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The Hobbit
issoisso wrote:
Speaking of not giving a rat's ass, I just read an interview with Andy Schleck where he said he could've been just outside the top 10 at the Tour but he "would've had to dig deep to do that and I didn't want to do that"

....

The dude is beyond help


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I'm guessing the 'satisfaction bar' was photoshopped in?
Still :lol:
 
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SportingNonsense
UCI have given permision for MTB World Champion Nino Schurter to ride for Orica-GreenEdge at the Tour of Romandie and Tour de Suisse. Could be interesting!
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Jesleyh
Interesting indeed.

Meanwhile,
Garate doesn't have a 2014 contract for Belkin, it seems:
https://www.cyclin...lkin-offer
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VoetsT
Kristof Goddaert (IAM cycling) died today on a trainings ride. He fell of his bike and a bus couldn't stop in time Sad
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Shonak
Oh my, awful. RIP Kristof
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baseballlover312
Oh My God. That's so horrible. No disrespect to anyone but that's the first time I've known of a cyclist that died since Weylandt. So horrible.
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy
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Miguel98
Very sad. Sad

Definetelly liked him as a cyclist.

 
wisdow23
baseballlover312 wrote:
Oh My God. That's so horrible. No disrespect to anyone but that's the first time I've known of a cyclist that died since Weylandt. So horrible.
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Victor Cabedo - september 2012.
Nevermind, awful day may he Rest in Peace
 
Jesleyh
No, that he meant a cyclist that he has known. More cyclists died between them, sadly enough.

And damn, this is really sad Sad
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issoisso
SportingNonsense wrote:
UCI have given permision for MTB World Champion Nino Schurter to ride for Orica-GreenEdge at the Tour of Romandie and Tour de Suisse. Could be interesting!


With no preparation races beforehand? That won't be good.
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Aquarius
issoisso wrote:
SportingNonsense wrote:
UCI have given permision for MTB World Champion Nino Schurter to ride for Orica-GreenEdge at the Tour of Romandie and Tour de Suisse. Could be interesting!


With no preparation races beforehand? That won't be good.

He's certainly going to be good on threshold efforts (20-60 minutes), but we've no clue what he's worth on a 3 to 6 h effort length nor on a stage race.
Usually MTBers fare rather well in the pro peloton, but he's definitely going to miss something (aka endurance) for his debuts.
If I were him I'd target one stage in each of these two races, go all for it, and do nothing worthy the rest of the time. Most likely it'd be the best way to show something in his case.
 
TheManxMissile
Aquarius wrote:
issoisso wrote:
SportingNonsense wrote:
UCI have given permision for MTB World Champion Nino Schurter to ride for Orica-GreenEdge at the Tour of Romandie and Tour de Suisse. Could be interesting!


With no preparation races beforehand? That won't be good.

He's certainly going to be good on threshold efforts (20-60 minutes), but we've no clue what he's worth on a 3 to 6 h effort length nor on a stage race.
Usually MTBers fare rather well in the pro peloton, but he's definitely going to miss something (aka endurance) for his debuts.
If I were him I'd target one stage in each of these two races, go all for it, and do nothing worthy the rest of the time. Most likely it'd be the best way to show something in his case.


Or, you know... pound drugs to the eyeballs like many an MTBer in the past
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Aquarius
I believe they're subject to the biopassport too nowadays, although I lack knowledge in the MTB field. That should limit that kind of possibilities.
But yeah, road cyclists were not choir boys, but even among them MTB guys were considered like chemical experiences.
 
admirschleck


Now, this is just too much...
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issoisso
Freaking hell

I was just telling Ruben earlier today 'too many deaths'
Edited by issoisso on 19-02-2014 19:11
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issoisso
issoisso wrote:
Costa is really taking this GC thing seriously, he's ridiculously thin


Down to 63kg. That's considerably lighter than the Schlecks and he's almost as tall as they are. That's just scary

EDIT: 20kg lighter than Hushovd, same height.
Edited by issoisso on 19-02-2014 21:33
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Aquarius
He doesn't have the same bones structure as Hushovd, nor the same objectives (Hushovd needs more rawpower for whatever he targets these days), so not really a good comparison. The Schlecks are more relevant.
I'm more concerned by his fat mass though. Or should I say I care (<- *approximative pun*) about it ?
 
issoisso
No idea, I just think he looks anorexic.

In other news, interview with Giant's Rudi Kemna. Lots of boring cliched answers, but in the middle he did mention that the same testing they do every pre-season (that in the past for example showed Kittel would do better being trained as a sprinter than as the averager TTer he used to be) indicates Devenyns can be a top classics guy
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Wilier
Team Colombia's Luis Largo tests positive...
 
roturn
2014 Tour of California route revealed. 2 big mountain top finishes. 1 more mountaineous stage. Rest pretty flat and only a 20km time trial.

https://www.amgent...com/stages
 
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