- May 5, 2010
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He hasn't been totally invisible lately.
I would never be able to spot him, just remembering him might be hard enough.
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But then you just have to imagine he is there, if you can't se him lying on the road.
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I'm only a meanie for comedic effect. Anyway it won't be a problem in the Tour this year.Now you're just being mean!
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Remember him for taking spectator's helmet to the team car after another rider had knocked it off. Happened in British part of 2014 Tour IIRC.
- Sep 26, 2020
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I missed this news yesterday. Winder's attacking style will definitely be missed in the women's peloton. I guess she will have more time to eat mushrooms now or whatever she usually does with them.
View: https://twitter.com/TrekSegafredo/status/1413416795432697859
View: https://twitter.com/TrekSegafredo/status/1413416795432697859
I imagine after 14 years of basically nothing but bike racing you'd be itching to get off the hamster wheel, especially with women's salaries... But she has had a great career.
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Sure, though Trek isn't the worst employer to have at the moment.
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Ben Gastauer ends his career due to health problems, last race will be Luxembourg.
- Jul 27, 2009
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I know it's stretching the forum rules but still:
Rukhsar Habibzai has burned all her cycling records & certificates and today also deactivated her personal Instagram account. So her career as captain of the Afghan women's cycling team sadly has ended.
Just on Sunday she was still heartily showing her sympathy with the Iranian population amid the Covid-19 crisis. Despite her own situation and fears. Yesterday she was contacted by German Television ZDF, but couldn't speak. Only cry. She stated her heart was aching on Sunday already.
Rukhsar not only loved to ride her bike and encouraged and accompanied other women who joined her. Additionally she was a woman rights activist. She was also a dentist and studying to become a surgeon.
A truly hearty, caring and intelligent young woman who used her strengths to support other people.
I sincerely hope she only deactivated her profile for safety reasons to hide and finds a way to escape. Although abandoning your country must feel horrible and creates further pain and tears. It's not her fault. She shouldn't feel guilty at all.
Wish her all the best and safety. Hopefully her broken heart can heal somehow and live goes on for her. May she find shelter & preserve her loving character.
There was a documentary about her cycling team on arte some years back. I'll link the German & French editions for those who understand.
View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rmbi3XTXZQ
View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HXA7V3auGnY
Rukhsar Habibzai has burned all her cycling records & certificates and today also deactivated her personal Instagram account. So her career as captain of the Afghan women's cycling team sadly has ended.
Just on Sunday she was still heartily showing her sympathy with the Iranian population amid the Covid-19 crisis. Despite her own situation and fears. Yesterday she was contacted by German Television ZDF, but couldn't speak. Only cry. She stated her heart was aching on Sunday already.
Rukhsar not only loved to ride her bike and encouraged and accompanied other women who joined her. Additionally she was a woman rights activist. She was also a dentist and studying to become a surgeon.
A truly hearty, caring and intelligent young woman who used her strengths to support other people.
I sincerely hope she only deactivated her profile for safety reasons to hide and finds a way to escape. Although abandoning your country must feel horrible and creates further pain and tears. It's not her fault. She shouldn't feel guilty at all.
Wish her all the best and safety. Hopefully her broken heart can heal somehow and live goes on for her. May she find shelter & preserve her loving character.
There was a documentary about her cycling team on arte some years back. I'll link the German & French editions for those who understand.
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- Sep 2, 2011
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That's a heart breaker.
And comes in days of heart breakers for anyone loving that beautiful land.
And comes in days of heart breakers for anyone loving that beautiful land.
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Rukhsar has been successfully evacuated and is safe. Good news. Glad for her! Even though it's a painful goodbye of course.
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Those two things are probably related. Pack skills are a crucial part of development, and although the péloton is smaller in women's cycling it does mean that issues with pack riding are more immediately obvious as well (hi, Pauliena!). Being a late starter you are at a disadvantage for this. I remember Evelyn Stevens having a disaster of a time descending in the Trofeo Binda when she first went pro because she was so naïve at handling that she'd only just learned to have her inside pedal elevated while descending.
Kennedy was awful at descending in her first two years - She improved this aspect of her racing but still had the knack of still finding trouble in races - Anyway, the impact of COVID has affected OZ and NZ riders - When you factor in the difficulty in finding flights, the strict quarantine rules on arrival, along with many having partners stuck in their country, has and will lead to early retirements.
- May 23, 2009
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Kennedy only started racing at 27yo, and riding not long before that as rehab from steeplechase injuries so of course she was always going to have handling issues at World Tour level.
The difficult thing for her was getting married at the start of the year, then heading back to Europe almost immediately, along with the pain of getting injured right after Olympic selection - this happened to Kennedy as a steeplechaser as well.
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Wow, that seems a bit out of the blue.
And what a bad article. No argument whatsoever as to why he has come to this decision.
That seems strange. Did his last crash cause some long-term physical problems?
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