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MSR 2020.
I have no idea who is in form.
Wild card, Ben Swift.
Safe bets, Sagan or Kristoff.
trener1
08-08-2020, 09:08 AM
The race is 300k and only 6 man teams this year.
I dont think it's a day for the sprinters.
I'm going with Sagen or Wout, but this could be the perfect condition for Phil Gil
LegendRider
08-08-2020, 09:21 AM
Anyone have a link for live TV coverage?
nalax
08-08-2020, 09:58 AM
Anyone have a link for live TV coverage?
tiz-cycling has an English link
BryanE
08-08-2020, 11:33 AM
You ain't much if you ain't Dutch!
You ain't much if you ain't Dutch!
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wallymann
08-08-2020, 11:36 AM
You ain't much if you ain't Dutch!
uh...WvA is flemish!
rim-brakes FTW!!! ...2 for 2 in 2020 classics...
Better change the title.
I have. Do some people have consideration?
trener1
08-08-2020, 11:53 AM
Not only rim brakes for the win, but he closed down JA on the descent while on said rim brakes.
echappist
08-08-2020, 12:02 PM
Not only rim brakes for the win, but he closed down JA on the descent while on said rim brakes.
He's too good to need brakes on the descent :p
Alaphilippe, OTOH, holy s*** he could have eaten it on quite a few corners and definitely needed his brakes
voir dire
08-08-2020, 12:05 PM
That was great!
Good thing I watched the actual race first rather than read here and see a huge photo of the "he ain't even Dutch" rider ___ from the ___ team at the finish line with his arms raised in victory in a photo-finish almost immediately after the race was over. ;)
gavingould
08-08-2020, 12:25 PM
You ain't much if you ain't Dutch!
well, he's Belgian, so that's solved.
at least someone on that team can sprint straight.
BryanE
08-08-2020, 12:33 PM
Oops.
wallymann
08-08-2020, 01:38 PM
...at least someone on that team can sprint straight.
ha!
also, in the WvA-vs-MvdP career-palmares tally, i'd say that WvA has slightly edged ahead at the moment! lets see how MvdP responds in the coming events.
Stainomo
08-08-2020, 03:08 PM
Glad to see WvA win....again...after his injury! I had Gilbert on 1 but I knew WvA was a more realistic #1. A Belgian won, i'm happy :).
nooneline
08-08-2020, 03:22 PM
Wow, that was a nail-biter!
A bit more action on the Cipressa and between, what with smaller teams and fewer tune-up races. I really loved Trek's aggression, seeing Bennet struggling to stay in contact, and then seeing Ala, Wout, Kwiatko, and Nibali all go up the road near the top of the Poggio.
I took a look at Wout's data on strava and that attack was 30mph uphill, sustained - no slouch! Ala's second dig to ditch Wout was really incredible, as was their descent - I was rooting for Wout to get back on for sure and he was the far superior descender - Alaphilippe took some bad lines around a few turns. I also thought that Alaphilippe was a bold poker player sitting on from about 1.7km to go with the gap so tantalizingly small, and was VERY surprised to see Wout pull back Ala's initial jump.
But when it came down, wow, what a show of strength by Wout - and I got the impression that he could have won from the bunch, too. Shades of Vos with the huge smile right as he crossed the line - true joy erupting there. What a ride!
flying
08-08-2020, 05:44 PM
Nice 18 minute clip here final 12km
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7vgsex
Spoker
08-08-2020, 07:45 PM
Belgian with Dutch father on Dutch team. What a week for Jumbo with all that sadness in the middle.
72gmc
08-09-2020, 03:16 PM
My friend might say Alaphilippe made a dog's breakfast of the descent off the Poggio. Is he not known as a strong descender?
Jaybee
08-09-2020, 03:57 PM
My friend might say Alaphilippe made a dog's breakfast of the descent off the Poggio. Is he not known as a strong descender?
Alaphilippe was an excellent descender in last years TDF, I think he even kept the jersey an extra day or two because he was so good coming off those big sweeping descents in the Alps.
He overcooked one hairpin early off the Poggio yesterday and it seemed like that threw him off his game. And we all know that Wout (and every other CXer) are really good at maintaining speed through hairpins.
weisan
08-09-2020, 04:47 PM
It's apparent that Alaphilippe has the form. If he gets two or three more races in his legs before MSR, he will probably beat Wout handily. He did not show the usual "burst" in his sprint.
Alaphilippe had looked like the winner until like 5 meters before the line. Just had nothing left in the legs. MvA was cool as a cucumber and deserved the win. I think the summer heat destroyed race strategy for quite a few teams.
trener1
08-09-2020, 07:01 PM
It's apparent that Alaphilippe has the form. If he gets two or three more races in his legs before MSR, he will probably beat Wout handily. He did not show the usual "burst" in his sprint.
Alapahalipe had as many races in his legs as Van Art, so why would he be better then VA in 2-3 weeks?.
VA is a top level sprinter he won a full bunch sprint in the Daupehne last year so I would say that quite the contrary, WvA would almost always beat Ala in a 2 up sprint.
trener1
08-10-2020, 07:01 AM
Nice article about another up and coming American that hasn't garnered much hype (I guess he isn't from Boulder : )
https://www.velonews.com/news/road/matteo-jorgenson-delivers-on-promise-with-top-20-at-san-remo/
oldpotatoe
08-10-2020, 07:39 AM
Not only rim brakes for the win, but he closed down JA on the descent while on said rim brakes.
Disc brakes are so yesterday...why not have a lighter, more simple, easier to change wheels, bici on this dry day of racing...:eek:
wallymann
08-10-2020, 08:29 AM
Alaphilippe had looked like the winner until like 5 meters before the line. Just had nothing left in the legs. MvA was cool as a cucumber and deserved the win. I think the summer heat destroyed race strategy for quite a few teams.
Flatting and chasing back on right before the cipressa will take the snap right out of your legs. As much as I like WvA, absent that flat...alaphilippe wins easily.
Ala burned his legs a bit chasing back on after his puncture. WvA looked cooked at the back of the peloton at one point in the last 50km.
I did like WvA's sprinting style. Very efficient. Power.
tctyres
08-10-2020, 09:00 AM
What did you guys use to stream it?
NBC didn't carry the broadcast.
Billybob62
08-10-2020, 09:25 AM
What did you guys use to stream it?
NBC didn't carry the broadcast.
https://www.flosports.tv/
Jaybee
08-10-2020, 10:22 AM
Ala burned his legs a bit chasing back on after his puncture. WvA looked cooked at the back of the peloton at one point in the last 50km.
I did like WvA's sprinting style. Very efficient. Power.
This struck me as well. In the final sprint, WvA's bike was barely moving side to side and JA's was thrashing all over the place.
Flatting and chasing back on right before the cipressa will take the snap right out of your legs. As much as I like WvA, absent that flat...alaphilippe wins easily.
Good point, I tend to agree. I think WvA knew this and I give credit to him for that. He didn't flinch in the last 1k or so, being upfront and all – he seemed very calm and collected and knew how it was gonna play out. It'd be so easy to **** your pants, make a stupid move and lose the sprint against someone more experienced.
BryanE
08-10-2020, 01:40 PM
What did you guys use to stream it?
NBC didn't carry the broadcast.
Tiz
trener1
08-10-2020, 08:32 PM
Flatting and chasing back on right before the cipressa will take the snap right out of your legs. As much as I like WvA, absent that flat...alaphilippe wins easily.
We will have to agree to disagree, I think Wout takes Alaphalipe in a sprint 9 out of 10 times.
I am sure over the next few years we will see them sprinting against each other lots of times.
woodworker
08-10-2020, 09:49 PM
This is what Viviani thinks of Van Aert's sprint.
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