Recent content by jsem94

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    Race Design Thread

    Tour of the Great Lakes | Stage 4: Detroit - Detroit, 17.4km (ITT) The race needs an ITT, and it needs to hit Detroit. Just an hour up the road from Toledo is the third largest metro area in the megaregion that is the Great Lakes. The urban sprawl is massive, but there is a great historic...
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    Lesser known races 2026 edition

    What an effort by Hagenes, just needed a few more seconds.
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    Lesser known races 2026 edition

    they can mess it up, which was the point. If the group does not catch Hagenes now, that's an even bigger failure on their part.
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    Lesser known races 2026 edition

    Visma cannot possibly mess this up, can they? ;)
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    Lesser known races 2026 edition

    Ah, that explains it.
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    Lesser known races 2026 edition

    Why would Thijssen's team car be wo far down the caravan? Shouldn't the jersey No. 1 mean anything, or am I mistaken here?
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    Race Design Thread

    Tour of the Great Lakes | Stage 3: Cleveland - Toledo, 173.4km No climbs today, as this is pretty much pancake flat. The only disruption to a huge bunch sprint is if the wind happens to play ball. Cleveland Skyline After a two hour drive from Erie and crossing into Ohio, we do begin in one...
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    Kuurne - Brussel - Kuurne 2026

    Jesus, that was a statement.
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    The 2026 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

    I was really considering Zana... on top of which, Vansevenant dropped an absolute stinker in Sardegna.
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    The 2026 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

    Why on earth would you pick Bettiol?
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    The 2026 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

    Surgery scheduled early next week. Absolutely awful, and this is way more consequential for us Küng owners than Van Gils as Küng ownership is very low. He probably won't be back until autumn, and breaking even would be a feat in and of itself as it stands now.
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    Race Design Thread

    Tour of the Great Lakes | Stage 2: Buffalo - Erie, 197.5km Climbs: Shumla Road (cat. 4), 3.3km @ 4.1% Bachellor Hill (cat. 4), 1.2km @ 7.4% Thayer Road (cat. 4), 1.7km @ 9.3% Mt. Baldy (cat. 4), 2.4km @ 6.2% Creamery Road ((cat. 4), 2.3km at 8.0% Cemetery Road (cat. 4), 2.9km @ 6.6% South...
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    Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2026, February 28

    Which makes a ton of sense, I just wanted to mention that he's actually here as well, not to be forgotten lol
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    Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2026, February 28

    Finally some real racing, not these [content removed]/Iberian warm up races. I like that somehow Küng didn't get mentioned at all by the 2nd poster, maybe he can get his season going for real as well?
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    Nordic Skiing/Biathlon Thread

    All engine and willpower. It's pretty incredible tbh, but it's such an eyesore.