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Pantsmaster Bill posted:Lopez just climbed Ventoux a minute faster than Armstrong in 2002 and Froome in 2013. the tour is going to be so gassed up lmao
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Jun 8, 2021 16:13
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He's absurd Alaphilippe almost put Matthews in the barriers there
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Feels Villeneuve posted:the tour is going to be so gassed up lmao The Giro was insane enough. Full gas for most stages from the start. The tour is going to be bonkers.
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Ineos finishing TdF stages 1-2-3, Mapei style -- Brits: are white boys everyone else: 
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I can’t work out who the next Bahrain guy to go full Cobra will be. I think they’re waiting a few days until the heat dies down (again). Wouter was hiding out pretty well yesterday until he hosed up and got on the podium.
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Feels Villeneuve posted:the tour is going to be so gassed up lmao Looks like the slovene sauce is getting out
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paddyboat posted:I can’t work out who the next Bahrain guy to go full Cobra will be. I think they’re waiting a few days until the heat dies down (again). Wouter was hiding out pretty well yesterday until he hosed up and got on the podium. 'We're just carrying on the work Rod Ellingworth started last year' Bahrain say as the house of cards that was British cycling crumbles around them.
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Cofidis are pulling the peloton in Switzerland, I'm not sure that's something I've ever seen happen before.
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This is what a real team mate does for you
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That was a super cool view for the sprint
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I think the TDS does that a lot for some reason
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Feels Villeneuve posted:I think the TDS does that a lot for some reason The Swiss are, as a people, very into transport infrastructure, repetitive rituals, being unable to read social cues, etc.
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Jun 9, 2021 17:18
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It's the only flat land of any size in the country.
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GB Olympic road race team will be: - Thomas - Geoghegan-Hart - The Yates's 4 GC leaders doesn't seem like the makings of a great team effort (although tbf 3 are on the same team) and I feel like the course is going to come down to a reduced bunch sprint so I'd have taken pidcock but he's doing mountain biking and isn't allowed to do both apparently. Apparently 2 of them have to do the TT too so Thomas and whoever I guess.
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Is Pidcock going to be fit? I thought he got hosed up by that car.
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goatface posted:Is Pidcock going to be fit? I thought he got hosed up by that car. He's only 12, you bounce at that age
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True. TT would be Thomas and Ineos Yates, wouldn't it?
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goatface posted:True. Yeah it is. Pidcock would be better for the race too but yes you cant enter both. Its why Sagan picked the mountain bike instead of road race at Rio when he probably could have won that given it came down to the spring classics riders and not a GC guy like everyone thought.
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https://twitter.com/faustocoppi60/status/1402204065724088323?s=19 UAE's new Spanish 18 year old is murdering everyone at the baby giro. 3 stage wins so far.
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Is there any identifiable reason (beyond shitloads of drugs) that cyclists are suddenly really good below the age of 22? It doesn't seem like there's been a gradual shift to younger riders, it's more like a complete sea-change for the sport in the last 3-4 years.
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HGH while growing up.
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peanut- posted:Is there any identifiable reason (beyond shitloads of drugs) that cyclists are suddenly really good below the age of 22? I mean maybe it is drugs in that cycling was always a bit of an outlier in how old it's dominant forces were. Other thing is training techniques are all pretty public so athletes are doing pro style training with power meters from age 10 rather then once they become a neopro and maybe the more modern HIIT based regimes and early exposure to cyclo-cross suits younger riders better? This is all me talking out my arse though and maybe he's just another Ricardo Ricco who's been doping since he was a teenager.
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peanut- posted:Is there any identifiable reason (beyond shitloads of drugs) that cyclists are suddenly really good below the age of 22? If we want to look outside the obvious HGH jokes etc. LAC has hit the nail on the head pretty much. Both teams and prospective riders know what they're looking for now, and what you need to do. Compare a youngsters coaching plan this year to 10 years ago and it will be night and day. Potential stars are also being identified much younger too, so the average breakthrough age is coming down. I don't think we're that far off a 19 year old dominating a grand tour. Although I also think we're in the 2nd Renaissance of performance enhancing substances but I won't post about that too much since its really boring.
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Poggers has gone nuclear in the tour of Slovenia. UAE might get a 1-2-3 here
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Abolish best young riders classification and make a new one for best rider over the age of 25. I do wonder though, how many of these young stars will burn the gently caress out physically and mentally before they hit 30.
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Loving Africa Chaps posted:Poggers has gone nuclear in the tour of Slovenia. UAE might get a 1-2-3 here Their team vs everyone else at this race is more ridiculous than Ineos in Catalunya Interesting answers on the young riders, thank you.
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peanut- posted:Their team vs everyone else at this race is more ridiculous than Ineos in Catalunya It's like that video of Michael Owen smashing penalties past a 13 year old.
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Best masters rider for anyone in the 13+ year of their career.
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van der poel doing a van avermaet (going in the breakaway in the leader's jersey).
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lol, wrong way at the roundabout.
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someone’s gonna hit that driveway boulder glad big steve chaves survived
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carapaz wins. sky are going to be 1-2-3 at le tour aren't they.
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Nah, I think Carapaz is their only credible hope of hanging with the Slovenes (and Mark Padun).
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They'll get two in the top 5. Someone will Rohan up two mountains to pull Thomas and Carapaz into contention.
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HappyCamperGL posted:carapaz wins. sky are going to be 1-2-3 at le tour aren't they. yup. I mean the Bahrain stuff is fun but there's doping, and then there's Ineos doping.
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serious gaylord posted:Although I also think we're in the 2nd Renaissance of performance enhancing substances but I won't post about that too much since its really boring. I’m curious about this if you feel like posting or linking something.
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neck doping is the future
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