Mike Jacoubowsky
August 26th 11, 05:44 AM
I don't get it. Even the 8 seconds for 3rd place could be huge for
Nibali... he's 16 seconds out of red, 1 second off second. The latter is
irrelevant (who cares, 2nd is no better than 5th) but Liquigas could
have delivered at least 8 seconds to Nibali.
The whole thing about saving the team from embarrassment were Lastras
(Movistar) to win when there were 4 Liquigas riders present is
questionable, since they didn't even ensure that Nibali got at least the
3rd place 8-second bonus.
I would have thought the appropriate tactic would have been to sacrifice
Agnoli on the front, Nibali behind him, and then Sagan/Lastras or
Lastras/Sagan. When the back pair goes, Nibali hooks on and everyone
passes Agnoli. But for all I know maybe that's what happened and Nibali
simply had nothing left in the tank. The video quality wasn't good
enough to really tell what went on (hard to pick out the players; one
green & white jersey looked just like any other).
--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com
Nibali... he's 16 seconds out of red, 1 second off second. The latter is
irrelevant (who cares, 2nd is no better than 5th) but Liquigas could
have delivered at least 8 seconds to Nibali.
The whole thing about saving the team from embarrassment were Lastras
(Movistar) to win when there were 4 Liquigas riders present is
questionable, since they didn't even ensure that Nibali got at least the
3rd place 8-second bonus.
I would have thought the appropriate tactic would have been to sacrifice
Agnoli on the front, Nibali behind him, and then Sagan/Lastras or
Lastras/Sagan. When the back pair goes, Nibali hooks on and everyone
passes Agnoli. But for all I know maybe that's what happened and Nibali
simply had nothing left in the tank. The video quality wasn't good
enough to really tell what went on (hard to pick out the players; one
green & white jersey looked just like any other).
--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com