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Roku

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tobydawq said:
I have never heard about the former.
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Polish climber that rode mainly on Leopard for several seasons, before joining Voster ATS for a couple of seasons. This year he won several stages and, if i recall correctly, Tour of Romania.

In the past, he had won Tour of Antalya and rode well in a couple of Tour of Luxembourg. For CT level he was a brilliant climber.
 
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RedheadDane

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Samu Cuenca said:
Perhaps Rekita was also one of the best time travellers at CT level?
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In that case...

SPOILER!

It's one thing to talk about a race while it's happening, or shortly after. But to reveal the result of a race several month before it even happens?
Also... how does Roku know?
 
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Back from the future to tell you Lietaer is sadly retired. He was a consistent climber and had several Top-10 and Top-15 GC placings in lesser hilly and slightly mountainous races.

Matt Holmes hangs up the wheels as well. He was linked with Tudor but the deal never materialize. His biggest success was a win atop Willunga Hill on his first season with Lotto.
 
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tobydawq said:
Sep Vanmarcke retires effective immediate due to a heart problem :(
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Had a love-hate relationship with him. He made some of my favourite riders lose big races (Greg in the Ronde 2014, Boonen in Roubaix 2016, ...) but he was also a nice guy and was granted a big cobblestone classic. He came close a couple of times.
 
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Devil's Elbow

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Even his retirement is due to bad luck...

His is the ultimate likeable underdog story that never saw the payoff it deserved. Really hope the curse he seems to have is lifted now that he isn't a cyclist anymore, because he's somehow suffered more misfortune in 14.5 years as a pro than some people have in their entire lives.
 
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Sep was (within a purely sporting context) the unluckiest sportsman I have ever seen. Every big classic of the season, it would just pan to someone looking at their bike on the side of the road at a crucial moment in the race and you already knew who it was.

Misfortune just followed the guy around, to an almost comical degree, such that you couldn't help but support him. I hope his retirement brings him greater luck than the Flandrien casino did.
 
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Devil's Elbow

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More or less 20 consecutive years at the highest level (he did have the one year with Caja midway through his career) is an achievement in its own right, and he built up a more than respectable palmares in that time too. Him never winning a Vuelta stage remains one of the most quietly baffling facts about cycling.
 
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Devil's Elbow said:
More or less 20 consecutive years at the highest level (he did have the one year with Caja midway through his career) is an achievement in its own right, and he built up a more than respectable palmares in that time too. Him never winning a Vuelta stage remains one of the most quietly baffling facts about cycling.
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Sad to see him retire. Always been a big fan. He's always been an extremely solid rider, and looks great on a bike.

Among the riders still active at WT level he should be the one with the longest pro career, no? Erviti turned pro the year after LLS, Rojas two years after.
 
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Devil's Elbow said:
More or less 20 consecutive years at the highest level (he did have the one year with Caja midway through his career) is an achievement in its own right, and he built up a more than respectable palmares in that time too. Him never winning a Vuelta stage remains one of the most quietly baffling facts about cycling.
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Good post… :)

Plus, I‘ll miss his vein, THE vein. Somewhere on one of his legs, front view. A spectacular, aesthetic vein. Can be compared to Savoldelli‘s vein, right side of his right leg, back in the days.

So, LLS, I‘ll miss you, and your spectacular leg vein. :)
 
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Devil's Elbow

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Squire said:
Sad to see him retire. Always been a big fan. He's always been an extremely solid rider, and looks great on a bike.

Among the riders still active at WT level he should be the one with the longest pro career, no? Erviti turned pro the year after LLS, Rojas two years after.
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Think so. At the PCT level, Pozzovivo and Navarro are equal with Erviti and I think that's it for riders who started in 2006 or earlier.
 
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Devil's Elbow said:
Schär started mid-2006 and I misread that as being a trainee, I missed Ladagnous completely.
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So with Ladagnous, Schär and Erviti retiring, and Rojas probably following suit (no new contract announced), it looks like we'll have no-one left from the classes of 2005 & 2006 in terms of continous seasons at top level.

Can't be bothered to look for all the continous top level pros from 2007, but Gesink is one, and he is apparently retiring after 2024. Cataldo has a contract for 2024 and hasn't announced any forthcoming retirement, I think. Same with Uran. Cavendish might not do another year after 2024.
 
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RedheadDane

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Squire said:
So with Ladagnous, Schär and Erviti retiring, and Rojas probably following suit (no new contract announced), it looks like we'll have no-one left from the classes of 2005 & 2006 in terms of continous seasons at top level.
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Also quite impressive that Erviti and Ladagnous spent the entire time with the same teams.
 
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Squire said:
So with Ladagnous, Schär and Erviti retiring, and Rojas probably following suit (no new contract announced), it looks like we'll have no-one left from the classes of 2005 & 2006 in terms of continous seasons at top level.

Can't be bothered to look for all the continous top level pros from 2007, but Gesink is one, and he is apparently retiring after 2024. Cataldo has a contract for 2024 and hasn't announced any forthcoming retirement, I think. Same with Uran. Cavendish might not do another year after 2024.
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I think all those that you mentioned above will be gone after 2024.
 
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