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Posted on 23-11-2024 08:39
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| kumazan |
Posted on 07-09-2012 22:11
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That's incredibly pathetic. I don't know how the UCI even allows this. Oh wait, it's the UCI, nevermind.
In other news, Rabobank sacks Breukink, and they're apparently preparing a major restructuring.
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 07-09-2012 22:15
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kumazan wrote:
In other news, Rabobank sacks Breukink, and they're apparently preparing a major restructuring.
Not sure whether it's a good news to have a manager sacked in a team that stopped covering its riders' doping. |
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 07-09-2012 22:18
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YvesStevens wrote:
UCI confirmed :*(, Well i'm gonna watch it anyways, it's walking 100m to the cauberg 
Where did you see the UCI confirmation? |
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| Vien |
Posted on 07-09-2012 22:27
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kumazan wrote:
That's incredibly pathetic. I don't know how the UCI even allows this. Oh wait, it's the UCI, nevermind.
Wouldn't suprise me. The government made sure that the NOS has absolutely no budget to braodcast sports anymore. They don't even broadcast the Giro/Vuelta and only spend half an hour on the Paralympics.
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 07-09-2012 22:31
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And Gilbert is winning by 12" ... no wait 30" .... no wait 55"
wait.... its Gesink in the lead by 12'34...... no! its Arashiro by 4hours!
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and into the final 10km now..... *static*
"well it appears they are out of coins for the electricity meter, i guess we wont know who won for a while..."
That is a preview of the coverage for you
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| kumazan |
Posted on 07-09-2012 22:32
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Well, we don't get the Giro since like forever here. Yet the public channel does broadcast the Champions League, whose TV rights must be so expensive that they'd be enough to organize a 3 week race in Mars and broadcast it in HD, but hey, it's football.
Aquarius wrote:
kumazan wrote:
In other news, Rabobank sacks Breukink, and they're apparently preparing a major restructuring.
Not sure whether it's a good news to have a manager sacked in a team that stopped covering its riders' doping.
They regret sacking Leinders of course.
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 07-09-2012 22:41
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CrueTrue wrote:
Let's call it off and move it to Denmark instead 
Only if you include a hill this time 
 [url=www.pcmdaily.com/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=33182] Team Santander Media Thread[/url]
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| issoisso |
Posted on 07-09-2012 23:16
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kumazan wrote:
In other news, Rabobank sacks Breukink, and they're apparently preparing a major restructuring.
Aside from Breukink being an idiot at managing that team, there have been some whispers coming out of the team that even the rest of the DSs think very low of him.
Namely:
- The materials they're using this year give them a slight advantage on flat ground but produce too much friction between them while climbing, which has hampered the team's performances this year. Supposedly Breukink was the one who insisted on sticking with it
- Breukink doesn't listen to anyone on who to promote from the CT team or who to sign. Supposedly among the names he was strongly recomended at this time last year and didn't even bother considering were Tiernan-Locke and Van Rensburg
None of this is confirmed, but if Breukink is leaving mid-season, something must be happening. It can't just be his general non-performance since that's been obvious for years
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| cio93 |
Posted on 08-09-2012 03:21
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issoisso wrote:
None of this is confirmed, but if Breukink is leaving mid-season, something must be happening. It can't just be his general non-performance since that's been obvious for years
What I read is that he'll leave at the end of the season.
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 08-09-2012 09:42
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Which is in two months, which is the standard time to spend in a firm when you're resigning here.
We're not exactly in the middle of the season any more. |
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| YvesStevens |
Posted on 08-09-2012 10:27
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CrueTrue wrote:
YvesStevens wrote:
UCI confirmed :*(, Well i'm gonna watch it anyways, it's walking 100m to the cauberg
Where did you see the UCI confirmation?
Well I dont really know if it is confirmed but in the comments it someone wrote it so I thought it was but i tried searching for it but there is no confimation so maybe it isn't true |
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| YvesStevens |
Posted on 08-09-2012 10:31
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In other news, Brajkovic will be the Leader for the Slovenian Cycling delegation to the WC, he will be supported by Bole, Bozic, Kocjan, Koren, Kump and Lezgec, reserves will be Vrecer, Spilak, Gajc and Gazvoda. I'ts quite a good team but in my opinion they should have sent Spilak insted of Lezgec. |
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 08-09-2012 10:33
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Spilak reserve? WTF.
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Posted on 08-09-2012 10:38
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fcancellara wrote:
Spilak reserve? WTF.
That was my reaction too, I don't get it ..... Maybe he's out of form or is having trouble with some injury? |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 08-09-2012 10:40
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I assume that "Lezgec" is actually Luka Mezgec?
Imo, he really deserves a spot in that squad. He has been very good all year, with several victories and tons of top five spots. I would've picked Spilak over Bole though, since Bole has been weak this season. Nowhere near previous years' level.
https://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/...;current=0
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| kumazan |
Posted on 08-09-2012 10:48
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Pellizotti2 wrote:
I assume that "Lezgec" is actually Luka Mezgec?
Imo, he really deserves a spot in that squad. He has been very good all year, with several victories and tons of top five spots. I would've picked Spilak over Bole though, since Bole has been weak this season. Nowhere near previous years' level.
https://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/...;current=0
This. Mezgec has had a quite good season, and will be a useful rider in this year's route. Bole is a better rider alright, but Mezgec deserves the reward for his good season. Leaving Spilak out is dumb though.
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| YvesStevens |
Posted on 08-09-2012 10:48
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Pellizotti2 wrote:
I assume that "Lezgec" is actually Luka Mezgec?
Imo, he really deserves a spot in that squad. He has been very good all year, with several victories and tons of top five spots. I would've picked Spilak over Bole though, since Bole has been weak this season. Nowhere near previous years' level.
https://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/...;current=0
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| johnnyjur |
Posted on 09-09-2012 11:10
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Orica-GreenEDGE has named it's TTT riders for the WC:
Durbridge
Tuft
Langeveld
Mouris
C. Meyer
Bewley
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 09-09-2012 11:14
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They're one of the favourites, and with a team like that, I only see Omega come close to that. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 09-09-2012 11:18
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They're a mighty strong team indeed. Turft, Durbridge, Meyer... Damn! I might have missed it but do we know the Sky line-up? |
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