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| Shonak |
Posted on 25-05-2016 18:50
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Impressive stuff by Van Aert. The guy has an acceleration for the gods and Crossers are trained on to give maximum effort in short time. No surprise that he turns out to be a monster in prologues.
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| Luxemburger |
Posted on 25-05-2016 19:38
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Thatguyeveryonehates wrote:
perfectly understandable. cyclocross outside the benelux is as popular as kabbadi and chess boxing
not joking, it's significantly less popular and less known than things like waterpolo and fencing. i realize this may be a shock to belgians
A bit unfair to compare a non-Olympic sport with Olympic disciplines in my opinion. |
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| Luxemburger |
Posted on 25-05-2016 19:40
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Shonak wrote:
Impressive stuff by Van Aert. The guy has an acceleration for the gods and Crossers are trained on to give maximum effort in short time. No surprise that he turns out to be a monster in prologues.
The technical course should have helped him, nobody in the peloton knows as good as him how to ride a turn perfectly. |
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| kadtagenero |
Posted on 25-05-2016 20:19
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Hi, maybe this seems not important for the most of you...
But I would like to know the opinion of those who care about it.
This years Vuelta a Colombia is featuring this foreing teams:
Team Ecuador
Team Jamis
Team Rwanda
Amore & Vita
Any of you know something about the african team? riders, recent results? are they even profesional riders and will be able to ride a race like VC?
I mean, Ecuador and Jamis we know them and kinda know what they can do here..
But Rwanda and AmoreV aren´t known here a lot, I know the ucranian team because PCM and think they have raced in south america recently, but for those in Europe or those who like to read about cycling and continental circuits, please, tell us something about them, thanks 
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| togo95 |
Posted on 25-05-2016 20:26
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Isn't that a national team of Rwanda?
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| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 25-05-2016 20:57
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I heard the prologue was very technical? Tony never was a cornering god so pretty sure this isnt a shock. |
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| Waghlon |
Posted on 25-05-2016 21:19
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kadtagenero wrote:
Any of you know something about the african team? riders, recent results? are they even profesional riders and will be able to ride a race like VC?
Rwanda does a lot of mountain biking and weightlifting. They were in Brazil last year for a 2.2 race. That's what I remember from subscribing to their facebook page.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 25-05-2016 23:15
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Kirchen_75 wrote:
I heard the prologue was very technical? Tony never was a cornering god so pretty sure this isnt a shock.
Look at the way Van Aert and Martin took the last corner, Van Aert wins the race there.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 26-05-2016 08:16
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Ugh Lefevre hinting that Van Aert should/will turn to the road. Hope not. Van Aert has a legendary cross career ahead of him. Hope he'll never leave that world. |
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| Choklets |
Posted on 26-05-2016 08:57
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Boonen and Nys are both huge stars in Belgium but I somehow think that while Nys surely does ok money wise, Boonen earns on a total different level. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 26-05-2016 09:19
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Stybar earned more with cyclo-cross than currently on the road.
If you're the best in CX, you get by just fine. Better than average joe on the road.
Difference is, only 1-2 can earn that money in cross, while on the road there are more cyclist who earn more. Contador, Nibali, Boonen...
And money's not the issue. In the field he'll turn into a legend. On the road, a classics winner, tops. Doesn't even come close.
For me, Nys' career is more impressive than 99% of the road cyclists atm. |
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 26-05-2016 10:00
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Ian Butler wrote:
Ugh Lefevre hinting that Van Aert should/will turn to the road. Hope not. Van Aert has a legendary cross career ahead of him. Hope he'll never leave that world.
Yeah, I was angry at that as well, he'll ruin Van Aert just like he did with Stybar and Keisse. Let's hope Van Aert goes to Topsport or something, they don't mind that their riders do some cyclocross and he can still ride big road races there.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 26-05-2016 14:38
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 27-05-2016 13:39
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Martin attacked Van Aert from early on, let's see how a Continental Team with a cyclocross leader defends against one of the richest World Tour teams. But guys like Boucher, Meurisse and Jacobs should be able to do something for Van Aert.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 27-05-2016 13:44
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Ronde van Belgie > Giro
"Flat stages" > Mountain stages  |
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 27-05-2016 14:23
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Go Stijn!
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 27-05-2016 14:26
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Devenyns, what a stage 
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 27-05-2016 14:27
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Just when you thought Vandenbergh had this Devenyns jumps across and snatches it |
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 27-05-2016 14:28
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I think he would've had it if not for that false flat finish.
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| Squire |
Posted on 27-05-2016 17:43
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What happened to Der Tony?
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