Tony Martin

[MellowJohnny]

Very happy for him and in fairness a good effort from Cavendish for him, credit where credit is due.

 

[Jancouver]

This is epic video!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7BCSpRasAU

 

[joe_papp]

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I am so happy for Martin. I am a Giant girl, but I was cheering for Tony today - who couldn't?

gutsy move, too.

i cheered for him, that's for sure.

 

[StinkFist]

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This is epic video!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7BCSpRasAU

Yeah, thats brilliant.....love the emotion

 

[Tank Engine]

I with Echoes (to some degree) on this one. I have always thought that obviously Martin should ride PR rather than the Tour of the Basque Country or whatever (I've nothing against the Basque tour, but why should Tony always have to ride it?). I guess if he had been riding for any other team, he would have ridden PR years ago. He seems happy at Etixx. It doesn't seem to have hit the ORICA levels of democracy, but it is a very strong team of riders that are generally happy to help each other out (with the exception of PR and obvious sprint stages)

Tony demand to ride PR!! I don't care what Boonen or Terpstra might think.

As for Tony being a softie, I agree that is delusional.

Except Etixx have the two most selfish riders in the peloton (Terpstra and Cav), then maybe...

Congratulations, you win this week's prize for highlighting part of a sentence to take it completely out of context and then make a point which is similar to the non-higlighted part immediately afterwards

 

[Kwibus]

Tony Martin is not what I call a cycling champion. He's just an employee for Quick Step that does what his boss asks him to do.

How come that such a powerful heavyweight rider never even STARTED Paris-Roubaix! It's beyond imagination. He must hide himself in shame because he should have won that race as much as Cancellara did.

Paris-Roubaix does not require anaerobic capacity but aerobic capacity. It's a stamina race. He hasn't raced it because he does not have cycling culture. He's an Easterner. You don't make a name for yourself on all these silly little stage races. Paris-Roubaix is the greatest of all cycle races, right? He should know that by now. But now, Mr Martin rather chose to race some little race where he's sure to win something or should I say to EARN something rather than risk it all on the Classic Queen ...

Look at Cancellara. He surprised everybody when he announced by the start of the 2004 season that Paris-Roubaix was among his objectives and he shocked everyone with his 4th place. Now the result is: 3 Paris-Roubaix, 3 Tours of Flanders, 1 Milan-Sanremo, 1 Tour of Switzerland, 1 Tirreno Adriatico, 2 Montepaschi and dozens of high places in classics and stage races. He's a champion. Martin is just a softie, period.

Another sour frapes post from mr. Echoes.

Yes we all want Martin to ride P-R for years, but let's not get ridiculous shall we?

 

[Kwibus]

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This is epic video!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7BCSpRasAU

That's great. Love this stuff!

P.s. Superrrrr happy for Tony!

 

[robin440]

t’s dangerous and I just don’t like it…I think you love it or you hate it and I hate it" Tony Martin, on cobbles.

 

[Vino's Mum]

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This is epic video!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7BCSpRasAU

Yeah, great stuff. I love Trentin's "He win with my bike!" at the end.

 

[zigzag wanderer]

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This is epic video!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7BCSpRasAU

Is the equivalent video for stage 2 available?

 

[Vino's Mum]

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Is the equivalent video for stage 2 available?

It's on Youtube, but there's not much to see. Brian Holm cracks the windscreen with a couple of headbutts, and Panzer gets on the bus, instantly flooring Cav with a short jab. Pretty tame, really.

 

[cineteq]

Despite of Echoes' ignorant comments, the legend of Tony Martin keeps growing!

 

[robin440]

He will probably ride the classics next year.

"I thought about it for quite some time, doing the whole cobbled classics season. I would love to get a chance in that spring team, although there is a huge competition to get a place in it. But i think i qualified myself with that victory!."

 

[thequestionmark]

Source?

 

[robin440]

http://www.spox.com/de/sport/mehrsport/radsport/tour-de-france/1507/News/tony-martin-denkt-an-klassiker-starts.html

 

[Brullnux]

Yes! The panzerwagen winner of Paris-Roubaix 2016?

 

[thequestionmark]

Thanks. It will be interesting to see how the other teams react when Tony attacks with 100 km to go.

 

[Taxus4a]

His crash looks bad, maybe is a broken collerbone, but I hope no and he can go on, he is very important for the TTT.

 

[SeriousSam]

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His crash looks bad, maybe is a broken collerbone, but I hope no and he can go on, he is very important for the TTT.

I didn't realise Etixx need to perform in the TTT.

 

[Netserk]

Official: Tony Martin is out of this year's Tour de France.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Talk about a rollercoaster ride for Martin.

See you at the worlds methinks.

 

[Carols]

Panzerwagen will be Back!!!!! What a shame though.

 

[thequestionmark]

Etixx has confirmed that Martin has a broken collerbone. They haven't yet confirmed that he's out of the Tour.

 

[carton]

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His crash looks bad, maybe is a broken collerbone, but I hope no and he can go on, he is very important for the TTT.

I didn't realise Etixx need to perform in the TTT.

They have (had?) a pretty decent shot at winning. Would also help Uran, which is what Taxus is probably implying but doubt that it would be much of a priority for the team.

Anyway, where's everyone getting that he's out? I think he's considering pulling out a Farrar.

 

[Vroome.exe]

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His crash looks bad, maybe is a broken collerbone, but I hope no and he can go on, he is very important for the TTT.

I didn't realise Etixx need to perform in the TTT.

Etixx were clear favorites for TTT, that was seen in betting websites. I think they can still win without tony.