprinting here? :/
Already preparing for his Tour role, which includes working on flat and shedding peleton on early climbs.
Vivani did very well to make it though this stage, impressive.
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 03-06-2013 14:31
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| Montolivo |
Posted on 03-06-2013 15:48
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Great win for Viviani. Very deserving after so many 2nd places. |
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| BritPCMFan |
Posted on 03-06-2013 20:19
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Great to see Viviani win today. He deserves that for pushing Cav so hard in the Giro. And generally being quite gracious about it too (I'm not gonna knock him like some commentary teams seemed to for smashing his handle bars after going close. Its not always about being at someone else, just frustrating at just not being quick enough.)
On EBH, I havent seen him sprint well for a while now and I get the feeling he is not really training as a sprinter anymore.
And I think Meersman had to try it from long. His got a good sprint but Viviani is by far the faster man and would eat him for breakfast over a shorter sprint, so it kinda made sense to go early. |
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 03-06-2013 20:22
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It's Sky, do they train sprinters?  |
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| jsh312mufc |
Posted on 03-06-2013 20:24
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Miguel98 wrote:
It's Sky, do they train sprinters?
they tried it on ben swift |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 03-06-2013 20:30
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EBH is not a sprinter, him training to be a sprinter would be a waste. Same as he's targeting PR and cobbles - waste. He should target more hillier races.
Swift is similar to EBH, doesn't have the top speed. It was known from the start. However he showed great climbing skills in Mallorca ( tbf ages ago already at the U23 Worlds he showed it ) before getting in a crash, he could become quite a solid punchy rider with good/okay-ish sprint on him.
In terms of possessing pure sprint speed, Sky don't have anyone.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 03-06-2013 20:34
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Really? Because last year I remember Sky working for Swift as a pure sprinter many times.
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 03-06-2013 20:39
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That's because Swift is probably Sky's best sprinter. Makes sense working for your best sprinter.
He's not pure sprinter though at all. Shown at Vuelta, struggled against poor competition, had few good results, one impressive where he followed Gilbert at the start, faded to 7th but still impressive.
This year at Malloraca, his most impressive result came from this stage for example. Was okay in 2 sprints, but not good enough.
I.e. he sometimes is able to win a flat sprint. but what helps him is some hills in between. Kinda like Meersman I guess. But more potential in him imo.
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| BritPCMFan |
Posted on 03-06-2013 20:44
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They had Cav though last year so needed to run some sprint training.
I think the comment about Sky not really doing sprint training has a fair amount of truth to it in all likely hood.
Rowe is another one, but again. His not got that pure raw top speed, and is fairly decent on lumps. Its a GC team, and as last year showed, even with the best sprinter in the world they dont have the GT space to give a sprinter GT support. That stops them getting any of the worlds best sprinters (ok, well, Cav for a year but thats exactly why another top sprinter would not go there. If they cant do it for the worlds best sprinter who is british, anyone foreign don't have a hope). And with the ambition they have, they arent going to bother riding for someone who isn't very good.
So the only sprinters whom are of any interest are guys who can do a job.
EBHs biggest problem tho is Sagan. Anything EBH could look to really do well at,,,, well Sagan is going to be there. And as much as i love The Boss.... Sagan has the best juice in the buisness. |
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 03-06-2013 20:45
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Alakagom wrote:
In terms of possessing pure sprint speed, Sky don't have anyone.
Not true
https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/1...x-de-Fonds
Edited by Spilak23 on 03-06-2013 20:46
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| fosforgasXIII |
Posted on 03-06-2013 23:15
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It's lame that they let EBH focus too much on cobbles indeed. He's a potential MSR/AGR winner, might even do well in LBL with the right training. |
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| BritPCMFan |
Posted on 03-06-2013 23:44
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I think half the problem is they really rate him and want to keep him sweet. He likes the cobble races and wants to do them. I do think he should focus Ardennes though, especially as Sky don't really have a defined Ardennes leader. I think he could do well at San Sebastian too. |
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