Recent content by Gaul 58

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Re: 3 less riders per team would be better still.

Re: And some true cycling fans love echelons even more.

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More Kirby... less Backstedt (he's all huffing and puffing).... Kirby and Gibb doing track is wonderfully funny, especially when they go totally off-piste.

Instead of telling us all the details of happenings within the race why don't you give us something from outside the peloton.... like the day when the number of spectators exceeds the number of riders.... as it ought to mark a big celebration.

I hope he gives them a good warning about the danger of taking Stilnox while in hotel rooms on the fifth floor of hotels... don't want them all trying the trick of walking room to room by use of the outside balcony.... might have to phone for the B team.

Re: Solo breakaway rider won + Gerrans not on the podium = everyone is happy :D +1

If the sport is to be global we can't let three separate tours each of three weeks gobble up so much of the calendar. So to progress and make more room for the tours in Poland, California and the like.... (i) one a year in rotation (Italy then France then Spain), or (ii) a single three-week tour...

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Didn't Graeme Obree walk away from Le Groupement just a couple of months after joining, saying he wouldn't be pushed into drug taking?

Presumably the organisers called Rodriguez into a darkened room some time during the winter and hatched up a communal plan to ensure he won the Vuelta by letting him pick the entire route, or at least have a major influence.... or they placed bets at nice long odds before announcing the route...