Recent content by laarsland

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    Teams & Riders The Great Big Cycling Transfers, Extensions, and Rumours Thread

    Hope his purple patch this fall carries over to next season
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    How To Say my name! Pronunciation thread

    I’ll let y’all know that I gregariously pronounce my surname of Aarsland in the native Norwegian manner when going abroad.
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    How To Say my name! Pronunciation thread

    Shaping up to be a loooooooong off season, this.
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    Teams & Riders The Great Big Cycling Transfers, Extensions, and Rumours Thread

    Bit harsh on Benson, but I agree with the sentiment
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    Teams & Riders The Remco Evenepoel is the next Eddy Merckx thread

    Ah yes. First saddle wrong, second saddle wrong, team mate out of play. All is usual in Remco-land, a big boy did it and ran away.
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    Teams & Riders The Great Big Cycling Transfers, Extensions, and Rumours Thread

    I wonder if they allow him to change his hukou
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    2025 Vuelta CQ game

    Thanks all for playing and as always the impeccable @Armchair Cyclist. See y’all again for the spring classics!
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    2025 Vuelta CQ game

    Four Seasons Landscaping
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    Teams & Riders The "MVP" Mathieu Van der Poel Road Discussion Thread

    I think you let MVDP be MVDP to keep his flame as strong as it can be. A bored MVDP constrained to the road against his will won't be much fun.
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    Teams & Riders The "MVP" Mathieu Van der Poel Road Discussion Thread

    Generational talent. So do you spend more of your chips thinking about what he would win if he truly committed himself to the road? Of do you keep them placed in thinking it's awesome he rides multiple branches (more or less) greatly? (and if he was to put all it road racing, would the loss...
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    Teams & Riders The Great Big Cycling Transfers, Extensions, and Rumours Thread

    Fair point. On the other hand, EF needs/likes to have a South American GC-leader who rides with panache. Apart from Bernal, not many out there who fits the bill if they had to find someone else. Reckon and hope this is just hot air
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    Juan Ayuso discussion thread

    At least John Gadret had the temerity to do it in the open AND being *** at it at the same time.
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    Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2025, Stage 11: Bilbao/Bilbo – Bilbao/Bilbo (157.4k)

    And I just have to say that Bilbao is great, but still just Temu-Bergen, Norway.
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    The 2025 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

    …..and he punctures