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2012: Ups and Downs
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| Liege |
Posted on 28-10-2012 15:50
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lokytrew wrote:
FroomeDog99 wrote:
lokytrew wrote:
Dear Froomedog99, have you seen stage 17 of the Vuelta?
Contador is a Doper 
Probably ate a few "steaks"
To me, doping doesn't really matter. It is about what I watch. And I would rather watch Contador his attacking style than Andy his nagging and 'Only LBL and TDF matter' style.
In my eyes doping does matter, but Contador dindt take doping he was dopeD. Also (i know this is the wrong thread) but what happened about Frank Schlecks doping case? |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 28-10-2012 15:52
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lokytrew wrote:
Ian Butler wrote:
lokytrew wrote:
Downs
- Tom Boonen his victories. Really hate him.
Whaaat? 
Everybody has his preferences. But I think Boonen his riding is horrible. Maybe it is because I'm a Cancellara fan, maybe not. In the spring his kind of wheelsucking-ish riding annoyed me. Always relying on teammates and never making a effort himself. Maybe it's a bit harsh (it actually is  ) but I just hate the guy. But everyone has an opinion and this is mine 
I can understand if you don't like him, but that's just not true.
Did you see his solo effort of 50km at Paris - Roubaix? The finale of RvV, where he was all alone against two Italians? He makes efforts himself, believe me. |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 28-10-2012 15:52
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Ups:
Hesjedal's Giro win and in particular the way he rode off from the others on Stage 19.
Boonen's early season form
David Veilleux winning Tre Valli Varesine
Valverde's strong Vuelta
Sagan's Tour dominance
Valverde's stage win at the Tour
Downs:
Spidertech ending, but possibly coming back
Very Boring Tour
Amount of crashes to Team Leaders at the Tour
Rabobank ending sponsorship
Cataldo, Boswell and Dombrowski going to Sky
Lack of Norwegian fanboys after a Norwegian win
I missed pretty much all the spring and Ardennes Classics as well as the WC and Lombardia.
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| stenic |
Posted on 28-10-2012 15:59
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ups
a Brit finally winning the yellow jersey.
the couple of months after Euro 2012 when cycling was perhaps the number 1 sport in the UK.
Dave Brailsford's "round wheels" comments.
downs
Gregory Bauge.
the joke that was the back dated Contador ban.
the letter in today's sunday times sport section which is typical of what the majority of non cycling fans probably think of cycling right now. |
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| lokytrew |
Posted on 28-10-2012 16:02
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@IanButler. I ment the whole 'leadout' by Terpstra. Which is not really relevant though, as he made a 50 km solo effort. But I think it also annoys me that his teammates are way too good, which has ofcourse nothing to do with Tom but it annoys me and it also makes me dislike their whole team. But, you're right, he definitely makes solo efforts and I was a bit exagerating (not sure how you spell it) in my previous post.
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| canojuancho |
Posted on 28-10-2012 16:03
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Up
- Uran and Henao in the Giro top 10th.
- Olympic Silver Medal by Uran.
- Chaves wining in Lagunas de Neila.
- Quintana wining Stage 6 in Dauphine.
- Henao and Uran, both top 5th in Il Lombardia.
- Atapuma victory in Passo Pordoi at the Giro del Trentino.
- Leo Duque 4th place in E3 Prijs.
- Tom Boonen making history at the cobbled classics.
- Philippe Gilbert with the Rainbow jersey.
- Team SKY domination in Le Tour.
- Alberto Contador and Alejandro Valverde comeback.
- Jhon Degenkolb and his poker of victories in La Vuelta.
- Peter Sagan wining celebration.
- De Gendt podium in Giro.
Down
- Mark Cavendish losing Giro Points Jersey.
- Cav's crashes.
- Cavendish leaves Team Sky.
- "Spartacus" crashed in De Ronde V-V.
- Westra wining in Mende? WTF!!!!!
- Gilbert in spring classics.
- Nibali been caught by Iglinsky in Liege.
- Oscar Freire says good bye to cycling.
...and The Lance Armstrong case.
Edited by canojuancho on 28-10-2012 16:05
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 28-10-2012 16:12
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There are definitely more things, but off the top of my head:
Ups:
- Superb second half of the season from Kessiakoff, especially the Tour.
- Purito finally winning an Ardennes Classic plus Lombardia, and learning how to stay in form throughout a whole Grand Tour.
- An awesome Paris-Roubaix.
- Rabottini's stage win and KoM jersey at the Giro.
- Sagan pwning in the Tour.
- Pinot's big breakthrough.
- Contador returning and showing how to race properly.
- A great Vuelta.
- Lance caught at last.
Downs:
- Wiggins winning too much. I'm fine with the other Sky riders, but I'm not a fan of him.
- Disappointing year from Larsson, who has probably passed his peak.
- Cancellara out of RVV and Roubaix.
- Rodriguez missing out on winning his first GT. Really felt sorry for him.
- Quite boring Tour, apart from Kessiakoff's KoM battle.
- The worlds road race. I hoped for action at least a lap or two earlier.
- Nobody having the balls to attack from distance in Lombardia, and then no pictures from the decisive final climb.
Edited by Pellizotti2 on 28-10-2012 16:13
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| dev4ever |
Posted on 28-10-2012 16:17
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Ups:
The Amazing Contador
The General fight in La Vuelta
Norway's season in general except Hushovd
Quintana's breakthrough (4th best climber in La Vuelta)
Majka and the
Caruso (but i'd liked to seen more..)
Pinot (and his crazy DS!)
Movistar performing brilliantly all season out.
Peter Sagan Ownage
Moser contueing Liquigas killstreak in Pologne.
Lazy LuLu saves rabo's ass another time in Le tour
I liked, but failed:
Liquigas train in Italy, but Basso weren't good enough.
Nibali's decent Le Tour, but weren't strong enough in the mountains.
the return of Brajkovic..only man who I've seen managing to follow Conta after Rasmussen and Ricco.
Nieve usually brave driving, unfortunatly no stage this year.
Downs:
BMC
Hushovd
RNT
Poels first entry in Le tour.
kruijswijk, among the rest of the dutch overpaid Rabo climbers.
the fact that Ten Dam has been the best Rabo climber for a good while now
the continuing of Cunego's decreasing skills, except downhills (now also joined by Niemick and Scarponi?)
The Sky train, wiggins actually won the Tour without taking one relay.
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| jsh312mufc |
Posted on 28-10-2012 16:27
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dev4ever wrote:
The Sky train, wiggins actually won the Tour without taking one relay.
not true. on the 2nd stage voeckler won wiggins chased nibali up the final climb, with froome behind him |
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 28-10-2012 16:30
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Next Level Amazingness
- OmegaPharma - Quickstep up to the end of April
- Sky at the Tour(cause i'm british)
Amazingness
- Sagan's celebrations
- The Vuelta GC
- Pinot winning stage 8 of the TDF
Ups
- Boonen Triple
- Gilbert WC
- Hesjedal Giro
Downs
- The Schlecks again
- Cancellara crashing
- Hincapie retires
Bottoms
- All of the major deaths this year
- The Armstrong Saga
Really Bottom of Everything
- the UCI
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| lukaas |
Posted on 28-10-2012 16:52
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Ups:
- Kessiakoff in the tour and vuelta.
- Peter Sagan
- La Vuelta
- De Gendt stage 20 in Giro.
- Degenkolb
- Contador. I did not like him, but after watching the Tour and then Contadors attacking style in La Vuelta, you see how much you miss him.
- Van Gaarderen.
Downs:
- Team Sky, f*ck that team.
- Wiggins winning everything, f*ck that guy.
- Cancellara falling in RvV and the Olympics.
- The Schleck-brothers.
- Evans.
- Gustav Larssons second half of the season. |
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 28-10-2012 17:01
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Ups:
Ten Dam's Vuelta
The Fact that Argos has a chance on promoting to WT
The (spanish) fight for the Vuelta GC
The fact that I got (more) interested in Cycling
Olympic road race
Marianne Vos won Olympics+WC RR (Yeah woman cycling, but still, dutch cyclist won big races )
Armstrong finally caught as a doper
Downs
The seasons of Mollema and Gesink.
All the crashes, mainly in le Tour
The withdraw of Rabobank
No major results of the dutch riders(except Boom)
Boring Tour, because of Boring Sky...
So many (ex-)cyclists who doped...
Feyenoord(football) and Kelderman fanboy
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 28-10-2012 19:15
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Ups
Wiggins winning the Tour (cycling gets more respect in Britain now, hopefully trickle-down sporting respect and funding works better than trickle-economics).
People starting to see what anyone who wanted to saw about Armstrong.
De Gendt's Stelvio attack.
A good Tour route (shame nobody was strong enough to challenge Sky).
Bruyneel gone (hopefully for good).
Vos in the worlds.
Rabottini's stage win at the Giro.
Contador attacking on that first Vuelta summit.
Not much else I can remember, pretty crappy year.
Downs
The naivety, ignorance and self-rightousness of many of these new cycling fans (and British press).
Boring Tour, Boring Giro (except for 3 stages), overhyped Vuelta.
The fact that cycling is getting scapegoated a bit (not that it doesn't deserve it).
The UCI's continued existence.
Nationalism.
The potential continuing death of ballsy attacking cycling.
Of course the people we have lost. |
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| Wild Dog |
Posted on 28-10-2012 19:29
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Ups:
The Vuelta (with Contadors win, and the awesome fight between Rodriguez, Valverde and Contador)
Boonen's comeback to winning ways.
Mørkøv, Sagan and Kessiakoff at the Tour.
The Giro with the start in Denmark ( )
Vinokourov at the Olympics
Rabottini and Hesjedal at the Giro
Moreno Moser
Downs:
Sky dominance at the Tour (Boooooooooring as hell...)
The Schlecks (even though I don't like them)
Saxo's bad year (watch out next year!)
RadioShack - what a disaster!? (hate them but seriously...)
Retirement of Freire and Vino
Deaths of Cabedo, Goris and one of the Van Heerden brothers.
Rabobank's withdraw.
Ohh and did I remember Sky's dominance?
Vincenzo Nibali - Rui Costa - Nairo Quintana - Alberto Contador - Peter Sagan
WDshirts
The Last of the Real
- Story about Dries Deckers - racing against Merckx, de Vlaeminck etc. |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 28-10-2012 19:49
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wackojackohighcliffe wrote:
Downs
The potential continuing death of ballsy attacking cycling.
Adding that one to mine.....
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| emre99 |
Posted on 28-10-2012 19:50
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Wild Dog wrote:
Ups:
The Vuelta (with Contadors win, and the awesome fight between Rodriguez, Valverde and Contador)
Boonen's comeback to winning ways.
Mørkøv, Sagan and Kessiakoff at the Tour.
The Giro with the start in Denmark ( )
Vinokourov at the Olympics
Rabottini and Hesjedal at the Giro
Moreno Moser
Downs:
Sky dominance at the Tour (Boooooooooring as hell...)
The Schlecks (even though I don't like them)
Saxo's bad year (watch out next year!)
RadioShack - what a disaster!? (hate them but seriously...)
Retirement of Freire and Vino
Deaths of Cabedo, Goris and one of the Van Heerden brothers.
Rabobank's withdraw.
Ohh and did I remember Sky's dominance?
Gilbert's last month performance
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| Daggen |
Posted on 28-10-2012 20:19
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I'm going to change my Ups and Downs
Top ten ups
10. Ryder Hesjedal at the giro
9. Chris Froome (even though i think he's taken something)
8. Not having to watch Contador for the whole season
7. Cancellaras prolouge.
6. Voecklers and Kessiakoffs fight in the tour which made it interesting
5. Kessiakoffs ITT at La Vuelta
4. Sagans celebrations
3. Boonen showing that he can do Cancellara style victories in Paris-Roubaix
2. Gilbert
1. Seeing Kessiakoff in the KOM jersey
Gold of the year
For me it's Fredrik Kessiakoff and Alberto Contador. Kessiakoff get's it for increasing the interest for cycling in Sweden by taking the KOM jersey at the tour and winning the ITT in La Vuelta. Contador get's it for racing just the Eneco tour before winning La Vuelta. Even though I hate him I have to admit, that's strong. Probably the steaks again
Top ten Downs
10. Tommy Voeckler winning the battle for the KOM jersey
9. Sky dominating and controlling the Tour.
8. Saxo not taking a single stage win at the Giro or the Tour
7. All the crashes in the Tour
6. Someone pouring nails in front of Cadel Evans bike.
5. Retirement of Freire and Vino
4. Cavendish losing all the points jerseys
3. The Schlecks
2. All the Deaths
1. the UCI
Shit of the year  !!
Lance Armstrong
Edited by Daggen on 28-10-2012 20:22
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 28-10-2012 20:58
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Ups
Rui Costa's phenomenal season
De Gendt's ride at the Stelvio
Rabottini's solo
Gilbert's win at the Worlds
Contador's return
Downs
Sky dominance at the Tour
Wiggins winning too much
Schleck Season
The Armstrong Doping Case
The end of Rabobank |
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| Eden95 |
Posted on 29-10-2012 06:34
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Ups:
- GreenEdge's fantastic and unexpected first season.
- Gerran's win in the TDU.
- Rabottini winning after an amazing effort in the Giro.
- De Gendt's incredible and courageous win on the colossal Stelvio.
- Gerrans edging out Cancellara and Nibali in the MSR!
- Marc Madiot screaming out the FDJ team car window to Thiabut Pinot on his way to that great stage win in the Tour.
- Hesjedal's win at the Giro.
- The Vuelta, entertaining from start to finish.
- Dopestrong finally being 'brought to justice.' What a day that was.
Downs:
- The UCI.
- Sky's dominance at the Tour.
- Cadel Evan's apparent 'sickness' causing him to not ride well at the Tour. Or for the majority of the year.
- The Tour stage where tacks were thrown onto the road, eventually bringing down Kessiakoff (Ending his Tour) and Leipheimer.
- The Armstrong case, as great as it is having it publicly known he's a compulsive lying doper, it is bad for the image of cycling.
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 29-10-2012 07:05
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Ups
- Sagan pulling a Tourminator, despite many people saying he is still far from the green jersey battle before the Tour. And his celebrations
- Lance finally caught and brought down, was waiting for that long ago
- Cocaino Tom with his famous triple
- Amazing solo rides from Rabottini and Barta at the Giro.
- Cataldo epic stage at Vuelta
- Gilbert coming from bad start to the WC title
- Liquigas season, besides Sagan nice riding by Nibali and Moser!
- Alberto at the Vuelta, showing how to cycle and fight!
- Puritos incredible season (not sure if complete up, i dont quite believe he is clean)
- Vino at the OG
- Stage win at Giro for Kreuziger
- Blind british cycling fans + blind fans of Armstrong
Downs
- Doping hypocrites Sky domination
- Boring Giro and Tour mountain stages, with new style of last km attack and complete boredom before.
- Cavendish transfer to OPQS
- Pat McQuaid and UCI bunch of clowns
- Kreuziger with bad season apart from Giro stage win
- Andy Schleck
Edited by Avin Wargunnson on 29-10-2012 07:06
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