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| Raziz |
Posted on 21-02-2018 09:25
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Aquarius97 wrote:
Cavendish has abandoned in Abu Dhabi after crashing in the neutral zone
That genuinely sounds hilarious (hopefully no injuries though). |
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| Yellow Jersey |
Posted on 21-02-2018 11:42
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Raziz wrote:
Aquarius97 wrote:
Cavendish has abandoned in Abu Dhabi after crashing in the neutral zone
That genuinely sounds hilarious (hopefully no injuries though).
+1 
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| df_Trek |
Posted on 21-02-2018 12:38
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Felline got a bad injury in this situation...hopefully is not the same
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| ringo182 |
Posted on 21-02-2018 13:03
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The neutral zone can be quite dangerous sometimes. There will be riders trying to force their way through the peloton to the front if they want to get into the break or have team orders and they are usually going through a town/city centre with lost of corners and "street furniture". The riders are all bunched together and there tends to be a big crowd lining the roads (granted this is Abu Dhabi so there were probably so crowds). Not to mention all the cars and motorbikes travelling at a very slow speed in and around the riders.
Crashes in the neutral zone are fairly common.
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| cio93 |
Posted on 22-02-2018 11:21
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Can you believe how shit Katusha is?
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| df_Trek |
Posted on 22-02-2018 11:26
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ahahahaahah +1
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| df_Trek |
Posted on 22-02-2018 11:28
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let say that Kittel is the worst sprinter ever seen from -5km to -300m, and they need to learn how bring him there
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 23-02-2018 10:51
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On the other side of the coin, Viviani and Etixx Quickstep are enjoying a great start to the season  |
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| df_Trek |
Posted on 23-02-2018 12:44
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emotional sprint today
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 24-02-2018 11:48
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A puncture prevents Tom Dumoulin from winning the ITT in Abu Dhabi, which has been won by Rohan Dennis.
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 24-02-2018 11:54
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And this is how GC stands heading into the final stage tomorrow, with the Jebel Hafeet mountain to end the race
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 25-02-2018 12:25
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Valverde, who else, wins the final stage and wraps the GC of the Abu Dhabi Tour. |
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| ruben |
Posted on 25-02-2018 12:38
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Valverde's acceleration was impressive. The way he closed that gap to Lopez. Man... psycho. Hard to believe this man is 37 and has been out for a long time due to that TDF crash.
Nice performances by Formolo, Niklas Eg, Tolhoek and Lambrecht btw.
Dumoulin with another bike throw. Not a good start to the season |
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| Kalach |
Posted on 25-02-2018 12:58
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Valverde - great to see this  he has not lost anything from his performance 
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 25-02-2018 13:11
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Valverde, wow, just flying like 10 years ago.
Dumoulin, man, what a shitty start to his season.
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| Riis123 |
Posted on 25-02-2018 13:42
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Gustavovskiy wrote:
Valverde, wow, just flying like 10 years ago.
Dumoulin, man, what a shitty start to his season.
Rather flying like last year, his best season. Hasn't skipped a beat, its unreal. |
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| df_Trek |
Posted on 25-02-2018 14:00
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Great performance for Eg today, curious to see him in the future
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| Tafiolmo |
Posted on 27-02-2018 10:59
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Was impressed by Eg at Abu Dhabi considering we the stats team only had him on 70 mtn which of course is being adjusted.
Also what the hell is up with Kittel so far this season?
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| purepasd |
Posted on 27-02-2018 11:04
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Kittel depends heavily on his train, and needs to learn to work with his new teammates. It seems that they put him in a decent position most times though, and he was just slow as hell. |
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| Tafiolmo |
Posted on 27-02-2018 11:12
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purepasd wrote:
Kittel depends heavily on his train, and needs to learn to work with his new teammates. It seems that they put him in a decent position most times though, and he was just slow as hell.
Yes agree about Kittel and the need for a train but the team has a good train that was used for Kristoff and in Kittel they have an even faster man.
Could be communication etc as the same problem occurred I remember with Cav in his first season with Etixx-Quickstep
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