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Sagan won the tour of california on time bonus by grabbing 3rd place by millimeters.
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serious gaylord posted:Sagan won the tour of california on time bonus by grabbing 3rd place by millimeters. I was there. It was exciting.
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May 17, 2015 20:27
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Daaaamn
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May 17, 2015 21:23
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Tinkov's response to Sagan winning the overall. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tinkov-keen-to-reduce-sagans-contract-after-poor-spring 'I want to cut his salary because hes had a poor season.'
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May 18, 2015 14:22
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Tinkov being his usual misanthropist crybaby? So surprising
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May 18, 2015 14:43
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Tinkov sure comes off as a terrible human being and a hard driving rear end.
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May 18, 2015 14:47
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For someone who seems to hate giving money away you have to wonder why he bought a cycling team.
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May 18, 2015 14:52
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serious gaylord posted:For someone who seems to hate giving money away you have to wonder why he bought a cycling team. Didn't you read the quotes? It's his toy!
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May 18, 2015 18:55
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I think anyone would be pissed for having signed Sagan on such a contract in the first place.
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May 18, 2015 19:21
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Tinkoff bought that team for the same reason he is complaining loudly and publicly about Sagan's contract right now: he likes to see his name in the media.
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May 18, 2015 19:42
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http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/arus-lawyer-confirms-legal-action-against-greg-henderson-for-twitter-commentsquote:Alex Carera – Aru’s agent, and Giuseppe Napoleone – a lawyer often hired by Italian cyclists, revealed that the legal action has been taken ‘to protect the good name and honour of Fabio Aru and the team (Astana) he rides for.” loving 
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May 19, 2015 06:02
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Unlucky for Porte. Mechanical?
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May 19, 2015 16:04
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Yep. Exceedingly unlucky.
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May 19, 2015 16:07
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That should keep things very interesting for the time trial. Aru is expecting to lose some 2-3 minutes to Porte and Uran on that. Contador is stronger so shouldn't lose pink with Porte now a minute down on him.
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May 19, 2015 16:19
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Porte gets a 2 min penalty for outside mechanical help in the final. He's out of top 10. Final podium Aru, Landa, Cataldo, make it happen Astana.
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May 19, 2015 18:52
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Porte's GC is over. He's been penalized two minutes for accepting a wheel from Clarke after the puncture. edit: bah
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May 19, 2015 18:52
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Wow that's kinda hosed up. I guess it's the letter of the law and all but I can't see the Giro race jury handing down that kind of penalty to an Italian rider. Porte has to attack now, he can't make all of this up in the ITT unless Contador's shoulder prevents him using aero bars.
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May 19, 2015 19:04
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Xir posted:Porte's GC is over. He's been penalized two minutes for accepting a wheel from Clarke after the puncture.
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May 19, 2015 19:24
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Can't take a wheel from a competitor, Clarke is on Orica.
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May 19, 2015 19:25
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You just know if an Italian rider from Fantini had given Aru a wheel there wouldn't have been a penalty.
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May 19, 2015 19:30
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That rule is total poo poo and I don't even like Sky.
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May 19, 2015 19:37
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The definition of a rule is outside mechanical assistance, so where was all the time penalties for the riders who got help from other teams mechanics after the smash on stage 2 to get their bikes back up and fixed? I'm pretty sure I saw a few wheels given out there too. The rules the rule, but apply it consistently or not at all.
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May 19, 2015 19:39
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I can understand them waving it when there's a general clusterfuck happening. How happy are Clarke's team going to be with him?
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May 19, 2015 19:42
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goatface posted:I can understand them waving it when there's a general clusterfuck happening. I doubt Orica will care at all, Clarke wasn't riding for GC anyway and teams always pick up a handful of those 100-200 franc fines for peeing near spectators or sticky bottle handoffs from the team car.
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May 19, 2015 19:49
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This is blowing up in the UCI's face right now. We might get a climb down by tomorrow morning.
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May 19, 2015 20:00
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The latest update is that the Race Jury decided that no appeal was possible and only at the urging of the Giro organisers did they wait to announce it to team sky in person. They were originally just going to let it go in a press release. They've said that a team did not report the infraction directly as well. Meanwhile most professional cyclists have called it a massive over reaction. http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/05/news/reactions-to-portes-stage-10-time-penalty_370943 Also Dan Lloyd has suggested everyone in the top 50 swaps wheels at the start of tomorrows stage, which would be funny.
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May 19, 2015 22:16
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https://twitter.com/GianniMeersman/status/597829780256460800Gianni Meersman posted:I crashed in the final downhill because of a puncture. Had to wait for 10min to get another front wheel. Thx @TeamSky for the help #fairplay Just one example (of many I am sure) of how rarely this rule is enforced. I wonder which team 'reported' the infraction?
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May 19, 2015 22:20
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Vegni said he can never ever remember it being enforced. It happens all the time. The rule is okay in spirit, its clearly there to stop bigger teams giving smaller ones a bundle of cash to work on the front for them or have extra team cars etc, but this isn't a case of that. The issue is as always with the uci, that they don't enforce things fairly.
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May 19, 2015 22:28
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serious gaylord posted:Also Dan Lloyd has suggested everyone in the top 50 swaps wheels at the start of tomorrows stage, which would be funny. This would own so hard.
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May 19, 2015 22:32
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serious gaylord posted:http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/05/news/reactions-to-portes-stage-10-time-penalty_370943
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May 19, 2015 22:42
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serious gaylord posted:
This would be the best kind of rider protest.
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May 19, 2015 23:32
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serious gaylord posted:You just know if an Italian rider from Fantini had given Aru a wheel there wouldn't have been a penalty. Horse poo poo. gently caress Porte and gently caress Sky. It was bad enough with the water bottle poo poo at the tour. Cheating cunts.
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May 20, 2015 00:46
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Alternatively everyone lets Porte win the next stage by exactly 2 minutes. Have the peleton pull up just short of the line, let Richie go ahead, and then watch the timeclock. I'm not a huge fan of Sky but this is pretty dumb, especially since Porte lost a heap of time already.
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May 20, 2015 01:14
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African AIDS cum posted:Horse poo poo. It was a gel.
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May 20, 2015 01:27
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Someone on Twitter pointed out that it gave him an extra Sky helper to pull him back. He was screwed anyway. Astana would never let him back on the podium even with 30 seconds lost.
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Paddyb posted:Someone on Twitter pointed out that it gave him an extra Sky helper to pull him back. Exactly, this is European sport, you can cheat and do favors, just not be in your face about it. Like when Contador gave stages to Tiralongo? in the giro who later helped him win the Vuelta. Thats how its done. I hope Porte is crying in his stupid little blood doping motor home right now
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May 20, 2015 01:40
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Remember when Jens crashed and had to ride a bike 15 sizes too small for him that a small babby child donated to him roadside, so as he could finish that stage in the Tour? Im pretty sure there will be a ruling to Retrospectively Execute Jens based on this precedent.
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Box Hill Strangler posted:Remember when Jens crashed and had to ride a bike 15 sizes too small for him that a small babby child donated to him roadside, so as he could finish that stage in the Tour? Im pretty sure there will be a ruling to Retrospectively Execute Jens based on this precedent. The assistance didn't come from another team.
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Paddyb posted:Someone on Twitter pointed out that it gave him an extra Sky helper to pull him back. Should have given the wheel to the other Sky rider who could then give his to Porte then, problem solved and not in a completely ridiculous way at all!
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Paddyb posted:Someone on Twitter pointed out that it gave him an extra Sky helper to pull him back. Matthews was helping to pull him back anyway, you could argue that Clarke would have just done that instead of the sky rider too. Bardini are probably gonna get kicked out of the MPCC by letting a rider with an 'abnormally low cortisol level' start stage 11. A day after one of their riders solos to victory. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bardiani-csf-ignore-mpcc-cortisol-regulations-at-giro-ditalia serious gaylord fucked around with this message at 14:47 on May 20, 2015 |
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