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| valverde321 |
Posted on 01-09-2010 17:10
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I'm happy Farrar finally beat Cav in a sprint as it doesn't happen much.
As for Cav he has 2 more weeks roughly to try some sprints without a train. I think he'll be alright for the worlds. |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 01-09-2010 17:43
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Deadpool wrote:
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What was Cavendish thinking ..that he is Ale-Jet..he tryed 350m sprint there..way to early for him. Pure mistake
I think he was afraid the 2 guys in front of him would move to the outside and he would be blocked in. It was a risky move, and didn't pay off even though his sprint was one of the strongest I've ever seen.
What is really bad about this sprint though is what it bodes for the World's. This is a perfect example of why Cav needs his lead-out train to win, and he won't have it in Geelong.
Alternatively, a perfect chance to practice for the Worlds where he isnt going to have the luxury of any sort of trai
Its already been proven plenty of times that he does not need a lead-out train to win, only idiots still think otherwise. Dont be an idiot 
Edited by SportingNonsense on 01-09-2010 17:44
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| evilhumer |
Posted on 01-09-2010 17:46
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David Arroyo managed to lose 1.26 on todays stage...Propably isnt feeling well or something |
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| roturn |
Posted on 01-09-2010 17:50
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Intxausti and Txurruka even 4.28.
Probably to have some opportunities to attack more often.
Hushovd was in an excellent position 2km to the finish and managed to have +43secs later
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| evilhumer |
Posted on 01-09-2010 17:53
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Yeah,but Intxausti and Txurruka had already lost a lot of minutes but Arroyo was sitting 12th in GC after yesterday. I had thought he was Caisses main man for the overall |
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 01-09-2010 18:40
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Deadpool wrote:
Guido Mukk wrote:
What was Cavendish thinking ..that he is Ale-Jet..he tryed 350m sprint there..way to early for him. Pure mistake
I think he was afraid the 2 guys in front of him would move to the outside and he would be blocked in. It was a risky move, and didn't pay off even though his sprint was one of the strongest I've ever seen.
What is really bad about this sprint though is what it bodes for the World's. This is a perfect example of why Cav needs his lead-out train to win, and he won't have it in Geelong.
Alternatively, a perfect chance to practice for the Worlds where he isnt going to have the luxury of any sort of trai
Its already been proven plenty of times that he does not need a lead-out train to win, only idiots still think otherwise. Dont be an idiot
No, he doesn't need a lead-out train to win (I was a little overzealous with the use of language in my first post), but it sure helps. Don't get me wrong, I think Cav is hands down the best sprinter in the world today, but in the recent past only Robbie McEwen has been able to consistently win by hijacking other trains, for everyone else, their chance of victory gets a lot lower if they aren't delivered well to the finish. Is Cav more than capable of anyone else of winning that way in Melbourne? yes. But if, I don't know, Ale-Jet gets selected and is in the finishing straight getting led out by Pozzato, you don't think he becomes the favorite, if none of the other sprinters have a good train? |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 01-09-2010 18:43
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Depends who is on Petacchi's wheel
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| pesci |
Posted on 02-09-2010 10:43
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evilhumer wrote:
David Arroyo managed to lose 1.26 on todays stage...Propably isnt feeling well or something
Where did you see that???
is not even in the official web of the vuelta!! |
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| roturn |
Posted on 02-09-2010 10:48
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157 TSCHOPP, Johann BTL m.t. 1º
158 TOSATTO, Matteo QST + 22''
159 WALKER, Johnnie FOT + 22''
160 VANENDERT, Jelle OLO + 29''
161 HOSTE, Leif OLO + 29''
162 KREDER, Michel GRM + 40''
163 FURLAN, Angelo LAM + 43''
164 BOLE, Grega LAM + 43''
165 VELITS, Martin THR + 43''
166 VITORIA CANO, David FOT + 43''
167 WILLEMS, Frederik LIQ + 43''
168 DENIFL, Stefan CTT + 43''
169 HUSHOVD, Thor CTT + 43''
170 ROULSTON, Hayden THR + 1' 02''
171 KLOSTERGAARD, Kasper SAX + 1' 02''
172 LANGEVELD, Sebastian RAB + 1' 19''
173 ARROYO, David GCE m.t. 1º
Yesterday he had 1.26 there, but today they changed it.
So Arroyo finished in a later group but with the same time than Farrar. So obviously he crashed in the last 3 km or anything similar.
The official result is totally weird at the moment. Everybody with same time and Gilbert won  The 5th result is the gerneal classification with same time. So a bit wrong
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| hillis91 |
Posted on 02-09-2010 15:30
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A day for the breakaway today?
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 02-09-2010 15:31
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hillis91 wrote:
A day for the breakaway today?
I think Cav wants the win today, HTC will chase. |
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| hillis91 |
Posted on 02-09-2010 15:33
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Deadpool wrote:
hillis91 wrote:
A day for the breakaway today?
I think Cav wants the win today, HTC will chase.
But it is a hill at the end. Might be to hard for him?
EDIT: And Katusha is riding, for Pozzato/Rodriguez?
Edited by hillis91 on 02-09-2010 15:33
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| issoisso |
Posted on 02-09-2010 15:37
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I'm thinking Cavendish wins today
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 02-09-2010 15:38
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hillis91 wrote:
Deadpool wrote:
hillis91 wrote:
A day for the breakaway today?
I think Cav wants the win today, HTC will chase.
But it is a hill at the end. Might be to hard for him?
EDIT: And Katusha is riding, for Pozzato/Rodriguez?
Hill kind of reminds me of the one at the worlds. I think they'll chase, if only for that reason, so he can test his ability right now with a decent climb right before the finish. |
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| hillis91 |
Posted on 02-09-2010 15:38
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issoisso wrote:
I'm thinking Cavendish wins today
Let's just hope that he get's a descent lead-out.
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| hillis91 |
Posted on 02-09-2010 15:45
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Katusha is riding really hard(!), the gap has went from 5+ down to 3:11
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 02-09-2010 15:54
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climb starts with 21.9km to go. Ends with 17km to go. So short.
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 02-09-2010 16:02
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watch for interesting stuff being attempted here.
There's no point slapping a schleck - Sean Kelly on "Who needs a slap"
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| hillis91 |
Posted on 02-09-2010 16:03
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doddy13 wrote:
watch for interesting stuff being attempted here.
I was about to write "Wake up", but no need to 
Im willing to bet all of my PCM dollars on that a spanish rider will attack first..
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| jph27 |
Posted on 02-09-2010 16:05
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hillis91 wrote:
doddy13 wrote:
watch for interesting stuff being attempted here.
I was about to write "Wake up", but no need to
Im willing to bet all of my PCM dollars on that a spanish rider will attack first..
For stating the obvious, you can have 0 PCM's. |
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