Recent content by deejay

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    Carlton kirby - has to go !!

    Eurosport was on and covering an endurance car race with Kirby while I was too busy to switch it of. I went out for 10 mins and when I returned Kirby was still babbling and chuckling in his same manner but the program had changed to cycling. No difference in his commentary generalizations of...
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    Tour of Pologne 2015(2.UWT) 2-8.08

    Re: Cuckoo land...one swallow does not a summer make. Another 20 meters and he would have been 2nd after he flicked the odds on favourite who then was travelling much faster until the realisation it was too late.
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    2015, Ronde van Vlaanderen 264.9 Km

    Re: Re: That's just Nit Picking on your two decades and for some of us who were there who do not distinguish easily 2 decades from 3. You miss the point that is trying to be made that we "Yearn" for a repeat of 1 or 2 riders on a Break (that has come about with long attacking rides) in the last...
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    General News Thread

    The Tour de France will not change because the French Government are involved with a thing they call Heritage. This allows the Police to close roads for such a long time. The other thing that Europe has is the Parcours for cycle racing. The racing in Asia today might excite the Continent...
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    Advice - Going to see Liege

    Liege is a bit like Pittsburgh/Cleveland or (god almighty) Detroit and if you want more Concrete then try New York or Chicago but it is certainly not like your Great Plains or Rockies. It grew as an Industrialised city and being Wallonne it has a great resemblance to the dirt and grime that was...
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    2013 Liège-Bastogne-Liège, 21/04/13 257km

    Sorry, Aywaille or La Redoute ? They do Aywaille going out to Bastogne, so you want to be next to the motorway on the exit to Aywaille and then it depends how far up La Redoute you want to be. These days there are motor homes being parked up there at this moment. (NOW) The whole thing now...
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    Best Retired Cyclist (with many wins), Without a Monument?

    Good ole Dad. Now I will have to find time to locate the items. (It's a winter job really) 1922 San Remo http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=totm3FWY0zg&feature=endscreen 1930 San Remo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY3eVU1LilU
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    Best Retired Cyclist (with many wins), Without a Monument?

    You sure about that. I would like to offer a different opinion. I seem to recall seeing a reference to Monument races in the 1950's "Sporting Cyclist" magazine but I don't intend to wade through them to prove a point. I realise that the late 80's is when a lot of B/S started up with the new...
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    Best Sprinter of All Time

    So you like Freddie and so did I but also Rik Van Looy and Rik Van Steenbergen with Zabel & McEwan still coming.
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    Best climbers in history?

    I'm with Fausto, Marco and Gilberto. Who the Hell is Lance ?? Is that the guy that complained (and set the Virus up) about riding round Milano and never seen winning in the Dolomites. The poor little Darling didn't ride the "Man's" race the GIRO because he is so GREEDY.
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    Contador 2010

    What I have read on this thread seems to cover most points like. AC won the TDF despite Bruyneel and his guest rider. The dirty tricks they played on AC and basically ignored him. The guest was not even a paid member of the team and paid his own expenses for Equipment, Hotels and Minders...
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    Paris-Nice route announced

    The Paris Nice formula before the ASO got their hands on it, was to always have a short Time Trial on the last day.