SPOILER : Tour de San Luis

[rich p]

..at last we have some racing to talk about - albeit early season skirmishes and training!
Starting on Monday it includes Bertie, Cav, Rodriguez, Nibali, Sagan; so a pretty decent start list.
May be a good place for Cav to work on the new lead-out.

 

[User169]

..at last we have some racing to talk about.

This could be a short thread...!

 

[Snarf]

Contador, Rodriguez and Tejay van Garderen are also riding - it really is a strong field isn't it.

I liked van Garderen in the TdF, he seemed a really strong rider. A leader of his team and a genuine GC contender in the not too distant future.

 

[raindog]

Yep, back to sanity on monday.
sick to death of seeing LA's name everywhere at the moment

 

[rich p]

My guess is that it won't run to 100 pages, DP! Hopefully we can keep it an LA free zone as RD suggests!

 

[Get In The Van]

Is this being covered on the tellybox/interweb anywhere?
i usually have my vip seat for certain sports

 

[rich p]

Is this being covered on the tellybox/interweb anywhere?
i usually have my vip seat for certain sports

Not that I know of, but there are some resourceful people on here!

 

[johnr]

Steephill TV usually has a list of available on-line TV coverage (plus other links). I tried to open their link to Tour de San Luis but it wouldn't do it in Internet Explorer!
Here's the link if you've got other browsers http://www.steephill.tv/ or http://www.steephill.tv/2013/uci-world-calendar/#race=Tour de San Luis

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Try www.cyclingfans.com too.

 

[montage]

Already annoyed at this race.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/van-garderen-downplays-expectations-at-san-luis

Nibali Contador and Van G all have a good chance here - nobody is going to be in "great form". This making excuses before the race has started attitude is all too common, why can't they just man up and say they are going to try their hardest to win a race that they are going to be trying to win.

 

[Nearly there]

looks like links aren't working yet

http://www.procyclinglive.com/livestream/

 

[AndyRM]

Already annoyed at this race.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/van-garderen-downplays-expectations-at-san-luis

Nibali Contador and Van G all have a good chance here - nobody is going to be in "great form". This making excuses before the race has started attitude is all too common, why can't they just man up and say they are going to try their hardest to win a race that they are going to be trying to win.

It's interesting how people interpret things.

The way I see it, he's saying that he's pretty happy with how he's starting, but he's not going to be killing himself to win. For a small race at the start of the season, I think that's probably fair enough.

 

[Steve H]

It is supposed to be covered on this link although coverage not started yet


http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/6799

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

These are the 2 procyclinglive links, scheduled for 18:00 this evening

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/canal13sanluistv
http://www.toursanluis.com/vivo/

 

[oldroadman]

Already annoyed at this race.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/van-garderen-downplays-expectations-at-san-luis

Nibali Contador and Van G all have a good chance here - nobody is going to be in "great form". This making excuses before the race has started attitude is all too common, why can't they just man up and say they are going to try their hardest to win a race that they are going to be trying to win.

It's an early season small stage race. Big players with ambitions for races where it really matters use these as conditioning and as a form guide. It is not a matter of excuses, but reality. There will be one or two riders in good form, but for the majority it's a matter of getting some race miles in decent weather before the big stuff starts. You have to bear in mind that Paris-Nice is not too many weeks away, for example, and for classics riders this is a chance to get some warm race miles before Belgium in late winter - no-one would call late February/early March spring who has ever raced there. Also it's a nice trip to a continent which rarely gets visited, so why not enjoy. No doubt there will be some locals and Columbians eager to show what they can do, which is what these races are all about.