Roubaix 16? Agnello 16?FFS I forgot when the meme started and it's bothering me right now
Roubaix 16? Agnello 16?FFS I forgot when the meme started and it's bothering me right now
Yes please. I'm on a few sports forums and there's always a few " there will be no ..... this year " like what are we supposed to do sit round talking about nothing for the next few years. TdF is going ahead and and I'm not gonna stop talking about it till it's oberHey, mods! Can't you make a subforum where people can spew their pessimism about Covid19? It's getting depressing to read each hour that some new random guy doesn't believe the Tour can finish...
It doesn't matter when the meme started. The important part is that it did, and we shall live and breathe the meme until this forum truly - not simply what it has been reported to be for the last 6+ years - dies.Roubaix 16? Agnello 16?
Absolutely. Can't wait.Yes please. I'm on a few sports forums and there's always a few " there will be no ..... this year " like what are we supposed to do sit round talking about nothing for the next few years. TdF is going ahead and and I'm not gonna stop talking about it till it's ober
I don't know, the most they could get is top 10 placing and maybe a stage win with Valverde, or from the break. And that would be a successful Tour for them, as things stand right now.I am beginning to wonder if after the lockdown they are writing off the TDF and aiming to use it to get get their Mas and Soler in shape and really focus on riding for the win at La Vuelta and a high placing with Soler at the Giro (which will be more challenging since his support there won’t be as strong as as the Vuelta squad where Mas and Valverde have proven their GC bonafides.
Im actually getting just as bothered as Rick, but Im quite sure it was about that time it started. Maybe Giggs can verify!It doesn't matter when the meme started. The important part is that it did, and we shall live and breathe the meme until this forum truly - not simply what it has been reported to be for the last 6+ years - dies.
I think it was the legendary edition of G-W that was one by Paolini (just look at my AV), but I'm not 100% sure either.Roubaix 16? Agnello 16?
It was PR 2016.I think it was the legendary edition of G-W that was one by Paolini (just look at my AV), but I'm not 100% sure either.
Quite the opposite for meWho do you want to win?
I've ranked the top possible GC riders based on how much I want them to win:
(++)Pinot, Carapaz, Bardet, Urán
(+) Bernal, Buchmann, Martínez, Lopez
(+ -) G Martin, Mas, Valverde, Quintana, Landa
(-)Roglic, Sivakov
(- -) Dumoulin, Pogacar, Mollema, D Martin, Porte
Ok, so that's why I remembered GW.It was PR 2016.
Gigs himself linked the topic a few posts ago and I went through it. He actually mentions that the last big race he didn't watch before PR 2016 was GW 2015, but nobody knew at that time.
The Guardian is a good site but it's well known for its pessimism. It reads the cyclingnews article "Tour de France under heightened security" and turns it into "Tour de France in doubt".Could they just skip stages 1-3 to get out of the red alert zone? "Everyone stay in the hotels until Monday, then team buses to Grasse on Monday morning, and we will ride out the last 150km of the same scheduled route to Sisteron."
Disclaimer; I don't know if the alert extends as far as Sisteron or not.
Not rooting against anyone in particular, but if someone outside Jumbo or Ineos won then the race would probably be more exciting. I'd put Pinot as the one I want most.Who do you want to win?
I've ranked the top possible GC riders based on how much I want them to win:
(++)Pinot, Carapaz, Bardet, Urán
(+) Bernal, Buchmann, Martínez, Lopez
(+ -) G Martin, Mas, Valverde, Quintana, Landa
(-)Roglic, Sivakov
(- -) Dumoulin, Pogacar, Mollema, D Martin, Porte
Well if you think that was a sin I can assure you the cycling gods punished me appropriately ^^If you miss an edition of Paris-Roubaix, are you even a real cycling fan?
He was very good at MSR. Everyone is expecting so much from him because of last season. Even if he had last season's form - which he obviously hasn't - everything would still be much harder for him because he's being watched like Sagan and nobody's working with him now and also I think he has to lose time in order to be let away.The big question mark for me is whether Alaphilippe will be in top form as he's looked a bit "good, but not great" all season.