On 05/09/2012 21:33, Mower Man wrote:
On 05/09/2012 9:13 PM, Fred Flintstein wrote:
On 9/5/2012 2:10 PM, atriage wrote:
On 05/09/2012 19:58, Fred Flintstein wrote:
On 9/5/2012 11:24 AM, atriage wrote:
On 05/09/2012 16:33, leeanderson wrote:
Today we saw one of the greatest cycling heroic deeds ever...

That's how the great champions win, !!

Don't miss the details, !!


He's the best Grand Tour rider of the modern era. Case closed.


He didn't win last year's Tour. But he won his 5 previous Grand
Tour entries if you include the dope steak clouded win.

Today had everything. Efficient use of his superior team support.
A lesson for Movistar on the importance of having friends in the
lead group rather than enemies. A tactically perfect race, capped
with a terrific ride to seize the race lead.

Great stuff.

Yeah whatever else you can say about Bjarne (and there is plenty) he's a
great tactician. This year's Vuelta really is turning out to be a
classic, could there be even more twists and turns to come? Two flat
stages coming up but then the dreaded Bola del Mundo, it's not over till
the fat lady gets off her bike at the top of that mofo.


Contador's primary advantage is superior team strength. He'll be
in a position to dictate how the final climb progresses. Rodriguez
has done well sprinting at mountaintop finishes but he's probably
targeting Valverde at this point.

F

Agreed. Purito has been amazing, but in the end Saxobank Tinkoff have blown him
away. I think it's a sad reflection of the state of the "sport", even though as
a Brit (not normally nationalistic in any way) I loved Sky Procycling's
dominance of the TdF...


Sky's dominance was impressive but I have to admit that the way they ground the
peloton down didn't always make for interesting racing (from a non-Brit POV
anyway ). The thing about Saxo is they have got the yellow maillot by a
mixture of racing skill as well as strength and it's been absolutely riveting to
watch. Contador's repeated attacks have been superb but Purito deserves the
highest credit of all the riders I think as a lot of the time he's been on his own.
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