Paris-Nice 2017 - Stage 8 ***SPOILERS***

velo.2010

Izaguirre worked for Henao on the descent and probably made the difference in the end.

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Diarmuid

There was definitely some "promises" made today in the bunch. De La Cruz and Contador being one and I think it was Colbrelli and Heano.

Brian?

Diarmuid wrote: »

There was definitely some "promises" made today in the bunch. De La Cruz and Contador being one and I think it was Colbrelli and Heano.

There was no deal between De La Cruz and Contador. He did sweet FA once the caught Soler. A couple of big digs at the front and Contador would have won Paris Nice.

Diarmuid

Brian? wrote: »

There was no deal between De La Cruz and Contador. He did sweet FA once the caught Soler. A couple of big digs at the front and Contador would have won Paris Nice.

Look at the last 5km again then.
Here are two times with De La Cruz on the front: To win the stage he should have done zero turns.
And that "sprint" :rolleyes:

To be clear I don't have a problem with it. Both did what they had to do to try to achieve their results

Doc07

Good to hear our national broadcaster is so accurate. Just caught the end of RTE 1 radio sport commending Contador on his audacious long range attack and overall win of Paris-Nice.

Thud

Diarmuid wrote: »

Look at the last 5km again then.
Here are two times with De La Cruz on the front: To win the stage he should have done zero turns.
And that "sprint" :rolleyes:

To be clear I don't have a problem with it. Both did what they had to do to try to achieve their results

I thought that when watching it but the gap dropped from about 38 seconds to 29 for the short while de la cruz was in front so it might have been contador hoping he'd take a pull but he didn't, tactics clearly worked out for de la cruz in the end too

Brian?

Diarmuid wrote: »

Look at the last 5km again then.
Here are two times with De La Cruz on the front: To win the stage he should have done zero turns.
And that "sprint" :rolleyes:

To be clear I don't have a problem with it. Both did what they had to do to try to achieve their results

De La Cruz pulled to catched Soler, once he did he glass cranked it for a few hundred meters. The time gap dropped and Contador drove on again. I have no problem with him doing that, it was his prerogative. The lack of sprint was because Contador has never won as sprint in his life and he was wrecked from working. If he was capable of sprinting he would have and won the GC.

I feel sorry for Contador, 2 years in a row he's missed out by narrow margins. He's lost a lot physically, but he's still a superb competitor and by far and away the most aggressive GC rider in any stage race he enters.

retalivity

Is contador doing the giro, or the tour, or both?
Heres hoping he has pantano alongside him, and possibly mollema, to combat the skybots

Brian?

retalivity wrote: »

Is contador doing the giro, or the tour, or both?
Heres hoping he has pantano alongside him, and possibly mollema, to combat the skybots

Skipping the Giro, doing the Tour. I don't really think he'll have the legs for Froome.