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| issoisso |
Posted on 22-12-2008 19:37
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Deadpool wrote:
chuckie wrote:
aavf wrote:
Francaise des Jeux joins Cofidis and Euskaltel as non-participants in Giro. I think this is good, more motivated Italian teams can enter.
I think it's good purely because their pretty boring teams who contribute little to races like the giro anyway 
Agreed, kind of like Euskatel in Paris-Roubaix
They wait until the first cobbled section and then quit as a team
That's not really fair.A Lot of them finish the race.
Oroz last year became the 33rd rider in the history of cycling to finish every major classic. And he did it all in less than a year, and on his first time racing each of the events.
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| Wiggo |
Posted on 22-12-2008 19:38
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issoisso wrote:
Deadpool wrote:
chuckie wrote:
aavf wrote:
Francaise des Jeux joins Cofidis and Euskaltel as non-participants in Giro. I think this is good, more motivated Italian teams can enter.
I think it's good purely because their pretty boring teams who contribute little to races like the giro anyway
Agreed, kind of like Euskatel in Paris-Roubaix
They wait until the first cobbled section and then quit as a team
That's not really fair.A Lot of them finish the race.
Oroz last year became the 33rd rider in the history of cycling to finish every major classic. And he did it all in less than a year, and on his first time racing each of the events.
That's pretty f*cking impressive. |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 22-12-2008 19:40
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JingleMaggot wrote:
issoisso wrote:
Deadpool wrote:
chuckie wrote:
aavf wrote:
Francaise des Jeux joins Cofidis and Euskaltel as non-participants in Giro. I think this is good, more motivated Italian teams can enter.
I think it's good purely because their pretty boring teams who contribute little to races like the giro anyway
Agreed, kind of like Euskatel in Paris-Roubaix
They wait until the first cobbled section and then quit as a team
That's not really fair.A Lot of them finish the race.
Oroz last year became the 33rd rider in the history of cycling to finish every major classic. And he did it all in less than a year, and on his first time racing each of the events.
That's pretty f*cking impressive.
3 Months later he made a stage long solo break at the Tour. pretty damn impressive.
The preceding post is ISSO 9001 certified
"I love him, I think he's great. He's transformed the sport in so many ways. Every person in cycling has benefitted from Lance Armstrong, perhaps not financially but in some sense" - Bradley Wiggins on Lance Armstrong
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 22-12-2008 19:41
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issoisso wrote:
JingleMaggot wrote:
issoisso wrote:
Deadpool wrote:
chuckie wrote:
aavf wrote:
Francaise des Jeux joins Cofidis and Euskaltel as non-participants in Giro. I think this is good, more motivated Italian teams can enter.
I think it's good purely because their pretty boring teams who contribute little to races like the giro anyway
Agreed, kind of like Euskatel in Paris-Roubaix
They wait until the first cobbled section and then quit as a team
That's not really fair.A Lot of them finish the race.
Oroz last year became the 33rd rider in the history of cycling to finish every major classic. And he did it all in less than a year, and on his first time racing each of the events.
That's pretty f*cking impressive.
3 Months later he made a stage long solo break at the Tour. pretty damn impressive.
Don't really have anything to say, I just want to keep the massive quoting going |
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 22-12-2008 19:45
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Michael Rasmussen still hasn't heard from CAS, but either way, he'll be able to race again in August. In an interview, he says that the Vuelta is like it's built for him with high and long mountains and almost no time trial.
.. and since he's previously been linked to Xacobeo, who knows? |
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 22-12-2008 20:23
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and ct had to ruin it all
there are a lot of small teams who will take the shamed big-named rider so finding a team shouldn't be too hard even in the 'cleaner' environment we have now.
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 22-12-2008 23:50
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issoisso wrote  roz last year became the 33rd rider in the history of cycling to finish every major classic. .
Were did you get that stat from?
I'm surprised, to be honest. I'd have guessed there would have been more - not so many in modern times, but in the past, I'd thought more riders would've done it. |
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| SotD |
Posted on 23-12-2008 12:47
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So, who, of the big names, have done it? |
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 23-12-2008 12:52
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SotD wrote:
So, who, of the big names, have done it?
You would have to think guys like Hinault, Merckx, Moser, and those sorts of guys would have done it. |
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| SotD |
Posted on 23-12-2008 14:17
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Indeed... And a guy like Jalabert, would surprise me aswell if wasn't on it.. |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 23-12-2008 14:25
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Merkcx has not only done them all, he's won them all.
Edited by issoisso on 23-12-2008 14:26
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| fefj |
Posted on 23-12-2008 14:29
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issoisso wrote:
Merkcx has not only done them all, he's won them all.
Didn't Hinault wint them all as well ? I'm not shure about Milan-San Remo and Lombardia, but he's won the others, hasn't he ? |
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| Xavier |
Posted on 23-12-2008 14:44
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Liège-Bastogne-Liège : 1977, 1980, (2e: 1979)
Gand-Wevelgem : 1977
Tour de Lombardie : 1979, 1984, (3e: 1978)
Flèche Wallonne : 1979, 1983, (3e: 1980)
Amstel Gold Race : 1981
Paris-Roubaix : 1981, (4e : 1980)
are the ones that Hinault won |
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| Wiggo |
Posted on 23-12-2008 14:46
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Are we calling Gent-Wevelgem a "major classic"?
Edited by Wiggo on 23-12-2008 14:48
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| Halvor |
Posted on 23-12-2008 14:48
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yes? |
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| Xavier |
Posted on 23-12-2008 14:53
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https://fr.wikiped...classiques
i copy pasted it from here
i agree its not a major classic, but on french wiki it is apparantly =) |
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| Wiggo |
Posted on 23-12-2008 14:56
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Stupid frenchies.
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| Stijn_vranken |
Posted on 23-12-2008 14:56
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because its nothing like the other classics.
as you migth have seen gent-wevelgem is one the few wind-classics.
wind is the worst adversary in that race.
prevent hangovers --> stay drunk
pozzato, basically the most stupid cyclist around
RIP WW. Gone but not forgotten
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| issoisso |
Posted on 23-12-2008 15:09
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Major classics are the 5 "monuments"
Milano-San Remo, Ronde Van Vlaandere, Paris-Roubaix, Liége-Bastogne-Liége and Giro di Lombardia
fefj wrote:
issoisso wrote:
Merkcx has not only done them all, he's won them all.
Didn't Hinault wint them all as well ? I'm not shure about Milan-San Remo and Lombardia, but he's won the others, hasn't he ?
No, he didn't win the Ronde or San Remo
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| Stijn_vranken |
Posted on 23-12-2008 15:52
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nothing to do with being chauvenisitic but merckx propbably is the greastest cyclist that ever lived. if you look at what he has won in his live...
prevent hangovers --> stay drunk
pozzato, basically the most stupid cyclist around
RIP WW. Gone but not forgotten
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