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Rojkir
Jun 26, 2007

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Excellent start this

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Rojkir
Jun 26, 2007

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Is that with or without commercial breaks?

Rojkir
Jun 26, 2007

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Strade Bianchi is pretty far from the infected cities. I'll think it'll go ahead.

Rojkir
Jun 26, 2007

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Sometimes I argue what I want to happen instead of what I think might happen.

Rojkir
Jun 26, 2007

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This whole calendar seems a little shortsighted. Giro and Vuelta overlap, but the TdF runs the biggest cancellation risk due to being the earliest race. Moreover to me it seems you can't have any mass events untill a vaccine exists so that would annul the whole calendar. Better have a small amount of controllable races without general public, like the Champ Elysees crit, Strade Bianche with finish before Sienna, some high profile time trials and maybe some city circuits WC/EC with locked down streets. Then we could be reasonably sure these events would actually happen.

e; gently caress it let's have a crit on every F1 circuit that is willing.

Rojkir
Jun 26, 2007

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This should be end of season for Groenewegen imo

Rojkir
Jun 26, 2007

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Plenty time to hang on your team car and get back.

Rojkir
Jun 26, 2007

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He did score some empathy in a really emotional interview on Dutch national television. Article (in Dutch) here: https://nos.nl/artikel/2343250-geemotioneerde-groenewegen-ik-heb-spijt-en-hoop-het-beste-voor-fabio.html

Rojkir
Jun 26, 2007

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serious gaylord posted:

Its okay we're gonna get another Festina with Jumbo to keep things interesting.

Analyses show that everyone is riding slower than last year, it's just that the rich teams came out of the Corona crisis much better than the poor teams because they could keep trainers, food scientists, masseurs etc employed. This explains the dominance of a few teams with solid sponsors: quick step, jumbo, Ineos, Bora.

Rojkir
Jun 26, 2007

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I think he's just cheap since mitchelton scott is folding.

Rojkir
Jun 26, 2007

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He's gonna super domestique, but tbh we're going to see that alot the coming years because the money's leaving.

Rojkir
Jun 26, 2007

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That's a whole new rabbithole in and on itself since we've seen very few bike changes broadcasted.

Rojkir
Jun 26, 2007

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Weird sprint from MvdP. He let himself get boxed in.

Rojkir
Jun 26, 2007

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This is surely the end of this Giro then?

Rojkir
Jun 26, 2007

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Matthews is the positive Sunweb test.

Rojkir
Jun 26, 2007

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TobinHatesYou posted:

That finish was close enough where the Aeroad’s CdA advantage over the rim-brake Oltre XR4 was the difference.

You overlooked the effects of the white pants, reflecting just a tiny bit more of that solar wind.

Rojkir
Jun 26, 2007

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serious gaylord posted:

They'd be too worried about controlling flat and crosswind stages to take a team of climbers and rely on Thomas to do all the pulling in the wind. Ganna and Dennis are 100% going to the tour for sure.

Isn't Ganna going to do the Olympics?

Rojkir
Jun 26, 2007

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Also if Sunweb leadership hadn't hosed up the Stelvio stage and had Hindley wait, Kelderman would have won this.

Rojkir
Jun 26, 2007

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He lost most of his time in both stages on the flatter parts, alone against the Rohan. Having Hindley with him would probably saved the 1:30 needed to win this Giro.

e; When Tom Dumoulin won the Giro he wasn't the fastest climber by a long stretch. It's possible to win the overall without the W/kg when needed.

e2; I'm know I'm captain hindsight, but I yelled it at my girlfriend when the Stelvio was happening so we have at least one witness ;-)

Rojkir fucked around with this message at 18:42 on Oct 25, 2020

Rojkir
Jun 26, 2007

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Lot's of guys are going to like this. Roglic, Pocagar, Dumoulin, Evenepoel and maybe even the Kingodm of Rohan if he keeps riding like the last Giro stages.

Rojkir
Jun 26, 2007

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There's a nice little row in Dutch media as it has become apparent that the Dutch cylcing union has been keeping apositive EPO test under tabs for over 9 years because the rider just pensioned immediately. They have however not released the riders name, just confirmed the incident, so now every Dutch racer is bombarded on the socials because people are really retarded.

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Rojkir
Jun 26, 2007

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Addy Engels (Eddy English) and Servais Knaven Both would be a pretty big deal. Addy works at jumbo-visma who actively try not to employ former dopers. Knaven, who I've known as het last Dutch winner of Paris roubaix until Terpstra squeezed in, was actually really good and has been working for sky which would fit the narrative better. Still it might have been a nobody or a women even, the story is in the wichhunt for every active cyclist at that time.

Rojkir fucked around with this message at 09:00 on Nov 21, 2020

Rojkir
Jun 26, 2007

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To be fair this is 100% rumours and conjecture from a Dutch journalist who won't name sources.

Rojkir
Jun 26, 2007

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serious gaylord posted:

It better be spicy. I hope its got something to do with Tommy D quitting too.

Going to repeat myself that this is all based on unverified sources and conjecture from one Dutch journalist. He might be right, he might be full of poo poo.

E: apparently Jumbo is working on a plan to get Tom fit for the TdF. They might not have listened to him that well.

Rojkir fucked around with this message at 07:11 on Feb 27, 2021

Rojkir
Jun 26, 2007

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Most recent Hirshi rumour is that he missed multiple out of competition controls without a good explanation.

Rojkir
Jun 26, 2007

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peanut- posted:

How would UAE not know that before they signed him?

The narrative is that they just don't give a gently caress. Also Sunweb (now DSM) has a policy of not saying anything bad about their ex-employees and in this case there is a non disclosure in place.
But again, this is the Dutch press generating rumours without any named sources.

Rojkir fucked around with this message at 13:52 on Feb 28, 2021

Rojkir
Jun 26, 2007

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That was a really really exciting race today. Well making up for yesterday.

Rojkir
Jun 26, 2007

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That would explain a lot though. Did pedals murder his grandpa?

Rojkir
Jun 26, 2007

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Literally Lewis Hamilton posted:

Love the finish, love the idea of Bernal working the breakaway like he had a shot in hell at winning

He said in the post-race interview "he was working on his self confidence.. (again)" and I absolutely dig that.

Rojkir
Jun 26, 2007

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If you have a level horizon in the picture, Ala is probably not in it.

e; It's a loving great picture though. including the litlle drying rack in the background.

Rojkir
Jun 26, 2007

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I can't really see, but that's oke.

Rojkir
Jun 26, 2007

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What's on?

Rojkir
Jun 26, 2007

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Loving Africa Chaps posted:

I'm incredibly over this discussion. It was insanely tight and the rules allow for the photo to not be aligned exactly with the black line.

Yeah, but then they started lying about it, saying they double checked it and everything and that the camera was exactly on the lin, which it clearly wasn't. The UCI is such an incredibly incompetent organisation....

Rojkir
Jun 26, 2007

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Feels Villeneuve posted:

just noticed Taco's fail rear end ugly narrow "aero" handlebars

He's house sharing with this guy who pioneers all things aero:

Rojkir
Jun 26, 2007

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Feels Villeneuve posted:

Ban this sick filth

Rojkir
Jun 26, 2007

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I've also read that they don't have that many alternative riders at the moment.

Rojkir
Jun 26, 2007

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What a massive oval office

Rojkir
Jun 26, 2007

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goatface posted:

Waaay too many witnesses for a good getaway. Better to immediately be as remorseful as you can and beg forgiveness for your stupidity.

Are we sure that was even her? There seemed to be more people dressed in yellow.

Rojkir
Jun 26, 2007

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serious gaylord posted:

The sign holder took off as soon as they realised they'd caused a crash. The Gendarmes will get them though.

No, it seems to be her: https://twitter.com/Twitzin/status/1408796560255864832/photo/1

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Rojkir
Jun 26, 2007

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Heliosicle posted:

gently caress this stage

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