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| Eden95 |
Posted on 25-11-2013 02:36
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Uninjured too, thankfully. Could also end Levarlet's career too. RIP to Arnaud.
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 25-11-2013 06:42
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Well, he should go to jail now, right?
Very sad, why are people so stupid??? 
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 25-11-2013 07:09
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Normally he'll walk off free once he's done with his custody period, as it wasn't an intended murder, but will be tried rather soon, and most likely he'll serve a couple of years (2 to 5, I'd say) in jail, for non-intended murder and driving offense.
Unsure about what Minard will get, if anything at all. |
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| vismitananda |
Posted on 25-11-2013 08:01
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Wilier wrote:
Former professional cyclist Arnaud Coyot died in a car crash. RIP
According to Le Parisien he was out drinking with former colleagues Guillaume Levarlet and Sébastien Minard. Levarlet was driving the vehicle and lost control of the vehicle possibly because he had too much alcohol. Very, very sad story and very stupid. 
That's a very sad news. Condolence to Coyot's family, friends and love ones.
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| MrUfo87 |
Posted on 25-11-2013 08:09
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RIP Coyot.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 25-11-2013 08:49
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Have to say whilst it is sad news, i have no sympathy for drink drivers |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 25-11-2013 20:58
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| ianrussell |
Posted on 25-11-2013 22:27
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Aquarius wrote:
To be honest, I thought tempo was used quite a lot, for every important climb (mountain or longer climb) that's not decisive. I'm quite surprised by the figures I've read.
There are a couple of pros riding around, who're also on Strava. Most of their solo rides, long or short, are done at ~30 km/h (average), which is more or less what I do too (on 4ish hours rides), even if I never do 5 or 6 hours. I've no idea if you're strong or not compared to me, but most cyclists could probably hang on for a moment while the pros are resting.
Almost all of us would be slaughtered when they do intervals though.
Not that I'm racing so it's really totally irrelevant for me but it occurs that Strava probably inadvertently encourages this type of training with minimal tempo riding. As in take it easy then all out for a segment, rinse and repeat. Good excuse for me to use when I'm blatantly KOM hunting... |
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 25-11-2013 22:40
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Even when I go KOM hunting (yes, I do that too, mind you ), I try to not let my heart beat go below 140, which makes me ride at ~30 km/h on random routes. Of course 140 is far from tempo in my case (that'd be from 157 to 170).
Still, I always considered cycling as a sport where you needed to be good at every intensity to have a chance of success, I'm extremely surprised by the content of that article which said tempo was almost never used by cyclists. |
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| seichan |
Posted on 27-11-2013 08:40
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Ended career. Baden Cooke |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 27-11-2013 13:29
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He has a good career  |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 27-11-2013 21:00
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8 teams applied for 3 spots. Bardiani is almost guaranteed a place. I think after last year success and all the recent talk MTN is also close to securing the spot.
Will be interesting for the 3rd spot though.
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| Selwink |
Posted on 27-11-2013 21:14
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Aren't there 4 spots available? I thought there are 18 WT-teams and 22 teams in total for a GT. I might have missed something though.
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| Cyanide266 |
Posted on 27-11-2013 21:16
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Alakagom wrote:
8 teams applied for 3 spots. Bardiani is almost guaranteed a place. I think after last year success and all the recent talk MTN is also close to securing the spot.
Will be interesting for the 3rd spot though.
I agree with you about Bardiani, after Pirazzi's KOM jersey last year. I think IAM will be choose and maybe MTN (Cf Ciolek win at MSR) or Team Net-App (Konig should be interesting but his participation will depend of the tdf's choices for the wild-card) |
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 27-11-2013 21:17
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Hmm, I give Colombia a decent chance as well...
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 27-11-2013 21:18
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Selwink wrote:
Aren't there 4 spots available? I thought there are 18 WT-teams and 22 teams in total for a GT. I might have missed something though.
1 spot is rewarded to the team winning the Italian race series.
I'd say Colombia should have a good chance as well after some good results in the last Giro
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 27-11-2013 21:21
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Selwink wrote:
Aren't there 4 spots available? I thought there are 18 WT-teams and 22 teams in total for a GT. I might have missed something though.
Androni has an automatic place as Atlantius mentioned.
Well, I would have thought both IAM and NetApp would concentrate on Tour. Both Konig, Chava, Frank said they are already preparing with Tour in mind. So they could at best send their B teams there, which would be a shame.
Colombia will likely get the spot. They also have a recent stage winner on the team ( Rubiano ).
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| Selwink |
Posted on 27-11-2013 21:24
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I see. Forgot about that one, should have known.
Think Bardiani, MTN and Colombia will get the wildcards. Novo Nordisk would be great, but they should aim on the Vuelta, think they stand more of a chance there.
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 27-11-2013 22:12
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It WILL be Bardini, MTN and Colombia.
Bardini - Italian team would do them anyway, plus a very good showing in 2013
MTN - A team interested in Italian races and with success. Plus fits well into the Giros idea of globalizing
Colombia - A team interested in Italian races and with success. Plus fits well into the the Giros idea of globalizing
IAM and Netapp will be passed over because of stated focus on TDF. Caja because of the lack of global appeal compared to some other applicants. UHC because they lack serious globalizing appeal and quality. Novo for the same reasons as UHC.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 27-11-2013 23:40
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Alakagom wrote:
8 teams applied for 3 spots. Bardiani is almost guaranteed a place. I think after last year success and all the recent talk MTN is also close to securing the spot.
Will be interesting for the 3rd spot though.
I would be really happy if Team Novo Nordisk was to get a spot |
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