Brilliant, I like to think you've been lurking in the shadows for 8 years and this innocuous Dauphine sprint stage of all things was what really tipped you over the edge.
Brilliant, I like to think you've been lurking in the shadows for 8 years and this innocuous Dauphine sprint stage of all things was what really tipped you over the edge.
It would be pointless having Porte or Hindley on the team on that circuit.
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Let's hope Roglic & Vingegaard don't find themselves isolated at the weekend (or worse).
Winning the Dauphiné still brings more UCI points to the team than stage wins. I'm happy WvA won his stage but this comes at a cost (tired legs for everyone who pulled).
Winning the Dauphiné still brings more UCI points to the team than stage wins. I'm happy WvA won his stage but this comes at a cost (tired legs for everyone who pulled).
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And thus, a new copypasta was born.
agreed 100%.
maertens was unbelievably dominant 1976-77.
best sprinter ever in my opinion as well.
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The enthusiasm is great though.
anyone else pining for pog, ala and remco right about now...?
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Benjamin Thomas, after being in the break and getting caught at the finish line.
And the sprinting stocks were strong in that era : Raas, Saronni, Kelly etc...........
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Considering it was a perfect leadout; the finish was great for JV. Considering also that they were ridiculed by some for a close loss this should make up for it.
I haven't seen highlights beyond the last key but, if they were able to get a free ride behind Ineos and still close on the breakaway in the last meters it would be a classically well-timed effort. They're sitting 1, 3 on GC and everyone looks fresh. Better than a relentless JV train that derails in the final stages, though.
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Froome finished with the Groenewegen group today, about 2:40 down.
hmm, i think more Van Linden, Esclassan, Sercu, De Vlaeminck in terms of mass sprints. Saronni and Kelly came later and Maertens only had one good year in 1981 at that point.
however, it was the way he won -- often by several bike lengths.
Yes I meant the era not just that two year period but yes those riders best years were a little later.
funny thing is, i was a total merckx fan then.
hated the likes of maertens and thevenet.
history now makes me appreciate those two riders much more. and merckx is very much diminished in my mind for a variety of reasons.
Thevenet was an interesting story. I remember seeing a good documentary about him many years ago.
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So he was closer to Van Aert than yesterday? Bloody marvelous!
The team has to be built around Matthews and Haig ( assuming they are in form ) - Would like to blood Plapp in this race.
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Pierre Rolland made a mistake dropping the breakaway. One extra man might have made a difference.
The risk exists tbh, i.e. Kruijswijk & co getting dropped with Rog & Jonas left isolated in the Alps. Those two burying themselves for WvA probably isn't the plan either because he's also likely to get dropped.
The risk exists tbh, i.e. Kruijswijk & co getting dropped with Rog & Jonas left isolated in the Alps. Those two burying themselves for WvA probably isn't the plan either because he's also likely to get dropped.
Yes I think there will be too many fast ascents of Mt Pleasant for Ewan.
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Are you saying you don't think Ewan will have a pleasant race (if he rides)?
You want to do what with Plapp?
indeed. have you ever seen him interviewed? he is naturally humble and with a terrific self-deprecating sense of humor.
i believe that he also admitted to cortisone abuse and this was back in the 80s and he was hurt by that in the public eye and the cycling community at the time. however, i give him huge kudos.
we need a thevenet thread. tho i justify this discussion because he did win the dauphine in his day... ;-)
Yes it won't be pleasant on Mt Pleasant for the likes of Ewan. Alaphillipe and co will make sure of that............Are you saying you don't think Ewan will have a pleasant race (if he rides)?
You want to do what with Plapp?
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