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oystertoadfish posted:yeah i was gonna ask, did that stage just kinda reaffirm things we already knew? WOUT
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oystertoadfish posted:yeah i was gonna ask, did that stage just kinda reaffirm things we already knew? Kruisjswijk is their GC guy, he's had some solid GT results (though without a podium) and might have a shout if the race is as open as the media keeps saying it is (it's not and Ineos will choke it down once the real stages start)
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They could hold the yellow for a while if they can manage the breakaways.
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thanks yall i assume there's no semblance of a salary cap in this thing? it doesn't seem like it with
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oystertoadfish posted:thanks yall nah. a problem is that it's not really sure that a salary cap is desirable anyway because cyclists don't really make that much money. also a part of it is that Ineos somewhat borrow the US Postal playbook of focusing mostly on the Tour. like Ineos have 19 race wins this year while Quickstep have something ridiculous like 50 (because they concentrate hard on the one-day classics and european tour races) the whole "sky dominating everything" thing has mostly been visible at the TDF, honestly the rest of it is "Quickstep win like all the classics" though they aren't as boring about it as Sky so people don't viscerally hate them as much
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Feels Villeneuve posted:Kruisjswijk is their GC guy, he's had some solid GT results (though without a podium) and might have a shout if the race is as open as the media keeps saying it is (it's not and Ineos will choke it down once the real stages start) He can get far by being consistent. He's usually at his best in the third week, but I see him losing time when things blow up on a stage like thursday's La Planche des Belle Filles.
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Feels Villeneuve posted:Kruisjswijk is their GC guy, he's had some solid GT results (though without a podium) and might have a shout if the race is as open as the media keeps saying it is (it's not and Ineos will choke it down once the real stages start) He was going to win that Giro, and then he decided to ride straight into a snowbank...
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Jul 8, 2019 08:48
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Pro typo on the SBS live coverage
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Jul 8, 2019 12:18
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Legit my favourite thing the UCI have done. https://twitter.com/kubawinter/status/1147859917694537729?s=19
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Jul 8, 2019 12:25
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I really wish Israel would get a new tourism ad, they’ve been playing this one for at least 2 years.
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Jul 8, 2019 15:12
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Jul 8, 2019 15:15
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Alaphilippe off like a rocket
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this stage was always going to be Alaphilippe, wasn't it
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Jul 8, 2019 15:42
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King of France wants his shirt.
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Meanwhile, over in the women's peloton. The Giro Rosa just finished its 4th stage and I love this race so much. Yesterday Lucy Kennedy from Mitchelton Scott lost her first tour stage victory because she celebrated too early and Marianne Vos came up from nowhere to beat her on the finish line. https://twitter.com/faustocoppi60/status/1147989290506498049     And then the same thing happened today when Nadia Quagliotto of Ale Cipollini celebrated her supposed win in a tight sprint finish, and came second to Letizia Borghesi instead. https://twitter.com/lacambramanel/status/1148215838165610497  Which gave us an amazing podium photo. 
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Jul 8, 2019 15:54
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Come on Julian!!!
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He might feel that tomorrow.
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was wondering why Alaphilippe walked off before his interview, and https://twitter.com/LeTour/status/1148248575899590658  e) a split in the peloton means that Bernal and Pinot gained 5 seconds on the other GC riders  Bernal confirmed Ineos leader???????
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Jul 8, 2019 16:15
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First Frenchman in yellow since Tony Gallopin 5 years ago.
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He might hang onto that for a lot longer than people expect too. If he gets through stage 6 he might have it for awhile.
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Jul 8, 2019 18:46
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Wow, today's stage freaking ruled. They should have more of those instead of all of the ones that suck poo poo. Plus there might be a French Tour winner. Hop to it, ASO
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Jul 8, 2019 19:53
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I'm assuming from all the posts that today's stage was just as good.
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peanut- posted:I'm assuming from all the posts that today's stage was just as good. Van Vleuten smashed it an put near enough three minutes into everyone on the final climb.
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Jul 9, 2019 16:56
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The street furniture promised carnage and delivered nothing.
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Jul 9, 2019 18:07
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sprint stages are rest days for the viewers e) someone pointed this out but alaphillipe's win was even more impressive because everyone knew he was going to try something like that. incredibly difficult to win from a solo attack that everyone sees coming
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Jul 9, 2019 19:14
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So a cool thing would be to not let Lance Armstrong anywhere near a UCI bike race, including providing commentary on the loving thing.
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I was in Iceland and trying to find a channel with coverage. Picked S4C, and explained to my wife how a lot of bike race coverage is in Dutch and how much it sounds like English, only to realize several minutes later that the channel was Welsh.
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Dangerllama posted:So a cool thing would be to not let Lance Armstrong anywhere near a UCI bike race, including providing commentary on the loving thing. His podcast with George Hincapie is pretty awesome. They release one after every stage and provide some good commentary/insights to the race.
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The UCI fan survey hammers on questions about using race radio so they're clearly at least thinking about restricting it. https://www.research.net/r/UCI_Fan_Survey
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They should allow one dedicated radioman per team and he has to power a big valve radio on his back with a really sticky dynamo.
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marsisol posted:His podcast with George Hincapie is pretty awesome. They release one after every stage and provide some good commentary/insights to the race. So…here’s the part where I’m a huge hypocrite. I do listen to The Move or The Forward or whatever he’s calling it these days, if only for lack of comparable content. I think the biggest difference is that his podcast is his own project that isn’t associated with cycling in any official capacity. So listening to him on my drive to work is a guilty pleasure (plus I can’t imagine he’s making it rain with all that compression sock money), while seeing him on NBC feels like people have forgotten or forgiven what a complete and total rear end in a top hat he is. Johan’s insights are really good, though.
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Contador looks even less happy about being on the stupid scooter than Wiggins did.
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IIRC he's literally banned from entering the controlled areas of UCI races unless he isn't technically banned from cycling anymore
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chain Lance down in Texas and let him do his podcast. Let’s all pray tom skujijnjs doesn’t crash
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the good wout https://twitter.com/nbcsncycling/status/1148978025482072065?s=21
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https://twitter.com/CaleyFretz/status/1148980191139651585?s=19 Ineos are using lightweights. I feel physically sick.
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Loving Africa Chaps posted:https://twitter.com/CaleyFretz/status/1148980191139651585?s=19 Ban this sick filth
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Haven't watched today's stage yet and just spoiled the results for myself all so I could post this tweet https://twitter.com/faustocoppi60/status/1148992673828749315?s=19 What a legendary binman
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Remember when we all liked Nairo and he was going to save us all then he turned 50 and welp
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