Tour of Myanmar 14h
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 6:00 pm
Only 7 teams again, at least this time I shouldn't win all jerseys.. actually even one would be surprising..
But, cool tour, deserves a thread I decided.
Very nice win by alverde today... .RVB and Petit Singe killed to many riders first, RVB for red, Singe with strange attacks that were followed.. then when alverde went with 2 fit guys, no chance to get him. Or not no chance, but we went with the wrong riders too long... Downhill, Ben Fatto and Gong, both deadish, should have gone with Sekiguchi-Chappelle there.. wouldn't have lost 5" per km like that... from 35" after the attack the advantage went up to almost 1'20".. then flat slooowly back. Last climb then... wrong tactic in the end.. .I hoped for an attack by Colana, Legrand follows.. Ramirez goes on his own, maybe Aveiro follows.. grrr, Colana didn't go, so Ramirez alone... to weak, 9" missing. With Legrand... .probably enough,probably. Or just sieb the 6.. but then the problem is 2 things for me.. what after the sieb? Brown and Colana with sprint there can't ride with Legrand.. so... no win for Legrand today.. who was actually the nr 1 today, fitter than Ramirez, in doubt he had 2 helpers... grr. Ramirez not good enough for the win either.
GC will be Talent from RAde vs some Russian from alverde, the purer classics... would be surprising.. the purer TT guys, there's really only one, and 50 mountain normally just too little here. Mmh, maybe a Ramirezsieb at the 6 would have been good for a GC challenge, then very likely Radeberger and alverde would have lost more time, much more in Rades case if Brown then rides for the stage win.. But ok, even with a minute to Alverde today... still over 2' missing for Ramirez and Legrand. getting that in the other GC stage sounds a bit too hard.
But as I said, very cool first stage, dead riders everywhere, let's see what happens tomorrow... normally rastullah shouldn't have to many problems getting a sprint even without any help.. rest is too dead really. at least the apes. Sprint then of course Markku will win!
But, cool tour, deserves a thread I decided.
Very nice win by alverde today... .RVB and Petit Singe killed to many riders first, RVB for red, Singe with strange attacks that were followed.. then when alverde went with 2 fit guys, no chance to get him. Or not no chance, but we went with the wrong riders too long... Downhill, Ben Fatto and Gong, both deadish, should have gone with Sekiguchi-Chappelle there.. wouldn't have lost 5" per km like that... from 35" after the attack the advantage went up to almost 1'20".. then flat slooowly back. Last climb then... wrong tactic in the end.. .I hoped for an attack by Colana, Legrand follows.. Ramirez goes on his own, maybe Aveiro follows.. grrr, Colana didn't go, so Ramirez alone... to weak, 9" missing. With Legrand... .probably enough,probably. Or just sieb the 6.. but then the problem is 2 things for me.. what after the sieb? Brown and Colana with sprint there can't ride with Legrand.. so... no win for Legrand today.. who was actually the nr 1 today, fitter than Ramirez, in doubt he had 2 helpers... grr. Ramirez not good enough for the win either.
GC will be Talent from RAde vs some Russian from alverde, the purer classics... would be surprising.. the purer TT guys, there's really only one, and 50 mountain normally just too little here. Mmh, maybe a Ramirezsieb at the 6 would have been good for a GC challenge, then very likely Radeberger and alverde would have lost more time, much more in Rades case if Brown then rides for the stage win.. But ok, even with a minute to Alverde today... still over 2' missing for Ramirez and Legrand. getting that in the other GC stage sounds a bit too hard.
But as I said, very cool first stage, dead riders everywhere, let's see what happens tomorrow... normally rastullah shouldn't have to many problems getting a sprint even without any help.. rest is too dead really. at least the apes. Sprint then of course Markku will win!