2021 Amstel Gold

[reuben]

Originally Posted by choke

That was very strange indeed. Obviously Elisa thought that Kasia would beat her in a sprint but still....

Yeah, I thought they'd work together enough to at least hold off the pack, but obviously I was wrong. The mens 2019 Amstel was similar.

[crankles]

Originally Posted by echappist

Longo-Borghini must have gone hypoxic while following Niewiadoma's move on the Cauberg. Only reason I could think of for why she didn't pull. After all, she was perfectly content with driving a doomed break at Gent Wevelgem, where the other rider didn't give a single meaningful turn.

totally perplexing. Not a huge fan of LB, but not taking a single pull? Why put in the effort to go with the move and then refuse to work. Who was she covering for...no one. Brand and WInder were a minute back. Her statement afterward sounded like she was politely covering for bad decisions/instructions from the DS. Ugh.

[echappist]

Originally Posted by crankles

totally perplexing. Not a huge fan of LB, but not taking a single pull? Why put in the effort to go with the move and then refuse to work. Who was she covering for...no one. Brand and WInder were a minute back. Her statement afterward sounded like she was politely covering for bad decisions/instructions from the DS. Ugh.

Her DSes are two former sprinters. Go figure...

[tctyres]

At some point, you've got to ask yourself, "Which is better 2nd or 8th?"
Neither one should have stopped pedaling. Both could have had a podium. That was super weird.

From 30km on, I looked at Marianne Vos doing nothing but hiding, and I thought, "She's isolated. She needs the pack to bring it back together." No one was going to beat her in a head to head sprint**. She got lucky that the pack did just that.



** when she's not celebrating with her hands in the air.

[soulspinner]

Originally Posted by rustychisel

Valverde still coming in strong, at #5... hmm, can I get a raised eyebrow?

At his age, good in a day race and still good stage racing. Brow raised.