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| ringo182 |
Posted on 09-08-2018 13:49
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Sagan Olympic Champion then?
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| df_Trek |
Posted on 09-08-2018 14:08
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Aquarius97 wrote:
UCI has made official the route for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Really tough course
quite good, I sill prefer if Fuji would have been closest to the finish, but not being a stage from GT, it could be interesting route too
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 09-08-2018 20:28
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Chaves has been diagnosed with mononucleosis, will keep him sidelined for an undetermined time. Probrably what has been affecting him since the Giro. |
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 09-08-2018 20:28
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Chaves was diagnosed with lots of viruses including glandular fever after the Giro (where he lost 25 minutes and struggled to 72nd on GC after being second). Back on the bike now but will miss the Vuelta and maybe the rest of 2018  I always thought he was sick and maybe it would be announced, but really sad he misses the Vuelta. He looked like the Etna win meant so much to him after 2017 and was ready for the top again. Most important thing now is he's healthy for 2019 and he can finally enjoy some good health and his peak years.
Edited by jandal7 on 09-08-2018 21:11
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
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| Vien |
Posted on 09-08-2018 20:35
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jandal7 wrote:
He looked like the Etna win meant so much to him after 3027 and was ready for the top again. Most important thing now is he's healthy for 3029 and he can finally enjoy some good health and his peak years.
Dunno man. He might be a bit old by then. |
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 09-08-2018 20:51
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24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
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| df_Trek |
Posted on 10-08-2018 00:08
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jandal7 wrote:
Chaves was diagnosed with lots of viruses including glandular fever after the Giro (where he lost 25 minutes and struggled to 72nd on GC after being second). Back on the bike now but will miss the Vuelta and maybe the rest of 2018 I always thought he was sick and maybe it would be announced, but really sad he misses the Vuelta. He looked like the Etna win meant so much to him after 2017 and was ready for the top again. Most important thing now is he's healthy for 2019 and he can finally enjoy some good health and his peak years.
unfortunately for him, colombian peak years are already gone
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| Shonak |
Posted on 10-08-2018 08:02
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Adrien Costa lost part of his leg while rock climbing.Jeez
https://www.gofun...driencosta
Edited by Shonak on 10-08-2018 08:07
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| ringo182 |
Posted on 10-08-2018 08:39
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Already been reported earlier in the thread, but it is terrible news. As I said earlier, the real tragedy is that he left pro cycling in part due to the death of Chad Young and then this happens just months later in a complete freak accident. The reports seem to suggest he is lucky to even be alive.
I don't think he had ruled out coming back to cycling after a break so I guess he will need to completely re-evaluate his life now.
Hopefully he can make as full a recovery as it's possible to make in the circumstances.
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 10-08-2018 14:08
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And now, apparently, Ulrich is in detention after physically assaulting a prostitute last night in Frankfurt. |
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 10-08-2018 15:03
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Serge Pauwels will ride for BMCCC next year.
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| Selwink |
Posted on 14-08-2018 09:56
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Apparently LottoJumbo is about to sign Tony Martin.
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| roturn |
Posted on 14-08-2018 10:08
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Lotto-Jumbo is hugely performing in past couple month and slowly become one of the top teams in cycling I feel.
Roglic and Bennett hugely improved to good stage racers including GTs while Kruijswijk was always a great GT rider. Groenewegen is a top3 sprinter as well while they have big talent in Kuss and Powless while also Tolhoek is looking pretty well.
Most important though that a lot of them signed long-term with them already and Tony Martin with his experience and TT strength would be really a good match imo.
Think Groenewegen will profit the most as having a long leadout for like 2-3km high-speed until the 1-2km mark will help a lot. |
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| ringo182 |
Posted on 14-08-2018 10:56
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They've defo improved alot. Was it Lotto Jumbo who went a whole season without winning a race a couple of years ago? Or maybe it was a whole 12 months. I seem to remember them going a long time without a win because the Eurosport commentators mentioned it every time a rider got in a break 
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 14-08-2018 12:31
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2015, I suppose. First win came in May at the Tour de Yorkshire, I believe, thanks to Moreno Hofland out of all riders.  |
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| ringo182 |
Posted on 14-08-2018 12:49
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FreitasPCM wrote:
2015, I suppose. First win came in May at the Tour de Yorkshire, I believe, thanks to Moreno Hofland out of all riders.
It must have been world tour wins. Looking on their Wiki page Theo Bos won stage 3 of the Tour of Poland on 6 August 2014 and then they didn't win another World Tour race until Jos Van Emden won Stage 4 of the Eneco Tour on 14th August 2015
I knew it was something like that.
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| df_Trek |
Posted on 15-08-2018 10:54
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Cavendish is still not racing due an unspecified "unfortunate injuries". Maybe he is considering a break or is in lack of motivation...It's hard to see him back at top level imo
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 15-08-2018 10:55
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Cannondale is what you're thinking of for winless iirc, 1 or 2 years ago
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 15-08-2018 15:26
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Seems that Xuban Errazkin was one of the several names that were indicated as suspicious blood levels in Volta a Portugal.  |
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 15-08-2018 15:44
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Source. Any others mentioned?
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