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| gotlandrules |
Posted on 11-04-2013 17:27
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Clarification on Löfkvist, broken finger (not arm). Someone opened a car door which he crashed into in training. |
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| Bosskardo |
Posted on 11-04-2013 19:19
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Aquarius wrote:
Spilak23 wrote:
FroomeDog99 wrote:
Ah, that explains it then. My cycling knowledge only goes back to 2009, didn't know about that. Still strange to see his name on there with all those climbers 
Back then, he still was France's next TdF winner. He only started focusing on the classics around 2008-2009.
I don't think anyone really saw him as a potential TDF winner here (although you can never prevent foolish people from existing), but he was the best hope for a high G.C. position, yes.
It was idiotic I think, just look at him and how he's built, physically, he's too heavy for his height to be shaped for climbing.
It was a smart move to focus on classics, I think.
I didn't hear anything about Chavanel winning TdF but surely it was suggested because weight has never been factored into stupid hopes  . So, when does Fabian win the Tour?
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| juszta |
Posted on 11-04-2013 19:26
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Gasparotto was apparently hit by a truck during a training session, but he luckily got away without serious injury and will no doubt race the AGR.
https://www.cyclin...with-truck
The amount of accidents with pro cyclists involved is way too high nowadays 
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| Montolivo |
Posted on 11-04-2013 19:43
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juszta wrote:
Gasparotto was apparently hit by a truck during a training session, but he luckily got away without serious injury and will no doubt race the AGR.
https://www.cyclin...with-truck
The amount of accidents with pro cyclists involved is way too high nowadays
Agreed. This idiotic things could ruin a season for a professional or in worse case scenario even worse. He was unlucky to only feel some pain though. |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 11-04-2013 21:36
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Definitely newsworthy this Sagan is in textbooks already
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 11-04-2013 21:38
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Great. Probably to calculate his finger-strength after squeezing that good-woman's behind? |
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 11-04-2013 21:40
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Ian Butler wrote:
Great. Probably to calculate his finger-strength after squeezing that good-woman's behind?
I was going to answer with something, but shit was about to go down. If anyone guesse's what I'm going to answer, i truelly advise him to say it up loud. |
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| ruben |
Posted on 11-04-2013 21:42
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Sagan is already also in math tests.
If 180 cyclists start a race with Sagan, how big is the chance that Sagan wins?
Turns out most children answer it wrong, since the answer is 100% |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 11-04-2013 21:43
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Same goes with Andy Schleck and abandoning, by the way! |
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 11-04-2013 21:43
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Loved that something like that appeared on my mid-term tomorrow. It would be awesome. Only one getting that reference.  |
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| kumazan |
Posted on 11-04-2013 22:06
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ruben wrote:
Sagan is already also in math tests.
If 180 cyclists start a race with Sagan, how big is the chance that Sagan wins?
Turns out most children answer it wrong, since the answer is 100%
In a few years, a couple of kids will protest, saying their answer was actually correct. Their family names will be Ciolek and Cancellara.
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| fosforgasXIII |
Posted on 11-04-2013 22:06
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I actually want to know what the text under Sagan's picture says. |
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 11-04-2013 22:15
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juszta wrote:
The amount of accidents with pro cyclists involved is way too high nowadays
Tom Jelte Slagter and Bram Tankink got hit by a car in training. both say it is their own fault. going up the Fromberg and took the last corner to tight en clashed into a car
clashed google translated
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 11-04-2013 22:16
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fosforgasXIII wrote:
I actually want to know what the text under Sagan's picture says.
"Wait in awe thou who have misspoken about The Great Peter Sagan (picture above), Avin Wargunnson is coming for thou" or something like that.
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 12-04-2013 06:34
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Yeah, there is also list of punishments for defaming his name! 
Actually, i cant read what is written there, as it is too small and when zoomed, too blurry. But the title on the top of the page says "Physics in environmental engineering"
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 12-04-2013 08:16
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There was an article with a doctor in a Belgian newspaper today talking about GW501516 and other performing enhancing drugs.
He said there is a pain killer called tramadol which gives an alcohol like high. He says riders could take this for the finale of a race. This could for him explain the high amount of crashes during mass sprints.
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| dienblad |
Posted on 12-04-2013 08:22
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SSJ2Luigi wrote:
juszta wrote:
The amount of accidents with pro cyclists involved is way too high nowadays
Tom Jelte Slagter and Bram Tankink got hit by a car in training. both say it is their own fault. going up the Fromberg and took the last corner to tight en clashed into a car
clashed google translated
The cyclists must realize that when they're not competing in a race, that theyt have to look out for our traffic, cars, etc. They don't always do that! That's why it is great that Slagter and Tankink told it was their own fault.
Okay, getting hit from behind by a car when riding on a non-cornery road is a terrible thing to happen. But like what Gasparotto happened, having a collision with a car that leaves an exit... You should be careful when riding through villages, as not all the other traffic expects a cyclist riding at high speed...
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| CountArach |
Posted on 12-04-2013 08:24
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Spilak23 wrote:
There was an article with a doctor in a Belgian newspaper today talking about GW501516 and other performing enhancing drugs.
He said there is a pain killer called tramadol which gives an alcohol like high. He says riders could take this for the finale of a race. This could for him explain the high amount of crashes during mass sprints.
I thought the whole moving-at-high-speed-while-looking-up-and-trying-to-overtake-all-at-the-same-time would explain it.
Also from some quick googling it seems that tramadol would be found in any sort of high-tech drug testing.
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| dienblad |
Posted on 12-04-2013 08:24
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Spilak23 wrote:
There was an article with a doctor in a Belgian newspaper today talking about GW501516 and other performing enhancing drugs.
He said there is a pain killer called tramadol which gives an alcohol like high. He says riders could take this for the finale of a race. This could for him explain the high amount of crashes during mass sprints.
Would be strange to me, as Tramadol is a weak opioid (??, morfine-like), that makes you drowsy a bit. So I really don't believe that riders use this, as it absolutely does not enhance the performance-abilities.
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 12-04-2013 08:27
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Phinney has apparently said the same a couple months back.
Here is a brief explanation in Phinneys own words: "There is widespread use of finish bottles, which are just bottles of crushed up caffeine pills and painkillers. That stuff can make you pretty loopy, and that is why I have never tried it. I don’t even want to try it as I feel it dangerous." He also blamed bottles full of hard hitting painkillers like this for the rise in late race crashes, suggesting those using the drugs could be effected so badly that concentration would lapse. We are not talking paracetemol here, we are talking tramadol. Sounds horrific doesn't it?
https://www.inthegc.com/2012/10/cyclin...ttles.html
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