Wigans goes there. Cadence!

[King Boonen]

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seriously.. what a joke it will be if Wiggins wins this now. Like if de Greef won the tour or something.

How did you create that?

imgur addon for firefox

Ok, but I mean where did you get that data? Did you create the chart?

 

[the sceptic]

oh right. Here you go.

http://www.procyclingstats.com/rider.ph ... c=classics

 

[King Boonen]

Awesome, thanks for that!

 

[S2Sturges]

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Wiggins is a disgrace...absolute disgrace of a human being.

Agree. If Wiggins wins roubaix it will be up there amongst the most blatant doped up performances in cycling history

Like every single rider who has ever won Roubaix. They're all utterly ridiculous.

Except Hinault and Boonen, gods of the road

Don't think Hinault was a truly menchant god of the road, talk about a hard man... Wiggins, I doubt would have stepped out of the team bus if HInault was on the start line...

(Quote) It rained that day which would result in an extremely difficult day on the cobbles. In fact, Hinault fell seven times. At one stage, he had to run through a field to avoid a motorbike which had crashed in front of him. With 13 kilometres remaining, a small black dog (called Gruson) ran out in front of Hinault taking him down again.

The Badger remounted and enraged, set off in pursuit of the small lead group he had been part of. Coming into the velodrome at Roubaix, the race was between a group containing some really strong riders. Apart from Hinault, there were three previous winners, Moser, Roger de Vlaeminck and Marc Demeyer. Guido van Calster and Hennie Kuiper were also there.

With over a lap of the track remaining, Hinault started winding up his big gear. Demeyer did go past the Breton for a few seconds before Hinault retook the lead. Coming out of the last bend, it looked like de Vlaeminck might come around him, but Hinault held on.

When asked afterwards about his thoughts on the race, he said, ”Paris Roubaix est une connerie!” (“Paris Roubaix is bulls**t!”)

 

[King Boonen]

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Don't think Hinault was a truly menchant god of the road, talk about a hard man... Wiggins, I doubt would have stepped out of the team bus if HInault was on the start line...

(Quote) It rained that day which would result in an extremely difficult day on the cobbles. In fact, Hinault fell seven times. At one stage, he had to run through a field to avoid a motorbike which had crashed in front of him. With 13 kilometres remaining, a small black dog (called Gruson) ran out in front of Hinault taking him down again.

The Badger remounted and enraged, set off in pursuit of the small lead group he had been part of. Coming into the velodrome at Roubaix, the race was between a group containing some really strong riders. Apart from Hinault, there were three previous winners, Moser, Roger de Vlaeminck and Marc Demeyer. Guido van Calster and Hennie Kuiper were also there.

With over a lap of the track remaining, Hinault started winding up his big gear. Demeyer did go past the Breton for a few seconds before Hinault retook the lead. Coming out of the last bend, it looked like de Vlaeminck might come around him, but Hinault held on.

When asked afterwards about his thoughts on the race, he said, ”Paris Roubaix est une connerie!” (“Paris Roubaix is bulls**t!”)

Hinault was just awesome. His win in the 1980 LBL is possibly the greatest win ever in cycling, monster of a rider.

 

[MartinGT]

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Wiggins is a disgrace...absolute disgrace of a human being.

Agree. If Wiggins wins roubaix it will be up there amongst the most blatant doped up performances in cycling history

Like every single rider who has ever won Roubaix. They're all utterly ridiculous.

Except Hinault and Boonen, gods of the road

Don't think Hinault was a truly menchant god of the road, talk about a hard man... Wiggins, I doubt would have stepped out of the team bus if HInault was on the start line...

(Quote) It rained that day which would result in an extremely difficult day on the cobbles. In fact, Hinault fell seven times. At one stage, he had to run through a field to avoid a motorbike which had crashed in front of him. With 13 kilometres remaining, a small black dog (called Gruson) ran out in front of Hinault taking him down again.

The Badger remounted and enraged, set off in pursuit of the small lead group he had been part of. Coming into the velodrome at Roubaix, the race was between a group containing some really strong riders. Apart from Hinault, there were three previous winners, Moser, Roger de Vlaeminck and Marc Demeyer. Guido van Calster and Hennie Kuiper were also there.

With over a lap of the track remaining, Hinault started winding up his big gear. Demeyer did go past the Breton for a few seconds before Hinault retook the lead. Coming out of the last bend, it looked like de Vlaeminck might come around him, but Hinault held on.

When asked afterwards about his thoughts on the race, he said, ”Paris Roubaix est une connerie!” (“Paris Roubaix is bulls**t!”)

Im reading Monuments at the moment and that was in it, superb reading that.

 

[King Boonen]

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Im reading Monuments at the moment and that was in it, superb reading that.

This one?

I finished it about a month ago. Brilliant book.

 

[red_flanders]

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oh right. Here you go.

http://www.procyclingstats.com/rider.ph ... c=classics

I wonder how one gets "1000th" in Paris-Roubaix. 2003 must have been a hell of a race. I guess I missed it.

 

[DFA123]

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oh right. Here you go.

http://www.procyclingstats.com/rider.ph ... c=classics

I wonder how one gets "1000th" in Paris-Roubaix. 2003 must have been a hell of a race. I guess I missed it.

Perhaps he signed up for the sportive that year by mistake!

 

[JimmyFingers]

Would be hilarious if he won, for the reaction in here if nothing else. In fact it's already hilarious

 

[DBotero]

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Would be hilarious if he won, for the reaction in here if nothing else. In fact it's already hilarious

Him or Kristoff will surely set this place on fire

 

[Catwhoorg]

I fully expect him to make it to the final selection. Unless he has a couple of people with him (Thomas and Stannard maybe ?) I don't see a way he will actually make that into a winning position.

With G and Yogi, one can go up the road, force others to chase and maybe provide a platform for a counter and longer ranged solo effort for Wiggo.

 

[Dear Wiggo]

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seriously.. what a joke it will be if Wiggins wins this now. Like if de Greef won the tour or something.

How did you create that?

Based on his TdF progression, he is just as likely to win P-R this year as not.

 

[JimmyFingers]

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Wiggins is a disgrace...absolute disgrace of a human being.

And what do you do with your life that is so worthy you can pronounce such histrionic judgement on someone you don't know? I'd love to know the moral heights from which you gaze down upon the rest of is from? Here's a clue: professional internet attention seeker isn't it.

 

[Netserk]

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Wiggins is a disgrace...absolute disgrace of a human being.

And what do you do with your life that is so worthy you can pronounce such histrionic judgement on someone you don't know? I'd love to know the moral heights from which you gaze down upon the rest of is from? Here's a clue: professional internet attention seeker isn't it.

Do you have to know someone to be able to identify them as a disgrace? Or be worthy before you can do that? I'd say there's a lot of people pretty much anyone on the planet can identify as disgraces without ever knowing them.

 

[The Hitch]

I think you mean without ever meeting them. You can know someone without meeting them.
This issue here is black and white. Wiggo is supposedly anti dopers and has bullied scapegoats in the past including some really mean insults ar Landis about him being a drunk that were supposedly justified because Landis "doped" and yet he kisses the ass of any doper that is remotely popular including mig, Basso, lance of course, vino, Pantani etc. It is a disgrace. The people who try to defend his kind of black and white, wrong vs right behaviour simply because they support the athlete and are too narrow minded to accept that someone they support could do wrong, are basically just being dicks.

Diggers comment wasn't exactly random. It was a direct response to the pic that shows bw once again acting as a massive hypocrite.

 

[The Hitch]

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Wiggins is a disgrace...absolute disgrace of a human being.

And what do you do with your life that is so worthy you can pronounce such histrionic judgement on someone you don't know?

That's a telling choice of words. Digger was passing moral judgment. Yet you seem to think one needs to have status in society to pass that sort of judgment on someone.

Pretty consistent with the wider sky Armstrong fan view that the cyclist and their sponsors are always right because they are rich while their critics are not.

 

[the sceptic]

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Wiggins is a disgrace...absolute disgrace of a human being.

And what do you do with your life that is so worthy you can pronounce such histrionic judgement on someone you don't know?

That's a telling choice of words. Digger was passing moral judgment. Yet you seem to think one needs to have status in society to pass that sort of judgment on someone.

Pretty consistent with the wider sky Armstrong fan view that the cyclist and their sponsors are always right because they are rich while their critics are not.

Well, Wiggins is a lord or whatever so he is obivously worth more than us normal people. Who are we to judge him? If the british ass licking media is telling us he is a great guy then surely they must be right.

 

[ciranda]

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Sunday will be like the race to be first to the South Pole all over again. From 200k to go Stannard, Thomas, Wiggins and Swift will attack hard. The non-knighted crew members will then sacrifice themselves to make it possible for Wiggins to be first British person to the velodrome. All would be well except Kristoff and Steinar Eagle have prepared specifically for the race with new advanced training methods involving Kristoff living with a pack of sled dogs in Alaska last winter. The science of doctor Eagle and staying with the dogs has evolved Kristoffs metabolism so far he now has the vo2 max of a Siberian Huskie, around 260, and so while Wiggins struggle on the last sections of pavé Kristoff overtakes him as easily as if he was Amundsen in 1911.

 

[The Hitch]

The chances are wiggins won't be in contention. He is 35 years old and rode the race seriously for the first time last year.

That's why the trolls are getting all their "you losers are going to cry when wiggins wins" digs in now.

Though, I might say, its a pretty bizzare argument for people who supposedly believe he is clean to be making in the first place.

 

[MartinGT]

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Im reading Monuments at the moment and that was in it, superb reading that.

This one?

I finished it about a month ago. Brilliant book.

Agreed. The history during the war years is very sobering. I finished it last night

If Wiggins does win PR it just shows what a farce it is with Lord Cookson in charge and nothing has progressed at all.

Wiggo saying it will be bigger than the Tour win. No sh!t. It will be a bigger middle finger upto the none-believers!

 

[SeriousSam]

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Hinault was just awesome. His win in the 1980 LBL is possibly the greatest win ever in cycling, monster of a rider.

Indeed. Absurdly good palmares as well.

 

[the sceptic]

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Im reading Monuments at the moment and that was in it, superb reading that.

This one?

I finished it about a month ago. Brilliant book.

Agreed. The history during the war years is very sobering. I finished it last night

If Wiggins does win PR it just shows what a farce it is with Lord Cookson in charge and nothing has progressed at all.

Wiggo saying it will be bigger than the Tour win. No sh!t. It will be a bigger middle finger upto the none-believers!

All the Wiggo asslicking and feel good stories lately have made Wiggo the 2nd favourite at the bookmakers. I for one can't wait for his career to end.

 

[Dear Wiggo]

jfc wtf are they going to write about when Wiggo retires? Are they renaming the site to wiggonews.com?

Laughable. Welcome to the UK, hey?

 

[SeriousSam]

´Bradley Wiggins: Has former Tour de France winner underachieved?

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/cycling/32242431

lol