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Samamba

Samamba

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Aubin Sparfel, he's from 2006... God I'm old.

French talent at Decathlon is just insane man. And compared to FDJ they actually have the money to keep them in the future. Their development team changed a lot for them, finally not just developing juniors just for FDJ to steal them.
 
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Samu Cuenca

Samu Cuenca

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I was already a little surprised that no one had taken a chance on Sparfel in this year's main CQ game after a fairly good CX season, so I was shocked to discover I had him as a unique pick in the emerging riders game.
 
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RedheadDane

RedheadDane

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Samu Cuenca said:
I was already a little surprised that no one had taken a chance on Sparfel in this year's main CQ game after a fairly good CX season, so I was shocked to discover I had him as a unique pick in the emerging riders game.
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He's pretty much dialed in for my team for the game starting next year.
Unless, of course, he's so rude he goes and earns more than 200 points!
(I'm basically assuming AG2R will promote him to the WT team for next year.)
 
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Samu Cuenca

Samu Cuenca

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RedheadDane said:
He's pretty much dialed in for my team for the game starting next year.
Unless, of course, he's so rude he goes and earns more than 200 points!
(I'm basically assuming AG2R will promote him to the WT team for next year.)
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He's on 96 points now, so it will definitely be possible for him to reach 200 before the end of the season.
 
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Samamba

Samamba

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Aranburu and Astana rider crashed hard with 100m to go.

Bad day for both teams.

Also Intermarché nowhere to be seen after working all day.

Caja Rural with 4 in the top 10. They are pretty insane in these type of .Pro races this season.
 
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Samamba

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PicNic big winner of this week in France. Lots of points were expected for Cofidis but they haven't even scored 100 in 3 races while having Aranburu at the start every race.
 
Devil's Elbow

Devil's Elbow

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Didn't watch the race, how the *** did Menten manage to sprint dangerously enough to get relegated and still only cross the line 11th in a 13-rider group?
 
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Samamba

Samamba

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Devil's Elbow said:
Didn't watch the race, how the *** did Menten manage to sprint dangerously enough to get relegated and still only cross the line 11th in a 13-rider group?
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Cause he swerved while ha was around that position? Also not even sure if it's fully on him, sure he swerves (just like most there, it's an uphill sprint), but you can see an FDJ rider also bumping into Aranburu at the same time.

Obviously also not a 13 rider group. It's just that there was a gap behind the 13th rider in the sprin.
 
RedheadDane

RedheadDane

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Samamba said:
Most important race of the day is in France, not in Italy, and it looks like it will be carnage.
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Yeah, I don't think anyone would claim that the Gran Premio Industrie del Marmo is the most important race of the day. :p

Hmm... is it just me, or does the English translation make it seem like it's not the piglet that's named Leon, but that I'll be given to the best Breton named Leon?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1921489649312161862

Which... seems oddly specific.
 
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