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paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:

Does that mean him and Bardet will be sprinting for the line tomorrow?

They'll be like Siamese twins

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paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
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Looking forward to watching Sagan bottle it again.

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
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That was a nice move by Katusha

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
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:catstare:

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
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This poor Swiss bastard

Wait he won lmao :getin:

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
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That Tour of Utah final climb was stupid steep.

I can never figure out why Danielson can't do anything in Europe.

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
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His tweet about it was:

@Vaughters a pole. Someone called it a "snow pole".

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
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BMC have a nice little break going on with four out of 15 riders. 3:00 up only Garmin chasing.

Curious to see what Cadel can do.

paddyboat fucked around with this message at 19:44 on Aug 9, 2014

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
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I forgot Cadel was such a good descender.

And sprinter.

paddyboat fucked around with this message at 22:34 on Aug 9, 2014

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
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I'm really mad that Chris Horner's climbing partner isn't named Winner Anaconda. It'd only be one extra letter.

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
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Cadelephant going buck wild on this last descent.

Dat Last Corner FTW

paddyboat fucked around with this message at 22:48 on Aug 10, 2014

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
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This race is like a classic season compressed into one week. All the good one-day guys have shown up.

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
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This is good news.

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
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Some quality Alpha Dog Bumping at about 45 seconds from the Tour of Eneco

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
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Yeah Contador's going to to have to leave it for late. Good video.

:luxembourg:

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
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Tony Martin freaking me out with his jaw flapping open in the wind.

*shudders*

Edit: did they say Quintana isn't fit? How is that possible?

*shudders*

paddyboat fucked around with this message at 20:12 on Aug 23, 2014

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
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I saw one of those TT Pinarellos last week and they are sexy as hell.

Everyone's dead and Froomes gonna walk this. gently caress

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
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serious gaylord posted:

Sky really have a piss weak team now.

Isn't that basically their team without Wiggins though? Who's missing?

Imagine selling an LBL victory. gently caress

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
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Sky Astana Movistar BMC

Anyone else have a chance?

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
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What the...

William Fotheringham
Friday 22 August 2014 06.27 EDT

The last-minute withdrawal of Chris Horner from the Vuelta a España on Friday morning from this year’s race was a complex matter which put the perennial issue of the use of cortisone for medical reasons back into the spotlight. The 42-year-old American defending champion was pulled out owing to low cortisol levels following his use of the drug by prescription to treat a lung issue that has dogged him since the Tour de France.

Horner was given a therapeutic use exemption by the UCI on 15 August but the cortisone treatment resulted in a lowering of his cortisol levels below the threshold stipulated as “healthy” by the Movement for Credible Cycling, of which his Lampre-Merida team are a member. Cortisol is the naturally occurring substance which is affected by intake of cortisone; low cortisol levels can affect the body’s ability to recover in the event of a medical issue such as a crash, hence the stipulation of a “healthy” threshold.

“After the finish of the Tour and the Tour of Utah, Chris Horner underwent two examinations by two specialists for his bronchitis, both agreed that a treatment of cortisone by oral means was the only way to resolve this problem,” said his Lampre-Merida team’s doctor on their website.

Horner was left with no option but to withdraw, although under UCI rules he could have competed. “I could race under UCI rules but my team are a member of the MPCC and I must accept the situation without regrets,” he said.

The episode underlined the lack of consistency over the administration of cortisone, which is a widely used anti-inflammatory, but which is also performance-enhancing, and has a long history of abuse within cycling.

One contradiction is that there is no compulsion to join the MPCC and not all teams do so – Team Sky are one who have not. That means the playing field is not entirely level because MPCC teams are subject to extra testing for cortisol and occasionally find themselves having to pull riders from events as in this case.

The UCI has already tightened its procedures for issuing TUEs in recent months after Chris Froome was at the centre of a controversy over his use of the corticosteroid prednisolone for breathing problems in April. The whole question is to be re-examined again in conjunction with Wada over the winter, the UCI president Brian Cookson told the Guardian

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
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I don't know if Jens Vogt is on the dope but got drat he knows how to get in a break.

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
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Kjeil Reijnejn loses it by sprinting on the tops. Shameful.

Tejay wins GC

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
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Smirr posted:

I don't know why Bouhanni thought he could ever pass on the right there.

I remember him doing it successfully earlier in the year, but he wasn't getting pummeled by inflatable dicks then.



e: It was the Giro stage 7

paddyboat fucked around with this message at 20:57 on Aug 27, 2014

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
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African AIDS cum posted:

gently caress Froome

watching him ride makes my eyes bleed

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
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I had some new sports drink they were giving out after a race a while back and I'm thinking it was the same stuff in retrospect.

I am NOT Norwegian though

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
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De Marchi killing it wearing The Number of the Beast.

Then I saw Froome sprinting at the end...

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
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So anybody else think Bouhani's little swerve at the line was illegal?

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
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Imagine Horner and Anaconda tearing it up together. Smh

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
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It's the best name since Francesco Bongiorno

E: I forgot Inexhausti

paddyboat fucked around with this message at 20:00 on Aug 31, 2014

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
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That was some some nice riding by Canadian superhero Ryder. :BC:

Too bad they picked Serial Crasher Dan Martin for GC.

I love Dan Martin and I hope he wins a stage too.

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
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I can see a lot of cool wrecks happening on the other side of this first climb. Everyone looks miserable and nervous.

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

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I'd like to think that Dan Martin crashed going uphill and is now riding Vansummerenens giant bike.

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
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chupacabra got him. rip

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
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I hope Brambilla wins

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
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insane

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
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serious gaylord posted:

Rovny gone too. Stupid from the both of them, but very very funny. Good ol Oleg is kickin off.

I'm glad he's gone. Look at this thug.

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
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I enjoyed the terrible chasing skills from the BMC Vuelta team and the Omega Pharma Tour of Britain team today.

The bad Omega chase was really worth watching if you haven't seen it.

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

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Has anyone else tried the hour with the new rules or is Jens the first?

The inCycleTV video about him suggested there would be a lot of attempts now. Is everyone letting Jens have a crack first?

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
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I'm watching that part in the highlights right now. He's an entertaining as hell racer.

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paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
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I stand up when my back hurts. But then I have to sit down pretty soon because I'm not 140 lbs.

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