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| Tafiolmo |
Posted on 09-03-2015 22:30
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ryant wrote:
Tafiolmo wrote:
I dont think so and honestly, I dont mind. Last year was the most boring ardennes I have ever watched. I know Gerrans isnt the reason for that, but he certainly didnt help the cause either..
Totally agree with the above, especially when all three Ardennes classics literally have the peloton arriving at the bottom of the final climb and the whole thing then just becomes a Launchpad to see who can win up the climb.
I've no problem either with Gerran's riding to his strengths, but when I remember just how great the Ardennes classics can be it will be better if he's not fit to ride.
To be fair, the racing will always be the same, dont expect Kwatiek attacking from 40k solo, all you'll get is different teams controlling the race, if you believe otherwise, then you'll just be disappointed I'm afraid 
I know this is modern cycling unfortunately, but when Iglinsky won that was a pretty exciting LB but that was largely thanks to Nibali attacking from a long way out.
Funny you should mention attacking 40K out as in the game when I last played the Ardennes classics, Valverde won Amstel and Kwiat Liege and both attacked solo to win the race from around 40K out. When they attacked I remember thinking on both occasions no chance and neither my team or the others could catch them.
Edited by Tafiolmo on 09-03-2015 22:32
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| Shonak |
Posted on 09-03-2015 23:11
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Lampre leave MPCC due to Ulissi case
https://www.cyclin...issi_case/
So, there you go: If you ever wanted confirmation that MPCC is a quite a shallow movement, this must be a good evidence for that? But hey, I don't even blame them. Some other team would sign Ulissi in their case and with teams like Astana around, nobody gives a flying f about MPCC anyway.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 10-03-2015 00:55
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Shonak wrote:
Lampre leave MPCC due to Ulissi case
https://www.cyclin...issi_case/
So, there you go: If you ever wanted confirmation that MPCC is a quite a shallow movement, this must be a good evidence for that? But hey, I don't even blame them. Some other team would sign Ulissi in their case and with teams like Astana around, nobody gives a flying f about MPCC anyway.
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 10-03-2015 00:57
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The MPCC has never convinced me even as an idea. It's basically just an ethics code with no realistic powers of enforcement if a team breaks the code. And we can sit here for days listing teams, staff and riders who've signed ethics contracts in the past saying they won't dope who then did dope.
If the UCI adopted MPCC rules then that would be a move in the right direction, but any independent group is never going to weald any true power to make a change or keep control of teams.
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| MrUfo87 |
Posted on 10-03-2015 14:15
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Belgium cyclocrosser Patrick Gaudy died age 38 this morning. He got hit by a truck during training. RIP. 
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| sgdanny |
Posted on 10-03-2015 14:26
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MrUfo87 wrote:
Belgium cyclocrosser Patrick Gaudy died age 38 this morning. He got hit by a truck during training. RIP.
So many athletes dying atm RIP
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| jph27 |
Posted on 10-03-2015 15:13
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Lloyd Mondory (Ag2r) tested positive for EPO. |
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| roturn |
Posted on 10-03-2015 15:14
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Just wanted to post this as well.
This comes surprising. |
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| jph27 |
Posted on 10-03-2015 15:19
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roturn wrote:
Just wanted to post this as well.
This comes surprising.
Positive comes from 17th February, 2 days after his 7th in the Clasica de Almeria. Simple case of a mistake with his "glowtime" I'd presume. |
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| Thatguyeveryonehates |
Posted on 10-03-2015 17:43
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jph27 wrote:
roturn wrote:
Just wanted to post this as well.
This comes surprising.
Positive comes from 17th February, 2 days after his 7th in the Clasica de Almeria. Simple case of a mistake with his "glowtime" I'd presume.
Another one saying all the right things but doping at the same time.
This is why i laugh when someone posts that some guy isn't doping "because he talks against it"
Prior to his first Tour de France, Lloyd Mondory did not mince his words towards training Saxo Bank and Columbia. The rider of AG2R-La Mondiale is "disgusted to see" reborn from its ashes "Fabien Cancellara in the last Tour de Suisse. Mondory is also tender with Frank Schleck:" I was running against him in junior, when he was in the team Châteauroux. After all progress differently. But compared to him, I have not progressed at all (laughs)! "He says, before recalling that Frank Schleck has nothing to do on a bike if it is proved that a a check of 7,000 euros to Doctor Fuentes.
About the Tour of Switzerland, the behavior of the Columbia team, who recorded seven victories stage, also called Mondory. "It's disgusting. Then we say that all is well in cycling. But that's disgusting. There are things that seem too big for you to want to believe it" concludes that some teams leave may not be starting in a breakaway during the three weeks of the Tour ...
He took EPO and still got no results. But sure, cycling is super clean now. Sure, sure. Like the anonymous cyclist said to the CIRC, 90% at least are doping.
Edited by Thatguyeveryonehates on 10-03-2015 17:46
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 10-03-2015 18:05
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jph27 wrote:
Lloyd Mondory (Ag2r) tested positive for EPO.
so dissapointed
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| Shonak |
Posted on 10-03-2015 19:00
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Thatguyeveryonehates wrote:
Another one saying all the right things but doping at the same time.
This is why i laugh when someone posts that some guy isn't doping "because he talks against it"
Yeah. Whilst I prefer a world without doping of course, I at least favor guys that keep quiet about it and don't boast about it in a regular's table-manner, at least that way they don't want to make me believe their bs and I can simply enjoy their riding. Riders and officials who (apparently) want to break the omerta and talk (shit) openly about other riders or that the controls are too easy, yet dope themselves behind closed curtains anyway, are just so hypocritically annoying. Is it right to call it the sky-syndrome?
Besides that, Aquarius always had AG2R La Mondiale going under the criteria of a shady team. Would be interesting what he'd say about this case.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| Wilier |
Posted on 10-03-2015 19:06
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Another Ag2r rider positive in recent years (Valjavec, Houanard, Georges and now Mondory). Aquarius use to mention the team's bad reputation on doping IIRC. Puts some perspective into the unexpectedly good performances of Bardet, Péraud and Pozzovivo to name a few.
Edited by Wilier on 10-03-2015 19:18
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 10-03-2015 19:33
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EPO? What is this, 1998?
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| moriz1 |
Posted on 10-03-2015 19:47
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EPO? What is this, 1998?
apparently, micro doses of EPO are still quite popular since it`s nearly impossible to detect them |
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 10-03-2015 19:54
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21 riders on the UCI's Sanctionslist are there for EPO offences, and 8 on the PRovisional list (including Mondory) are for EPO. It's apparently still very common
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 10-03-2015 21:26
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TheManxMissile wrote:
21 riders on the UCI's Sanctionslist are there for EPO offences, and 8 on the PRovisional list (including Mondory) are for EPO. It's apparently still very common
Does the list disinguish between CERA and the previous versions for EPO, and if so, does an EPO positive mean that folks are using said older versions, and if that is it for testing reasons? I remember Alexander Frei getting caught a few years back, but other than that I was under the impression that "EPO" was in the past and CERA was all the rage now (presumably more powerful and, hopefully, safer).
My mind isn't working properly today, so I might just be remembering things entirely incorrectly.
Edited by Deadpool on 10-03-2015 21:27
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 10-03-2015 21:30
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Not a clue, it's just the UCI list from the UCI website and it lists them as EPO (occasionaly EPO + other substance)
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 10-03-2015 21:34
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TheManxMissile wrote:
Not a clue, it's just the UCI list from the UCI website and it lists them as EPO (occasionaly EPO + other substance)
Thanks. Does anyone remember the name of that site which tracked all doping positives? I remember they did a very good job of staying on top of reasons, and would probably differentiate.
Also, picture from today.
Apparently some riders felt it neccesary to run with fenders. Bernard Hinault must be rolling over in his grave...oh, what? He's still alive and helping to run the race? Oh, well, he must've been trying to get the commissars to throw them for being total wussises.
EDIT: Wow, I thought I was in the Paris-Nice thread. My head really isn't working today...
Edited by Deadpool on 10-03-2015 21:36
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| cio93 |
Posted on 10-03-2015 21:36
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Wow, how much does that save over the course of a 5-hour stage? One revolution?? 
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