Smashing result for Dan. He looked gone at start of last hill but clawed his wa back up. Fnished first of a group with Belloema, Nibali, van den brocke
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Smashing result for Dan. He looked gone at start of last hill but clawed his wa back up. Fnished first of a group with Belloema, Nibali, van den brocke
Great ride from Martin again to take 5th at Liege Bastogne Liege. Roche was well back. Martin, Roche and Brammeier all going to Romandie, while Deignan is at the Tour of Turkey.
Brammeier was in an early break too. As he tweeted last night 'its not my race...'
Martin was brilliant though. He went on an attack after Nibali and Iglinsky, but got caught by leading group as Rolland didn't help him. Finished 3rd in a slow sprint for the podium
Yeah, saw that sprint, it was like they were riding through treacle! Hardly surprising mind you.
No, 3rd tough race in a week for most of them. When you see Gilbert crawling over the line in 20th (or similar) you know its a tough one
Wee bit on Roche and his contract situation: http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/nich...ork-on-results
2 irish in breaks today
Brameier in the break in Romandy
Deignan in the break in Turkey
http://sports-livez.com/channel/ch-2.php
Live English language commentary from Turkey
Brammeier interview.. hopes to do a grand tour this year, presumably the Vuelta.
Roche on the attack in California tonight. Couldn't make it stick but still a decent effort and good to see him being aggressive.
Bit of an interview with him before the race.
Had to laugh when I read this: http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gadr...ks-to-teammate
Gadret you absolute ballbag.
Great news- looks like Martin is going to le Tour: http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/dani...e-france-debut
Reckon Brammeier may make his Grand Tour debut this year too.
Funny I think if Roche built his year around the Giro I think he could go really well there.
Garmin get a Grand Tour before Sky - Wigan 1, United 0? Although hard not to see Wiggins going well in the Tour if he can maintain his form.
btw Finished Millars book. Gotta say I've warmed to him after reading it. He doesn't come across as contrived as he can do in interviews imo.
The build up around Wiggins in some of the UK outlets has been pretty mad. The pressure on him to deliver will be absolutely immense and he is set up for a hell of a fall.
That said, he has nailed it so far this season and the course suits him well.
Incidentally, I'd quite like to see Roche go to Sky for a few years.. obviously they'd not have him as team leader, but I really think they'd help him improve.
Sky would at least get/ allow Roche, to give more focus to time trialling. He could be a really decent week long stage racer imo, where as I'm not sure he'll ever be a genuine contender in a Grand Tour. Garmin mightn't be too bad a fit either - they've a few that are coming near the end of their careers (VDV and Danielson) so there should be space in next year or two, and they definitely have a track record of allowing riders to have a shot if they're going well. Superdomestique to Martin, if he's not going to challenge himself?
Martin's time trialling is even worse though :(
As long as he gets out of AG2R and finds another world tour team that's the main thing.
No doubt, but his climbing is better, and I don't think it's the team holding him back if he had the desire to really work on it. So yeah, get him out of AG2R, with a team like Sky or Garmin the preferred option!
I'd love Dan to get the Polka Dot jersey. Just to complete the set for Ireland.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr A
Delighted for Garmin winning Giro. Think we all agree a rider like Hjesdal would have no chance in the HGH days either so taking that as a positive
Interesting to see An Post Sean Kelly looking at stepping up to Pro-continental but also keeping their continental team as well. Would love to see this happen.
bad crash involving Dan martin yesterday. Initial fears were that he'd miss Tour but as the pic shows, he's been taped up and is continuing on today
https://twitter.com/DanMartin86/stat...37775573745664
It was 3 years ago he got injured after being selected for his first tour