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    ChewbaccaDefense replied to the thread Race Thread.
    Puck is flying right now. Big split for her to close though.
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    ChewbaccaDefense replied to the thread Race Thread.
    Puck FTW, but an Anrooij win would be pretty cool too. Wout should have raced 2 days ago. Based on his racing so far, he will have a...
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    ChewbaccaDefense reacted to jono's post in the thread Race Thread with Like Like.
    I'm very curious to see what a dry Dendermonde looks like tomorrow. I enjoy a mudder now and then, but past editions have really...
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    ChewbaccaDefense reacted to Hugh Januss's post in the thread Race Thread with Like Like.
    He started those races the same way but they were somewhat faster more straight forward courses. His struggles seemed to start with...
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    ChewbaccaDefense reacted to Wyndbrook's post in the thread Race Thread with Like Like.
    On a slightly separate note it was good to see so many young US women riding impressively at Gavere.
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    ChewbaccaDefense reacted to jono's post in the thread Race Thread with Like Like.
    Strohmeyer finished 21, 12, and 16 in his first European races of the calendar so there is some reason to have self-confidence, but even...
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    ChewbaccaDefense reacted to Hugh Januss's post in the thread Race Thread with Like Like.
    I think Nys would be smart to just glue himself to VdP's wheel for the entire race. He's got the handling skills which Wout lacks but he...
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    ChewbaccaDefense reacted to hayneplane's post in the thread Race Thread with Like Like.
    MVDP looked to me like he was just biding his time under a request from race organisers to keep it a contest for at least half the race...
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    ChewbaccaDefense reacted to Hugh Januss's post in the thread Race Thread with Like Like.
    The first couple attacks were okay, it's alright to get a bit of a heat check on the competition. Nys looked like he thought he could...
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    ChewbaccaDefense reacted to Samu Cuenca's post in the thread Race Thread with Like Like.
    Sure, but when the winner is pretty much determined beforehand you still like there to be some degree of suspense for as long as possible.
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    ChewbaccaDefense reacted to Samu Cuenca's post in the thread Race Thread with Like Like.
    Nys was not winning that anyway, whereas Pieterse in the women's race definitely would have had a good chance against Brand today if she...
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    ChewbaccaDefense reacted to Axel Hangleck's post in the thread Race Thread with Like Like.
    I'm struggling to see how Lucinda doesn't win the Worlds....... However, if all the racing catches up with her (which is unlikely) or...
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    ChewbaccaDefense reacted to Hugh Januss's post in the thread Race Thread with Haha Haha.
    Ahh, cut him some slack it's not easy being the world's only Masnada fanboy.
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    ChewbaccaDefense replied to the thread Race Thread.
    That was my point. Also note that Hincapie was always in someone's shadow, be it Museeuw, Boonen, or Cancellara...kind of like being in...
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    ChewbaccaDefense reacted to Sciatic's post in the thread Race Thread with Like Like.
    Folks (you're not the only one) should stop with the "massive mental blows" suggestions. Wout has been winning and losing bike races for...