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Paddyb posted:Finally got a chance to watch all of that. Nibali owns and I'm starting to like him more these days. Contador just had to make it home in one piece and he figures he can do what he likes in the mountains. I stopped worrying and learned to love the Nibali in MSR. His crazy descending skills have always made me like him but the hero attack this year in MSR pushed me over the edge. He rides with panache. I hope he wins, but I can't want to see Contador attacking like a madman.
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serious gaylord posted:We've replaced the Sky Drug train with the Sky Blue drug train. Bullshit. That was AG2R and Peraud pulling all the way until Nibali attacked. Astana has been stronger than expected but this doesn't look anything like the last 2 years. If all you're going to post is "someone's winning? DDDDDDOOOOOOPPPPPPEEEEEEE" then just stop.
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Jul 19, 2014 16:36
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Jul 19, 2014 16:44
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Chenghiz posted:So was merckx, he was just too popular to get caught Beaten, but I thought he got caught at least 3 times.
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Sep 19, 2014 15:15
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Do other countries run their nationals the way the US does? Do they have lots of non-championship races before the they start racing for medals? Clearly Austin should have known what it was getting into but if the course wasn't quite as torn up maybe they could have run it today.
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poty posted:Everyone is doping, especially the guy you like And on that note: http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/01/news/meeusen-likely-miss-cross-worlds-due-doping-investigation_358609
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Jan 19, 2015 22:37
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Paddyb posted:Send Nibali to Lotto and Aru to the other Lotto as punishment. Roma Maxima is dead and gone.
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Mar 7, 2015 01:38
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Paddyb posted:What the... It really was. But hey, that leaves another spot on the calendar for the Tour of Oppressive Backwards Desert Oligarchy.
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Mar 7, 2015 02:34
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Loving Africa Chaps posted:Good. It's great when they can't just plan to catch the break the second it hits the finish straight It's one thing not to have radios, but if they're being told the wrong time to the break that's just stupid.
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Mar 24, 2015 00:42
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serious gaylord posted:They always seem to either miss the big move due to misfortune (Vanmarcke for instance was an absolute beast at Oomloop but flatted twice at the worst possible time so missed the Etix break then pretty much singlehandedly chased 3 riders for 30km) Or they're marked so intensely they can never get away. Vanmarcke also missed the front group at Strade Bianche by about 5 seconds and proceeded to hang in, alone, behind them keeping a constant ~15 second gap for like 20km. He's absolute beast but I don't know that he's got the savvy to win.
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Apr 5, 2015 02:53
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Giant is in really good shape, 4 in the group with Degs. Greipel as usual this time of year is playing the hero, got to love that guy out on the front.
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Apr 12, 2015 14:42
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Paddyb posted:De Backer? I thought the same thing, I think because there weren't any fireworks in the Carrefour. I was sure someone would try to use it as a launching pad to take it to the line, then before you know it we were back in town.
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Apr 12, 2015 16:27
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They've said that they re-write the columns once they get it from the author so that their idioms and such don't come across. I'd rather just enjoy that someone in the peloton is thinking what everyone on the outside is thinking. Yes, Secret Pro, we did notice that there were 6 Astana in the top 25.
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Jun 9, 2015 13:36
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Pocket posted:Am I wrong in saying last year he dgaf until the Italian national champs immediately before the Tour. serious gaylord posted:He looked very similar last year to be fair. Doesn't seem to put any effort in for this race until the end. Exactly, he was so invisible last year leading up to the Tour that Vino famously sent him a "get your poo poo together" letter before the Tour. He does his own thing and clearly doesn't give a gently caress what anyone thinks about his results up to now. The only time you saw him try anything was in the Ardennes and he was marked like crazy.
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Jun 12, 2015 12:49
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clean ayers act posted:Has Van Garderen ever showed climbing form like this before? I always pegged him as more of a time trialist who could hang on in the mountains, but he's been hugely impressive on these climbs. He's not an explosive climber but he's got the legs once he settles into a rhythm. His problem has always been consistency, he always has that Richie Porte-style one bad day.
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Jun 13, 2015 23:23
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Gibbo posted:He's just a bitch and BMC needs to drop him. Who would they promote or pick up instead? TVG's on a steady track upward over the years and he's the right guy for them. If he's not on the podium at a GT in the next couple of years then I'll agree that it's time to look elsewhere but he's doing well.
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Jun 14, 2015 14:39
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I don't get the outright hate for the guy. That said I don't particularly like him - his riding style is boring as hell. Even with his past I would rather watch Contador all day attacking like a crazy person and animating the race, or Nibali tearing rear end down a descent to gap the competition. Those guys make races exciting.
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Jun 30, 2015 00:46
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Lead rider for team named after a Murdoch propaganda mouthpiece. Good enough reason right there. You can go around and around with that though. I love the Greenedge boys and they're just greenwashing for an environmental disaster of a company. Oleg Tinkov is a complete nut job, lotteries are just taxes on stupid, and don't even get me started on Kazakhstan...
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Jun 30, 2015 02:19
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African AIDS cum posted:I'd love to see him win, but Nibali called him out for this too It's bullshit though. He's been training, he's been tested, who cares where he spends his time? If anything I like him more for not holing himself up on a volcano for the last two months and emerging only for a stage race he doesn't really care about winning.
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Jul 3, 2015 22:37
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Pro Cycling: We poo poo on Froome even when he rides a perfect cobbled stage
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Dirk Pitt posted:gently caress Chris Froome. That was a hell of a breakaway by Martin, he caught them sleeping. I know Sky isn't too worried though, they are probably happy that they don't have to be clenched butthole for a whole two and a half weeks. This thread is tripping over itself to make fun of him even on a day he does everything right. So he didn't know TVG was in the lead group, who gives a poo poo? I'll go back to disliking him and how boring he rides another day. At least he's attacking this year.
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Jul 8, 2015 02:43
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vodkat posted:Well its just to the point that the last couple of pages make it sound like no one is actually enjoying watching the race. This Tour is off to the most interesting start in a few years, there's just no winning with some people.
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Jul 9, 2015 03:05
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Rhaegar posted:You guys sure do take the fun out of cycling. :P I'm the first to get annoyed with the posters in this thread but what about watching that stage was fun?
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tylertfb posted:Cummings calling Pinot a chickenshit cornerer in his podium interview was great. Is there video of this somewhere? I want to laugh at the French.
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Jul 18, 2015 21:12
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Don't forget the whole UCI World Tour points thing. That's the reason you see guys putting their whole train on the front to protect their 8th place on GC and not making the kind of big risky attacks we all want to see. Racing won't get fun again until they're back to racing for the win. Sky was surprisingly fun during the classics this year. See Thomas's E3 win and Stannard beating the entire EQS team at the Omloop. They're just boring as hell when they're racing for GC. e:f,b on the points thing
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Jul 26, 2015 15:38
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Pimp Cauldron posted:I don't think it's a stretch to say it was the least memorable tour of the last ten years or so. You think this tour was worse to watch than 2012? The first week alone was more exciting than that entire race. Hell, one stage of this first week was better than that race.
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I've never seen an atmosphere like today on Libby Hill during Sagan's attack and solo to the line. The crowd was going completely insane. What an amazing day. The love that the riders got from the crowd all day was incredible. This was early in the race while I was taking pics instead of experiencing it with my eyes. The crowd completely filled the whole space shoulder to shoulder.
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peanut- posted:Deloitte? Cycling really is the new golf. They are really into cycling at a local level. I see loads of Deloitte jerseys out on the roads in the DC area. I'm only surprised that they didn't want to sponsor an American team.
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Wilier doesn't make a womens' frame nor do they make one small enough to get her proper aero position on the bike. She did what she had to do to win regardless of the risk. Pretty baller move IMO. Now, if she had been 2nd or 3rd, she might be in the unemployment line...
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The Deadly Hume posted:I've never even heard of Wilier, do they even supply any of the World Tour teams? I can reel off nearly a dozen other brands off the top of my head - Specialised, Trek, BMC, Colnago, Scott, Avanti, Cannondale, plus gear companies like Shimano. They used to sponsor Lampre. You've heard of Avanti but not Wilier? Let me guess... Australia.
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Pocket posted:He's like a walking Swiss German to English google translation. He speaks Fabian-ese.
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Another year, another Sanne Cant depressed-teenager-face.
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African AIDS cum posted:A shame I guess but it seemed to be mostly a pretty lame race on boring wide roads and had a weird spot on the calendar during post tour malaise They could have made it so much better but they were so worried about milking the host towns to try and pay for the race that they mostly ignored good racing. The stage that finished on Flagstaff was fantastic.
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Paddyb posted:Anybody got an English stream for the 'loop? Watching Sporza. It's easy enough to follow and I can bump YouTube over to my TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrvxrQqODko
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serious gaylord posted:I have no idea whats being said on Sporza but its rather entertaining. I love Dutch. It's close enough to English that every once in a while you're like "wait, did he say...?"
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Jasper Stuyven taking up the memorial J.A. Flecha-Sep Vanmarcke heroic but doomed pursuit. Where is Sep anyway?
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I wonder who the DS for Tinkoff is today. Sagz is racing a lot smarter than I'm used to seeing.
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One of them had to finish 2nd! Sagz was in the perfect spot, he just didn't have the legs. It's probably best though that he's not 100% on form now, he hasn't raced since San Luis. GvA has been in the sandbox races for the last month but that might cost him when it comes time for Flanders.
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Withnail posted:Etixx rode as good as they could. Fabs too strong. Sagan wtf. Pretty much. Can't blame Etixx - they rode smart, Fabs was just stronger. Sagan will be good in a couple of weeks, just give him time (right? please? please win Flanders).
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