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| Shonak |
Posted on 25-04-2021 15:45
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FreitasPCM wrote:
Shonak wrote:
Who is that red jersey, blue sleeves, blue socks, black shoes team? Thats a crime against cycling fashion
Bahrain-Victorious maybe.  (awful name too)
Oh really ,they used to have pretty good jerseys in the past. Guess I have to shut to keep Landa chained and not be seen 
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 25-04-2021 15:50
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Woods looks very confident, no clue what his plan is.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 25-04-2021 15:56
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Liege-Bastogne-Slovenia. |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 25-04-2021 15:57
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Gaudu P3!!!
The chosen one. |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 25-04-2021 15:57
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Valverde's been racing how long? And he still manages to end up leading out the sprint from a 5 man group and then goes too early. 
Edited by baseballlover312 on 25-04-2021 15:58
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| Shonak |
Posted on 25-04-2021 15:57
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So, the two best GT riders are also the best sprinters in Liege in the past two years, ooookay. LOL
Good racing, loved seeing Woods so active. Gaudu with the oddest move ahead of the finale.
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| Shonak |
Posted on 25-04-2021 16:00
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baseballlover312 wrote:
Valverde's been racing how long? And he still manages to end up leading out the sprint from a 5 man group and then goes too early.
Give him time, he needs a bit more racing experience and then he can ace just situations too lol
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 25-04-2021 16:04
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Shonak wrote:
So, the two best GT riders are also the best sprinters in Liege in the past two years, ooookay. LOL
I’ve a feeling if they let Roglic and Pogacar race De Ronde or Paris-Roubaix they would find a way to win both races somehow. |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 25-04-2021 16:07
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Seriously though, I feel sometimes like I'm the only one who just hates this new age of all-arounders. It's cool to have a few guys that can compete everywhere, but you end up with the same names all the time and no major differences between disciplines. Combine it with the top guys' tendency to always be on form now, and it's just a bit more boring to me.
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| Kiserlovski01 |
Posted on 25-04-2021 16:20
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baseballlover312 wrote:
Seriously though, I feel sometimes like I'm the only one who just hates this new age of all-arounders. It's cool to have a few guys that can compete everywhere, but you end up with the same names all the time and no major differences between disciplines. Combine it with the top guys' tendency to always be on form now, and it's just a bit more boring to me.
You're definitely not, and thoroughly disliking some of them doesn't make it any easier. |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 25-04-2021 16:29
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Ollfardh wrote:
Some questionable descending there, wonder if they have the balls to take him out of the race now.
Carapaz was indeed disqualified but unsure if after crossing the line. |
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| Shonak |
Posted on 25-04-2021 16:38
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baseballlover312 wrote:
Seriously though, I feel sometimes like I'm the only one who just hates this new age of all-arounders. It's cool to have a few guys that can compete everywhere, but you end up with the same names all the time and no major differences between disciplines. Combine it with the top guys' tendency to always be on form now, and it's just a bit more boring to me.
Much the same for me, I think everyone knows my stance here re especially Roglic and Pogacar too
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| df_Trek |
Posted on 25-04-2021 20:13
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yeah, despite I also would prefer to see some races contested by more specialists, I have to say that in the past it was even worse, with GT winners claiming also Paris-Roubaix in many epochs starting from Coppi to Merckx, Gimondi, Moser, Hinault, Kelly...and most of them won several monuments on different terrains..
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 25-04-2021 20:28
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df_Trek wrote:
yeah, despite I also would prefer to see some races contested by more specialists, I have to say that in the past it was even worse, with GT winners claiming also Paris-Roubaix in many epochs starting from Coppi to Merckx, Gimondi, Moser, Hinault, Kelly...and most of them won several monuments on different terrains..
Yeah, I guess it's just weird for me cause I got into cycling ~2010 when specialization was probably at its peak.
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| df_Trek |
Posted on 25-04-2021 21:26
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that's true. in froome/Contador and Boonen/Cancellara era it was quite hard to beat those specialists
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 25-04-2021 22:05
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I actually like the top stage racers returning to the classics. I think it was just Nibali before, but now everyone was here. I really prefer them riding Ardennes over some lame Romandie+Dauphiné TDF preparation.
Some more random thoughts:
- Carapaz got his DSQ, but like Moscon at the WC it was way too late. Luckily he was caught quickly.
- Still no idea how Woods was trying to win
- Gaudu's attack looked weird, but I think he just mistimed it right before a turn
- Valverde made some rookie mistakes there, he needs a few more years to mature.
- Alaphilippe losing this race again. It's like Sagan in San Remo, it should be the perfect race to win for him but he always messes up something.
- This was Roglic's last race day before TDF, not sure how this disaster will have a mental impact.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 25-04-2021 22:18
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df_Trek wrote:
that's true. in froome/Contador and Boonen/Cancellara era it was quite hard to beat those specialists
One of the reasons why Nick Nuyens's Vlaanderen win will always be one of those races where I can exactly remember where I was when I watched it.
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 26-04-2021 00:16
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whitejersey wrote:
df_Trek wrote:
that's true. in froome/Contador and Boonen/Cancellara era it was quite hard to beat those specialists
One of the reasons why Nick Nuyens's Vlaanderen win will always be one of those races where I can exactly remember where I was when I watched it.
Just live in NZ. I was almost always on the couch or in my bed
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