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Breh said:CCC had their bikes stolen last night![]()
"It happened on a guarded parking lot in front of our hotel in Valkenburg," directeur sportif Piotr Wadecki said in a press release on Friday afternoon. "All 18 bikes and spare wheels were stolen, despite the fact that the truck was equipped with car alarm and the door was blocked by another team car, parked right in front of it. We don't know how the burglars managed to go around the security system. Currently we are working on bringing training bikes to the Netherlands, so the riders can race on Sunday."
jaylew said:I think you're getting confused with your desire to say anything to belittle the achievements of riders you don't like and to do the opposite for the ones you do.El Pistolero said:StryderHells said:El Pistolero said:Honestly, besides Movistar, not a single team should want an uphill sprint on Mur de Huy. But as this is only a prep race no one's going to bother doing something about it. Does anyone care about FW? I don't think so, besides Valverde. Otherwise they'd try to win it.
The amount of people that rate this race high and think it should stay the same way just because they're Valverde fans is astonishing.
Those are not at all factsEl Pistolero said:jaylew said:I think you're getting confused with your desire to say anything to belittle the achievements of riders you don't like and to do the opposite for the ones you do.El Pistolero said:StryderHells said:El Pistolero said:Honestly, besides Movistar, not a single team should want an uphill sprint on Mur de Huy. But as this is only a prep race no one's going to bother doing something about it. Does anyone care about FW? I don't think so, besides Valverde. Otherwise they'd try to win it.
The amount of people that rate this race high and think it should stay the same way just because they're Valverde fans is astonishing.
I like Gilbert and he won FW, so your argument makes little sense. It's simply a boring race. The strongest always wins, that's boring. I like cycling because it's so unpredictable and many scenarios are possible. You don't only need to be strong, but smart and even lucky. That's what makes the other Monuments so great.
A classic is 240 km+ and takes place during the weekend. FW has been turned into a semi-classic.Those are facts. Otherwise we can start calling the Scheldeprijs a classic as well... Don't they call it the "unofficial WC of sprinters"? Fans who hate on the Scheldeprijs, but love FW are hypocrites.
You're seriously going to try this? So transparent.I like Gilbert and he won FW, so your argument makes little sense.
Those are not at all facts
You're seriously going to try this? So transparent.I like Gilbert and he won FW, so your argument makes little sense.
Dekker_Tifosi said:coquard, matthews, colbrelli, well heck any strong sprinter. Even add Modolo or sth.
tobydawq said:It's good that Il Lombardia wasn't 1 kilometre shorter last year then. Or it wouldn't have been a classic (just last year that is). Or you would have had to change your factual criteria to another set of factual criteria.
Breh said:CCC had their bikes stolen last night![]()
Tonton said:I hope that we get the first of several Valverde-Gilbert showdowns...it could be funny...
El Pistolero said:jaylew said:I think you're getting confused with your desire to say anything to belittle the achievements of riders you don't like and to do the opposite for the ones you do.El Pistolero said:StryderHells said:El Pistolero said:Honestly, besides Movistar, not a single team should want an uphill sprint on Mur de Huy. But as this is only a prep race no one's going to bother doing something about it. Does anyone care about FW? I don't think so, besides Valverde. Otherwise they'd try to win it.
The amount of people that rate this race high and think it should stay the same way just because they're Valverde fans is astonishing.
I like Gilbert and he won FW, so your argument makes little sense. It's simply a boring race. The strongest always wins, that's boring. I like cycling because it's so unpredictable and many scenarios are possible. You don't only need to be strong, but smart and even lucky. That's what makes the other Monuments so great.
A classic is 240 km+ and takes place during the weekend. FW has been turned into a semi-classic. Those are facts. Otherwise we can start calling the Scheldeprijs a classic as well... Don't they call it the "unofficial WC of sprinters"? Fans who hate on the Scheldeprijs, but love FW are hypocrites.
klintE said:As a huge favorite? MehCyclingismylife said:Probably Oliver Naesen.
klintE said:Where you put him next to Phil and Greg