Desert Nomad Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Wiggins says no to Vuelta. My guess is retirement is in the offing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Both him & Nibali came in 9.13 down on the winner. Suddenly realisng he's yesterdays man. Targetting the ITT @ the WC's,though he's no chance if Cancellara & Martin ride it, I believe Froome's targetting the road race? Must be quite lumpy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 I'd have thought being "professional" would have seen both Wiggins & Nibali treating this race with a bit more courtesy that finishing the 2nd stage 15.40 & 23.44 down on Riblon respectively. Sir Wiggo is 23.22 down on yellow, Nibbles 31.26. Fair enough, they shouldn't be expected to be on top form every race, but they'd have beenjust as well as not turning up. Their DS's should be nailing them about it. They need to get their act together, it's called behaving like the superstars they purport to be, 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Hushovd takes stage 3 after a great lead out by Renshaw.What do you mean they're on different teams? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 What a finish today, from Taylor Phinney. Went for a long one, with 7K to go, & held on with a matter of metres to go. Chapeu. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 OPQS sign Uran & Renshaw for next season, whilst Petaachi comes out of retirement to lead out for Cav. Fall out from the tour? Can only take it he was beelin with the setup & Steegmans performance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisleysaints Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 OPQS sign Uran & Renshaw for next season, whilst Petaachi comes out of retirement to lead out for Cav. Fall out from the tour? Can only take it he was beelin with the setup & Steegmans performance. Team worked hard enough for him just died to near the end. With renshaw back with him that'll help 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well fan for life Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Team worked hard enough for him just died to near the end. With renshaw back with him that'll help The lead out was brilliant until 1km to go. Then it just fell to pieces. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 well fan for life, on 01 Aug 2013 - 20:35, said:The lead out was brilliant until 1km to go. Then it just fell to pieces.After Chavanel & Martin they had nowt.Saying that, that summed upbtheir tour pretty much, but Cav should have known to be on Kittels wheel. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well fan for life Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 well fan for life, on 01 Aug 2013 - 20:35, said:The lead out was brilliant until 1km to go. Then it just fell to pieces. After Chavanel & Martin they had nowt. Saying that, that summed upbtheir tour pretty much, but Cav should have known to be on Kittels wheel. Chavanel & Martin are superb in a lead out. They've got the power to nullify any chance of last ditch attack. Steegmans isn't a lead out man. He's either in a slipstream, or riding at absolutely full pelt. He's not got the brain of a lead out man. I think keeping Steegmans in the train in the same role the Matt Goss had at HTC is the right idea. Goss/Steegmans to effectively do a full sprint at 750-ish to go, then Mark Renshaw to pull Cav into the best position. Basically what OPQS need to do is to replicate what HTC did for years. For the foreseeable future I reckon it's a straight up fight between Kittel, Greipel and Cavendish for sprints. There's not a lot between them now. Good to see Rigoberto Uran getting a chance to be a team leader in his own right. I like Sky, but Uran really deserved to get more of a shot at GC wins. I reckon he'll take a Grand Tour in the next few years. Him and Nairo Quintana will boss the climbs for years. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Some stunning scenery, if a bit tame racewise, in Norway for the tour of the Arctic. Sent from my HTC Wildfire using Pie & Bovril mobile app 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Watching La Vuelta & Chris Horner must be pissed off. Stage three the commissares ruled there was no time gap evident to penalise Nibbles. Yesterday, Horner was hit for 6 secs wi a lesser gap in the pelaton. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Nomad Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 That was some performance by Tony Martin in La Vuelta yesterday, away on his own from 3km and caught within a few metres of the line. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 (edited) That was some performance by Tony Martin in La Vuelta yesterday, away on his own from 3km and caught within a few metres of the line.Absolutely gutted for him. Ended up roaring at the telly, willing him on. 176km breakaway & only caught 10m from the line. Chapeaux! Looks like Wiggo & Spartacus will be chasing the minor medals @ the Worlds ITT in Florence. Edited August 30, 2013 by kiddy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 How close was yesterdays finish between Gilbert & Stybar? Must have come down to tread depth. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 At least Nicolas Roache can talk about a jersey his old man has never pulled on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuggie_Murray7 Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Fernando Alonso to buy Euskaltel? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray_of_licht Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Fernando Alonso to buy Euskaltel? For €6m is the figure being quoted. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musketeer Gripweed Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 The last I heard Fernando Alonso was starting a new Spanish team built around Contador. Seemingly the two of them are best buddies. Editted for linkage purposes You heard it here first, well nearly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_S_A_R Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 chris horner leading the vuelta at 42 years old another victory for the new clean era. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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