India almost never does anything relevant in any sports besides cricket (one could say the same about Pakistan).
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How about the infrastructure in Japan/India etc playing a role?
I have visited a lot of cities in Japan and it seemed to me that the majority of people live in places where you do not exactly go out for a nice stroll on a summer evening. (provided you have the time for it)
I have visited a lot of cities in Japan and it seemed to me that the majority of people live in places where you do not exactly go out for a nice stroll on a summer evening. (provided you have the time for it)
I remember reading something about how Indian culture doesn't consider sports and physical training as dignified and that the same held true for China but that they try hard to make it work anyway for matters of international prestige.
Basically people there will be less impressed when you sacrifice going to college etc. to become an athlete.
Basically people there will be less impressed when you sacrifice going to college etc. to become an athlete.
Her sprining stle reminds me a lot of Alejet or Cipo, controlled with very little wasteful lateral movement.
Japan's problem is that they have a good domestic scene including a track scene where you can make a decent living.
If you lived in Japan and had talent, would you rather make a decent living in the domestic scene, or fly halfway around the world where barely anyone speaks your language, makes the food you like, and probably won't be prioritized for some Belgian or French team?
If you lived in Japan and had talent, would you rather make a decent living in the domestic scene, or fly halfway around the world where barely anyone speaks your language, makes the food you like, and probably won't be prioritized for some Belgian or French team?
Was very happy to see this. He'd been lurking in the top 10 all early season. His only weakness seemed to be pace on the cobbled climbs but he made it through today. He can now have a long, supported career with this result and hope more to come.
What a nice race, action packed for the last 100km. At the end it looked at one point it would be a bunch sprint for sure, but it wasn't to be. And at the end an amazing win by Girmay! He's just 21 and already a name in the classics!
5th and 1st is a pretty amazing way to start your cobbled classics career as a 21 year old. Somehow it’s even better that after doing that at E3 and GW he isn’t going to show up at the Ronde
Abdoujaparov won Gent Wevelgem in 91, he's Uzbekistani.
Maybe, but regional Japan is on par with anywhere in the world for places to ride a bike including Lombardia, Trentino and the Alps
Yep, sorry. I didn't go to the results page before posting. Looking for sheepish emoticon ...
What a nice race, action packed for the last 100km. At the end it looked at one point it would be a bunch sprint for sure, but it wasn't to be. And at the end an amazing win by Girmay! He's just 21 and already a name in the classics!
On the picture it seems he cannot believe it…
He today beat best-ever Laporte, van Gestel (who has a great spring and seems as strong as Turgis) and former San Remo champion Stuyven…
This year‘s was a rather long, and certainly really fast edition of GW. Most members of cobbled Classics‘ world elite were at the startline.
To win it just like Girmay did today, you have to be extremely strong and absolute world class. He has arrived there.
These races demand so much from the riders, the teams, the material. Experience is so important there. Even the best riders there normally need a few (maybe two or three) Belgian spring campaigns to get used to this style of riding, the roads, the positioning, etc. …
A young man coming from Eritrea, doing these races for the first time, aged 21, is something special, anyways. Then finishing E3 in 5th position, and winning Wevelgem two days later, that is really almost unbelievable… He was meant to be good, OK - but what he did this weekend, that is hard to believe… I, personally, still can hardly believe it. Epic stuff…
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For about 40 minutes, this
was, I suspect, the highest placed black African placing in a race higher than .1 standard
A short lived claim.
| 1 | ULISSI Diego | UAE Team Emirates | 200 | 125 | 4:31:10 | |
| 2 | FEDELI Alessandro | Italy | 150 | 85 | ,, | |
| 3 | MEURISSE Xandro | Alpecin-Fenix | 125 | 60 | ,, | |
| 4 | TESFATSION Natnael | Drone Hopper - Androni Giocattoli | 100 | 50 | ,, |
was, I suspect, the highest placed black African placing in a race higher than .1 standard
A short lived claim.
Weren't you the person complaining about spoiling other races in unrelated threads?
Berhane is the official winner of the 2013 Tour of Turkey (.HC) after Sayar was DQ'ed.
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Is the race televised?Weren't you the person complaining about spoiling other races in unrelated threads?
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