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Looked pretty stretched out in the last km. Probably not enough time to move up so it only took someone ahead to leave a small gap
AlexNYC said:
Looked pretty stretched out in the last km. Probably not enough time to move up so it only took someone ahead to leave a small gap
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Zaka lost 20s :redface: Roby Ferrari in 2nd gives me life
I don't understand it either. Seems to unnecessary.Zinoviev Letter said:
Zaka lost 20s :redface: Roby Ferrari in 2nd gives me life
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As if someone else is "at fault." There are too many whiners among the fans and the riders these days. It happens. He was jostling around and pulled out. Deal with it. It wasn't someone else's "fault."
I have no idea after a whopping two stages how you can pronounce someone "the fastest man," but you've apparently convinced yourself of that in your own mind.
Zinoviev Letter said:
As if someone else is "at fault." There are too many whiners among the fans and the riders these days. It happens. He was jostling around and pulled out. Deal with it. It wasn't someone else's "fault."
I have no idea after a whopping two stages how you can pronounce someone "the fastest man," but you've apparently convinced yourself of that in your own mind.
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He was the one who left the gap! 1-100 st. Zak 101@20sec.
Frosty faces over the dinner table this evening.
roundabout said:
He was the one who left the gap! 1-100 st. Zak 101@20sec.
Frosty faces over the dinner table this evening.
Greipel with his 22nd GT-stage victory. And he won a stage in every GT he entered since 2008. There can't be many cyclists with such a streak.
Why are people even talking about Gaviria?
Why are people even talking about Gaviria?
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Relax, it's just a small part of the chaos that makes the Giro so entertaining. Like finding a tight corner then pushing the finish back 3.2kms to generate some early polemica. Enjoy the drama, don't be a victim to it.
Nature is imperfectly perfect; and so is Italia.
Pricey_sky said:
Relax, it's just a small part of the chaos that makes the Giro so entertaining. Like finding a tight corner then pushing the finish back 3.2kms to generate some early polemica. Enjoy the drama, don't be a victim to it.
Nature is imperfectly perfect; and so is Italia.
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Are you sure that you are fully literate? You have replied to me here by responding to two different claims I didn't make. I didn't blame anyone else for Gaviria's collision with Ewan. It was an ordinary racing incident between two guys at the sharp end of a sprint, notable only because Ewan did well to stay up. I also didn't declare Ewan to be the fastest man here.
Perhaps next time you might consider responding to statements the person you are replying to actually made? Even if it does seem more convenient to just put words in someone else's mouth and declare them "convinced in their own mind" of opinions you've invented for them.
chiocciolis_calves said:
Are you sure that you are fully literate? You have replied to me here by responding to two different claims I didn't make. I didn't blame anyone else for Gaviria's collision with Ewan. It was an ordinary racing incident between two guys at the sharp end of a sprint, notable only because Ewan did well to stay up. I also didn't declare Ewan to be the fastest man here.
Perhaps next time you might consider responding to statements the person you are replying to actually made? Even if it does seem more convenient to just put words in someone else's mouth and declare them "convinced in their own mind" of opinions you've invented for them.
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They can deny it all they like but he isn't Colombian or the other flavour of the month nationsZinoviev Letter said:
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You are absolutely right. Take the Gaviria-only-related discussions to the Gaviria hype thread.Max Rockatansky said:
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Having said that, Quick Step team is not showing a good train at all. They all seem to be out of shape as well. Kind of strange.
I agree. A preparation for a sprinter should be different to the other Colombians. He should have trained or raced in Europe more than in Colombia. I think yesterday we saw that his shape was questionable.the asian said:
Having said that, Quick Step team is not showing a good train at all. They all seem to be out of shape as well. Kind of strange.
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I think the best QS lead out train is following Kittle to Tour of California, if it works out, the same train will go to TDF
Maximiliano Richeze is the usual lead out man for Gaviria, the others riders still learning to work together.Escarabajo said:
I think the best QS lead out train is following Kittle to Tour of California, if it works out, the same train will go to TDF
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Yeah, I agree that he is very over-rated at the moment. But I think that doesn't mean he's not an incredible talent can have a great future in the sport; it's just he's not at that level yet. The comparisons with Sagan aren't helping, because the expectation then is that he will burst onto the scene, whereas really he could do with quietly learning his trade with out the pressure for at least another year.Scarponi said:
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I'll admit that I have been on the hype train because every time he showed himself until the Olympics last year he was just incredible and exceeded expectations. He seemed to be a little like Sagan in that department: Always being competitive. And by bursting upon the scene at an age almost as young as Sagan, the comparisons were not that strange. I even though he would have a chance of dethroning Sagan from his point jersey dominance but I don't think that anymore.
He is obviously still an amazing talent but his bottom level doesn't seem to be as high as I used to think. That doesn't mean that I don't find it baffling how people can be surprised about the hype he has generated - we're talking about a guy who beat Cavendish and Greipel in sprints at the age of 21 and looks much more robust and set to be competitive in cobbled classics as well. His stage victory in Tirreno-Adriatico last year when he beat Caleb Ewan while riding in the hoods also told me that he would be the dominant in the two's inevitable rivalry but at the moment that certainly does not seem to be the case.
He is obviously still an amazing talent but his bottom level doesn't seem to be as high as I used to think. That doesn't mean that I don't find it baffling how people can be surprised about the hype he has generated - we're talking about a guy who beat Cavendish and Greipel in sprints at the age of 21 and looks much more robust and set to be competitive in cobbled classics as well. His stage victory in Tirreno-Adriatico last year when he beat Caleb Ewan while riding in the hoods also told me that he would be the dominant in the two's inevitable rivalry but at the moment that certainly does not seem to be the case.
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So we should just hope for bad production work since the chaos of that would represent the apparent chaos of the Giro and Italy in general? That seems like blabbering to me. Maybe I'm just not that much into symbolism...
Dazed and Confused said:
So we should just hope for bad production work since the chaos of that would represent the apparent chaos of the Giro and Italy in general? That seems like blabbering to me. Maybe I'm just not that much into symbolism...
Re: belle confuso
I think your view is too narrow.
One thing I could do without is the tech babble interfernce about bpm etc. Now that sort of stuff destroys a good tv production.
tobydawq said:
I think your view is too narrow.
One thing I could do without is the tech babble interfernce about bpm etc. Now that sort of stuff destroys a good tv production.
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