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2011 World Championships Road Cycling - Copenhagen
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| kumazan |
Posted on 21-09-2011 16:03
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Wilier wrote:
Why the hell, is Albania able to send riders to this race, even two?
They were last and second to last.
61.Tyron Giorgieri +11'18"
62. Simone Zignoli +17'43"
Why wouldn't they? A nice experience for those guys.
Edited by kumazan on 21-09-2011 16:04
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 21-09-2011 16:06
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Domination. Not very surprising, though.
And Martin won me some PCM$.  |
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| Wilier |
Posted on 21-09-2011 16:08
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kumazan wrote:
Wilier wrote:
Why the hell, is Albania able to send riders to this race, even two?
They were last and second to last.
61.Tyron Giorgieri +11'18"
62. Simone Zignoli +17'43"
Why wouldn't they? A nice experience for those guys.
I think should make a B-category World Championships for those riders. |
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| kumazan |
Posted on 21-09-2011 16:10
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Wilier wrote:
kumazan wrote:
Wilier wrote:
Why the hell, is Albania able to send riders to this race, even two?
They were last and second to last.
61.Tyron Giorgieri +11'18"
62. Simone Zignoli +17'43"
Why wouldn't they? A nice experience for those guys.
I think should make a B-category World Championships for those riders.
Why?
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| cactus-jack |
Posted on 21-09-2011 16:11
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Wilier wrote:
kumazan wrote:
Wilier wrote:
Why the hell, is Albania able to send riders to this race, even two?
They were last and second to last.
61.Tyron Giorgieri +11'18"
62. Simone Zignoli +17'43"
Why wouldn't they? A nice experience for those guys.
I think should make a B-category World Championships for those riders.
But then you would have to create another one for the ones who are last next year, and so on. It's a slippery slope, someone will always be last. |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 21-09-2011 16:11
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Nelson Oliveira top-20 today, really good from him.
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| Ezio |
Posted on 21-09-2011 16:13
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Pellizotti2 wrote:
Domination. Not very surprising, though.
And Martin won me some PCM$.
Bah, I bet all i had on Cancellara winning...
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| ruben |
Posted on 21-09-2011 16:13
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Both are not Albanians. They are Italians who have paid for an Albanian passport and paid the cycling union there to be able to ride the WCH. Albania has better riders than them, true albanians, but ofcourse they didn't bribe the national union |
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| Wilier |
Posted on 21-09-2011 16:16
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kumazan wrote:
Wilier wrote:
kumazan wrote:
Wilier wrote:
Why the hell, is Albania able to send riders to this race, even two?
They were last and second to last.
61.Tyron Giorgieri +11'18"
62. Simone Zignoli +17'43"
Why wouldn't they? A nice experience for those guys.
I think should make a B-category World Championships for those riders.
Why?
People come to see the best TT-ist in the world. Not the local mailman from Albania. |
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| kumazan |
Posted on 21-09-2011 16:18
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So that's why their names didn't sound too Albanian-like.
Wilier wrote:
People come to see the best TT-ist in the world. Not the local mailman from Albania.
I didn't have any problem to watch Martin TT. It's not like I had an Albanian guy (well, Italian it seems ) in the middle of my TV preventing me from it?
Edited by kumazan on 21-09-2011 16:21
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| Wilier |
Posted on 21-09-2011 16:20
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ruben wrote:
Both are not Albanians. They are Italians who have paid for an Albanian passport and paid the cycling union there to be able to ride the WCH. Albania has better riders than them, true albanians, but ofcourse they didn't bribe the national union
That's even worse. I think I'll buy myself an Albanian passport then so I can compete too. |
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| roturn |
Posted on 21-09-2011 16:22
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Just came home to see Martin winning gold.
2nd gold for Germany in the ITT this year. Couldn`t be much better.
And with Greipel, Ciolek, Kittel, Degenkolb... they have still great options for the road race. Same counts for the women.
Might have been quite a while ago, when Germany had so many great talents. |
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| Wilier |
Posted on 21-09-2011 16:27
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kumazan wrote:
So that's why their names didn't sound too Albanian-like.
Wilier wrote:
People come to see the best TT-ist in the world. Not the local mailman from Albania.
I didn't have any problem to watch Martin TT. It's not like I had an Albanian guy (well, Italian it seems ) in the middle of my TV preventing me from it?
Well I was watching since the beginning and I see someone riding who could be even slower than me. |
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| kumazan |
Posted on 21-09-2011 16:30
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Wilier wrote:
kumazan wrote:
So that's why their names didn't sound too Albanian-like.
Wilier wrote:
People come to see the best TT-ist in the world. Not the local mailman from Albania.
I didn't have any problem to watch Martin TT. It's not like I had an Albanian guy (well, Italian it seems ) in the middle of my TV preventing me from it?
Well I was watching since the beginning and I see someone riding who could be even slower than me.
That they suck isn't enough to prevent them from taking part. It's called Worlds for a reason.
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| Wilier |
Posted on 21-09-2011 16:35
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kumazan wrote:
Wilier wrote:
kumazan wrote:
So that's why their names didn't sound too Albanian-like.
Wilier wrote:
People come to see the best TT-ist in the world. Not the local mailman from Albania.
I didn't have any problem to watch Martin TT. It's not like I had an Albanian guy (well, Italian it seems ) in the middle of my TV preventing me from it?
Well I was watching since the beginning and I see someone riding who could be even slower than me.
That they suck isn't enough to prevent them from taking part.
Apparently, yes. UCI allows them, so they get to ride. But I don't like it. |
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| kumazan |
Posted on 21-09-2011 16:42
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Don't really get what's so terrible in letting people from obscure countries to take part in the Worlds.
But hey, whatever, you don't like it, I do, we agree to disagree.
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| issoisso |
Posted on 21-09-2011 17:26
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Lord Wilhelm of Slagelse informs me that some people are surprised at Martin's record speed.
I'd like to point out that the speed is only natural because
1. Aerodynamics improve every year
2. This course was much flatter than Worlds TTs usually are. They tend to have two hard climbs each lap.
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| Waghlon |
Posted on 21-09-2011 17:30
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issoisso wrote:
Lord Wilhelm of Slagelse informs me that some people are surprised at Martin's record speed.
Uhm no. The word "surprised" was mentioned exactly NO times.
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| issoisso |
Posted on 21-09-2011 17:31
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How would you know what Lord Wilhelm told me?
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| Waghlon |
Posted on 21-09-2011 17:34
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I'm Albanian. But enough about that.
Being a genius, i put my pcm-money on the Gustav Larason, and my actual money on food.
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