Road Cycling
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@Crucial said in Road Cycling:
I see Bevin has missed out on the IPT team
one of the stranger decisions.. I did hear a rumour he'd been crook..
such a shithouse team. Froome an absolute waste of space (and $5m a year)
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@Crucial said in Road Cycling:
@WillieTheWaiter said in Road Cycling:
Cav not picked for the tour.. every english cycling fan in a huge meltdown..
completely ignoring the fact the team had been very clear all year he wasn't goin...No Sam Bennett for Bora either so two the worlds top sprinters missing
My amateur look at the course is that sprinters probably want to avoid this tour anyway. Some excitement for them early on then hanging around for ages waiting for the next one dayer?
Will be an interesting course for George as well. Will be waiting a long time for terrain that suits and will have to keep out of trouble. I wonder if that's why UAE are going in with plenty of climbing support? It's quite possible that some of the little guys get bullied around and/or involved in crashes early on, especially that cobbles day. 58kg isn't a lot to keep your bike grounded on those paths. Might need some saddlebags
it's more about he's going to miss out on the chance to get the record no of stages.. (not a huge amount of sympathy he really farked up the Champs last year) and his team aren't really stacked with anyone capable of anything interesting / press coverage except for Jacobson chance at an early stage win before he misses the time cut somewhere. Their GC rider is top 10 at best, who remembers that. Least Cav good for a win or a masssive stack taking out half the bunch
left Alaphilippe out as well which isn't too much of a surprise following his crash but also left out the new french champion so all the french are grumpy too!
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Tour de France 2022: full team-by-team guide
Our in-depth look at every team, the main riders to watch and the cast of characters competing in the Tour de France 2022
This is quite a fun write-up of prospects.
Seems Hirschi has come into the UAE team for Trentin, who has tested covid positive..
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Tour de France: Lampaert in yellow as Thomas rallies after clothing error
Yves Lampaert won a rain-drenched opening time trial in 15 minutes 17 seconds, while Geraint Thomas was slowed down by his gilet
Pogacar already putting a bit of time into his rivals.
Just a handful of seconds for Vingegaard and Roglic, but someone like Caruso is almost 50 seconds down already.
Drug raids on Bahrain Victorious later in that article. I'm not surprised - seems to me there's a lot more "not normal" performances than a few years ago.
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why do we have an early rest day?
is this the price of the Denmark start? well i don't like it
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TdF should be cobblestones and mountain goat paths up fucking steep mountains. No rests, nor flat stages. Survive and climb bitch!
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@mariner4life said in Road Cycling:
why do we have an early rest day?
is this the price of the Denmark start? well i don't like it
It's a transition day more than a rest day. And yes, a price for taking things to Denmark (have to then get back)
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@gt12 said in Road Cycling:
Bennett crashes on the cobbles. Not sure how bad it is yet.
I love July - end of semester so classes are winding down and its Tour de France time.
The French can't make decent hay bales, so they just spilled out into the track. What a fuck up! Roglic appeared to put his own dislocated shoulder back in.
Any way, crazy stuff is over, real racing starts now
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Yeah - really disappointing to see Roglic probably out of the frame - not irretrievably, but it's hard to think a dislocated shoulder is going to help him in the mountains..
Yesterday Wout Van Aert pulled a superb solo move to win the stage.
I've got a feeling it's going to be Pog vs Vingegaard, so I hope George is fine to play a decent part.
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@Chris-B said in Road Cycling:
Yeah - really disappointing to see Roglic probably out of the frame - not irretrievably, but it's hard to think a dislocated shoulder is going to help him in the mountains..
Yesterday Wout Van Aert pulled a superb solo move to win the stage.
I've got a feeling it's going to be Pog vs Vingegaard, so I hope George is fine to play a decent part.
Is Vinegaard that good? It looks like its going to be a procession for Pog to me which will make the whole (remaining) thing a fucking bore-fest.
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@gt12 All the smart money was on Pogacar long before it started. The previous winner and easily the best rider in the world, in good form, is likely to win. Shock!
Do you think the Tour was in any doubt during the high points of Indurain or Armstrong? It was before my time, but it was even worse when Merckx was riding. Nothing has changed. The best rider is going to win! Shock!
If tight competition is why you watch then you need to recalibrate. Watching the Tour is about enjoying just how good the leader really is.
Until he does a Bjarne Riis and is bound to win, then suddenly collapses and doesn't. And you didn't watch because it is a "bore fest".
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@dogmeat said in Road Cycling:
@gt12 TdF is therapy for the soul. Watching the peloton glide past summer fields is zen like. Then the mountain stages illustrate that the true road to enlightenment is through suffering
pass me a beer....
First Cat 1 climb tonight. Not a real killer but may do some re-ordering.
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@gt12 Yeah - Pog's to lose, really.
If anyone is going to challenge him I think it would be Roglic or Vingegaard. And with his crash, Roglic is already 2.5 minutes down.
But, the only time Pog was in any sort of trouble last year was when Vingegaard dropped him climbing Mont Ventoux, so he's certainly good - and come in with good form.
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It's shitty how Roglic has lost so much time already, but from the moment Pogucar beat him in the initial time trial I didn't give him much chance. Roglic won't climb much better, if at all, so he needed to make good time on the TTs.
Vingegaard might at least make up time in the climbs.
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If it was 15 years ago what would we.be saying about Pogacar being a fucking rock star every single day no matter what the profile of the stage
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@mariner4life I'm suspending disbelief.
Anyway, further down the hill George put in a very good ride as Pog's second-to-last man. I think he must have done something 3kms on the front from about 5.5kms from the finish, with enough tempo to send the likes of Vlasov and Pinot out the back. Majka took over and did a bit more shredding and then the big boys went to it.
I thought poor old Kamna from the breakaway was going to grab the stage win, but in the end the ramp and the gravel at the finish were too much and Vingegaard and Pog sprinted past him and buried him.
Looked like Jonas had it in the bag, but Pog did his rock-star bit and came again.
Vingegaard came to a grinding halt and nearly fell over on the line as he finished and Pog looked like he could go another round if he had to.
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