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Legendary Ptarmigan posted:The order of the last two doesn't matter so much because almost no one could lead both the mountains and the sprints. Didn't Merckx do that?
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Jul 6, 2014 08:23
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With any luck Froome will be too busy looking at his stem and run into a barrier in the TT
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Jul 7, 2014 08:34
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Loving Africa Chaps posted:That's a massive shame for the tour as a spectacle What the gently caress are you talking about. With froome gone, there may actually be a race this year. The tour is the single shittiest race of the year, even moreso when there's a clearcut winner from day 6. Doubly so when that winner has no charisma and every interview translates to "I'm on poo poo you haven't banned yet; come at me"
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Jul 9, 2014 17:46
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Vando posted:spoiler: it's Nibbles and this just happened and it isn't poo poo at all hth Nibs at least has some charisma and entertainment value, and isn't hated by his teammates.
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Jul 9, 2014 18:02
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serious gaylord posted:We've replaced the Sky Drug train with the Sky Blue drug train. Kazakh Blue. Sky blue is a different colour.
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Jul 20, 2014 02:28
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serious gaylord posted:Its weird that the Vuelta is always the ginger stepchild of Grand Tours for media coverage, despite this one having one of the best lineups in recent years. No it's not. Nobody like Spain. Or Spaniards. Also Spain is broke as gently caress.
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Aug 26, 2014 23:38
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In other news, some pro football player was handed a 4 game suspension for doping. Yep. 4 games. OOOOOOOH.
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Sep 3, 2014 23:25
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Dutch podium girls for win. Tony Martin for being a beast. Phinney for q1 next year. Also joanna rowsell. Crazy eyes and more individual wins than the other British females. Gibbo fucked around with this message at 22:04 on Sep 5, 2014 |
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Sep 5, 2014 22:01
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Flat Eric posted:Survey Garbage Thanks for wasting my time rear end in a top hat. If you're going to require a zip code, put it first or specify American only Gibbo fucked around with this message at 18:38 on Sep 24, 2014 |
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Sep 24, 2014 17:18
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I'm pretty sure the free promotional images in ~every magazine that carries bicycle news in the world~ far outweighs the cost of paying their top ranking special design hand painter the triple time for one nights work.
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Oct 5, 2014 08:05
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serious gaylord posted:So glad that the Giro is starting with a 17.6km Team Time Trial. Pause. Not. You sound like everyone else that is bad at time trialing.
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Oct 6, 2014 18:47
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JingleBells posted:Track cycling doesn't get more exhilarating than this: They do these at the velodrome here to warm up / when waiting for people to show up. It's a pretty relaxed/non structured track community here.
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Oct 27, 2014 02:00
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For anyone itching for the winter track season to really get going, here's some track stuff from somewhere. http://www.ustream.tv/channel/velocenter
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Nov 4, 2014 08:36
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serious gaylord posted:Should have disqualified his team mate too. The exact reason for "Lapped riders will be pulled" in the majority of amateur crits. (At least around around here.) Well they do it even in the 1/2 races.
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Nov 6, 2014 12:47
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Too bad about devil guy. Maybe someone will actually think up something good for a new era? http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/johnny-hoogerland-finally-receives-compensation-2011-tour-de-france-horror-crash-142877 About time.
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Nov 7, 2014 01:14
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serious gaylord posted:Why is the xenomorph coming out of his dick? Have you ever watched UK pornography?
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Nov 9, 2014 00:11
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http://www.slipstreamsports.com/2014/11/14/press-release-slipstream-sports-unveils-2015-cannondale-garmin-roster/ No more Farrar! I wonder if Cervelo is sponsoring anyone next year? What's that from?
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Nov 15, 2014 22:26
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We can always be sure of one rider being clean. Tyler Farrar. Unless he's as bad at cheating as he is at winning
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Dec 10, 2014 17:04
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Will Rotor continue to sponsor Qhebeka-Cervelo or whatever they are going to be called, or only GarminDale? It will be weird seeing Cervelo bikes without rotor cranks on them after all this time if that's the case?
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Dec 17, 2014 21:40
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serious gaylord posted:Not really a pro anymore but two of the GCN guys absolutely flew past me on a climb a few months back. Laughing and recording bits for the show. I was blowing out my arsehole. oh god is GCN the abbreviation for Garmindale? I'm going to have trouble not seeing "Nintendo Gamecube" every time it's on a ticker.  NGC was neogeo colour before anyone asks.
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Jan 9, 2015 04:23
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Oh. Thank Jesus/Vaughters.
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Jan 9, 2015 04:40
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Lotto Jumbo is Belkin and Lotto Squid is Belisol?
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Jan 10, 2015 09:19
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I find it hard to believe that Austin doesn't have a larger motocross track they could temporarily convert, rather than having to damage a State Park
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Jan 11, 2015 20:14
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The Deadly Hume posted:Heinrich Haussler (IAM) won the Australian road race championship. Caleb Ewan 2nd, made a nice move on the last climb about 10km out but Haussler hauled him in at the final sprint. I'm not sure what OGE's plans for him this year but I guess we might see him in a few classics to learn the ropes since he's still pretty young. (Gerrans was out injured after he buggered his shoulder before Xmas.) Nice to see Haussler in form again. I was a fan of his a number of years ago when he was on Cervelo Test before his knee blew up.
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Jan 12, 2015 04:05
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strangemusic posted:Man am I ever stoked on the wild card TDF selections. Bora, MTN Qubekha and Europcar. And here I was hoping we might see a tour without Farrar, and 15 crashes in the first week because of him. Gibbo fucked around with this message at 02:22 on Jan 15, 2015 |
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Jan 15, 2015 02:18
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Finally decided to look at the roster, and they have Theo Bos, Eddy Boss, and Farrar. Going to be some interesting slapfights there. Will MTNQ be in the classics or are those races world tour + french continental only?
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Jan 15, 2015 04:09
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Thank gently caress for the TDU. There was a lack of Track coverage this year and I want to watch some bicycles being raced.
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Jan 18, 2015 03:27
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tylertfb posted:Is there a new thread, or has the TDU been that dull? I was out of town this weekend and returned to 0 posts It was pretty non eventful aside from the list of "who gets to miss the first part of the season because of broken collarbones/hands" Watch it if only because it's the last time we'll ever see Cuddles. 
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Jan 26, 2015 11:36
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kimbo305 posted:11hrs til Rohan Dennis' hour attempt: Why the hell am I still awake for this. I'm not even a big Rohan fan... holy poo poo I think Cadel has said more in this interview than he has his entire racing career. Gibbo fucked around with this message at 14:24 on Feb 8, 2015 |
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Feb 8, 2015 13:43
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Can't wait to see the lap chart for this. Some of his laps were within .010s of eachother, right before the clock started going backwards. drat good pacing. Pretty sure that shoddy facial hair cost him that last 9m
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Feb 8, 2015 15:04
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Paddyb posted:The Velonews and Cyclingnews apps have really poo poo the bed with iOS 8. Does anyone have a good pro cycling app like those two? Chrome.
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Feb 18, 2015 02:44
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Was that section slightly downhill or was there a tailwind? That seemed fast even by pro standards
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Feb 20, 2015 09:13
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serious gaylord posted:Contador just utterly dominated Froome at the Vuelta a Andalucía. Froome is obviously suffering allergies/a headcold/low hematocrit. Once he refreshes his "prescription" he'll be fine. 
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Feb 20, 2015 21:05
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evil_bunnY posted:I really hope pistolero turns out clean in the next couple years, because watching him style on froome is *the best* I just want to see Froome break down crying again. Unless this year he's on drugs that give him bike handling skills and stronger bones
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Feb 20, 2015 22:03
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Pocket posted:Being administered tramadol to keep functioning is part of a perfectly normal work environment. Tramadol was all that kept me going at one point
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Feb 21, 2015 01:36
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Not sure if it got posted, but the Track worlds are up on Youtube if anyone is super bored. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CnhHGNAk0Y for day 4
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Feb 22, 2015 11:23
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serious gaylord posted:1 lap. Thats got to sting. Except he did it at Aguascalientes, which I believe is higher elevation than wherever switzerland, so it's more like 1.5 laps 
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Feb 26, 2015 11:05
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The Deadly Hume posted:Agreed here. I sort of dig everyone having a go at the record (I'd really like to see how Cancellara would go as well) but at some point you want someone to set a proper benchmark with the new rules and Martin would be the guy to do it. Does Martin have any sort of track history? I'm a big Martin fan and if anyone could do it right now, it would be him far and away, but being used to keeping the line/turning left/never stopping pedalling can be big benefits.
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kimbo305 posted:One of his arguments for the old setup was to compare himself to Merckx. Well, if you can't beat Wiggins or Martin, you probably can't beat Merckx, specialized position or no. Wiggins I think? Merckx rode track for fun and enjoyment in the offseason, being Belgian, (and to stack more wins). So he did Madison/points race/etc. Wiggins started in track and specifically trained for pursuit. So his is a more direct transfer. But Merckx is literally the bike Terminator from the future so ymmv.
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