I think he can afford it.A bit rich that he was teasing Mathieu when he got a haircut...
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I think he can afford it.A bit rich that he was teasing Mathieu when he got a haircut...
Maybe, but I watched my first race in 68 and I'm pretty sure the term was in use in Cycling magazine in The UK during the 70's.Forty to fifty years ago monuments were not monuments...
A bit rich that he was teasing Mathieu when he got a haircut...
He thinks changing form to Super Saiyan will be enough?!World is not ready for blonde Pogacar
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He thinks changing form to Super Saiyan will be enough?!
Term monuments I think first came in 1989 with the creating of the World Cup.Maybe, but I watched my first race in 68 and I'm pretty sure the term was in use in Cycling magazine in The UK during the 70's.
Paris-Brussels still kinda exists, but it's now called the Brussels Cycling Classic. It has big names among recent winners like Evenepoel, Boonen, Ewan, Démare, Greipel, McEwen, ... and is considered a nice semi classic. Of course clearly below the other mentioned races. Since 2022, it moved from the end of the summer back to early June.Term monuments I think first came in 1989 with the creating of the World Cup.
Before that, top 8 one-day races were 5 monuments plus Paris-Tours, Paris-Brussels and Fleche Wallonne. Only rider who won all of them was, to the surprise of many, not Eddy Merckx, but Rik Van Looy. This so called hierarchy last at least to mid-60's, when first Paris-Brussels because of traffic problems was not held for 6 years (1967-1972). In the meantime Amstel Gold Race took it's place on the calendar, and Paris-Brussels was moved to september. The final nail in the coffin for this race was not including it for the World Cup.
First strike for Fleche Wallonne was moving it from Saturday to Wednesday I think in mid 70's (this would give much bigger significance to rival Liege rode on Sunday). The second blow was not including it in the World Cup, but Fleche, unlike Paris-Brussels, survived and stayed pretty big race nowadays.
I will have to check but your description of the 8 top races doesn’t fit what I’m remember going back to the ‘80s. Gent was just as big or bigger race than Flèche, and Championships of Zurich were also close to that level.Term monuments I think first came in 1989 with the creating of the World Cup.
Before that, top 8 one-day races were 5 monuments plus Paris-Tours, Paris-Brussels and Fleche Wallonne. Only rider who won all of them was, to the surprise of many, not Eddy Merckx, but Rik Van Looy. This so called hierarchy last at least to mid-60's, when first Paris-Brussels because of traffic problems was not held for 6 years (1967-1972). In the meantime Amstel Gold Race took it's place on the calendar, and Paris-Brussels was moved to september. The final nail in the coffin for this race was not including it for the World Cup.
First strike for Fleche Wallonne was moving it from Saturday to Wednesday I think in mid 70's (this would give much bigger significance to rival Liege rode on Sunday). The second blow was not including it in the World Cup, but Fleche, unlike Paris-Brussels, survived and stayed pretty big race nowadays.
Paris Tours route constantly changed from 1974-1987, and the led to some loss of it's significance. The race was, somehow included in the World Cup, but since the beggining of that competition it was clear that today's 5 monuments were given greater significance. Race definitelly lost most of it's prestige from 2009 by not being included in UCI World Tour.
As I see, Zuri-Metzgete could only be called "the 6th monument", during the World Cup campaigne (1989-2004), when indeed you could say that it was the 6th biggest one day race.
Just like I predicted in Roglic’s thread back in January.He thinks changing form to Super Saiyan will be enough?!
I think that's just his hair-ends bleached by too much sunlight.World is not ready for blonde Pogacar
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Yo lighten up sofa surfer!! Lot's of great industrial park races!!Ziggart ...Sorrento Valley!!or downtown Tijuana w a Filipe payment to the cops to close down the streets!!Can't overstate my disappointment at WvA , VdP ,and Remco for not racing this.
And et tu, Egan? You join Team Charmin as well?
Best one-day race. But ok, you guys go race through some industrial park in Flanders instead.
What’s the average age here? I think we all grew up with itThe amount of people who make Dragon Ball references on this forum is staggering.
What’s the average age here? I think we all grew up with it
The age spread on here is way too wide for that. You have a decent chunk of users who were already in their 20s when the show started, and you also have a decent chunk of users who weren't born yet/were too young to remember by the time it (originally) ended.What’s the average age here? I think we all grew up with it
That’s because non of them are as cool as Gohan becoming SS2 vs CellI think so too. But there are a lot of things we grew up with that are never mentioned.
RIP Android 16.That’s because non of them are as cool as Gohan becoming SS2 vs Cell
Looks like straight from the late 90ies...World is not ready for blonde Pogacar
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Instead of Küng by the looks of it.Little Lenny Martinez will be at the start.
A late addition, but a welcome one.
We all known why riders bleached the hair in the nineties (and even later). To mask doping use in a hair sample.Looks like straight from the late 90ies...
Martinez, Gregoire and Madouas. Strong. Exciting times for FDJ, looking forward to see how they use them in this race.Little Lenny Martinez will be at the start.
A late addition, but a welcome one.