tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564958057737541664.post5690500513953003718..comments2024-02-14T17:11:22.168-08:00Comments on On Bicycles, and.... what else is there?: Fleche-Wallone predictionsdjconnelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01484858820878605035noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564958057737541664.post-59670343191848720892015-04-23T06:50:40.416-07:002015-04-23T06:50:40.416-07:00Correction: Wilco, not Nico Kelderman :).Correction: Wilco, not Nico Kelderman :).djconnelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01484858820878605035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564958057737541664.post-81414488978161572802015-04-23T06:33:29.352-07:002015-04-23T06:33:29.352-07:00More important than any silly race result, Nico Ke...More important than any silly race result, <a href="http://www.strava.com/activities/290453084/segments/6820426561" rel="nofollow">Nico Kelderman set the KOM up the Mur</a> the final time up. It's very interesting because you rarely see legitimate power data from Strava pros but Kelderman has his power data there. The last climb his power was increasing as the climb progressed, consistent with how the pack seemed to ride the climb, way more conservatively than has often been seen in the past. Despite this Valverde finished in under 3 minutes for the final kilometer, something which wasn't done AFAIK until Rebellin in 2004, the first year the pack sprints began.djconnelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01484858820878605035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564958057737541664.post-78611973233916529062015-04-23T04:38:41.972-07:002015-04-23T04:38:41.972-07:00Indeed, tough prediction. Valverde seemed in contr...Indeed, tough prediction. Valverde seemed in control all the way up, waiting for the attacks that never came. Then he attacked at the very end and it was over! In the interview, he mentioned he was suprised they were not attack on the climb...<br />Lots of hard crashes during the race as well...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00724666392429541552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564958057737541664.post-33368345562829547892015-04-22T09:08:41.224-07:002015-04-22T09:08:41.224-07:00Wow -- that bore virtually zero correlation with r...Wow -- that bore virtually zero correlation with reality. Gilbert crashes, Martin crashes, Kwiatkowski fades, and Bollema manages to finish in top 20 but hardly what I expected.<br /><br />I underestimated Rodriguez (again) and certainly Daniel Moreno (again).<br /><br />Certainly the new climb had an effect but it was still a big group hitting the base of the Huy behind Wellens who needed at least 30 seconds and didn't even have half of that.djconnelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01484858820878605035noreply@blogger.com