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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 03-10-2012 08:01
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Maybe EBH <-> Sagan will become something like Cancellara <-> Boonen. Would be epic  |
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| Strydz |
Posted on 03-10-2012 08:20
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Ian Butler wrote:
Maybe EBH <-> Sagan will become something like Cancellara <-> Boonen. Would be epic
Yes! I would like to see EBH let loose unlike this season, some of the stages in the last Tour I believe he could of challenged Sagen
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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| Alphabet |
Posted on 03-10-2012 09:47
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I would love to see Henao and Uran leave Sky. They're too good to just be mountain domestiques for Wiggins. |
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| lennybernstein |
Posted on 03-10-2012 10:47
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Alphabet wrote:
I would love to see Henao and Uran leave Sky. They're too good to just be mountain domestiques for Wiggins.
They haven't been domestiques for Wiggins this year. They had a free role in the Ardennes classics and were GC men in the Giro. OK, they were domestiques for Froome in the Vuelta, but after that they led the team for Il Lombardia. I'm sure they'll continue to get plenty of opportunities
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| lennybernstein |
Posted on 03-10-2012 10:47
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Alphabet wrote:
I would love to see Henao and Uran leave Sky. They're too good to just be mountain domestiques for Wiggins.
They haven't been domestiques for Wiggins this year. They had a free role in the Ardennes classics and were GC men in the Giro. OK, they were domestiques for Froome in the Vuelta, but after that they led the team for Il Lombardia. I'm sure they'll continue to get plenty of opportunities
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 03-10-2012 10:56
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Henao didn't ride any race alongside Wiggins this year... Uran rode Paris - Nice as the only race alongside him.. so your argument here is invalid.
Uran was usually a leader in all races he started except Vuelta  Volta a Catalunya, Giro d'Italia, late Classics ( and in other few races he helped Henao for example ). Henao meanwhile lead at Tour de Pologne, Pais Vasco, Burgos, late Classics alongside Uran, same with Giro. Same as Uran, the only race Henao was a 'pure' domestique was Vuelta... so saying they didn't have opportunities because they had to work for Wiggins is total rubbish.
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| Alphabet |
Posted on 03-10-2012 12:06
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Uran was supposed to be the domestique for Wiggins in the 2011 Tour and would have been if he hadn't crashed out.
I want to see all these Colombian climbers enter GTs as outright leaders, just for fun on the mountains |
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 03-10-2012 12:35
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Or All-Colombian team with all their best riders, that would be real mountain fireworks 
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| Strydz |
Posted on 03-10-2012 12:41
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Avin Wargunnson wrote:
Or All-Colombian team with all their best riders, that would be real mountain fireworks
KABOOOOOOOOM!
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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| Farmer Sam |
Posted on 03-10-2012 13:43
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BMC sign a young American called Larry Warbasse, helped Joe Dombrowski win the baby Giro and 5th in Ronde de l'Isard which is very mountainous, sounds a good rider
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| samdiatmh |
Posted on 03-10-2012 13:51
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this is the Armstrong influence coming through
he may have had a troubled past, but his impact for American riders in the peloton is huge |
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 03-10-2012 13:56
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samdiatmh wrote:
this is the Armstrong influence coming through
he may have had a troubled past, but his impact for American riders in the peloton is huge
The Armstrong effect is definitely true, but it's not the only reason cycling has really taken off here the last few years. The interest in using sport for exercise for everyday people has also led to a lot more people taking up the sport. With that said, the juniors ranks are actually not growing that fast. Cycling is a sport that, even in boom times, is still mainly taken up by people in their 20s, who have the money to buy their own stuff, and who, because of work and social life, can no longer play ball sports for exercise. They can either run or bike or swim, and people choose one, two, or all three.
The reason I say that is because most of the up and coming Americans are actually not Armstrong-effect candidates. Dombrowski got into cross country mountain biking, then cross, then road riding (he was a Cat. 4 on the road, what I am now, two years ago, although he was a high level MTBer at that point). Most of the rest have parents that were hardcore riders, and it's pretty natural they'd get into the sport as well. |
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| Farmer Sam |
Posted on 03-10-2012 13:59
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I'd agree with that, I'm exactly that guy in my 20's haha, nice to see the new era of hopefully clean, American cyclists! |
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| CountArach |
Posted on 03-10-2012 14:37
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Modolo has apparently renewed for 2 years with Colnago-CSF Inox.
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| santin |
Posted on 03-10-2012 15:33
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Apparently Sky is willing to give up Cavendish to Omega-Pharma Quickstep, if they can get Kwiatkowski in return... |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 03-10-2012 15:49
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Interesting offer. |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 03-10-2012 15:56
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Please, don't let that happen. I really like Kwiatkowski, but it would all be ruined if he moved to Sky. 
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| Neillster |
Posted on 03-10-2012 16:52
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I don't see why there is so much hatred for Sky?  Sure they haven't necessarily been the most exciting to watch, but they're still a class act, bringing together a good squad, despite not being the richest team. Why so much agro? |
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| kumazan |
Posted on 03-10-2012 16:55
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Neillster wrote:
I don't see why there is so much hatred for Sky? Sure they haven't necessarily been the most exciting to watch, but they're still a class act, bringing together a good squad, despite not being the richest team. Why so much agro?
Oh, but they are. They, BMC, Katusha and Astana can spend basically all the want.
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| CountArach |
Posted on 03-10-2012 16:59
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Neillster wrote:
I don't see why there is so much hatred for Sky? Sure they haven't necessarily been the most exciting to watch, but they're still a class act, bringing together a good squad, despite not being the richest team. Why so much agro?
When you have 20 riders in your team who could be a leader, some of them will not be leaders. That takes them out of the competition and thus reduces the quality of the sport as a whole.
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