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Samamba

Samamba

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Red Rick said:
22 is the new 26.

I don't see any indicator he's better now than he was 2 years ago.
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He has a bigger engine, is a bit better on short hills, but his sprint is worse. So there is difference, but you are right that age is a bad excuse. It's just different nowadays. You see it with a lot of riders, hard to keep making steps as they all train like a pro so early. I do think there's still some untapped potential tho, cause De Lie actually does not fully train like a pro, he's too stubborn for that.
 
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Red Rick said:
22 is the new 26.

I don't see any indicator he's better now than he was 2 years ago.
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Don't misread me, I agree with majority of what you are saying but cycling history is in a state of denial!!
Internet and team structure have race fans expecting super young riders to be race ready possibly as teenagers.. Development squads have been part of pro racing for years and teams are pushing young riders to positions of more responsibility each year.
I enjoy Arnaud De Lie style he has a sort of rawness about him. I also find it fantastic that he has not been currently caught up in the excuse tsunami that many riders find as an easy way out, you have riders with serious crashes and conditions that are finding form. And seeing riders like Roglic, Alaphilippe, Remco, Jonas, Bernal, Jay Vine fell and broke his back skull, back racing hard, not talking about or dwelling on the overall effect of injury or illness.
De Lie was diagnosed with Lyme disease and is racing, acting and talking like it's in his distant past!!
So I think it's great for people to have high expectations!! But 22 is not the new 26..if you are around 18,20,22 year olds one conclusion you get almost immediately is that youth almost never equals wisdom ( please read into that as much as you can!!!) De Lie is normal, and finding his way, doing pretty good job of it!!!
 
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Hugo Koblet

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De Lie just continues his problems. He was better in 2023 than in 2024 and better in 2024 than 2025 it seem (obviously still very early season). His endurance and in-race recovery seems bad, and his sprint has gotten a lot worse. I do agree that his positioning has gotten better. Gone are the days when he would obliterate his opposition on pure, raw power, though. He was so much fun to follow, now he's not relevant anymore (for the moment at least).
 
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Unchained said:
Don't misread me, I agree with majority of what you are saying but cycling history is in a state of denial!!
Internet and team structure have race fans expecting super young riders to be race ready possibly as teenagers.. Development squads have been part of pro racing for years and teams are pushing young riders to positions of more responsibility each year.
I enjoy Arnaud De Lie style he has a sort of rawness about him. I also find it fantastic that he has not been currently caught up in the excuse tsunami that many riders find as an easy way out, you have riders with serious crashes and conditions that are finding form. And seeing riders like Roglic, Alaphilippe, Remco, Jonas, Bernal, Jay Vine fell and broke his back skull, back racing hard, not talking about or dwelling on the overall effect of injury or illness.
De Lie was diagnosed with Lyme disease and is racing, acting and talking like it's in his distant past!!
So I think it's great for people to have high expectations!! But 22 is not the new 26..if you are around 18,20,22 year olds one conclusion you get almost immediately is that youth almost never equals wisdom ( please read into that as much as you can!!!) De Lie is normal, and finding his way, doing pretty good job of it!!!
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Stop shouting at us
 
Rob5091

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Trofeo Laigueglia.on Wednesday the 5th (1.pro), 197 km from Laigueglia and back again. start 11.07, TV from 14.15 CET
startlist at https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/trofeo-laigueglia/2025/startlist
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Edit - TV starts 14.00 CET according to another website.
 
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Back to the Tour of Rwanda and the imfamous cancellation of the last stage. It seems the guy in the GC lead, not surprisingly, wanted to stop the race and convinced the organizers to do so!
https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling...age-there-would-be-no-more-racing-in-flanders
Race leader/winner Fabien Doubey (TotalEnergies) played a significant role in this.

"I appointed myself as the spokesman for the peloton," Doubey later justified his action to L'Équipe. "Many riders came to me so that I could present their demands to the organisation. We could no longer take any risks." As it turns out, not everyone was on the same wavelength as Doubey.
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The president of the jury was also not happy with Fabien Doubey's behavior. He decided to fine the Frenchman 200 Swiss francs for "inappropriate behavior that damages the image of cycling." According to information from L'Equipe, it may not stop there. Doubey will soon have to appear before the UCI disciplinary commission, which could impose much heavier penalties on him.
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Self appointed spokesman of the peloton! :D
 
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Bizarre story – seems as if Doubey single handedly went on strike which won him the race? I guess Rubicon had already been crossed re riders randomly deciding not to race, so this was to be expected at some point. Shame it didn't happen in a bigger race as it may have forced a bit more contrition/self-relection from the peloton at large
 
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Samu Cuenca

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Tim Cahill said:
Laigueglia tomorrow, scene of Nans Peters legendary attack in infernal conditions in 2023.

The black sheep Juan Ayuso/Zorro vs Astana points team/Scaroni vs Ineos with a decent team, Powless also here in pretty decent form.

Parcours the same as usual, weather quite nice
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Nans Peters is sadly sidelined due to a knee injury, so I'm not too sure he's actually capable of riding the Alpe faster than 2000 Armstrong at the moment.
 
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Tour du Rwanda director Freddy Kamuzinzi also commented on the abrupt end of his race. "We did everything we could from the start to provide the riders with the necessary safety measures. We would never have let the riders take the slightest risk, as we did not let them do all week.
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All onto Zwift then...
 
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