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    Agree with your general point. The Gabon race especially was a bit of a lottery. There was always the 'wrong' Total Energies guy winning...
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    Those African races are tougher to control than they look. Even if the riders from the big European teams are better than the local...
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    Squire replied to the thread Doping in XC skiing.
    Yes I did mean 'skiers' to include biathletes too. And of course there are quite a number of elite athletes from Oslo, but...
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    Squire replied to the thread Doping in XC skiing.
    Oslo is extremely under-represented in elite Norwegian winter sports though, when looking at population size. The Oslo kids have too...
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    Destiny is conspiring to make Masnada Ilmaestro's only good pick.
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    Squire replied to the thread Uno-X Pro Cycling Team.
    Makes sense that Faxe Kondi spends a bit on marketing. In my local shop those things are perenially on sale and the best before date is...
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    Squire reacted to Devil's Elbow's post in the thread Lesser known races 2026 edition with Like Like.
    Presumably Unibet filed a complaint much sooner, most probably on the day of the race or maybe the day after. Not their fault that the...
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    Squire replied to the thread Juan Ayuso discussion thread.
    Limelight, Remco, armchairs and broader views have very little to do with any of this. Romeo being 75 kg and a huge guy who has never...
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    Squire replied to the thread Lesser known races 2026 edition.
    I was thinking the same, but if you look at his back wheel, that's also way more circular than Moschetti's. So maybe the riders further...
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    Squire reacted to DJ Sprtsch's post in the thread The 2026 CQ Ranking Manager Thread with Wow Wow.
    I have four of those and definitely wouldn't mind if they all ended up in the top ten. With two on the podium.
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    Squire replied to the thread Doping in XC skiing.
    It's the case for the Finns as well, and Sweden to a large degree. But Finland have never really recovered from the Lahti scandal in...
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    Squire replied to the thread Doping in XC skiing.
    Skiing was never really a professional sport, so that structure never developed. Proper international season-long competition didn't...
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    Squire reacted to Eddy Evenepoel's post in the thread Doping in XC skiing with Like Like.
    Im of the opionon that basically all the good WC skiers (perhaps except of the smaller guys like Desloges, Lapalus, Tildheim Andersen...
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    Squire reacted to kingjr's post in the thread Doping in XC skiing with Like Like.
    Klæbo is basically van der Poel, and most cross-country skiing courses are Glasgow.
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    Squire reacted to Tim Cahill's post in the thread Comprehensive Climbers Ranking with Like Like.
    It's always good to see some empirical confirmation of what the real enthusiasts of the forum always knew, that the 2021 Tour is forever...