'Dale Posted June 12, 2016 Posted June 12, 2016 2 stage wins for DDD And polkaAnd green Geez????????????
'Dale Posted June 12, 2016 Posted June 12, 2016 Was Steve-O's fiets check for a turbo-diesel engine Wow, what a ride!! ????????????????????????
'Dale Posted June 12, 2016 Posted June 12, 2016 Well, that was one scintillating Dauphinè ****attention immediately flips to SwissLand*** ????
Gen Posted June 12, 2016 Posted June 12, 2016 Well, that was one scintillating Dauphinè ****attention immediately flips to SwissLand*** ????Yip.. and we have live pictures.. but also Greg is up soon lol
'Dale Posted June 12, 2016 Posted June 12, 2016 "...I want really thinking of winning... Just getting some training in for the Tour de France..." Cummings
Mntboy Posted June 12, 2016 Posted June 12, 2016 And the final generalclassification after stage 7.1 Christopher Froome (GBr) TeamSky 25:59:312 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R LaMondiale 00:00:123 Daniel Martin (Irl) Etixx -Quick-Step 00:00:194 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC RacingTeam 00:00:215 Alberto Contador (Spa) TinkoffTeam 00:00:356 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Etixx -Quick-Step 00:00:517 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-GreenEdge 00:00:578 Diego Rosa (Ita) Astana ProTeam 00:01:139 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Lampre -Merida 00:01:3010 Pierre Rolland (Fra)Cannondale Pro Cycling 00:02:43. The above courtesy of Cycling News. Some random observations about this year's GC battle: Generally close but once Froome took yellow everyone was racing for second. If the Dauphine was a few days longer Porte might have slipped further down in part because of his poor tactical approach but he just seemed to have been running out of steam. Meintjies, Yates and Alaphillipe are riders to watch and will be serious contenders for the win at big events. Alaphillipe in particular is going to go on and, as we say in afrikaans, 'trap diep spore' in the sport. What a remarkable talent he and his two fellow white jersey racers are. Dan Martin was pretty impressive this week. His rides yesterday and today was Grand Tour GC podium placing type rides which is not really a surprise as he does have the talent, he's just had some shoddy luck at Grand Tour's. Hopefully this year he'll make an impression at the TdF along with Jungels if he is racing it. Contador perhaps paying the price for being on a team that can't adequately support him? With the rumours of him being approached by both Lampre and Trek he has big decisions to make in August, especially as he has stated that he wants one more TdF crown before retiring. DiData loves the Dauphine and the Dauphine loves DiData. Once again our team has had a great week. Cummings what a legend. Getting in the breakaway's, supporting Danny T brilliantly and nearly help Pauwels pull off a stage win while netting one himself, I think he is plenty happy today and for the rest of June. Danny T, polka dot jersey - need I say more. EBH just keeps racking up awesome results to add to his already impressive palmares. Salivating at the prospect of the TdF green on his shoulders! Pauwels also had a terrific Dauphine. Overall very pleased with their performances and looking forward to le Grande Boucle in July! Sent from my GT-S6790 using Tapatalk
tombeej Posted June 12, 2016 Author Posted June 12, 2016 Diego Rosa has had a brilliant race - always in the mix, finishing 8th among some illustrious names - and somehow managed to do it almost anonymously. Hardly ever given a mention, even by the commentator. A light blue Casper the friendly ghost. Surprising, given this young Italian's palmares over the last 2 years. 2015:1st Milano–Torino5th Giro di Lombardia5th Strade Bianche 2016:1st Stage 5, Tour of the Basque Country (and winner of the mountains jersey)10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège That win of his in Stage 5 of the Tour of the Basque Country was a special one. Just 159km long, it was a beast with 8 categorised climbs (see race profile below). In wet, cold conditions, a break of 18 got away early. After just 41 km, Rosa attacked the breakaway. No one followed and so he set off on a solo breakaway of over 100 km, finishing several minutes ahead of the rest of the field. In the final metres, he stopped, dismounted and crossed the finish line on foot, holding his bike above his head. Because of the conditions, more than thirty riders abandoned the race during that stage, including FabioAru, Dan Martin, Simon Gerrans, Ryder Hesjedal and Simon Yates. I guess he can no longer continue to enjoy flying under the radar. He's still pretty young (27) and looks even younger than that. We'll be seeing a lot more of him in July, I'm sure.
Gen Posted June 12, 2016 Posted June 12, 2016 All is definitely not well with Aru and Astana.. he besides yes that 1 stage win that was done brilliantly is definitely not going to be their no1 at the TDF..
BeegMig Posted June 12, 2016 Posted June 12, 2016 All is definitely not well with Aru and Astana.. he besides yes that 1 stage win that was done brilliantly is definitely not going to be their no1 at the TDF..Aru's performance reminds me of Nibali's. One day he's great, the next he's useless.Unfortunately for Aru his bad patch came at the end of the Tour, Nibali had his bad form at the beginning of the Giro and the good days at the end.Maybe their on the same diet or something. Just hope the chef gets it right on the Tour.
Bonus Posted June 12, 2016 Posted June 12, 2016 Sky boys have arrived Lets get this party started . . . .
Pure Savage Posted June 12, 2016 Posted June 12, 2016 And so it happened. Porte misses podium by 3 seconds. And second place by 9 seconds. So those 9 seconds did come back to haunt him in the end.Just shows you have to stay awake the whole time and not coast home!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
EmptyB Posted June 12, 2016 Posted June 12, 2016 All is definitely not well with Aru and Astana.. he besides yes that 1 stage win that was done brilliantly is definitely not going to be their no1 at the TDF..So who's it (no1) gonna be then...
Bonus Posted June 12, 2016 Posted June 12, 2016 So who's it (no1) gonna be then...Does Vino still fit into his shorts? ;-)
Gen Posted June 13, 2016 Posted June 13, 2016 Forget Landa finding his Astana form Oh the poop is hitting the fan Check this, https://twitter.com/cyclingtips/status/742186946840035328
Duane_Bosch Posted June 13, 2016 Posted June 13, 2016 Gonna be in France (Morzine & Les Gets) in early September with the roadie bikes. The Dauphine reminds me why I love going back there year after year. This year is going to be a different deal for me. Roadie Bike and taking my bird along. Check out the stage finish at Avoriaz on the 23rd. That's where we're gonna be. LLLOOOOOOOVE France!
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