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FROM ADELAIDE TO LIEGE, THE ROAD TO PARIS BEGINScode:Early Season Tours:  Tour Down Under Type: Multi-Day race. Prestige: Low/Medium Entertainment: Low Favours: All Rounder Tilt: Low Did Eddy Merckx Win This Race: Didn't exist. 2013:  Tom-Jelte Slagter (Blanco) After all Australia contributed to world cycling since the 80s, it is only fair they got the first non-European World Tour event. And, even though the field isn't particually strong or in great shape, it is overall a fun race. This year they've stopped dumb poo poo and decided to run routes the right way, and it looks like this year's event will be won by an all-rounder, with the favorite probably being the one who most successfully dodges my dog on the climb up Old Willunga Hill.  Paris - Nice Type: Multi-Day race. Prestige: Meidum Entertainment: Normal Favours: varies, but thistorically a time trialer who can climb. Tilt: Medium Previous Winners: Wiggins, Contador, Martin, Kelly, Kelly, Kelly, Kelly, Indurain, Jalabert. Did Eddy Merckx Win This Race: Yes. Randomness: Low The first proper race of the season is one of the two races that teams will being their preparations with. Normally the GC contenders for the tours will either be here or in Italy meaning this may well be the first time we can take a look at people's form. Route details is scarce at the moment (We know where they are starting and leaving from but that's it) so further comment on who it favours is unknown. Was won roughly a million times by Sean Kelly and is probably one of the bigger week long races in the year.  Tirreno-Adriatico Type: Multi-Day race. Prestige: Medium-Low Entertainment: High Favours: Climbers who can time trial. Tilt: Medium Previous Winners: Evans, Cancellara, Nibali. Did Eddy Merckx Win This Race: No. Randomness: Low While perhaps not as prestigious, I always love the Race of Two Seas. They always go through pretty scenery and there is normally at least one brutal shitter of a climb. The top riders who aren't in Nice are here, and often the classics riders who are taking Milan - San Remo use this as a warm up. There are two major early season races on at this moment you should watch one of them. Or both.  Milano-Sanremo Type: Monument Prestige: High Entertianment: Varies Favours: Sprinters Tilt: High Previous Winners: Kelly, Jalabert, Cippollini, Cancellara, Cavendish, Zabel Did Eddy Merckx Win This Race: Yes. Randomness: Medium The first of the monuments and the first big marquee event. 300km including a tall climb, long descent and then a few humps before the finish. Traditionally seen as favoring the sprinters, but an attack over the last humps can succeed and if you latch on to the back of a Swiss Express you can pull a surprise victory. While you may not be thoroughly entertained (unlike other classics there may not be much race-affecting action until the sprint trains form) this is at-least a race where you want to find out who wins. Volta Ciclista a Catalunya (to be finished later) Early Season Classics  E3 Prijs Vlaanderen - Harelbeke Type: Classic Prestige: Medium/Low Entertianment: Cobbles! Favours: All rounded classics rider Tilt: Low Previous Winners: Cippollini, Cancellara, Boonen, Boonen, Boonen, Boonen. Did Eddy Merckx Win This Race: When he was around it wasn't a big race. Randomness: Mild. Start of the Flanders week. The first and least important tradtionally, but has more and more prestige as riders have been using it to tune up for the big races later in the week. Like most of the earlier warm up Belgian races, there are enough cobbles to thin the field and you may even get a winning attack from distance. But it isn't a war of attrition like other races. Overall, any well rounded classics rider can win this, but the greats tend to win more often than not. And if you are wondering here's an explanation of the joke above.  Gent - Wevelgem Type: Classic Prestige: Medium/Low Entertianment: Cobbled hills! Sprint finish! Favours: All rounded classics rider favouring sprinters. Tilt: Low Previous Winners: Cippollini, Boonen, Kelly. Did Eddy Merckx Win This Race: Yes. Randomness: Low. Occasionally skipped if you want to focus on the tour of Flanders. This race is technically a tour around Flanders that finishes in Wevelegm. The idea is to survive the loop(s) through the cobbled climbs and then fight to the finish. Occasionally a really stacked team can bring a train through, but often it'll be a select group of riders fighting to the end. Because of the flat finish if you can coerce your star sprinter over the hills he'll have enough time to recharge for a the sprint finish.  Ronde van Vlaanderen Type: Monument Prestige: High Entertianment: Cobbled hills! Cobbled flats! Hills so brutal that you need a run up. Hills so brutal they hath felled motorcycles. Favours: The best cobbled riders with a focus on beging able to climb brutal hills whilest seated in the wet. Tilt: High. Previous Winners: Boonen, Kelly, Museeuw, van Petegem, Did Eddy Merckx Win This Race: Yes. Randomness: Medium. The second biggest northern classic, and for my money, second most important classic overall. They changed the route last year so we can't be sure how the race will play out. Last year Boonen got away with Ballan and Pozzato and out sprinted them to the line. We do know there are some real bastard cobbled climbs. Some are so brutal that the peloton will form into sprint trains to get their leading man over the hump. I would normally have more about the tradition but they just changed the goddamn race so it almost feels like a new event. No longer can you watch the leading rider claw his way up the Muur with the fans yelling him on, and turn to your friends and say "That's the climb where Museeuw did it all in the rain in the big ring" like you know what the gently caress that even means (spoiler: it means he's hard as a motherfucker). Some think it's a better 'event', some think it is a harder ride, some think it is an easier ride.  Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco Type: Multi-Day race. Prestige: Low Entertainment: Normal Favours: Climbers who aren't riding the Ardennes classics Tilt: Medium Previous Winners: Samuel Sanchez, Kloeden, Horner, Contador, Kelly Did Eddy Merckx Win This Race: No Randomness: Low The Tour of the Basque Country takes place right in the middle of the classics season, which limits how many big names are ever going to ride it. Usually used as a mid-spring form check for stage racers with an eye on the Giro and the Tour, it is Spanish riders who take it really seriously, especially the local Euskaltel Euskadi squad. Expect lots of rain and lots of medium length, medium difficulty climbs. For the past three years running Samuel Sanchez has won the stage to Eibar with identically timed attacks, look for him to make it four from four if he rides again this year.  Paris - Roubaix (Fra) Type: Monument Prestige: High Entertianment: Human suffering. Favours: sadomasochists Tilt: High. Previous Winners: Boonen, Kelly, Museeuw, van Petegem, Hinault*. Did Eddy Merckx Win This Race: Yes. Randomness: Medium/High. *"This race is Bullshit" - Bernard Hinault after winning the 1981 edition. “It's a bollocks, this race! You're working like an animal, you don't have time to piss, you wet your pants. You're riding in mud like this, you're slipping ... it’s a pile of poo poo [...] it's the most beautiful race in the world!” - Theo de Rooij after retiring one year. I wanted to leave it at that, but this is one of the most political and strategic races. The top dogs will get to the front and then the serious business begins. I had a big sperg post about the politics and strategies, but let's just keep it simple. Only the smaller fish will get away early on, it's often possible that due to politics, weather and strategy that the top dogs won't be able to make it to the front so you get these wierd rear end "deserved fluke" victories like Vansummeren who rode the best race he could and won. But then no one helped Cancellara close the gap because they knew he'd win. And Boonen had like fifty puntures. So at the end of the day you know he deserves the win, but he wasn't the best man out there. Team directors know that in Roubaix you just have to minimize mistakes and prey for the best. But don't get it into your mind that it's a total crapshoot. The best riders still win more often than not. Ardennes Classics  Amstel Gold Race (Ned) Type: Classic Prestige: Low/Medium Entertianment: Hills! Favours: Hill climbers, Punchers. Tilt: Low. Previous Winners: Gilbert, Frank Schleck. Did Eddy Merckx Win This Race: Yes. Randomness: Average Lance loved this race and finished runner up a bunch of times. They ride over the hills of Holland... Netherlands. Whatever. Never seen it in my life, but I think I will check it out this year.  La Flèche Wallonne (Bel) Type: Classic Prestige: Medium/Low Entertianment: Hills! The Huy. Favours: Punchers, Hill Climbers. Tilt: High Previous Winners: Gilbert, Rodriguez, Evans, He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named, Jalabert Did Eddy Merckx Win This Race: Yes. Randomness: Average My favourite. They ride around Huy and do "The Wall of Huy", an A-Grade shitter of a climb a bunch, and then finish at the top. It's just lumpy enough a coordinated breakway can win it, but if the pack stays together the best puncher will take it, or the guy who times his run the best will take it. One of my personal favorite races. Although, some of the top top riders may give it a miss if they don't feel it.  Liège - Bastogne - Liège (Bel) Type: Monument Prestige: High Entertianment: Hills! Favours: Hill Climbers. Tilt: High Previous Winners: Gilbert, Hinault, Kelly, Andy Schleck Did Eddy Merckx Win This Race: Yes. Randomness: Medium The next monument. The guy who's got the legs and times his attack (from distance) is going to win this one. It will boil down to someone attacking, then someone attacking catching and passing and then a third guy attacking and just failing to catch the second guy. Another race that I enjoy and it's awesome cool when they're flying through Liege down to their last breath and just manage to squeak over the line. A brief cycling glossary. Puncher: A rider who can 'sprint' over a hill. Mountain Goat / Climber: A rider who can climb long mountains. This distinct from "hills" although a rider who can climb mountains can often climb hills but not the other way round. Sprinter: Someone who can sprint really fast over a short distance. Sprint Train: The act of lining up your riders one after the other to provide a good "lead out" for your sprinter. Palmarès: "Victory roll" or "list of victories". Some "Traditional" commentators will uses this. "Big races they have won" I guess is a translation. Team Leader: The guy who everyone (Bar the free riders) are trying to help win the race. Free Rider / Protected Rider: A rider who isn't the team leader, but doesn't have to do the dirty work. Can even use team mates to help him, unless it impacts the team leader. They aren't the top dog, but they are nobodies bitch either. Domestique, Team Mate: A rider whose job involves anything including fetching drinks, pacing the leader, riding down breaks, killing himself, giving up his bike for his team leader. The Morning Breakaway: The first (or second) breakaway that is filled with nobodies or people chasing jersey points that won't impact the overall race because they'll probably tire out. In a the longer tours (grand tours especially) they can win stages if they're an hour behind the leaders and nobody cares. The Pelaton: The pack of riders that everyone huddles together to avoid the wind and such. Technically speaking, a large group of riders can ride faster than a small group of riders. So, that means that any group of riders that is chasing down breakaways, even if it is only 40 or so riders can be called a peloton late in the race. All Rounder / GC Contender: Someone who can time trial and climb, and therefore is a sure bet for overall classification. Lazy short hand for "He won't get dropped in the mountains, and he won't get dropped in the time trials." Distinct from a "Climber" who is expected to make up tonnes of time on the climbs so that he still wins even after a time trial. Prologue: Technically speaking this is a short (~10km) time trial the purpose of which is to ensure that for the first proper stage there is a leader and not everyone is on the same time. Time Bonuses: In tours that don't have prologues, time trials or even stages that have big enough hills to create a gap they award bonus points for the first few riders. This ensures that there are time differences at the top and works perfectly fine for shorter tours. On Grand Tours or the serious preparation tours they are unlikely to be factor on the overall standings. Crack: "to crack" is when you push so hard in the red limit that your body just quits and you can hardly even turn the pedal. Classic signs of cracking are dropped head, slumping at the handle bars etc. Not to be confused with what Boonen shoves up his nose. Crit / Criterium: A shorter race around a small circuit that is usually designed for spectator enjoyment. The ones held after the Tour de France are usually rigged and more like exhibitions and traditionally were a huge source of income for the poor riders after the tour. Extra money was had for the winner and last finisher of the tour. Pave / Cobbles: Mean the same section. Crappy roads of northern France that really suck rear end to ride on but are awesome to watch. DO YOU WANT TO HEAR MY TERRIBLE OPINION ABOUT LANCE ARMSTRONG OR DOPING? No, use the Lance thread.  Random Questions: HOW COME IF THEY FALL WITHIN A CERTAIN DISTANCE THEY DONT LOSE TIME, THIS IS BULLSHIT! Well, first that isn't a question. But the answer is they introduced that so as to reduce the jostling near the end of the race, otherwise everyone would rush to the front and cause crashes. HOW COME IF THEY FINISH IN THE PELOTON THEY GET THE SAME TIME. See above. WHAT DOES "S.T" MEAN? Same Time. See above and above. WHAT ABOUT THE TOUR??? The tour is so big, and so awesome and cycling can change so much in three months that the Tour deserves its own mega thread complete with team line ups, favorites etc. For example if we wrote it at this time last year we'd be talking about Cadel Evans and Andy Schleck and Cancellara all three of whom were either injured or out of form all year. I WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CYCLING! There is a series called "Beyond the pelaton" which is about the old Cervélo TestTeam. It is a fascinating look behind the scenes of what it is like to be a cyclist and being in a cycling team. WHAT ARE SOME GOOD CYCLING NEWS WEBSITES? Road.cc and cyclingnews.com LordPants fucked around with this message at Apr 1, 2013 around 02:06 |
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Should be an exciting season. Orica Green Edge is training hard! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQpWRrGybAg
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| # ? Jan 21, 2013 15:39 |
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Amazing OP! I'm really looking forward to this year's classics especially. In the past, I've been more of a grand tour fan, but this year, I'm going to try and watch as much as possible. Any good websites to watch the early races on?
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http://www.steephill.tv/ usually has streaming video or at least audio and/or text updates for the bigger races. It's the best place to follow them that I know of.
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http://inrng.com/ and http://velonews.competitor.com/ are great for cycling news as well. 
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Great OP, thanks LordPants. I might do a little writeup of Pais Vasco soon if I can find the time. Minor point but a pet peeve of mine: Milano-Sanremo is not "The Sprinters' Classic", although it is often won by a sprinter. That nickname belongs to Paris-Tours. Also maybe add "crit/criterium" to the glossary? Here' the first taste of serious action this season, the "People's Choice Classic" (formerly known as the Cancer Council Classic) which is a warm-up criterium for the Tour Down Under: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5oyGeCc1dM Shiny-helmeted Lotto train dominance, Greipel looks on form to boss the sprints at the TDU
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| # ? Jan 21, 2013 16:57 |
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My girlfriend and I bought plane tickets and booked hotel rooms to go see the Ronde and P-R in person this year! I can't hardly wait.
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| # ? Jan 21, 2013 18:44 |
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Another big warm-up tour kicked off today, the Tour de San Luis in Argentina. Lots of big names in attendance including Purito Rodriguez, Vincenzo Nibali (his first race for Astana), Thor Hushovd, Peter Sagan, that Spanish cowboy, and Mark Cavendish (his first race for OPQS). Cav won the first stage in his usual fashion.
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Edit: Beaten like a drum 
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Holy fuckin OP. And I'll second //INRNG. Easily my favorite Pro cycling related site. Good companion to the generic news sites and of course SteepHill.tv for steaming links and stage info. edit; love this, quote:Voigt, who made a name for himself with his attacking style, said he actually won a crit back in his amateur days racing in the former East Germany. Glad to see Jens out there having fun. Also noticed Thor got top 10 in the sprint finish at Tour de San Luis, stage 1. Maybe he will be in the mix this classics season. edit2; http://inrng.com/2013/01/tour-down-under-preview/ For sure going to have to catch a stream of Stage 5. edit3; and of course Cav seems like he is going to do fine on his new team. 
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Holy poo poo car on the road nearly plowed into the pelaton. That was incredibly lucky. edit: Gilbert you magnificent bastard.  edit: Familiar sight at the finish. LordPants fucked around with this message at Jan 22, 2013 around 04:18 |
| # ? Jan 22, 2013 03:42 |
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drat, Greipel loves this event, doesn't he?
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| # ? Jan 22, 2013 04:20 |
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Wasn't even close, won it by several bike lengths.
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| # ? Jan 22, 2013 04:20 |
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Awesome job with the Op Minor nitpick but it will be nice to have the nickname of the monuments and some of the famous hills (or zone where riders are likely to attack) and maybe a video. Milan San Remo is the Primavera Important hills are Cipressa and Poggio For video, Cavendish victory in 2009. Tour of Flanders doesn't have a nickname.(Youngest of the monuments) Since there is no Kapelmuur anymore so it's the bosberg near the end and the trio of the paterberg, koppenberg, taainberg before that. Spartacus/Boonen in 2010. Paris Roubaix is the queen of the classic or hell of the north Carrefour de l'arbre et la trouée d'arenberg (also called Tranchée d'arenberg : the trench of arenberg). The cobble in paris roubaix are very diffrent than the cobble in belgium, in P-R, most of the cobbles sections are used only for the race, no cars travel on them. There are also a group of volunteer called the Friends of Paris Roubaix, they work on their free time to restore the cobble zone, clean the dirt between them etc. All that make those cobbles way more violent to ride than what you can find in Belgium or in other regions of France. The victory of Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle after a 90km solo breakaway. A sunday in hell also worth watching. Liège Bastogne Liège is la Doyenne (The Oldest) as it started in 1892 ! La côte de la redoute et côte de la roche-aux-faucons. Franck Vandenbroucke win in 1999 Vandenbroucke also get the best excuse when caught with EPO and steroids in his fridge by the police, "It is for my dog, he got cancer !" He actually died a few month ago while having sex with a prostitute in Africa. Outside of the monument, Amstel gold race finish will be the same as it was in the world championship, finish is 1 km later than the usual finish line also it used to be more of a sprinter event back in the day, they changed it around 2000. About riders categories. Puncher : Good at steep very short hill 9%+ 1-2km or less steep, medium length hill 5-6% for 5-6km, they often lack the recovery to win GT but get good acceleration over climber (hence the name "punch"). Climber : Good at long climb 6%+ for 10km+ and have a good recovery for 3 weeks race. Some riders are in both categories. (Rodriguez is a puncher/climber, A.Schleck is a Climber/puncher) Another kind of cyclist is the baroudeur (Fighter is the closest translation), guy that try to be in every breakaway, who isn't afraid to race long distance alone and who constantly attack, Virenque, Jalabert, Jens Voigt, Voeckler etc I guess Time Trial Specialist also deserve their category. By the way it's the peloton, it can be described as the biggest group of riders, although not 100% technically correct but when the race become too chaotic (lot of small group of riders) you just refer to each group by the name of the most famous rider in them.
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Jamsque posted:Minor point but a pet peeve of mine: Milano-Sanremo is not "The Sprinters' Classic", although it is often won by a sprinter. That nickname belongs to Paris-Tours. In an Italian context it's correct, the other monument in italy being the Giro di Lombardia more suited for climber. wikipedia posted:Milan – San Remo is often called the sprinters' classic while its sister Italian race the Giro di Lombardia held in autumn is the climbers' classic. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan_%E2%80%93_San_Remo
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Here is another short Paris - Roubaix tribute, watch it in HD it's glorious. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1QXKjc1nLY
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The Ronde van Vlaanderen is also called Vlaanderens Mooiste (Flanders' Finest), perhaps mostly/only here in Flanders. Another very young but cool race is the Strade Bianchi which features 70 kilometers of gravel roads. It's around Siena in Italy so it's not quite flat either. There have only been 6 races so far, but look at those winners: Kolobnev, Cancellara (twice), Lovkvist, Iglinsky and Gilbert. I also have as soft spot for the Brabantse Pijl
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| # ? Jan 22, 2013 15:52 |
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Awesome op. looking forward to another fine season of cycling.
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| # ? Jan 22, 2013 18:41 |
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Lovely OP! I know it's not the Tour de France thread, but I'm going to drag my girlfriend to spectate one of the early stages of the Tour, they're starting just a few miles from where she lives (Yorkshire, England, I can't believe they got it but I guess Wiggins, Olympics, etc.).
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krushgroove posted:Lovely OP! That's next year.
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| # ? Jan 22, 2013 21:39 |
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Well I didn't say THIS year, did I?  But OK I didn't actually realize the Yorkshire start is for next year. But hey I'm glad this thread is around, I've been wanting to catch the early-season stuff and have really enjoyed watching Paris-Roubaix the past couple of years. One question, though: what is meant by 'monument' in the OP?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classi....27Monuments.27
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Monument is just the name given to those 5 single-day races on the calendar, as they're regarded as the biggest/most important
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To be fair, there is a lot of inconsistent terminology with single day races. Ie: Any single day race may be referred to as a "Classic". However, a race that is old, prestigious, but not a world tour event may be called a "Semi-classic" which can just be confusing as poo poo. While we're talking about smaller events. Oomloop Het Nieuwsblad - The first cobbled race of the year and teams will have their classics teams there. The first "HC" race which means "Above classification". It's as prestigious you can get without being a World Tour event. It's kinda cool because it's just tradition that the big names turn up in freezing weather to race in front of the crowds. It's also the only time I've ever seen Flecha win anything. There's another race on the same day, but "Het Volk" is the traditional opener. They also go back to back with Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne (as usual they don't actually get to Brussels). As always, with races at this time of the year the favorites turn up and say "Oh well, if I won now then my preparations would be off for *insert big race*". All feedback on the OP has been noted. I might copy the Rugby thread approach and do a write up before the important events when we know the field and route and we can talk about the different hills and why they're special. Also, the Op got so long that I've probably missed a thousand things. Please continue posting things that people may want to know, and if there is something confusing to new viewers that you think is really dumb just ask anyway. At least it'll make us feel smart being able to answer these things. Except questions about "how the World Tour Licences work" and "What are the names of some AG2R riders" those questions are literally impossible.
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Disappointing OP, there is no section or entirely separate post about Peter Sagan 
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World Tour license allocation works by a very simple process involving handing bags of unmarked bills to Pat McQuaid. And we don't need a section about Sagan because this whole drat thread is going to be about him pretty soon. I will take the excuse to post this again though: Here's a Pais Vasco write-up for you LordPants: Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco Type: Multi-Day race. Prestige: Low Entertainment: Normal Favours: Climbers who aren't riding the Ardennes classics Tilt: Medium Previous Winners: Samuel Sanchez, Kloeden, Horner, Contador, Kelly Did Eddy Merckx Win This Race: No Randomness: Low The Tour of the Basque Country takes place right in the middle of the Ardennes fortnight, which limits how many big names are ever going to ride it. Usually used as a mid-spring form check for stage racers with an eye on the Giro and the Tour, it is Spanish riders who take it really seriously, especially the local Euskaltel Euskadi squad. Expect lots of rain and lots of medium length, medium difficulty climbs. For the past three years running Samuel Sanchez has won the stage to Eibar with identically timed attacks, look for him to make it four from four if he rides again this year.
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Alright! Awesome thanks! Also, confirmed as we all know that Wiggins is racing the Giro this year. Because, let's face it, they designed the race pretty much with him in mind. The Australian live stream of the TDU has Phil and Paul eating and drinking during the ad breaks. Pretty funny. All you can hear is glug glug glug rustle rustle rustle rustle. edit: Hahndorf is an overpriced tourist trap with incredible german beer and food, in case you are playing at home. Well worth the visit. LordPants fucked around with this message at Jan 23, 2013 around 01:52 |
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Here's the best stream for the Tour Down Under: http://sports-livez.com/channel/ch-3.php Mad climb on today's stage, they're about 30 minutes away from it. Gilbert expected to go buckwild. [edit] LordPants you might want to move Pais Vasco out of the Classics section in the OP Jamsque fucked around with this message at Jan 23, 2013 around 02:33 |
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Nice. Thanks for the heads up.
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Hell of a sprint. poo poo like that makes me want to race bicycles.
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Well that was a fun stage @ TdU. Gilbert? Anyone seen Gilbert? Great sprint, Thomas outfoxed that sneaky Movistar rider I was sure was going to take it. God I missed bike racing.
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Jamsque posted:[edit] LordPants you might want to move Pais Vasco out of the Classics section in the OP It's there because it's in chronological order. It isn't a classic race, but it's smack dab in the middle of the classics season. Good work Thomas.
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LordPants posted:It's there because it's in chronological order. Oh OK cool, I somehow failed to notice that was how you were organising it. TDU was massive fun today, I really hope Geraint Thomas lights up the classics this year. I guess Gilbert still hasn't shaken out the winter cobwebs yet, we'll see if he rides in to form in time for the uphill finish. Of course there is also a chance he just doesn't give a poo poo because it's January and it's the Tour Down Under.
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dema posted:Hell of a sprint. poo poo like that makes me want to race bicycles. VacaGrande posted:Great sprint, Thomas outfoxed that sneaky Movistar rider I was sure was going to take it. God I missed bike racing. Both these. Also, what stream did you guys get? As much as I love Phil and Paul I really like the Eurosport dudes because they just ramble on about the most random poo poo (The way Cadel tilts his head when he's really going for it!)
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Phil and Paul were on the one Jamsque posted so that's what I ended up with. They're not my favorite but it worked. BIKES OF THE PELOTON :: 2013 PROTEAM RIDES Bike pr0n overload!
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dema posted:Phil and Paul were on the one Jamsque posted so that's what I ended up with. They're not my favorite but it worked. That's the one I was using also. I usually just hit cyclingfans.com and find the one that works best for me.
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dema posted:Phil and Paul were on the one Jamsque posted so that's what I ended up with. They're not my favorite but it worked. Lotto wins, Vacansoleil runner up.
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Lotto's Ridleys are mean looking. The Giant Propel is growing on me though.
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Mixed rumours out of Argentina that Peter Sagan was hurt in a crash during today's stage of the Tour de San Luis. He may have a broken collarbone, he may be fine.
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tylertfb posted:Lotto wins, Vacansoleil runner up. Agree. Jamsque posted:Mixed rumours out of Argentina that Peter Sagan was hurt in a crash during today's stage of the Tour de San Luis. He may have a broken collarbone, he may be fine. Oh goddamnit  quote:What occurred was anything but, with the rainbow jersey caught up in a pile-up on the descent of the decisive Corkscrew climb. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/new...-things-to-come So Gilbert got held up on the descent, makes more sense. LordPants fucked around with this message at Jan 23, 2013 around 22:29 |
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