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2013 UCI Road World Championships Firenze
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 22-09-2013 23:16
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I know, but you said it wasn't up to UCI - it certainly is, to some extent. |
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| fosforgasXIII |
Posted on 22-09-2013 23:35
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fosforgasXIII wrote:
Sky sends a very strong team, but I think the battle for first place will be between Orica-GreenEDGE and OPQS. BMC is strong on paper but I don't think they really have the "team spirit" and cohesion OPQS and Orica have.
Yaaay, I finally predicted something right 
Shame I couldn't witness it live. |
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| CountArach |
Posted on 23-09-2013 06:45
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Can wait for the U23 TT. The winners have a tendency to go on to do great things compared to the road race winners.
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| SotD |
Posted on 23-09-2013 10:59
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CountArach wrote:
Can wait for the U23 TT. The winners have a tendency to go on to do great things compared to the road race winners.
The last 10 years TT winners:
Markus Fothen (shit)
Janez Brajkovic (Top 10 GC rider at best)
Mikhail Ignatiev (shit)
Dominique Cornu (shit)
Lars Boom (Better than blah)
Adriano Malori (Better than blah)
Jack Bobridge (Blah)
Taylor Phinney (Potential star rider, not yet fulfilled)
Luke Durbridge (Potentially better than blah)
Anton Vorobyev (Blah)
The last 10 years RR winners:
Sergey Lagutin (Shit)
Kanstantsin Sioutsou (Blah)
Dmitriy Grabovski (Shit)
Gerald Ciolek (Better than blah)
Peter Velits (Top 10 GC rider when best)
Fabio Duarte (Better than blah)
Romain Sicard (Blah)
Michael Matthews (On his way)
Arnaud Demare (Blah)
Alexey Lutsenko (Better than blah)
Can't see either being better than the other really...
From the last 10 years of U23 RR medalist, only John Degenkolb and Carlos Betancur really stand out I think. On the TT side Vincenzo Nibali and Marcel Kittel.
So it's pretty well mixed I'd say, although the U23 RR is much more interesting I think.
Who should I look for today besides the aussies?
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| ppanther |
Posted on 23-09-2013 11:30
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Sicard can't be blah, he has to be shit.  On a serious note, Lagutin is way better than him. |
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 23-09-2013 11:41
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Demare just blah but Lutsenko better than blah ?
Sicard blah ?
Erm... |
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Posted on 16-12-2025 23:20
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| kumazan |
Posted on 23-09-2013 11:41
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Démare is blah? Really? How can Démare be blah while Duarte is better than blah?
CrueTrue wrote:
I know, but you said it wasn't up to UCI - it certainly is, to some extent.
Fair enough.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 23-09-2013 12:02
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Have to agree, no way Demare is Blah
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Blueprint |
Posted on 23-09-2013 12:02
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SotD wrote:
Who should I look for today besides the aussies?
Hansen, Sütterlin, Van Baarle, Paillot, Campenaerts, Golovash, Gougeard. Maybe I've missed a few guys here though... |
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| SotD |
Posted on 23-09-2013 12:04
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Ollfardh wrote:
Have to agree, no way Demare is Blah
Upgrade Demare to better than blah then 
Sicard is blah because he is cool in the Man-Game. No questions needed! 
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| SotD |
Posted on 23-09-2013 12:06
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Blueprint wrote:
SotD wrote:
Who should I look for today besides the aussies?
Hansen, Sütterlin, Van Baarle, Paillot, Campenaerts, Golovash, Gougeard. Maybe I've missed a few guys here though...
Thanks. Golovash wasn't on my list as potential interesting riders. I have put a few bucks on Sütterlin podium already so I'm crossing my fingers for him. Paillot and Gougeard are on my Man-Game Team, so they are obviously awesome. Hansen will suck though I think.
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| Wilier |
Posted on 23-09-2013 12:20
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First individual title goes to France.
 Junior Women ITT World Championships
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| Blueprint |
Posted on 23-09-2013 14:08
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Blueprint wrote:
SotD wrote:
Who should I look for today besides the aussies?
Hansen, Sütterlin, Van Baarle, Paillot, Campenaerts, Golovash, Gougeard. Maybe I've missed a few guys here though...
Like I missed Craddock, he should be able to do really well. |
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| aidanvn13 |
Posted on 23-09-2013 14:19
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Amazing ride by Craddock. Went down pretty hard, but still managed to post the fastest time. Hats off to you, sir.
Louis Meintjes should have a decent TT, but the route is totally against him. He's only 173cm and 61kg. I expect him to do well in the RR
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| cio93 |
Posted on 23-09-2013 14:22
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aidanvn13 wrote:
Amazing ride by Craddock. Went down pretty hard, but still managed to post the fastest time. Hats off to you, sir.
Louis Meintjes should have a decent TT, but the route is totally against him. He's only 173cm and 61kg. I expect him to do well in the RR
I definitely have better odds with van Baarle, Sterobo and Sütterlin
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| aidanvn13 |
Posted on 23-09-2013 14:28
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cio93 wrote:
aidanvn13 wrote:
Amazing ride by Craddock. Went down pretty hard, but still managed to post the fastest time. Hats off to you, sir.
Louis Meintjes should have a decent TT, but the route is totally against him. He's only 173cm and 61kg. I expect him to do well in the RR
I definitely have better odds with van Baarle, Sterobo and Sütterlin
Mentjies won't win anything, but he'll have a decent result (by African standards)
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| MartijnVDD |
Posted on 23-09-2013 14:35
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Blueprint wrote:
Blueprint wrote:
SotD wrote:
Who should I look for today besides the aussies?
Hansen, Sütterlin, Van Baarle, Paillot, Campenaerts, Golovash, Gougeard. Maybe I've missed a few guys here though...
Like I missed Craddock, he should be able to do really well.
Craddock has the best time so far, even though he fell halfway the route.
After finishing, the doctors treated his wounds with surgical spirit and he fainted. No worries, though, he 's fine and beaming on the hot seat. =) |
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 23-09-2013 14:43
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Meersman can't race for Belgium Sunday either. Monfort replaces him
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| MartijnVDD |
Posted on 23-09-2013 14:44
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Spilak23 wrote:
Meersman can't race for Belgium Sunday either. Monfort replaces him
Damn, you're quick...
LTB won't like that. Still no Roelandts... |
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| cio93 |
Posted on 23-09-2013 14:45
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Are you fucking kidding me.
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