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[tobydawq]

I said there was no prize! But, eh, you can have your citizenship back. Happy now?

Hmm, I feel that was too easy (I'm still unhappy about Sagan botching the Yorkshire Worlds!!).

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Quite old "news", but I think it's a rather cool detail that for Demare's 14 wins this season, Guarnieri was present for 13 of those. No prize for guessing which one he wasn't present for!

The top 10 domestiques of 2020 | Cyclingnews

Though it does beg the question; how many French riders does it take to replace one Guarnieri?

I think the exchange rate is two Frenchmen to one Guarnieri unless Cherel is one of them.

 

[RedheadDane]

Hmm, I feel that was too easy (I'm still unhappy about Sagan botching the Yorkshire Worlds!!).

Well, if you don't want to be Danish... but at least you aren't talking about how sad you are that Mads P outsprinted Trentin.

 

[tobydawq]

Well, if you don't want to be Danish... but at least you aren't talking about how sad you are that Mads P outsprinted Trentin.

I'm afraid I can't claim sadness over that.

 

[RedheadDane]

I think the exchange rate is two Frenchmen to one Guarnieri unless Cherel is one of them.

Hang on, so what you're saying is that there's a World Championship where it would be reasonable for France to go for Demare, they should totally bring Cherel along?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Hang on, so what you're saying is that there's a World Championship where it would be reasonable for France to go for Demare, they should totally bring Cherel along?

On a flat course the exchange rate would probably be 2,1 to 1 instead, if they brought him.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Ilan Van Wilder : « Exploser tôt ou tard » - Actualité - DirectVelo

Ilan Van Wilder : « Exploser tôt ou tard » : En 2020, Ilan Van Wilder a effectué sa première année chez les professionnels. Le pensionnaire de la Team Sunweb - DSM en 2021 - avait...

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Ilan Van Wilder : « Exploser tôt ou tard » - Actualité - DirectVelo

Ilan Van Wilder : « Exploser tôt ou tard » : En 2020, Ilan Van Wilder a effectué sa première année chez les professionnels. Le pensionnaire de la Team Sunweb - DSM en 2021 - avait...

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Ilan Van Wilder nog steeds niet pijnvrij na knieblessure in Vuelta: “Mijn debuut in grote ronde anders voorgesteld’

Nog voor zijn jaargenoot Remco Evenepoel maakte Ilan Van Wilder (20) zijn debuut in een grote ronde. Veel plezier heeft het rondetalent van Team Sunweb (vanaf nu Team DSM) uit Opwijk niet aan zijn Vuelta beleefd. Nog tijdens de eerste rit gaf hij op met een knieblessure.

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Ilan Van Wilder nog steeds niet pijnvrij na knieblessure in Vuelta: “Mijn debuut in grote ronde anders voorgesteld’

Nog voor zijn jaargenoot Remco Evenepoel maakte Ilan Van Wilder (20) zijn debuut in een grote ronde. Veel plezier heeft het rondetalent van Team Sunweb (vanaf nu Team DSM) uit Opwijk niet aan zijn Vuelta beleefd. Nog tijdens de eerste rit gaf hij op met een knieblessure.

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[BlueRoads]

My dream: I want to adopt Álvaro and marry Bert van Lerberghe.

60 Seconds: Bert Van Lerberghe | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl team

In this last episode of the season, the Belgian tells us what super power he would like to have, which is his favourite holiday destination and how many tattoos he has.

www.deceuninck-quickstep.com

 

[RedheadDane]

Going through the conti-teams for next year - yes, I'm weird - and came across this:

Here's Mick Van Dijke

And here's Tim Van Dijke

Yeah, if they ever turn pro, I'm gonna need a cheat-sheet! And I think there might be a slight mistake with (one of?) their profiles, because apparently they weren't born the same place. For their mother's sake, I hope that isn't true.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Going through the conti-teams for next year - yes, I'm weird - and came across this:

Here's Mick Van Dijke

And here's Tim Van Dijke

Yeah, if they ever turn pro, I'm gonna need a cheat-sheet! And I think there might be a slight mistake with (one of?) their profiles, because apparently they weren't born the same place. For their mother's sake, I hope that isn't true.

They might not be twins, but just have the same father though.

 

[RedheadDane]

They might not be twins, but just have the same father though.

Now, that would definitely make for some awkward family gatherings...

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Now, that would definitely make for some awkward family gatherings...

Anything goes in Goes. But according to the Jumbo website, they were both born in Colijnsplaat, so there were probably no funny business going on.

 

[RedheadDane]

Remember Samuele Manfredi? The young Italian, who ended up in a coma after a training crash in late 2018.

He recently visited his former/should-have-been teammates at the FDJ conti team.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1361244518599786498

 

[tobydawq]

Today's most popular rider on PCS:

Ted Pettersson

Ted Pettersson (born 1998-04-23) is a road racing cyclist from Sweden, active between 2014 and 2015.

www.procyclingstats.com

Because why not?

I'm not even sure he exists.

 

[RedheadDane]

Today's most popular rider on PCS:

Ted Pettersson

Ted Pettersson (born 1998-04-23) is a road racing cyclist from Sweden, active between 2014 and 2015.

www.procyclingstats.com

Because why not?

I'm not even sure he exists.

I think this might be one of those cases, where the Most Popular Rider list becomes a self-fulfilling "prophecy". People see some random rider at - or near - the top, goes "who dis?", and clicks the profile.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I think he's a (former) CX rider:

https://www.facebook.com/MeridaCyklar/posts/10153656634939573

View: https://www.facebook.com/MeridaCyklar/posts/10153656634939573/

https://cyclocross24.com/rider/ted-pettersson/results/2016-2017/

 

[tobydawq]

I think this might be one of those cases, where the Most Popular Rider list becomes a self-fulfilling "prophecy". People see some random rider at - or near - the top, goes "who dis?", and clicks the profile.

Of course but why was he there in the first place?

 

[RedheadDane]

Of course but why was he there in the first place?

Maybe they get their Twitter followers to look up random rider profiles, just to confuse people...

 

[SafeBet]

There's an even more interesting piece of data on PCS if you scroll down the statistics page.
Among the most researched h2h you will find some usual suspects like:

• MVDP vs WVA
• Remco vs Pogi
• Sagan vs Cav

But 5 of the top8 most popular head-to-head on PCS involve someone called Clancy (in one case even against Van der Breggen...).
I looked it up and there are two riders with Clancy as a family name in the PCS database: Stephen and Edward. I really have no clue about this.

Cycling statistics on age, injuries, speed

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[Samu Cuenca]

There's an even more interesting piece of data on PCS if you scroll down the statistics page.
Among the most researched h2h you will find some usual suspects like:

• MVDP vs WVA
• Remco vs Pogi
• Sagan vs Cav

But 5 of the top8 most popular head-to-head on PCS involve someone called Clancy (in one case even against Van der Breggen...).
I looked it up and there are two riders with Clancy as a family name in the PCS database: Stephen and Edward. I really have no clue about this.

Cycling statistics on age, injuries, speed

On what age does a rider score the most points? What was the average speed in the WorldTour in 2023? How globalised is the sport of cycling?

www.procyclingstats.com

Something is rotten in the statistics of PCS.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Of course but why was he there in the first place?

I think it's like RHD said. If by chance the first rider to get a profile view after the stats get reset at the beginning of a new day, is an unknown rider, it suffices to get a website visitor right after to see that name and say "hey, who's this guy? - Let's find out!"... and so he clicks it as well and you get a snowball effect.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Now, that would definitely make for some awkward family gatherings...

2 brothers very much looking alike would make family gatherings akward in what way?

 

[RedheadDane]

2 brothers very much looking alike would make family gatherings akward in what way?

You might want to read the entire discussion.
According to PCS they weren't born in the same place, despite - you know - being born on the same day.

 

[Sandisfan]

You might want to read the entire discussion.
According to PCS they weren't born in the same place, despite - you know - being born on the same day.

SO possibly Brothers from a different mother deliver the same day LOL WELL I'm not sure what the real case is but that is funny.

 

[RedheadDane]

SO possibly Brothers from a different mother deliver the same day LOL WELL I'm not sure what the real case is but that is funny.

Well, as Samu pointed out above; according to the Jumbo team page, they were, indeed, born in the same place. Which... is probably more correct.