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Vando posted:I wish people would stop saying Thomas has 'come out of nowhere' he's been good since he was a junior and has two Olympic track golds for fucks sake lol yes a track rider keeping with Contador up climbs perfectly normal -British cycling fan
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Another GVA win! I'm glad he's finally unstuck from his eternal second places, he seems like a nice guy 
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Mar 14, 2016 19:43
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Gibbo posted:You know who else has track golds and can climb? Absolutely nobody except the British. Gaviria?
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strangemusic posted:Gaviria? I was even going to say "and maybe Colombia" but I couldn't think of any current examples. Are there any Colombians who can't climb though? I don't think Junior track wins really count either. Also I don't think frooomy was ever a track rider was he?
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Gibbo posted:
Froome was raised by Lions and Elephants in Africa into the perfect Grand Tour Rider (no, he raced some mountain bike iirc though)
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Mar 14, 2016 21:02
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Right. So the most suspicious of the sky is outside the "maybe track riders just convert to road really well"
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Mar 14, 2016 21:11
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http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/van-den-driessche-stops-defence-against-mechanical-doping-charge/ Femke Van den Driessche is quitting the sport and won't defend herself against the motor charges. The UCI look a bit silly in all of this IMO, when they finally decide to going all in it is against a no name female cyclocrosser.
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Xabi posted:The UCI look a bit silly in all of this IMO, when they finally decide to going all in it is against a no name female cyclocrosser. They'll only look silly if they bust a big name and don't levy heavier punishment. Which will probably happen.
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Mar 14, 2016 21:42
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Drugs for some, miniature motors for the non responders! You know, as much as I dislike Froome, assuming the "everyone is on drugs" part, is it his fault for being a high responder? Or just his fault for being an rear end in a top hat.
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Mar 14, 2016 22:00
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It's the "we are clean and transparent" then repeatedly doing the contrary.
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Mar 14, 2016 22:05
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Italys crusade to look the other way regarding Pantanis EPO use has reached new levels. http://road.cc/content/news/182651-prosecutors-say-camorra-did-fix1999-giro-ditalia-so-marco-pantani-would-lose
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Thomas did suddenly hit the spotlight a bit more last year but his transition from track to road took 5 years. Thomas' TdF placings have gradually improved since 2007, and he's hardly shot to GT contender status off the track.
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Xabi posted:http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/van-den-driessche-stops-defence-against-mechanical-doping-charge/ A family of criminals and proven cheats, firing a clear warning shot that motors in bikes can be found and wont be tolerated..... No, the UCI would look dumb if it did anything different. Plus maybe if she hadn't tried a truly lame and pathetic excuse, she might have gotten some leeway. A bike in her pit with her geometry, colours and fitting was someone else's? Come on, that's just stupid. Edit : Wonder if she has offers to do porn on fuckingmachines.com? CAT INTERCEPTOR fucked around with this message at 01:10 on Mar 15, 2016 |
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Mar 15, 2016 01:07
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I really don't know if you or dudebro take the creepy crown
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serious gaylord posted:Italys crusade to look the other way regarding Pantanis EPO use has reached new levels. lol Amazing
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I'm glad to hear that Pantani was clean and never took any drugs until he took all that cocaine and died. Rip sweet pirate prince. Nice ride by van Avaermat today
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African AIDS cum posted:lol yes a track rider keeping with Contador up climbs perfectly normal Thomas was getting dropped by Contador up the climbs. Contador is the only known doper in the coversation. But I know,  Team Sky
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kimbo305 posted:They'll only look silly if they bust a big name and don't levy heavier punishment. Which will probably happen.
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Xabi posted:They've been busting Astana and now Katusha left, right and centre for doping (and that's just recently), but nothing much happens. But this, a poor motor kid from a sorry family, her we gotta get real hard. In fact, she should ever be allowed to ride again. After all, cheating is not allowed in cycling. Didn't the UCI try to throw the book at Astana and have their licence pulled but the licencing commission said 'nah its fine they can carry on'?
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I dunno that I can't consider her poor. Maybe the finances are different in Europe for lower level racing, but is she not playing thousands of Euros for equipment, not to mention a hidden motor?
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serious gaylord posted:Didn't the UCI try to throw the book at Astana and have their licence pulled but the licencing commission said 'nah its fine they can carry on'?
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Xabi posted:The UCI look a bit silly in all of this IMO, when they finally decide to going all in it is against a no name female cyclocrosser.
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It's also much better for cycling's image of the people being dragged through the mud are as far removed from the WT (and all the money) as possible. It's a happy medium between catching and punishing the cheats publicly while being able to insist the big events are clean.
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Mar 15, 2016 11:03
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Sagan needed 1 second in the 10km ITT. Finally living up to the stereotype that pros can use every gain they can get out of their equipment.
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kimbo305 posted:Sagan needed 1 second in the 10km ITT. Finally living up to the stereotype that pros can use every gain they can get out of their equipment. I wonder if the leg hair would have given him marginal gains in a tailwind.
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Pretty good Milan San Remo preview, Sagan and Cancellara will be my bets. Who the gently caress is Fernando Gaviria? http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/10-riders-to-watch-for-milan-san-remo-video/
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Mar 18, 2016 03:27
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A Colombian who sprints. On the hoods.
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Mar 18, 2016 03:33
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Is it too late to change my bet?
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Gaviria rules but he's like 12 years old so I don't think he can win. Here's to hoping Cancellara wins them all.
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Nibali is all fired up about lots of things, most importantly tomorrow's race and hell, so am I. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/nibali-calls-on-sagan-cancellara-and-van-avermaet-to-back-his-aggression-at-milan-san-remo/
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Paddyb posted:Nibali is all fired up about lots of things, most importantly tomorrow's race and hell, so am I. Did they pull a climb because of weather or something? Admittedly haven't been following much this year.
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Gibbo posted:Did they pull a climb because of weather or something? Admittedly haven't been following much this year. They tried to add another climb (La Manie) inbetween the Cipressa and the Poggio to favor climbers/attackers, but the rainy weather last year caused a mudslide weeks before the race and they had to ditch the climb and keep the traditional finale. The sprinters were happy but guys like Nibali / Valverde / etc were dissapointed.
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Gibbo posted:Did they pull a climb because of weather or something? Admittedly haven't been following much this year. The big mountain stage at Tirreno Adriatico was also cancelled last week, which prob cost Nibali a chance of victory there. The anticipated storms never arrived so the stage would have been perfectly safe.
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I hope Angry Nibali attacks and pulls Cancellara Stybar and Sagan to podium finishes.
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When is the finish expected? I had the idea of turning up at my bike shop with a lot of beer an hour or so before finish and then ordering my garmin vectors.
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Mar 19, 2016 14:27
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5:06 CET
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Mar 19, 2016 14:30
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Cool I'm on time-ish, if I run.
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Mar 19, 2016 14:42
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Would be nice to see a Sagan win.
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Would be nice to see anything since Eurosport seem to be going to advert breaks every 3 minutes.
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Withnail posted:Would be nice to see a Sagan win. Lol yeah sure.
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