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Smirr posted:I just hate Ineos more than I hate Valverde v Caught cheaters are cooler than uncaught cheaters
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Skarsnik posted:Why tf would you ever root for Valverde He was the most straightforward guy besides Carapaz in the Movistar documentary and he has powerful e: I hope Bernal is OK, I like him too
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in all seriousness Valverde got caught and did the time, I never got what rhe problem was. much cooler than not getting caught because your team is too big or influential in the English speaking media world for consequences.
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moctopus posted:I know there's a ton of questions about how significantly he was affected, when he actually caught it, if he was vaccinated, but it's still wild to have the news declared that you have covid right after winning a grand tour. Are you wondering if they swept some positives during the last stages under the rug?
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kimbo305 posted:Are you wondering if they swept some positives during the last stages under the rug? Kind of. It's just a bit out there to win a grand tour with covid. So I'm rolling it around my head is he on PEDs (outside the regular reasons to think he is, Ineos/professional cyclist), Did he not contract it until it was over? Was he asymptomatic? Was he just that much better than his competition this year?
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moctopus posted:Kind of. It's just a bit out there to win a grand tour with covid. So I'm rolling it around my head is he on PEDs (outside the regular reasons to think he is, Ineos/professional cyclist), Did he not contract it until it was over? Was he asymptomatic? Was he just that much better than his competition this year? He's young and fit
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moctopus posted:Kind of. It's just a bit out there to win a grand tour with covid. So I'm rolling it around my head is he on PEDs (outside the regular reasons to think he is, Ineos/professional cyclist), Did he not contract it until it was over? Was he asymptomatic? Was he just that much better than his competition this year? He's young and fit and probably caught it celebrating afterwards. Would be unusual to get significant disease in your early 20's
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He tested negative on the last rest day. If his positive was this Thursday then he would maybe have been exposed during the race, maybe the last week, but was still in the early pre symptom phase before Turin.
HappyCamperGL fucked around with this message at 09:50 on Jun 5, 2021 |
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We're going to miss most or all of the first climb at the Dauphine today, I don't really get the point of paying for the camera bikes and helicopters and planes then only using them for less than half the stage.
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Loving Africa Chaps posted:He's young and fit and probably caught it celebrating afterwards. Would be unusual to get significant disease in your early 20's This would be my guess, lots of celebratory hugs and large press events
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peanut- posted:We're going to miss most or all of the first climb at the Dauphine today, I don't really get the point of paying for the camera bikes and helicopters and planes then only using them for less than half the stage. Smirr posted:On the other hand, I can't wait for our annual final stage where the broadcast starts with ~40 km to go ![]() The Dauphiné is the bike race equivalent of that joke about the food being terrible and the portions being so small
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Broadcast starts in an hour and they're 9 km from the Col du Pré and 21 from the Cormet de Roselend. There will be one (1) televised climb. Owns e: finish is scheduled for ~14:30 to 15:00. Like, do they want to make sure people don't miss the riveting finish of Dwars door het Hageland?
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Nice mountains.
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Smirr posted:Broadcast starts in an hour and they're 9 km from the Col du Pré and 21 from the Cormet de Roselend. There will be one (1) televised climb. Owns After having full stage coverage for the Giro and the Tour and loads of the classics it really does suck when you get the last 60k or everything else.
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Moviestar... good?????
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BlankSystemDaemon posted:Moviestar... good????? I was just about to post "what is this galaxy brain poo poo from Movistar?". Let's wait and see
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Like, if they're trying to set up an attack for Miguel Angel Lopez, they should know that they're getting close to dropping him
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I don’t like it, after yesterday I can’t assume they will hilariously gently caress this up. I’ve watched every stage of this race I think and hearing that he crashed earlier is the first time I’ve realised Greg Van Avermaet is in it.
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Also: it should be illegal for Thomas's sunglasses and Hart's hosed up fivehead to be on the screen at the same time
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Seb Kuss looks SUPER strong all of a sudden.
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I loved that shot of Superman at the front of the GC group, unwilling to defend against Porte's attack. Him and Movistar are a match made in heaven
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Kuss always looks strong then always goes way too early and pops ages before the finish
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Smirr posted:Also: it should be illegal for Thomas's sunglasses and Hart's hosed up fivehead to be on the screen at the same time He legit has room to rest his massive sunglasses on his forehead whilst still wearing his helmet
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peanut- posted:Kuss always looks strong then always goes way too early and pops ages before the finish
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OK, the successful Mas -> Lopez relay owned. I can't imagine they'll get 42 seconds, but I have to acknowledge that
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Oh wait, they're just dragging Porte onto the podium lol
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BlankSystemDaemon posted:But OP, what if he doesn't???? Reader, he did.
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This is one of the best stage finishes in France, Idk why the TDF hasn't been for an absurd length of time.
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peanut- posted:Reader, he did. ![]() Also, Padun shows us how you eat yourself. EDIT: Now the question is whether Porte is still bad at mountain descents? Because that could decide things tomorrow. BlankSystemDaemon fucked around with this message at 13:44 on Jun 5, 2021 |
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Lutsenko is going to win 4 Vino on the Joux-Plane because we all love Vino.
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Speaking of La Plange this was fun https://twitter.com/faustocoppi60/status/1400899405125988352?s=19 Love to calmly sit down and simply ride every pure climber in the race off my wheels while being visibly larger than all of them. EPO was badass
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sure the dauphine sounds cool and all but does it have Mark “Cav” Cavendish, Taco van der Hoorn and *checks notes* Laurens Sweek? https://twitter.com/cyclingtodayen/status/1401168587860099076?s=21
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Quickstep update: “Cav” has gone to the bus and Stybar is in a ditch with half of his kit ripped off
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Feels Villeneuve posted:Speaking of La Plange this was fun Assuming the frames could stand the forces, we'd see up-hill races look almost cartoony.
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Rasmus Tiller ![]() cool troBro-ish race
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https://twitter.com/TheShoeStar/status/1401174802833063937
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Cancel culture works
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Why did they change the race name
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drat I figured the race would be over by now and they've only got to mile 155 just now
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I wondered why that was newsworthy and I solemnly promise that I will continue to never remember the name of the MAGA chud cyclist
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