Recent content by OldCranky

I think Chilavert was better, but then he was a free kick and penalty taker and they always get more chances to score... ;)

The big thing with Froome is his age, Talk of a three year arc from his crash taking him to a point where he is now, suposedly still building incrementally year on year with hope of finally regaining his old form, might have some basis in reality if he was 27 with potentially years ahead of him...

Like van Aert, the specialist time trialist/climber/sprinter/cross rider? Or more like Pidcock who specialised in winning the Olympic Gold in XC MTB, World Championship in cross, plus winning Brabantse Pijl and second in Amstel Gold on the road in the last 12 months? :D

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes... :D

Slovenian winner, just like everybody predicted eh? :tearsofjoy:

The absolute state of this chase :D

Why are you triggered by a pun?

A nyone B ut C olbrelli

Another victory for clean cycling!

Hope he maintains his zen aura of calm when the other three lads whose relay medals are at stake now catch up with him.

He wasn't, he was riding the usual bike.

True on all counts. It says a lot about British success in recent years that this feels like a significant step down, despite already getting results that many other countries would be delighted with.

Indeed. Also, speaking as a Brit (although not for 'The British' since I'm just one bloke :D) I think it's pretty obvious that the medal factory is now closed, at least for the foreseeable future. That's sport - it has cycles (no pun intended) and both athletes and coaches progress through...

I had to vote for 'rocks up on a kid's trike wearing a Ronald McDonald outfit' because it was from my post in the MvdP thread, but I'm still laughing at 'falls into a shaft left by some miners' :tearsofjoy: Great poll.

It's already been explained to you several times. However if you want a more general discussion of how XC courses are set up, I'd suggest making a thread in the mountain bike section of the forum since you're more likely to get what you consider to be productive answers. Lest we forget, this...