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proffate replied to the thread Wout van Aert.fastest roubaix ever is more of a reflection of tires that are too big for even cyclocross, not to mention aero everything, which has... -
In classics you can at least blame that the race is raced much harder due to tactics, especially in the case of Roubaix. Better...
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proffate replied to the thread Tadej Pogacar and Mauro Giannetti.aero is not that easy to eyeball. An 80kg rider will tend to be aero-ish, but Wout is really not exceptionally aero for his size, even...
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proffate replied to the thread Best classic rider.Once you are the favorite it becomes basically impossible to win by any other means than brute force for some number of seconds...
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yeah i also think canc was rather cunning and mostly rode quite well tactically he had good timing and rarely used much energy before...
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proffate replied to the thread Best classic rider.I guess we don't know what Ganna would do if he didn't have mvdp and Pog in his era but he's only won a single one day race ever I...
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Overall you either have to admit cross era comparisons are entirely useless, or that the current era of riders would roflstomp the rest...
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I'm actually surprised to see his name on the startlist, his injury is rather bad. Amstel isn't usually a 'win by 2 minutes' race...
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You don't think Pidcock will be able to hang? Skjelmose?
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proffate reacted to Coppi-Bartali's post in the thread Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread with
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Cycling still has a chauvinistic and classist aspect. Anything outside of certain countries, or outside of cyclocross riders, is seen... -
proffate replied to the thread Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread.I don't know if you're trying to make the point that only Europeans can be good at cycling or what, but if you didn't notice, there are...
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proffate replied to the thread Best classic rider.8 and counting is pretty close to 12. (Not to mention 6 additional podiums.) It would be interesting to watch, because if you had Pog...
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proffate replied to the thread AJ August -- ALL ABOARD the American GC Hype Train..Seems to have lemond beat by a few months and armstrong by more than a year. Granted there are much younger riders winning these days.
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proffate reacted to Red Rick's post in the thread Paris-Roubaix 2026, one day monument, April 12 with Like.
In all my years of wasting time on the cycling internet, I'm not sure I've ever read a comment as wrong as this one. It is wrong on...
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proffate replied to the thread Paris-Roubaix 2026, one day monument, April 12.That's absolutely not ciclismo Sport would be very boring were it not for underdogs winning sometimes.
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