Minor races 2019 (contains spoilers)

[Adam4868]

Valverde took the stage win in UAE today.

 

[roadrash]

Valverdes first win in the rainbow bands, Roglic looked strong on the climb hanging on to the leaders jersey, a good effort from Dan Martin too.

 

[Adam4868]

I like Roglic as a rider,hopefully he's got a win in him soon.Valverde just seems to get better with age !

 

[Adam4868]

Wheres Brommers ? anyone seen or heard of him ?

 

[roadrash]

last on the forum on 15 feb according to his profile, lets give him a shout @brommers

 

[rich p]

The T of the Sandy Flatfest is probably good training, good PR and good weather, for the peloton, but the parcours is dull even when they shove a hill at the end of a bore fest. Money talks, I suppose.
Still the last 10km was okay with ValvPiti getting his first win in the stripes and James Knox ending up in the top 10 in GC.

 

[Adam4868]

The T of the Sandy Flatfest is probably good training, good PR and good weather, for the peloton, but the parcours is dull even when they shove a hill at the end of a bore fest. Money talks, I suppose.
Still the last 10km was okay with ValvPiti getting his first win in the stripes and James Knox ending up in the top 10 in GC.

Looked like the moon or something ! Suprised they havent tried cobbles somewhere in the desert... just for a bit of exitement.I dont think Valverde was the strongest there today,i think Roglic just put too much down early.Tactically Valverde killed it.Boring race though,like you say its just money.
Back to the classics i fancy Rowe to win something this year,hes cost me money too many times !

 

[roadrash]

caleb ewan takes the stage win , crash at 8km to go held up quite a few riders , a few suffering time wise. david gaudu the best young rider who was 3rd in the gc losing 1 min 30 secs

 

[Adam4868]

Punchy ride by Caleb,i presume Valverde got caught in crash ?

 

[roadrash]

He was held up by it , made it back to the bunch but took a big effort

 

[Adam4868]

Looked like the moon or something ! Suprised they havent tried cobbles somewhere in the desert... just for a bit of exitement.I dont think Valverde was the strongest there today,i think Roglic just put too much down early.Tactically Valverde killed it.Boring race though,like you say its just money.
Back to the classics i fancy Rowe to win something this year,hes cost me money too many times !

I put a fiver on Rowe for the weekend aswell....your finished with me Luke !

View: https://twitter.com/LukeRowe1990/status/1101051339365335040?s=19

 

[roadrash]

Apparently david gaudu ..."claimed" ….to have a mechanical in the final 3km and was given the same time as the peleton and is in third place 38 secs behind roglic.

 

[Adam4868]

Can Roglic hold on ? Hope so.

 

[roadrash]

The way hes been riding , I think he will...

 

[roadrash]

Krisstoff walked over the finish line yesterday after snapping a rear chainstay now THAT is a mechanical