Wez-O Posted April 7, 2014 Share Spartacus has evolved, its great when a rider learns and adapts..... now instead of trying to ride everyone off his wheel he outsprints those who manage to hang until the end. I wish we could have a whole season of classic one day races like thisAgreed, Spartacus rode an extremely intelligent race. I honestly thought he had cooked his goose when the group of 4 split with 3km to go. He calmly waited for the Belgium (van Marcke) to close down the Belgiums and attacked at the perfect moment. I was also very glad to see that Van den Bergh didn't even make the podium after he rode one of the most negative team games I've ever seen. Wallee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcza Posted April 7, 2014 Share I see Cancellara is favourite to take Paris-Roubaix and rightly so. Likewise I thought he blew it when 4 riders were together in the final km but he outsmarted them. Also share the OPQS sentiments, they deserved nothing and they got nothing. Wez-O 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez-O Posted April 7, 2014 Share By the way, who saw that scumbag Manuel Quinziato of BMC slapping Johann van Zyl of MTN Quebeka after Van Zyl accidentally caused an accident. Qunziato then proceeded to rant and rave like a madman on Twitter and refused to apologise. Apparently the BMC team have subsequently apologised. Here is the Twitter politics link, feel free to add your bit...https://twitter.com/jarradvz/status/452894366831751170/photo/1 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BkkBBryIYAAw1vd.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Steer Posted April 7, 2014 Share I just hope Paris Roubaix won’t be anything like it was in 2011. All the teams were marking a Cancellara out of the race, letting Johan Van Summeren slip away. No one was racing the race, they were racing Cancellara. "If I had stopped for coffee, they would have done the same" Wasn't nice to watch, but I suppose that’s bike racing. Go Fabian!! Lots a lot of respect for a lot of top riders that day, also the year Spartacus went pretty early and only Boonen was interested in chasing. He kept the gap at around 10 seconds for a long time before eventually giving up the ghost... plenty top names just sat his wheel and picked him off in the "race for second" once he was well and truly poked. Hoping for a lekker showdown this Sunday between Canc, Boonen, Stybar, van Marcke etc... May the best man win! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakkals. Posted April 7, 2014 Share By the way, who saw that scumbag Manuel Quinziato of BMC slapping Johann van Zyl of MTN Quebeka after Van Zyl accidentally caused an accident. Qunziato then proceeded to rant and rave like a madman on Twitter and refused to apologise. Apparently the BMC team have subsequently apologised. Here is the Twitter politics link, feel free to add your bit...https://twitter.com/...1751170/photo/1 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BkkBBryIYAAw1vd.jpg I know Robbie Hunter would've given that oke a good blixem, right there and then if he did that to him. Wez-O 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcza Posted April 7, 2014 Share Possible rain for Sunday's Paris-Roubaix. Lille, next to Roubaix, is France's 13th wettest city but it hasn't rained in the race since 2002. Edited April 7, 2014 by jcza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Steer Posted April 7, 2014 Share Possible rain for Sunday's Paris-Roubaix. Lille, next to Roubaix, is France's 13th wettest city but it hasn't rained in the race since 2002.I think we're due a wet one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted April 7, 2014 Share Someone is going to be in trouble. Belgian court starts investigation into Vansummeren incident. Wants to know who is responsible for what happened. http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/wielrennen/140407_rvv_parket Oi! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted April 7, 2014 Share ...also very glad to see that Van den Bergh didn't even make the podium after he rode one of the most negative team games I've ever seen. It's not negative racing, man.OPQS had a teammate to spare to surge into the lead with BMC, who had no riders left btw. Vandenbergh then had a role to play in 'slimming down' GVA's chances of victory by not taking a pull or few. Thus, allowing their Nr 1 Boonen or Nr 2 Terpstra to stay in contention for as long as possible It's not an individual sport this. Just my 2c HappyMartin and T-Bob 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcza Posted April 7, 2014 Share Dusty sunset on the Koppenberg Audible Anarchy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcza Posted April 7, 2014 Share It's not negative racing, man.OPQS had a teammate to spare to surge into the lead with BMC, who had no riders left btw. Vandenbergh then had a role to play in 'slimming down' GVA's chances of victory by not taking a pull or few.Thus, allowing their Nr 1 Boonen or Nr 2 Terpstra to stay in contention for as long as possible It's not an individual sport this. Just my 2c I know what you're saying Dale but OPQS totally blew it. Sitting on the wheel for 20km and then not getting on the podium serves them right. The DS should take some blame too, he had a man in the break but instead misread the race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted April 7, 2014 Share I know what you're saying Dale but OPQS totally blew it. Sitting on the wheel for 20km and then not getting on the podium serves them right. The DS should take some blame too, he had a man in the break but instead misread the race. Their strategy definitely failedThey had all the options available to them. Vandenbergh also reported having cramp in the final hour. Personally, I'm okay for OPQS to not reach podium as they've had 17 victories thus far this season. Bring on Hell Of The North!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted April 7, 2014 Share I know what you're saying Dale but OPQS totally blew it. Sitting on the wheel for 20km and then not getting on the podium serves them right. The DS should take some blame too, he had a man in the break but instead misread the race. The commentator at the time mentioned that it was an awkward scenario for the DS with Vandenbergh in the lead as well as riders 1 and 2 dropped on the final climb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcza Posted April 7, 2014 Share Andrew Mclean @AndrewMclean 8m Some great news Super Sport will show Paris Roubaix, (13h00-17h00)Flèche Wallone(15h00-17h00) and Liege Bastogne Liege (14h15-17h00) live. Don't cancel that DSTV subscription this month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted April 7, 2014 Share Andrew Mclean @AndrewMclean 8m Some great news Super Sport will show Paris Roubaix, (13h00-17h00)Flèche Wallone(15h00-17h00) and Liege Bastogne Liege (14h15-17h00) live. Don't cancel that DSTV subscription this month All da monuments Keep on going, Supa Sports!!!!! Yay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kosmonooit Posted April 7, 2014 Share It's not negative racing, man.OPQS had a teammate to spare to surge into the lead with BMC, who had no riders left btw. Vandenbergh then had a role to play in 'slimming down' GVA's chances of victory by not taking a pull or few.Thus, allowing their Nr 1 Boonen or Nr 2 Terpstra to stay in contention for as long as possible It's not an individual sport this. Just my 2c He also claimed in post-race interviews that he was just hanging on Greg for dear life. Either / anyway, didn't quite work out for OPQS despite their numbers.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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