Mendrisio elite road race - Page 2

Kolobnev raced another great race today - I agree with you.
He's got great fighting qualities and he has the talent.

Should he change squad? He'sin the best squad in the world at the moment and it must be hard to elbow your way past Canc, the Schlecks etc.

__________________
.."But finally the last thing I’ll say to the people who don’t believe in cycling, the cynics and the sceptics. I'm sorry for you. I’m sorry that you can’t dream big. [I]I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles. You should believe in these athletes, and you should believe in these people. I'll be a fan of the Tour de France for as long as I live. And there are no secrets - this is a hard sporting event and hard work wins it" - Armstrong 2005 TDF
morelike hypocrisy.

You make an excellent point - he has ridden another tough season.
His Vuelta result was very hard fought : this win though has been
made his season/career.
The Aussie team deserve great praise too : O'Grady, Gerrans etc.

__________________
.."But finally the last thing I’ll say to the people who don’t believe in cycling, the cynics and the sceptics. I'm sorry for you. I’m sorry that you can’t dream big. [I]I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles. You should believe in these athletes, and you should believe in these people. I'll be a fan of the Tour de France for as long as I live. And there are no secrets - this is a hard sporting event and hard work wins it" - Armstrong 2005 TDF
morelike hypocrisy.

Limerick - The problem with being in such a great squad is he clearly doesn't get the chance to win stages in major races which he is capable of doing. Look at the effort Cancellera had to put in on the final lap to catch him on the hill but then couldn't go with him when he broke again. I know for a fact he wants to ride the Tour de France but has never been given the opportunity. Another team could surely offer him a better chance to get some well deserved wins.

well deserved victory by Evans... he was decisive and brave and smart... put his head down and got to work... all the things that we criticize him for not doing usually.

sanchez, and cancellara (must be kicking himself) were so strong but tried to be WAY too cute about it and needed some of the qualities that Evans displayed today. basically, the race is up the road and it's time to go, god damned who's on my wheel.. i can't win from back here. i more so blame Cancellara since Sanchez had rodriguez up the road... so the ball was more so in Cancellara's court... Evans showed them how it's done today though.

the coverage i watched never showed how the last ~1min to the break got bridged... i saw the spanish pulling up the hill but some one must have put in one hell of an attack to bridge all that time in such a short distance... saw Cancellara working the descent but it must have started before that. actually i was watching EuroSport audio with god knows which video (north america sucked this year for coverage) and they were not quite in sync..

ah, i don't know about that... he seems to be a one day ardennes, hilly classics type specialist.. shows quite well and given pretty free rein at races like Fleche Wallone, Amstel Gold, Liege, Lombardy etc.. and of course worlds and olympics if they are hilly.. hasn't shown himself to be capable as a stage racer (no saying he couldn't do it but..).. i think the thing is that he hasn't got that big win so he's off people's radar, but i'm no sure i'd agree that he doesn't get support in the races he targets...

best team in the world i guess is a subjective thing but just on pure wins there is no team in the world even close to Columbia-HTC...

What happened was that CE broke away from Kolobnev and Rodriguez with 4kms to go.
Kolobnev and Rodriguez were either marking each other - or were too tired to try to go with CE.
It was hard to tell to be honest.
I reckon they were both tired.

Cancellara/Valverde group were making each other and any time Canc made a break for it, he was marked.
he did get away in the last three kms but it was too late to chase down CE, Kolobnev and Rodriguez.
Actually Canc was on his hands and knees after he crossed the line.
He was totally bolloxed.

__________________
.."But finally the last thing I’ll say to the people who don’t believe in cycling, the cynics and the sceptics. I'm sorry for you. I’m sorry that you can’t dream big. [I]I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles. You should believe in these athletes, and you should believe in these people. I'll be a fan of the Tour de France for as long as I live. And there are no secrets - this is a hard sporting event and hard work wins it" - Armstrong 2005 TDF
morelike hypocrisy.

__________________
Steve
CyclingForums.com

congrats to evans on his victory.

what an anemic effort by the usa. uci has to address the issue of allowing so many slots to a team only to watch as that country's federation fills the slots with second tier riders because the "elite" riders have finished with competition.

__________________
"Kick over the statues and the tyrants die. Wave bye bye to their heroes with a hammer."
--The Redskins, Kick Over the Statues

no, i saw all that, i mean before all of that, 2 laps to go when the break got caught... they had more than a minute i saw some of the spanish chasing... then the next thing i see Cancellar flying down the descent past Kirchen who was at the head of the break... who attack the hill before the catch... know Cancellar attacked the descent..

It's going to be nice to watch rainbow jersey fighting for a GT for change. When was the last time it was the case? Olano in 1996. in the Giro.

__________________
"Soldiers! Heroes!

The supreme command has erased our regiment from its records. Our regiment has been sacrificed for the honor of Belgrade and the Fatherland. Therefore, you no longer have to worry for your lives - they do not exist anymore.
So, forward to glory! For King and country! Long live the king! Long live Belgrade! "

true

68 Andrew Bajadali
69 Brent Bookwalter
70 Thomas Danielson
71 Timothy Duggan
72 Tyler Farrar
73 Craig Lewis
74 Jason Mccartney
75 Thomas Peterson

__________________
Steve
CyclingForums.com

Excellant result cadel, Australia will be proud of you. As for the USA team I guess riding for ones country means alot and is considered the pinacle of ones career, obviously not in America where some believe they are bigger than there country!!

I think they believe they're bigger than the UCI world championship... Not big enough race. It was huge when they didn't have GT contender, but now...

__________________
"Soldiers! Heroes!

The supreme command has erased our regiment from its records. Our regiment has been sacrificed for the honor of Belgrade and the Fatherland. Therefore, you no longer have to worry for your lives - they do not exist anymore.
So, forward to glory! For King and country! Long live the king! Long live Belgrade! "

It was great to see 'Cuddles' win. OK, he's not the most media friendly member of the peleton but if anyone deserves some success it's him (especially after his poor showing at the T de F & the horrible Vuelta puncture). I was seriously worried when Vino led the race on the last lap. It would have been awful if he'd won

felt sorry for Cancellara, the guy was by far the strongest in that race.

but Evans played it well.