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| sutty68 |
Posted on 19-11-2015 13:58
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Roger Hammond joins Dimension Data : https://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/l...ium=Social |
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 20-11-2015 16:27
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https://www.nieuws...gn=seeding
What would happen if you direct the leader group and the chasing group in opposite directions to the finish line?
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 20-11-2015 17:11
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OMG, someone is in for the sack  |
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Posted on 24-11-2024 22:58
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 20-11-2015 17:25
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AIOCC votes 8 riders per GT, 7 per other races (safety the main reason apparently) Rejects UCI 2017 reforms.
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| OZrocker |
Posted on 21-11-2015 13:31
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Alakagom wrote:
AIOCC votes 8 riders per GT, 7 per other races (safety the main reason apparently) Rejects UCI 2017 reforms.
Next: The UCI World Tour to be replaced with the ICL 
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| Forever the Best |
Posted on 23-11-2015 20:19
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Chris Froome wins Velo d'Or by the way.
Imo Valverde deserved it the most with winning FW,LBL,Spanish NC,3rd in TDF and San Sebastian,2nd in AGR and Catalunya,7th overall plus a stage in Vuelta,5th in WCRR,4th in Lombardia |
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| Shonak |
Posted on 23-11-2015 20:23
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Wait, what Froome? Valverde would have been the best choice, a decade of excellence. Sagan would have been a possibility too, b-but Froome?!
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| Forever the Best |
Posted on 23-11-2015 20:26
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Shonak wrote:
Wait, what Froome? Valverde would have been the best choice, a decade of excellence. Sagan would have been a possibility too, b-but Froome?! The media overrates the TDF.If he had come 2nd in TDF he wouldn't be on the top 3.
Valv won the CQ ranking with 2976 points
Froome was 4th,with 1973 points
Nuff said |
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| Forever the Best |
Posted on 24-11-2015 12:35
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Degenkolb and Kristoff had great seasons as well.Sagan as well.But with Valverde having a stellar season he deserved it.Froome pick is really weird |
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| matt17br |
Posted on 24-11-2015 12:40
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To be honest I can't find any news regarding the Velo d'Or 2015 on the internet... Any source?
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 24-11-2015 12:42
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matt17br wrote:
To be honest I can't find any news regarding the Velo d'Or 2015 on the internet... Any source?
Check out this. On the cover you can see it.
https://www.velomagazine.fr/ |
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| Forever the Best |
Posted on 24-11-2015 12:42
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matt17br wrote:
To be honest I can't find any news regarding the Velo d'Or 2015 on the internet... Any source? I couldn't find any either.But they are saying like that in cyclingnews forum
Plus,if you saw my post yesterday I wrote that I may have fallen to a trap there.Then looked back to cyclingnews forum and saw one of the posters said froome wins Velo d'Or I deleted my post.
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 24-11-2015 12:49
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Velo d'Or is, unfortunately, not a serious award. The Tour winner has only finished outside the Top3 once since it's creation in 1992 (06 thanks Landis), and outside the Top2 just twice (08, 06). Only 6 times has a none GC rider won it (96 Museeuw, 02 Cipoliini, 05 Boonen, 06 Bettini, 10 Cancellara, 11 Gilbert). The Velo d'Or is pretty much another recognition for the GT winners unless a rider has a really exceptional season. With the way the one-day riders spread around the wins it was only ever going to go to Froome. It's not an award to take too seriously.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 24-11-2015 13:02
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So Boonen did not win it in 2012? Wiggins wasn't even the best rider in Le Tour..
Should've gone to Valverde this year, as a reward for his career (he sure as hell won't win the rainbow jersey).
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 24-11-2015 13:06
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Ollfardh wrote:
So Boonen did not win it in 2012? Wiggins wasn't even the best rider in Le Tour..
Tour, Dauphine, Romandie, Nice... his 2012 was one of the most dominant GC seasons ever
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| Forever the Best |
Posted on 24-11-2015 13:06
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TheManxMissile wrote:
Ollfardh wrote:
So Boonen did not win it in 2012? Wiggins wasn't even the best rider in Le Tour..
Tour, Dauphine, Romandie, Nice... his 2012 was one of the most dominant GC seasons ever Olympics ITT as well |
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 24-11-2015 13:13
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Olympics can't count for anything iirc (olympic rules).
What Boonen did, was unique. Winning le Tour and a few other stage races has been done quite a few times before.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 24-11-2015 13:18
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Wiggins is the only cyclist to ever win Nice, Romandie, Dauphine and Tour in the same season, so yeah that's pretty unique 
Wiggins is also the only cyclist ever to win an Olympic Gold and Tour in the same year
To set both first time ever records in the same year, you're right it's completely not unique and just something any cyclist can do
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 24-11-2015 13:21
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Well even if we label both as unique, Boonen won Roubaix with a solo from 50+ km out, while Wiggins couldn't follow his own team mate in le Tour.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 24-11-2015 14:00
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Ollfardh wrote:
Well even if we label both as unique, Boonen won Roubaix with a solo from 50+ km out, while Wiggins couldn't follow his own team mate in le Tour.
Crushed him in the ITT, though. Won with minutes. Won every stage race he participated in, basically.
And also the bigger picture, look at where Wiggins had come from.
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