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| df_Trek |
Posted on 04-07-2021 16:51
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FreitasPCM wrote:
Colbrelli finished 3rd on a mountaintop finish. Bahrain’s level are insane. 
he is going to Saganize all IS until Paris and taking green
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| Arberg |
Posted on 04-07-2021 17:05
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He is more sovereign than Armstrong was, of course he is doped from head to toe. |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 04-07-2021 18:25
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Pogacar will crash out and the profecy of Rasmussen bringing Rabobank their maiden Tour de France win will finaly be fulfilled. By Jonas Vingegaard RASMUSSEN.
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 04-07-2021 19:34
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Demare, Guarnieri (both FDJ); Delaplace (Cofidis), De Bod (Astana), Dlamini (Qhubeka) Vliegen (Wanty) and Coquard (B&B) OTL
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 04-07-2021 23:54
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Damn, out of all the guys that failed terribly this Tour, Demare has to be up there.
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
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| Strydz |
Posted on 05-07-2021 08:15
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At least we have a quality group fighting for the mountains classification this year.
Hells 500 Crew and 6 x Everester
Don Rd Launching Place
Melbourne Hill Rd Warrandyte
Colby Drive Belgrave South
William Rd The Patch
David Hill Rd Monbulk
Lakeside Drive Emerald
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 05-07-2021 13:08
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https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/de-g...de-france/
Very interesting. |
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| StevenGreen |
Posted on 05-07-2021 13:40
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"I won't suddenly improve another five per cent unless I engage in 'wrong things', but I won't do that."
Interesting indeed.
"He made a bigger comeback than Easter Sunday."
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 06-07-2021 16:36
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The DQS lead out train is insane you could almost place any WT sprinter in at the end and they'd still win.
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 06-07-2021 16:38
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could it happen this year! two to go
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Posted on 07-12-2025 12:51
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| ringo182 |
Posted on 06-07-2021 16:57
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whitejersey wrote:
The DQS lead out train is insane you could almost place any WT sprinter in at the end and they'd still win.
I think that's being a bit unfair to Mark Cavendish. His comeback to the highest level has been nothing short of incredible. You could argue it's one of the greatest cycling comebacks of all time. Lemond probably tops him. Not too many others though.
"Ringo is exactly right", Shonak - 8 September 2016
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 06-07-2021 17:06
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ringo182 wrote:
whitejersey wrote:
The DQS lead out train is insane you could almost place any WT sprinter in at the end and they'd still win.
I think that's being a bit unfair to Mark Cavendish. His comeback to the highest level has been nothing short of incredible. You could argue it's one of the greatest cycling comebacks of all time. Lemond probably tops him. Not too many others though.
I am a massive Cav fan and I am not saying that he isn't excellent. The win where he jumps wheel to wheel earlier in this year's Tour should be telling enough of the form that he is in at the moment and I am loving every moment of it.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 06-07-2021 17:16
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ringo182 wrote:
whitejersey wrote:
The DQS lead out train is insane you could almost place any WT sprinter in at the end and they'd still win.
I think that's being a bit unfair to Mark Cavendish. His comeback to the highest level has been nothing short of incredible. You could argue it's one of the greatest cycling comebacks of all time. Lemond probably tops him. Not too many others though.
And that is massively unfair to the QS train, they just delivered him perfectly. Cav definitely deserves some recognision for what he's doing, but the majority of the work is most defintely the train.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Flair |
Posted on 06-07-2021 18:33
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I think to be fair to everyone. Cav is the form right now that if trains didnt exist he'd be in with a good shout of winning any sprint.
However, the Quick Step train is making sure thats his always in the right place to win every sprint. Which basically, is the reason train exist.
If you don't have trains and its a free for all, theres to many variables and the strongest sprinter can still get boxed in, knocked etc and not win. The train works to eliminate all those variables.
As a Cav fan, its good to see him finally fit again and with confidence. I think Sprinting in general is very confidence based and Cav especially is someone thats drops levels when he isn't that confident. QS have got him motivated and believing in himself, combined with him not being ill or undercooked its good to see him getting that last hurrah (or hell, maybe even more then one) he deserves. |
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| Shonak |
Posted on 06-07-2021 20:29
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Its good for Cavendish and Quick Step but people should stop calling it a comeback. The guy just sucked for a couple of years. There was no major injury, no big breakdown. He just didnt win shit at all. Its not a comeback when you just suck lol
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| roturn |
Posted on 06-07-2021 20:33
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Shonak wrote:
Its good for Cavendish and Quick Step but people should stop calling it a comeback. The guy just sucked for a couple of years. There was no major injury, no big breakdown. He just didnt win shit at all. Its not a comeback when you just suck lol
I wouldn't call Pfeiffer's glandular fever no major injury or nothing.
Time wise it's pretty much possible back in 2017/18 and getting it again in 2019 that it had huge impact on his performance.
Plus I guess being in a team with much confidence in him as well helps after that period. |
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 06-07-2021 20:38
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Shonak wrote:
Its good for Cavendish and Quick Step but people should stop calling it a comeback. The guy just sucked for a couple of years. There was no major injury, no big breakdown. He just didnt win shit at all. Its not a comeback when you just suck lol
He was long-term ill for most of 2017 and parts of 2018. Not your traditinal injury, but it meant he couldn't race for an extended period.
Basically he won 3 Tour stages in 2016, was long term ill for 2017 & 18. Less we say about the Bahrain year the better, clearly not good mentally or physically at a dodgy team. 2020 we'll wipe for pandemic. 2020 winning tour stages again.
Feels like a strong comeback to me #totallynotbias
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| Shonak |
Posted on 06-07-2021 20:43
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Fair enough I didn't know about the sickness, since he has been racing normal I thought he was just getting old.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 06-07-2021 23:27
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I think it's a comeback. 36 year old sprinters don't usually return to form after sucking for 4 years. Illness or not, it's a return to form from rock bottom basically.
Admittedly I was much more happy for him after the first Cav win. Now it's just starting to feel like 2010 again. 
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 07-07-2021 11:53
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and they found a wild Tony Martin in a ditch. Again. this time he's off to hospital (I hope)
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