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    Teams & Riders Peter Sagan discussion thread.

    Was thinking about Sagan and this last year, Seems he has lost some punch, and the win total reflects that. Coincidentally this last year he was forced to ride disc brake wheels all year. Yes heavier wheels do impact performance.
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    Teams & Riders Peter Sagan discussion thread.

    Peter's personal life has changed from his winning days. Peter also now must race with heavy disc rotors on his wheels, not speedy. Things change.
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    Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde, 28th-30th March, 2.HC

    Re: Re: well... win tainted from a push by last leadout man, final k, clearly on video. The movistar penalty now looks really bad for UCI imo
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    Teams & Riders Peter Sagan discussion thread.

    RIght After his win today in Kuurne, Sagan's handler emptied him a handful of something that Peter stuffed in his mouth and appeared to be still chewing on it during victory interview. Curious as to what that food was ?? His training program seems to be working
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    What can Sagan achieve in RIO in MTB race?

    Re: Watching the replay he left a gap at the start so he got a run on most ahead of him and barged to like 7th after 1 minute! the opening section was tailor made for him. and his TDF fitness could have carried him well.
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    Teams & Riders Vincenzo Nibali discussion thread

    Re: Nibali discussion thread Watching today's Giro stage, there was a discussion about Nibali changing crank length from 172.5 to 175mm *just before the Giro* !! Maybe he is super flexible, but usually a change like this takes awhile to complete, and is done in preparation over a period of...
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    Gent - Wevelgem, WT, Sunday March 27th

    Re: it's those awful sunglasses, not aero.
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    Dwars door Vlaanderen (1.HC), 23rd of March 2016

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9dx1vD1FH8&feature=youtu.be I see 1080 might have to be logged in user.
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    Dwars door Vlaanderen (1.HC), 23rd of March 2016

    Nice Youtube HD live stream. Need more of this
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    107th Milano - Sanremo, 19th March 2016, 291 km, WT

    Great Discussion. If Bouhanni's chain did not slip (FSA cranks suck imo) we would not be having it. That's bike racing
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    107th Milano - Sanremo, 19th March 2016, 291 km, WT

    Re: 1. We saw Demare go long in his recent Paris nice win, Dude can go and has proved it recently. 2. we see Sticky Bottles all day long, clearly on video, in just about every race. 3. tech stuff like Strava? garbage in garbage out, too shetchy to be reliable. He won the race on the road...
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    Di2 tips

    Re: Yes I finally found some discussion on this failure. that derailleur would not move up. Martinelli was having a good ride. I would like to see an explanation of that very public failure from Shimano before considering a Di2 purchase
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    Tour of Pologne 2015(2.UWT) 2-8.08

    Kittel appeared to be hindered by the winner in the overhead replay
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    2015 Tour de Suisse Stage 4 - 193km

    Re: Re: yes Sagan needs to keep his mass moving on that hill, so when in doubt, lead it out, good to salvage 2nd
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    2015 Giro d'Italia Stage 18: Melide > Verbania 170km

    all Specialized bikes need a nearby mechanic