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2013 UCI Road World Championships Firenze
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| abysmo |
Posted on 29-09-2013 16:49
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I'm still shaking from the antecipation. What a day. Isso has it right, Costa has some kind of natural race analysis, some sort of innate talent on game theory or something.
Nibali went beyond imaginable today. So strong, after the crash. Did not deserve to go home empty-handed. The most powerfull today.
Valverde screwed up a possible gold by countering after Rodriguez was caught the first time.
One has to feel for Rodriguez. There is one man who seems to be bound for suffering. So many near-misses. He deserves some hugely important race by now, more than one even. |
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 29-09-2013 16:50
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Very impressive by Grivko, he was the one bringing Nibali back after his crash.
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| maximus |
Posted on 29-09-2013 16:50
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Nothing against Costa's win, but there were 2 guys who deserved it more. And Valverde is just incredibly dumb. |
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| I_Mayo |
Posted on 29-09-2013 16:51
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baia wrote:
It seems some people on the forum can´t accept the fact that one small country wich had only 3 riders racing, wins the gold...
I don't think that there are too many people that are negative about him winning. It's just that the couple of those fools who can't accept it will bitch about it like thousand times. |
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| kumazan |
Posted on 29-09-2013 16:51
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issoisso wrote:
Exciting first half, then boring, then a 2nd level guy takes it
I don't think you can call him a 2nd level rider. Specially not after this.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 29-09-2013 16:51
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If only the Irish team didn't abandon.
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 29-09-2013 16:51
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Valverde screwed up a possible gold by countering after Rodriguez was caught the first time.
He did the exact opposite, he let the gap fall again
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 29-09-2013 16:52
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Not taking anything away from Costa but that was a shit race. When you look at all the other races from across the Championships this was f*ck ass boring. An awful lot of negative racing from people ruined a lot of it.
Great ride from Nibali, he really deserved it (yes he was helped earlier on, but what team would not do that? no moral high ground to be taken, deal with it) chasing hard having forced a lot of that selection.
Well played by Spain, Valv just sitting and waiting while Purito built the gap. Costa perhaps should have contributed more to chasing Purito earlier, but he timed it perfectly.
Purito so unlucky. Not sure what more he could have done there to be honest.
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| Cyanide266 |
Posted on 29-09-2013 16:53
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Great race! Great victory of Rui Costa!
Valverde made Rodriguez and Spain's lost
In the money time, we didn't see at all Spartacus and Sagan |
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| diogo288 |
Posted on 29-09-2013 16:53
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Fantastic win by Rui Costa, he's such a smart ryder, and a great person too, really happy for him! |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 29-09-2013 16:55
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diogo288 wrote:
Fantastic win by Rui Costa, he's such a smart ryder, and a great person too, really happy for him!
Wat what? Costa is Hesjedal? So he did get Canada in the race! 
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 29-09-2013 16:55
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Spilak23 wrote:
Very impressive by Grivko, he was the one bringing Nibali back after his crash.
Grivko is a car?
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 29-09-2013 16:55
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baseballlover312 wrote:
If only the Irish team didn't abandon.
Yup, the finish reminded me a little bit of liege. Purito attacks, Martin/Costa bridges, Martin/Costa wins eventually. Wish Martin would've been there today.
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| ruben |
Posted on 29-09-2013 16:56
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issoisso wrote:
Random WTF moment: coldest rainiest WCs in years.....final selection is 4 southern europeans and a colombian
ofcourse the Colombian had to do the obligatory crash in the downhill tho |
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| kumazan |
Posted on 29-09-2013 16:57
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TheManxMissile wrote:
Not taking anything away from Costa but that was a shit race. When you look at all the other races from across the Championships this was f*ck ass boring. An awful lot of negative racing from people ruined a lot of it.
Huh? It was like infinitely better than the last two? Still not really good for a Worlds race though.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 29-09-2013 16:57
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Dippofix wrote:
baseballlover312 wrote:
If only the Irish team didn't abandon.
Yup, the finish reminded me a little bit of liege. Purito attacks, Martin/Costa bridges, Martin/Costa wins eventually. Wish Martin would've been there today.
And if he had Roche with him, with the form Roche had in the Vuelta, even more dangerous. But I guess we can just hope he does Lombardia and performs well.
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 29-09-2013 16:57
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Spilak23 wrote:
Very impressive by Grivko, he was the one bringing Nibali back after his crash.
Grivko is a car?
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| baia |
Posted on 29-09-2013 16:58
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SSJ2Luigi wrote:
baia wrote:
It seems some people on the forum can´t accept the fact that one small country wich had only 3 riders racing, wins the gold...
based on what?
Based on this:
cactus_jack wrote:
"Honestly, this is a proper suggestion; remove the fuckin' dancing bananas from this site! "
He just seems to be really upset about his country riders..
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 29-09-2013 16:59
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kumazan wrote:
TheManxMissile wrote:
Not taking anything away from Costa but that was a shit race. When you look at all the other races from across the Championships this was f*ck ass boring. An awful lot of negative racing from people ruined a lot of it.
Huh? It was like infinitely better than the last two? Still not really good for a Worlds race though.
I meant worse than the other races in Florence (such as the Womens Elite and Mens Junior), rather than 2011 and 2012 Worlds which were indeed also sh*t
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 29-09-2013 16:59
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Spilak23 wrote:
Very impressive by Grivko, he was the one bringing Nibali back after his crash.
Grivko is a car?
@Baia Nah, I think cactus_jack just was tired of the bananas and the forum being slow because of the post full of the bananas 
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