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I know it was because of cramp but the way he kept moving and posing when being interviewed by Orla made him look like he was trying to seduce her with Zoolander movesyep Rog has a very tongu in cheek sense of humopur in interviews
There when it was his birthday earlier in the year and some comms person was talking about how he may have limited time to win the Tour but also congratulating on his birthday
Rog said " Yeah I am getting older and older every day"
Funny because it's true.I found why Carapaz won
There were no Movistar riders in the chasing group
I know it was because of cramp but the way he kept moving and posing when being interviewed by Orla made him look like he was trying to seduce her with Zoolander moves
. First one day race win in arguably the biggest one of them all.
Wout with all the watts, yet decided to hand the most dangerous attack in the finale almost a minute. More important of course to chase down Fuglsang and Woods on their own.
Yes, GCN stayed on for the whole thing. It was nice.I criticized BBC for not showing the medal ceremony, but I haven't seen any pictures anywhere so I wonder if it's happened yet?
I criticized BBC for not showing the medal ceremony, but I haven't seen any pictures anywhere so I wonder if it's happened yet?
Evenepoel and Dumoulin were only marginally worse than I expected, but they're riders that can still TT even when their climbing is mediocre at best. Climbing doesn't come natural to them, TTing does.Evenepoel, Dumoulin and Roglic not looking too hot for wednesday based on today's result.
That's annoying, but reassuring - I wasn't in the mood to apologise to BBC.Yes, GCN stayed on for the whole thing. It was nice.
ETA - they're showing field hockey now; GB must have a chance of a medal as they tend to show those sports more than others. Expect lots of skeet shooting!
I think he could. And he could certainly have given them less time before chasing, or even better let a weaker lone rider get a good gap. He could have given Woods 30'' and easily been able to chase him down on his own later.He chased down so many moves on his own, he really couldn't do it every single time.
That's why you don't go after solo riders who were barely hanging on on Mikuni but you should be straight on the wheel of a guy who was better than you on Mikuni along with Carapaz.He chased down so many moves on his own, he really couldn't do it every single time.
Kept talking over people too and won't shut up about UK riders. We were hearing about Thomas long after he was out of contention. Sadly UK Eurosport is also Irish Eurosport and all we get is this waffling on about UK riders and he was more concerned about long gone Thomas but barely noticed Martin and Dunbar were still in the group.So, did some executive at ES or GCN just have enough of Smith's monotonous and monotone crap and found some random kiwis instead?
He was terrible today - just kept on talking what he wanted to talk about even when there was some action.
Still better than a Liggett feed or from what people are saying the BBC.
What about Skeet Surfing. Is that an Olympic sport yet ?Yes, GCN stayed on for the whole thing. It was nice.
ETA - BBC is showing field hockey now; GB must have a chance of a medal as they tend to show those sports more than others. Expect lots of skeet shooting!
I put 0 value in the road race for the TT.Evenepoel, Dumoulin and Roglic not looking too hot for wednesday based on today's result.
The way the ARD went on about Schachmann all the time at least made me respect ES again, I often forget what I got when I stroll away.
Kept talking over people too and won't shut up about UK riders. We were hearing about Thomas long after he was out of contention. Sadly UK Eurosport is also Irish Eurosport and all we get is this waffling on about UK riders and he was more concerned about long gone Thomas but barely noticed Martin and Dunbar were still in the group.
you probably meant:Okaayyy
- Van Aert best man in the race no doubt about it.
- Pogacar simply lacked the edge he had in the Tour de France. Might argue he peaked too early in the Tour
- Tour de France riders dominated the race. Most glaring in Roglic who wasn't close on Mikuni and wasn't even in the 2nd/3rd group behind.
- Evenepoel was disappointing compared to expectations. He would have made all the difference for Van Aert.
- McNulty made the winning move and in the end got *** all for it. Extremely bitter result for him
- I'm genuinely baffled by Belgium blowing up the race on Mikuni. They isolated Van Aert there.
- Olympic Gold in the end is unworthy of Vincenzo Nibali.