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UCI World Championships 2016 - Doha
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| Riis123 |
Posted on 11-10-2016 22:45
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Fear not, a 100 k crit will still be better than Copenhagen 11 |
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 11-10-2016 22:46
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Riis123 wrote:
Fear not, a 100 k crit will still be better than Copenhagen 11
What was wrong with 2011?
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| Shonak |
Posted on 11-10-2016 22:51
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Ollfardh wrote:
DiCyc wrote:
The cycling season 2016 will not be a season I will remember for a long...except if there are echelons!
Did you not watch 2016 Paris-Roubaix?
Or the Olympic Road Race, two of the best races ever. 
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 11-10-2016 22:52
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It was a bad parcours and a bad race where they only thing of note that happened outside the final 300 metres was a huge crash where half the peloton was held up because they couldn't pass as the whole route was set with barriers.
Funniest thing is that same exact thing happened in Zolder aswel. And if the whole lap is barriers in Doha than that'll happen again Sunday. Defending champions Freire and Hushovd were biggest victims from those two pile ups. 
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| Riis123 |
Posted on 11-10-2016 22:53
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It was foregone conclusion it would end in a sprint and no matter how much people would try, the route was so easy that it was impossible. 82 (!!!) riders in s.t. Thats not a recipe for a good race. |
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 11-10-2016 22:55
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Riis123 wrote:
It was foregone conclusion it would end in a sprint and no matter how much people would try, the route was so easy that it was impossible. 82 (!!!) riders in s.t. Thats not a recipe for a good race.
Ah, i had forgotten you were Mr. Hills
I loved it
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| Riis123 |
Posted on 11-10-2016 22:55
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Shonak wrote:
Ollfardh wrote:
DiCyc wrote:
The cycling season 2016 will not be a season I will remember for a long...except if there are echelons!
Did you not watch 2016 Paris-Roubaix?
Or the Olympic Road Race, two of the best races ever.
2016-season is the best season I can remember where I have followed cycling extensively, apart from TdF and Ardennes, really good season. I don't really understand it either. You can mention Flanders and Lombardia as well.... |
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| Riis123 |
Posted on 11-10-2016 22:59
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TheManxMissile wrote:
Riis123 wrote:
It was foregone conclusion it would end in a sprint and no matter how much people would try, the route was so easy that it was impossible. 82 (!!!) riders in s.t. Thats not a recipe for a good race.
Ah, i had forgotten you were Mr. Hills
I loved it
There were plenty of hills - the problem was they had elevation gains of around 20-30 metres.
I guess we like a very different kind of racing then. |
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| Thatguyeveryonehates |
Posted on 11-10-2016 23:04
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there was a decent hill.
but the morons put the feed zone on it so nobody ever rode it fast |
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| Riis123 |
Posted on 11-10-2016 23:07
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Haha yeah, totally forgot, that was a disaster. |
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 11-10-2016 23:08
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Almost like thosting a WC in the desert, that would be a disaster...
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 12-10-2016 07:17
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Also Giro was pretty awesome, at least these two races + some other cobbled ones (and another green jersey for Sagan + RvV win) makes it a remarkable one.
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 12-10-2016 07:19
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Riis has problems with anything flat...i hope someone does the ironing for him, imagine all those hillly shirts 
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| fjhoekie |
Posted on 12-10-2016 11:39
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The Danish team found out the temperature is constant, but humidity drops over the day. So early starters have an advantage! They can breath more easily with more humid air.
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| Riis123 |
Posted on 12-10-2016 12:14
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Avin Wargunnson wrote:
Riis has problems with anything flat...i hope someone does the ironing for him, imagine all those hillly shirts
Not at all. I have a problem with when racing gets predictable - be it in the mountains (like this year's Tour), the hills (like the Ardennes every year) or too many flat stages which offers no chances for a potential upset, or, in this case specific case, a route where it was a foregone conclusion it would end in a sprint.  |
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| cio93 |
Posted on 12-10-2016 12:32
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Mullen with a good ride, I was waiting for him to show something again after his Ponferrada TT.
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| deek12345 |
Posted on 12-10-2016 12:58
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Let's play spot the spectators if you see 1 Please post
Oh great TT by mullen |
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 12-10-2016 13:09
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Still looking...
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 12-10-2016 13:11
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Meanwhile... a Pakistani rider has just come in FIFTEEN(!) minutes down on Mullen's time. He has not had a good day
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| Selwink |
Posted on 12-10-2016 13:17
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the_hoyle wrote:
Meanwhile... a Pakistani rider has just come in FIFTEEN(!) minutes down on Mullen's time. He has not had a good day
Maybe it was a good day?
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