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# ? Jul 24, 2021 10:35 |
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# ? Mar 28, 2024 16:32 |
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algebra testes posted:Just like that London Olympic event they should make this a regular event, maybe shorten it a bit. The Tory cunts in Surrey have cried enough that it's cancelled, or at least the sportive is.
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# ? Jul 24, 2021 10:35 |
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Loving Africa Chaps posted:The Tory cunts in Surrey have cried enough that it's cancelled, or at least the sportive is. No the race is gone too. Couldnt put up with 12 hours of not being able to drive on all the back roads.
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# ? Jul 24, 2021 10:39 |
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At least Japan isn't a country filled with Anglos, and that bodes well for the future of cycling there.
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# ? Jul 24, 2021 10:51 |
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I was pretty amazed at how visible road cycling was when I visited there. The shops were really nicely decked out and all the riders I saw were in team kits usually too. Route was pretty nice I thought, would like to try that last climb.
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# ? Jul 24, 2021 11:14 |
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I think Wout has a silver medal in literally everything now
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# ? Jul 24, 2021 12:53 |
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Also I learned today that Japan is the home to the most amazing form of cycling races https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keirin
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# ? Jul 24, 2021 12:55 |
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Both the Keirin they do at worlds/the olympics and the one they do in Japan are rad as hell, but they're a bit different. Watch both if you can. Track has so many cool events. Elimination, Keirin, team pursuit, and the kilo are probably my favorite. Kilo is kind of boring to watch but I'm fascinated by the training.
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# ? Jul 24, 2021 12:59 |
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Yeah, I’ve never really been interested in track cycling (not that I’ve been interested road cycling for so many years either), but I’ll definitely try to watch some during the olympics.
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# ? Jul 24, 2021 13:04 |
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It's very jarring to see cyclists with muscles.
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# ? Jul 24, 2021 13:14 |
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oh yes https://twitter.com/Greghenderson1/status/228879624074059777
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# ? Jul 24, 2021 13:19 |
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Goddamn 9 year old memes are a blast from the past hey. I have just withered into dust.
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# ? Jul 24, 2021 14:41 |
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I unironically support this idea https://twitter.com/cxhairs/status/1418861881184473089?s=21
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# ? Jul 24, 2021 16:39 |
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paddyboat posted:I unironically support this idea Absolutely nothing of the sort, since I'm like 99.9% sure the whole thing was just a GVA affectation that he somehow got away with
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# ? Jul 24, 2021 17:35 |
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Apparently it was the sponsors who insisted on it.
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# ? Jul 24, 2021 17:44 |
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Lol my wife was volunteering at London 2012 and forstermans team mates were complaining his thighs were too massive and so couldn't increase his cadence
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# ? Jul 24, 2021 17:48 |
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paddyboat posted:I unironically support this idea
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# ? Jul 24, 2021 17:50 |
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Smirr posted:Absolutely nothing of the sort, since I'm like 99.9% sure the whole thing was just a GVA affectation that he somehow got away with look, do you want Carapaz to get marked out of every race or not? paddyboat fucked around with this message at 00:01 on Jul 25, 2021 |
# ? Jul 24, 2021 18:10 |
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Smirr posted:Absolutely nothing of the sort, since I'm like 99.9% sure the whole thing was just a GVA affectation that he somehow got away with Nah Samu Sanchez wore his every race
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# ? Jul 24, 2021 20:26 |
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Smirr posted:Ah, what the heck - I'm happy for Carapaz! I'm ok with this as long as he isn't riding for Binios. And on that note, the nbcolympics replay giving me a Cologuard ad right after showing Quintana made me giggle.
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# ? Jul 24, 2021 22:07 |
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Womens race has leant so hard on the dutch that theres a decent chance the break wins. 9 minute lead with 70km to go.
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# ? Jul 25, 2021 07:17 |
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I only turned on 15 minutes ago but Boardman was saying the Dutch haven’t done any work?
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# ? Jul 25, 2021 07:30 |
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Also van Vleuten’s crash was a bit embarrassing honestly. How do you not avoid that?
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# ? Jul 25, 2021 07:32 |
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peanut- posted:I only turned on 15 minutes ago but Boardman was saying the Dutch haven’t done any work? The rest of the peloton are refusing to work until they do. 61km to go and still 9 minutes last I saw.
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# ? Jul 25, 2021 07:34 |
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Do they have any idea how far ahead the break are? I know there are no radios but do the commisaires show a board or anything?
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# ? Jul 25, 2021 07:44 |
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Heliosicle posted:Do they have any idea how far ahead the break are? I know there are no radios but do the commisaires show a board or anything? Yeah they get chalkboard time gaps and the bikes can tell them. They are aware the break is still so far ahead, just the Dutch tactic is attack and get away and everyone else is going to follow. They don't have a single rider who will just go on the front.
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# ? Jul 25, 2021 07:45 |
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This series of rotating attacks by solo Dutch riders is quite a weird tactic for closing a 9 minute gap.
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# ? Jul 25, 2021 07:46 |
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This is just top level womens racing though. The difference in ability between riders is massive so the usual tactic is attack, take the strong riders with you and ride to the finish. Then one of them goes off the front and the rest argue about chasing them down. I've never seen a Tim Declerq type sat on the front bringing a break back.
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# ? Jul 25, 2021 07:52 |
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AVV not exactly crushing the gap to the break
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# ? Jul 25, 2021 08:13 |
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peanut- posted:AVV not exactly crushing the gap to the break Don't worry the break has decided to detonate itself for no fuckin reason.
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# ? Jul 25, 2021 08:14 |
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Looking at the profile there's not much to slow the front rider(s) down til the end, the gap isn't coming down much now either.
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# ? Jul 25, 2021 08:14 |
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Heliosicle posted:Looking at the profile there's not much to slow the front rider(s) down til the end, the gap isn't coming down much now either. Idiocy will slow them down. 3 riders were keeping ahead of her and the gap had stabilised, now its 1 vs 1.
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# ? Jul 25, 2021 08:16 |
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IF the time gaps are accurate, it looks like this won't stick e: well what do you know, both gaps moved 10 seconds in opposite directions again
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# ? Jul 25, 2021 08:18 |
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Bet it's a bit toasty in a spaceman suit
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# ? Jul 25, 2021 08:19 |
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Skarsnik posted:Bet it's a bit toasty in a spaceman suit Probably got air con tbf.
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# ? Jul 25, 2021 08:20 |
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I like that the Japanese seem to shout allez allez. Kiesenhofer got this if she doesn’t bonk I guess.
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# ? Jul 25, 2021 08:24 |
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That gap isn't changing
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# ? Jul 25, 2021 08:25 |
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Skarsnik posted:That gap isn't changing Break still might get all 3 medals.
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# ? Jul 25, 2021 08:29 |
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The Dutch just haven’t done any work to close the break while AVV hangs 30 seconds off the front of the peloton for 40km, that’s very funny.
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# ? Jul 25, 2021 08:32 |
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# ? Mar 28, 2024 16:32 |
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Kiesenhofer has a PhD in mathematics. That's pretty cool
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# ? Jul 25, 2021 08:33 |