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			Billie said:When was the last time that all 3 riders on the podium had already been World Champ?
Probably never?
Billie said:When was the last time that all 3 riders on the podium had already been World Champ?
Because sometimes even when it's not directed with the deliberate intention of needling me as it was from many corners for a period, and sometimes even when I'm outright avoiding him, the Sagan sycophancy gets too much for me to bear and keep my cool about.infeXio said:I don't even know why you dignify it with a response anymore..
Wtf? So much hate!!!Libertine Seguros said:Really?Miburo said:Come on, no is doing it anymore? Jesus, guess it's up to me
LS WHERE ARE YOU???? WHY DO YOU HATE SAGAN?

I've literally watched two races he's been involved in this year. Literally. It's apparently never boring to add more sycophancy to the Sagan bandwagon, but it's apparently boring to hear any opinion that isn't gushing in praise, and because I find him so objectionable I can't help myself getting wound up by it, and because I get wound up by it so easily people keep poking the bear, to prevent all of the Sagan Defandboys from throwing a strop at me every time I say anything remotely negative about Slovak Barbosa, I've just taken to avoiding him all out.
Sometimes you just get a sense something is going to happen. At the Ronde I was so angry about Lizzie beating Emma J at the end that I just knew it meant Sagan would win, and I would lose my rag and probably get myself banned. So I didn't watch the Ronde van Vlaanderen. I got that same feeling today. This World Championships has been such a shower of garbage from start to finish that as soon as the riders who made the selection were announced on social media, I just had that sense he was going to win, so I didn't watch, so as not to repeat the Richmond go-around. I don't recant anything I said then, nor do I have any intention of apologizing to any of the people I insulted simply by proxy of liking or defending Sagan. But while "Sagan is amazing", "Sagan is a beast" and "Sagan is the best thing to happen since the invention of the bicycle and a model human being omgyea!" can apparently never be heard enough, I've been told often enough that voicing my contrary opinion is boring, so to stop myself from throwing those same tantrums as I did last year I've been steering clear of him as much as possible. Doha got the World Championships based on vulgar, opulent excess, so he's the perfect winner for them, when you think about it.
Can we just not do this again.portugal11 said:Wtf? So much hate!!!Libertine Seguros said:Really?Miburo said:Come on, no is doing it anymore? Jesus, guess it's up to me
LS WHERE ARE YOU???? WHY DO YOU HATE SAGAN?

I've literally watched two races he's been involved in this year. Literally. It's apparently never boring to add more sycophancy to the Sagan bandwagon, but it's apparently boring to hear any opinion that isn't gushing in praise, and because I find him so objectionable I can't help myself getting wound up by it, and because I get wound up by it so easily people keep poking the bear, to prevent all of the Sagan Defandboys from throwing a strop at me every time I say anything remotely negative about Slovak Barbosa, I've just taken to avoiding him all out.
Sometimes you just get a sense something is going to happen. At the Ronde I was so angry about Lizzie beating Emma J at the end that I just knew it meant Sagan would win, and I would lose my rag and probably get myself banned. So I didn't watch the Ronde van Vlaanderen. I got that same feeling today. This World Championships has been such a shower of garbage from start to finish that as soon as the riders who made the selection were announced on social media, I just had that sense he was going to win, so I didn't watch, so as not to repeat the Richmond go-around. I don't recant anything I said then, nor do I have any intention of apologizing to any of the people I insulted simply by proxy of liking or defending Sagan. But while "Sagan is amazing", "Sagan is a beast" and "Sagan is the best thing to happen since the invention of the bicycle and a model human being omgyea!" can apparently never be heard enough, I've been told often enough that voicing my contrary opinion is boring, so to stop myself from throwing those same tantrums as I did last year I've been steering clear of him as much as possible. Doha got the World Championships based on vulgar, opulent excess, so he's the perfect winner for them, when you think about it.
Libertine Seguros said:Really?Miburo said:Come on, no is doing it anymore? Jesus, guess it's up to me
LS WHERE ARE YOU???? WHY DO YOU HATE SAGAN?

I've literally watched two races he's been involved in this year. Literally. It's apparently never boring to add more sycophancy to the Sagan bandwagon, but it's apparently boring to hear any opinion that isn't gushing in praise, and because I find him so objectionable I can't help myself getting wound up by it, and because I get wound up by it so easily people keep poking the bear, to prevent all of the Sagan Defandboys from throwing a strop at me every time I say anything remotely negative about Slovak Barbosa, I've just taken to avoiding him all out.
Sometimes you just get a sense something is going to happen. At the Ronde I was so angry about Lizzie beating Emma J at the end that I just knew it meant Sagan would win, and I would lose my rag and probably get myself banned. So I didn't watch the Ronde van Vlaanderen. I got that same feeling today. This World Championships has been such a shower of garbage from start to finish that as soon as the riders who made the selection were announced on social media, I just had that sense he was going to win, so I didn't watch, so as not to repeat the Richmond go-around. I don't recant anything I said then, nor do I have any intention of apologizing to any of the people I insulted simply by proxy of liking or defending Sagan. But while "Sagan is amazing", "Sagan is a beast" and "Sagan is the best thing to happen since the invention of the bicycle and a model human being omgyea!" can apparently never be heard enough, I've been told often enough that voicing my contrary opinion is boring, so to stop myself from throwing those same tantrums as I did last year I've been steering clear of him as much as possible. Doha got the World Championships based on vulgar, opulent excess, so he's the perfect winner for them, when you think about it.
Libertine Seguros said:Really?Miburo said:Come on, no is doing it anymore? Jesus, guess it's up to me
LS WHERE ARE YOU???? WHY DO YOU HATE SAGAN?

I've literally watched two races he's been involved in this year. Literally. It's apparently never boring to add more sycophancy to the Sagan bandwagon, but it's apparently boring to hear any opinion that isn't gushing in praise, and because I find him so objectionable I can't help myself getting wound up by it, and because I get wound up by it so easily people keep poking the bear, to prevent all of the Sagan Defandboys from throwing a strop at me every time I say anything remotely negative about Slovak Barbosa, I've just taken to avoiding him all out.
Sometimes you just get a sense something is going to happen. At the Ronde I was so angry about Lizzie beating Emma J at the end that I just knew it meant Sagan would win, and I would lose my rag and probably get myself banned. So I didn't watch the Ronde van Vlaanderen. I got that same feeling today. This World Championships has been such a shower of garbage from start to finish that as soon as the riders who made the selection were announced on social media, I just had that sense he was going to win, so I didn't watch, so as not to repeat the Richmond go-around. I don't recant anything I said then, nor do I have any intention of apologizing to any of the people I insulted simply by proxy of liking or defending Sagan. But while "Sagan is amazing", "Sagan is a beast" and "Sagan is the best thing to happen since the invention of the bicycle and a model human being omgyea!" can apparently never be heard enough, I've been told often enough that voicing my contrary opinion is boring, so to stop myself from throwing those same tantrums as I did last year I've been steering clear of him as much as possible. Doha got the World Championships based on vulgar, opulent excess, so he's the perfect winner for them, when you think about it.
Jancouver said:Billie said:When was the last time that all 3 riders on the podium had already been World Champ?
Probably never?
Libertine Seguros said:Because sometimes even when it's not directed with the deliberate intention of needling me as it was from many corners for a period, and sometimes even when I'm outright avoiding him, the Sagan sycophancy gets too much for me to bear and keep my cool about.infeXio said:I don't even know why you dignify it with a response anymore..
portugal11 said:I just love this race (despite the horrible route)!!! I was able to see kittel angry (made my day) and a tremendous victory for sagan against the pure sprinters.
More like consistently in top 3yaco said:Sagan continues to be under-rated on this forum - Barely a mention of him being a possible winner - Sagan is nearly always in the top 5 in the sprints.
Red Rick said:You know what they did well?Flamin said:Red Rick said:Belgian riders and commentators and experts all very proud of riding to their own execution together
******. Planckaert just said they made a tactical mistake in the final 5k. Bit butthurt that the Belgians singlehandedly prevented a Dutch WC I guess.
Split the peloton in the desert
You know what they did wrong
They rode for a sprint of a guy who hasn't won a bunch sprint in ages, against a guy's that are just faster no matter how the race went. They couldn't seriously have thought Boonen would beat Sagan? Beat Cavendish after he only sat on wheels for 250km? Sure.
They had 6 guys in the group of 26 riders, and they still only rode for a medal.
Ofcourse I'm butthurt.
That does not mean I'm wrong.
Jancouver said:Billie said:When was the last time that all 3 riders on the podium had already been World Champ?
Probably never?
Flamin said:Red Rick said:You know what they did well?Flamin said:Red Rick said:Belgian riders and commentators and experts all very proud of riding to their own execution together
******. Planckaert just said they made a tactical mistake in the final 5k. Bit butthurt that the Belgians singlehandedly prevented a Dutch WC I guess.
Split the peloton in the desert
You know what they did wrong
They rode for a sprint of a guy who hasn't won a bunch sprint in ages, against a guy's that are just faster no matter how the race went. They couldn't seriously have thought Boonen would beat Sagan? Beat Cavendish after he only sat on wheels for 250km? Sure.
They had 6 guys in the group of 26 riders, and they still only rode for a medal.
Ofcourse I'm butthurt.
That does not mean I'm wrong.
Cmon, Keukeleire, Naesen and Stuyven don't count. They had pulled for 3 hours straight and were not going to do anything. Greg was the designated guy to attack, but everybody knew it. Same with Terpstra. Both didn't get an inch of space. Good luck dropping other very strong riders on a flat road then. Besides, Greg wasn't super either.
Then yes, what's left is a sprint for Boonen. Could you share with us a tactic that could have made them win the race?
Btw, haven't seen one critical note about the Italians, yet they also had 3 'fresh' guys for the final.
GuyIncognito said:Flamin said:Red Rick said:You know what they did well?Flamin said:Red Rick said:Belgian riders and commentators and experts all very proud of riding to their own execution together
******. Planckaert just said they made a tactical mistake in the final 5k. Bit butthurt that the Belgians singlehandedly prevented a Dutch WC I guess.
Split the peloton in the desert
You know what they did wrong
They rode for a sprint of a guy who hasn't won a bunch sprint in ages, against a guy's that are just faster no matter how the race went. They couldn't seriously have thought Boonen would beat Sagan? Beat Cavendish after he only sat on wheels for 250km? Sure.
They had 6 guys in the group of 26 riders, and they still only rode for a medal.
Ofcourse I'm butthurt.
That does not mean I'm wrong.
Cmon, Keukeleire, Naesen and Stuyven don't count. They had pulled for 3 hours straight and were not going to do anything. Greg was the designated guy to attack, but everybody knew it. Same with Terpstra. Both didn't get an inch of space. Good luck dropping other very strong riders on a flat road then. Besides, Greg wasn't super either.
Then yes, what's left is a sprint for Boonen. Could you share with us a tactic that could have made them win the race?
Btw, haven't seen one critical note about the Italians, yet they also had 3 'fresh' guys for the final.
All 3 italians are renowned sprinters
Ride the same race in Arctic weather and I'm sure Kristoff will do betterportugal11 said:Kristoff was a big disappointment. What the hell did he make to his sprinting abbility?
Echoes said:Would Sagan fanboys still dare to lament that everybody is sucking his wheel after this.
I mean did he ever put his nose in the front before the final 200m. I'm quite serene because this win is worthless anyway. I've always said this, even long before Sagan turned pro. Nothing to feel bitter for Libs or for me. Cycling fans need to realise that this performance is way overrated.
trucido said:So people like Cav's entire career is worthless then?
 
		
		 
		
		 
		
		 
		
		
 
				
		