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Recent content by SeriousSam

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    Tour 2018 stage 21: Houilles - Paris 116 km

    I thought Sagan had a really good chance this year when the flat sprinting specialists were kicked out for not making the time limit, but then he had that heavy crash
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    Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

    He could have won the Tour 7 times in a row with better luck and a team devoted only to him. He had a Tour-winning level of performance every year since 2012
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    Teams & Riders Geraint Thomas

    Re: Re: Agree with 1.5
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    Teams & Riders Geraint Thomas

    What's the over/under in GTs won for young Geraint?
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    Tour 2018 stage 20: St P-S-Nivelle - Espelette 31km ITT

    Thomas is like a young Froome, only he's really old
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    Teams & Riders Tom Dumoulin discussion thread

    Re: Re: That depends on how likely a different course of action would've made winning the Tour. Two people who completely agree on the worth of 1st, 2nd and 3rd can disagree on tactics if they disagree on that
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    Primož Roglič

    What's most remarkable is that a guy whose endurance talent (ie the level of performance one can reach with professional training and low-detection-chance doping) is so off the charts he can podium the Tour didn't do an endurance sport from early on, but did instead do a sport that's about being...
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    Le Tour 2018 stage 19:Lourdes - Laruns 200,5km

    Re: It sure is especially for Dumoulin, and especially when the decision has just about no implication for his chance to make 1st
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    Dumoulin.

    Re: Re: It's not. When we say that Froome's trajectory is ludicrous, that's not a subjective claim about how we feel about it, but an objective claim about the extreme and unparalleled jump from being a middle of the road rider to being a world beater.
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    Le Tour 2018 stage 17: BDL to Saint-Lary-Soulan 65k

    Re: Really impressive. Will likely finish his career with greater GT palmares than Quintana
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    Teams & Riders The official Egan Bernal is the new Egan Bernal thread

    Can't wait to see this guy help Thomas and Froome win many more GTs
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    Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

    The historic quadruple is over but valiant effort
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    Le Tour 2018 stage 17: BDL to Saint-Lary-Soulan 65k

    The diminutive Colombian climbing specialist wins the stage as the big GC riders Thomas and Roglic battle it out behind him
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    Le Tour 2018 stage 17: BDL to Saint-Lary-Soulan 65k

    If it weren't for Froome's legendary 80km attack at the Giro, Dumoulin would be on track to do the best Giro Tour double since Pantani