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Forever the Best |
Posted on 03-10-2020 17:35
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alexkr00 wrote:
Forever the Best wrote:
It's all about the wind. The wind changed. Race over for Nibali and co. due to the wind. They have no chance of gaining back a minute on Thomas.
This is the Giro, not the Tour. Thomas won't even finish on the podium.
I hope so. Maybe it's just me being a pessimist. However, I'm not sure if all the mountain stages will be raced ( i.e. without any cancellations or shortenings ) because the weather/snow can be a problem in week 3 mountain stages.
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Guido Mukk |
Posted on 03-10-2020 19:45
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alexkr00 wrote:
Forever the Best wrote:
It's all about the wind. The wind changed. Race over for Nibali and co. due to the wind. They have no chance of gaining back a minute on Thomas.
This is the Giro, not the Tour. Thomas won't even finish on the podium.
Indeed! Only beginner will decide giro podium after first TT..even after first week mountains there is way to early to say anything.
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Guido Mukk |
Posted on 03-10-2020 19:52
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..This is like eurosport commentators after TT.
Well ..Thomas first, Simon Yates second..looking good and done already.
Btw ..who the idiot designed that EF Giro jersey ..it is not Mondrian for sure. |
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deek12345 |
Posted on 03-10-2020 20:22
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Guido Mukk wrote:
..This is like eurosport commentators after TT.
Well ..Thomas first, Simon Yates second..looking good and done already.
Btw ..who the idiot designed that EF Giro jersey ..it is not Mondrian for sure.
Totally agree Rob hatch on the comms was unbearable today worse than Kirby and thats saying something |
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FreitasPCM |
Posted on 04-10-2020 10:26
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EF were fined for their duck-like helmets yesterday as they weren’t registered in time.
https://www.cycli...talia-kit/ |
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Ollfardh |
Posted on 04-10-2020 10:46
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I proudly stand with the UCI
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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TheManxMissile |
Posted on 04-10-2020 11:45
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Solid article, totally missed Vaughters reply on twitter. He claims (and tbh i always take whatever Vaughters says with a massive bag of salt (wonder how well that phrase translates for you mainland Europeans (is having a bracket side note inside a bracket side note a bad idear?))) that they did register the kit properly with the UCI. But because the UCI is, well, the UCI they "forgot" about this. He then says Lapartient had a very nice evening meal.
Anyway, 4500CH is nothing for the extra publicity ontop all the column inches already written on these kits.
If only the cycling media saw the man-game peloton!!!
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Guido Mukk |
Posted on 04-10-2020 12:17
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I think I had to mute soon that british eurosport.
What is this ? Ineos TV?
Such propaganda bullocks.
So well completed squad..much better then tour? What ? How you can tell that after TT. P.s. Tour squad looked like 75% stronger..at paper. |
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knasen |
Posted on 04-10-2020 14:06
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Vlasov sick |
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FreitasPCM |
Posted on 04-10-2020 14:08
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This is the Fuglsang GT curse in action. |
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ringo182 |
Posted on 04-10-2020 14:09
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Guido Mukk wrote:
I think I had to mute soon that british eurosport.
What is this ? Ineos TV?
Such propaganda bullocks.
So well completed squad..much better then tour? What ? How you can tell that after TT. P.s. Tour squad looked like 75% stronger..at paper.
Oh no! A British commentator on a British channel commentating to a British Audience. It's almost as if it was called British Eurosport....oh wait, it is.
Why do people watch a British channel and complain that they concentrate on the British teams/riders. It's like me watching the coverage on S4C and complaining that the commentary is in Welsh.
"Ringo is exactly right", Shonak - 8 September 2016
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Guido Mukk |
Posted on 04-10-2020 14:45
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ringo182 wrote:
Guido Mukk wrote:
I think I had to mute soon that british eurosport.
What is this ? Ineos TV?
Such propaganda bullocks.
So well completed squad..much better then tour? What ? How you can tell that after TT. P.s. Tour squad looked like 75% stronger..at paper.
Oh no! A British commentator on a British channel commentating to a British Audience. It's almost as if it was called British Eurosport....oh wait, it is.
Why do people watch a British channel and complain that they concentrate on the British teams/riders. It's like me watching the coverage on S4C and complaining that the commentary is in Welsh.
They know viewers numbers outside Great Britain..why not to be more international. To keep these viewers in their channel? |
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Guido Mukk |
Posted on 04-10-2020 14:46
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That is bad. What ever Fuglsang does I was waiting more what that Vlassov can be |
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ringo182 |
Posted on 04-10-2020 15:06
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Guido Mukk wrote:
That is bad. What ever Fuglsang does I was waiting more what that Vlassov can be
Fuglsang will just have to pull a Pogacar and use another teams train for the whole Giro. He will probably just sit on Thomas and Yates wheels for the whole race now.
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Forever the Best |
Posted on 04-10-2020 15:14
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TheManxMissile wrote:
Solid article, totally missed Vaughters reply on twitter. He claims (and tbh i always take whatever Vaughters says with a massive bag of salt (wonder how well that phrase translates for you mainland Europeans (is having a bracket side note inside a bracket side note a bad idear?))) that they did register the kit properly with the UCI. But because the UCI is, well, the UCI they "forgot" about this. He then says Lapartient had a very nice evening meal.
Anyway, 4500CH is nothing for the extra publicity ontop all the column inches already written on these kits.
If only the cycling media saw the man-game peloton!!!
Well, Vaughters is an hypocrite, he claimed numerous times that doping does not exist in peloton despite evidences to the contrary. He also did not close the team after Danielson doping case, despite saying that he would ( IIRC ).
Sad to see Vlasov retire, was hoping for him to fly up the climbs.
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Gracias Alberto.
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alexkr00 |
Posted on 04-10-2020 15:21
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ringo182 wrote:
Guido Mukk wrote:
That is bad. What ever Fuglsang does I was waiting more what that Vlassov can be
Fuglsang will just have to pull a Pogacar and use another teams train for the whole Giro. He will probably just sit on Thomas and Yates wheels for the whole race now.
Except Thomas doesn't have a train.
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FreitasPCM |
Posted on 04-10-2020 15:27
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Good recovery from Sagan but guess the effort was too much to catch Ulissi... |
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ringo182 |
Posted on 04-10-2020 15:39
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alexkr00 wrote:
ringo182 wrote:
Guido Mukk wrote:
That is bad. What ever Fuglsang does I was waiting more what that Vlassov can be
Fuglsang will just have to pull a Pogacar and use another teams train for the whole Giro. He will probably just sit on Thomas and Yates wheels for the whole race now.
Except Thomas doesn't have a train.
He's got more of a train than Astana have now. No team at the Giro has a true "train" for the mountains. But Fuglsang baely has a team in the mountains at the moment. He will have to follow wheels in the mountains and hope he doesn't get isolated too often.
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Miguel98 |
Posted on 04-10-2020 20:30
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Kinda hyped for tomorrow's stage. Should be some interesting fireworks on Etna. One my favorite climbs in cycling.
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Miguel98 |
Posted on 05-10-2020 11:31
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Thomas has crashed in the neutral zone. |
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