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On 5 Apr 2004 10:07:09 -0800, Benjamin Weiner wrote:
You see the Spanish teams lead the chase of each other's riders all the time, for example. That is often because of the high value Spanish teams place on team classification. I have heard them say it is as important as the individual. |
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Tom Kunich wrote:
"Benjamin Weiner" wrote in message Then Hoste handed Wesemann a gift by chasing down Bruylandts's attack in the final km. It was clear that Hoste either chaced Bruylandts down or it was Dave's win. Wesseman knew that he simply could not chace Dave and win the sprint. Steffen performed like a genius. Dumbass, He did ride smartly, but in the finale, Wesemann was the strongest and had the most to lose. That's why Hoste could have waited a fraction of a second, requiring Wesemann to chase. That's my point. Wese probably could have chased down Bruylandts and still won anyway - after all Hoste had been in the break all day. Not sure why (perhaps rather chase down a rival Belgian team, damn the consequences?) No, because he was on a different team - that's why their jerseys were different colors. What is with this helping a countryman thing? Would you give away a race to someone from your home state if you might have a chance to win it yourself? Dumbass, I don't really believe that scenario, and Jeff Jones has refuted it, but I said the opposite of what you're replying to. You see the Spanish teams lead the chase of each other's riders all the time, for example. Rivalries are stronger between teams from the same country, if only because commentators will say things like "Lotto is having a good year, Domo is a disappointment" etc. |
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h squared wrote in message ...
Jeff Jones wrote: "Benjamin Weiner" wrote in message news:40710709$1@darkstar... steve robertson wrote: Then Hoste handed Wesemann a gift by chasing down Bruylandts's attack in the final km. Not sure why (perhaps rather chase down a rival Belgian team, damn the consequences?) or why Wesemann didn't react to Bruylandts right away (perhaps he sussed that Hoste would go for rivalry reasons, or because Hoste had been sitting on? Too complicated.) Chung, you really need to write up that study of game theory in cycling. I don't think it was rivalry. I think Hoste was feeling "fresh" and was also relatively inexperienced in this sort of a situation. Wesemann was smarter, although I think he still would have won had he chased down Bruylandts himself. i'm a terrible observer, but it looked to me like hoste did wait a bit for wessemann to chase, but maybe when he didn't, hoste didn't want to just give up his chance for a win. i don't see what bruylandts has to complain about really. You're still a better observer than Kunich. Hoste was sitting on the whole way, not even soft pedalling through. When Bruylandts pulled off Hoste actually pushed Bruylandts ahead of him. even though hoste spent all day in front and then chased him down, hoste still beat him (unless he just gave up trying after hoste chased him down, but then he needs a spanking) If you attack with a kilo to go and you can still sprint when you're caught then you need to upgrade. -Amit |
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"Ewoud Dronkert" wrote in message ... On 5 Apr 2004 10:07:09 -0800, Benjamin Weiner wrote: You see the Spanish teams lead the chase of each other's riders all the time, for example. That is often because of the high value Spanish teams place on team classification. I have heard them say it is as important as the individual. It is (or used to be) in the grand tours, 'cos the team that wins gets an invite to next year's. Back to the topic, there's no personal rivalry between Hoste and Bruylandts, who were roomates when they were in Domo. And Wesemann (who did hesitate first) had a number of things in his favour: he was the quickest; he knew that Hoste wasn't as experienced and had relatively fresh legs, and would probably be happy to get second. It was smart riding, as I think Wesemann was on the front when Bruylandts attacked, so Hoste would realise that Wesemann wouldn't react. Summary: I don't think Hoste could have won, no matter what he did. Only Bruylandts or Wesemann. Bruylandts was hoping that Hoste would realise this (that he could only get second) and not chase him down because then there'd be a Belgian victory rather than a German one. But I don't think Hoste had that in mind. Jeff (there's way too much second guessing here, which qualifies 100 percent for an RBR analysis) |
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On Tue, 6 Apr 2004 04:20:19 +1000, Jeff Jones wrote:
high value Spanish teams place on team classification. It is (or used to be) in the grand tours, Right, that's what I meant. 'cos the team that wins gets an invite to next year's. I think there's more to it than that; they place an intrinsic value on team ranking that we (Dutch, Belgian, but more general probably: non-Spanish...) just don't understand. |
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Robert Chung wrote: Benjamin Weiner wrote: Chung, you really need to write up that study of game theory in cycling. Yeah, right. 'Cuz, but for one or two notable exceptions, there's been a recent dearth of truly sphincter-tightening posts on rbr. Besides, I'm sorta stuck on the title. Here are two candidates: 1. Selten, Harsanyi, and extreme payoffs: collusion and reneging in the world of professional cycling. Speaking of payoffs, was it just a bad translation or did Paolo Bettini really say "I paid cash for that [the chase] in the last 20km"? |
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"Benjamin Weiner" wrote in message news:4071923d$1@darkstar... Tom Kunich wrote: "Benjamin Weiner" wrote in message Then Hoste handed Wesemann a gift by chasing down Bruylandts's attack in the final km. It was clear that Hoste either chaced Bruylandts down or it was Dave's win. Wesseman knew that he simply could not chace Dave and win the sprint. Steffen performed like a genius. He did ride smartly, but in the finale, Wesemann was the strongest and had the most to lose. That's why Hoste could have waited a fraction of a second, requiring Wesemann to chase. That's my point. Wese probably could have chased down Bruylandts and still won anyway - after all Hoste had been in the break all day. Ten more seconds and Wesemann couldn't have caught Bruylandts. It was a big gamble on Steffen's part because if he had gone first Hoste could have put that same effort into a long sprint to the line and Wesemann would have been SOL. When Hoste dug in and chased down Dave, he was putting in some evil power to those pedals. Not sure why (perhaps rather chase down a rival Belgian team, damn the consequences?) No, because he was on a different team - that's why their jerseys were different colors. What is with this helping a countryman thing? Would you give away a race to someone from your home state if you might have a chance to win it yourself? I don't really believe that scenario, and Jeff Jones has refuted it, but I said the opposite of what you're replying to. You see the Spanish teams lead the chase of each other's riders all the time, for example. Rivalries are stronger between teams from the same country, if only because commentators will say things like "Lotto is having a good year, Domo is a disappointment" etc. I'll let our Belgian friends put in a comment here. But you should remember what happened a couple of years ago when the Belgian teams allowed their own personal vedettas between rival Belgian teams to become more important than the races they were in. |
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"Amit" wrote in message
om... h squared wrote in message ... i'm a terrible observer, but it looked to me like hoste did wait a bit for wessemann to chase, but maybe when he didn't, hoste didn't want to just give up his chance for a win. i don't see what bruylandts has to complain about really. You're still a better observer than Kunich. Hoste was sitting on the whole way, not even soft pedalling through. When Bruylandts pulled off Hoste actually pushed Bruylandts ahead of him. I have heard anyone here say anything about "the look" that Steffen gave Hoste which clearly said, "I ain't chasing". Is that because you're all so observant? |
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Ewoud Dronkert wrote: strijkijzer. i'm learning dutch right and left on this group lately. my dictionary says flat iron, but is there more to it than that? ( also, a belgian girl this morning on a hair styling and makeup group taught me "ronde van frankrijk" for the tour de france. she also said that even if you aren't into bike racing, (like she isn't, boohoo), if you live in belgium you know about the ronde van vlaanderen, same way as if you live in the usa, you know about the superbowl. but she said that soccer is still more popular than bike racing. ) heather |
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