Recent content by Armchair Cyclist

Seems a bit severe. Who's going to have to check them all?

Seixas is by no means the obvious king maker up to now (even leaving aside Del Toro, he is (as of the last update) only just above half of Magnier's points, and behind Christen, Brennan, Morgado and Romeo (and unpicked Jeannierre), and only marginally ahead of Guillermo Silva. But he does look...

If (and it's a big if) the commentator was correct in saying that getting the last corner was key, then getting ahead while the route to that corner was hard to overtake on was not necessarily a bad thing. I'm always willing to believe that a rider has a better idea of what his most likely...

I think you'll find that in this race there is precisely one rider who is better.

Totally agree: really can't imagine why anyone finds it funny to repeat Mas's display of disrespect and ignorance.

But doubling is a big ask for a more expensive pick; I tend to think of 200 point profit as representing a worthwhile pick: would make for a season score of 14,100 if everyone achieves it.

Why is the Trek car anywhere near the front group anyway? Beloki not in front group.

It wasn't because he didn't want the competition here: don't see the link.

With Kruijswijk being in the break, I thought to myself "It must be a while since he won": I didn't expect his most recent win to have been as long ago as August 2014 (nor that he only has 2 wins). And his last WT win was June 2011. Seems extraordinary to still be racing at the same team...

I'm not sure that he is to blame for your team's position: he has only ever once got more than "have a sticker for finishing" points in these races, and has (marginally) more from the races that have taken place than he did last year. As manager, you need to have a word with Rex, Ballerini and...

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January, not so soon.

Gravaa possibly got more publicity from the not being allowed that if they had been used in victory. Being hideously expensive, even so expensive that it can have no commercial future, has not, IIRC, been an issue in the past, especially if the track racing rule is in the same terms. This...

Has Ion Izagirre had a few face-first falls since I last saw a photo of him, or is he just very bad at shaving?

Izagirre records the shortest non-zero time ever at the front of a race other than by the winner of a sprint.