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askew 15 Aug 2019 21:58:14 24,121 posts
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Check out this sprint from MvdP as he breaks Steve Cummings' heart: https://video.eurosport.co.uk/cycling/arctic-race/2019/arctic-race-of-norway-2019-mathieu-van-der-poel-produces-incredible-sprint-finish_vid1229677/video.shtml

mothercruncher 15 Aug 2019 22:30:10 19,474 posts
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Fresh off winning the 20 minute MTB short track flat out sprint race and then the endurance main event two days later- both needing a slightly different kind of fitness- he then does this on the road needing a different aptitude again. I’m seeing a slight backlash on reddit and other places against praising him, but fuck that. I am FULLY erect for this guy. He’s a once in a generation talent and not in just one discipline but three.

askew 15 Aug 2019 22:52:18 24,121 posts
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Fingers crossed he appears at Worlds

Psychotext 16 Aug 2019 10:37:23 70,652 posts
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Batshit.

askew 17 Aug 2019 21:32:04 24,121 posts
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Ineos’ Italian champion jersey looks fine. Looks almost as though they’re sponsored by Alitalia.

MvdP struggled on the long climb today in Norway. 3km at 11%. Don’t think there’s anything like that in Yorkshire, is there?

Psychotext 17 Aug 2019 22:22:14 70,652 posts
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I did something with very similar numbers off road in Cumbria.

The terrain is definitely there to allow it.

Edited by Psychotext at 22:22:39 17-08-2019

mothercruncher 18 Aug 2019 13:54:20 19,474 posts
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I can’t wait for Yorkshire. I think VdP was probably suffering there, having not ridden a road bike properly for months. If he builds back up endurance well then he’s an obvious shout given the constant undulating roads that should suit his puncheur/sprinter style. The finish is a drag up an incline of a few percent too I think, so it’s going to take a hell of a finish to beat him if he’s still in the pack on the final corner. Fancy Sagan too, of course, and Alaphilippe.
For the women- someone Dutch, hope it’s Vos.
Weather and a narrow course could be an exciting wild card for all of the races though.

mothercruncher 21 Aug 2019 09:41:47 19,474 posts
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Nice little final course preview, sounds like it’s fast and punchy:

askew 24 Aug 2019 16:58:31 24,121 posts
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Here comes La Vuelta!

Hoping ITV4's highlights have the same little ditty as they did last year.

askew 24 Aug 2019 17:56:47 24,121 posts
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Is that salt or sand they're starting at?

mothercruncher 25 Aug 2019 08:13:06 19,474 posts
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Salt, looked really cool!
Sean Yates just ruins coverage for me now- he offers absolutely no insight as an ex pro and just mumbles his way through describing exactly what’s on screen or exactly what we were all thinking anyway. Twat.

elstoof 25 Aug 2019 09:30:48 28,125 posts
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The Alan Shearer of cycling

mothercruncher 25 Aug 2019 10:15:16 19,474 posts
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Yes, well, but...

askew 25 Aug 2019 10:24:35 24,121 posts
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Did you see the clip of UAE stacking it in the same place as Jumbo? And then this footage during the recon: https://www.eurosport.co.uk/cycling/vuelta-a-espana/2019/la-vuelta-a-espana-2019-team-car-crashes-into-wall-at-high-speed-ahead-of-stage-1_sto7419811/story.shtml

askew 31 Aug 2019 16:49:31 24,121 posts
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https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/vuelta-a-espana/2019/stage-9/today/profiles

Tomorrow looks tasty.

askew 1 Sep 2019 16:38:43 24,121 posts
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The most exciting part of the race up in the Andorran mountains, it's started pissing down, and the live footage has dropped out.

JamboWayOh 1 Sep 2019 18:58:28 25,236 posts
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I just got back last night and I was confused as to why there so many flat packed bikes on the coach. I only just twigged this morning when I was woken up by loud speakers from stands selling merch. Oh and yeah it was actually a massive hail storm, pretty big chunks too.

askew 1 Sep 2019 19:41:58 24,121 posts
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@JamboWayOh Ooh. Did you get to see any of it live?

JamboWayOh 1 Sep 2019 20:29:57 25,236 posts
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Yeah I saw them passing through La Massana, the first time I saw them last year it was accidentally as I went for a walk with a friend. Of course this time we just headed for the the nearest bar to get out of the hail.

Salaman 3 Sep 2019 11:43:18 24,162 posts
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When is the WC? End of September?

askew 3 Sep 2019 11:46:47 24,121 posts
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28/29th September

askew 3 Sep 2019 11:50:15 24,121 posts
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Looks like Arkea-Samsic have been flashing the cash. Nairo's (and his brother) are going over, as is Diego Rosa from Ineos.

Didn't realise Campanaerts had gone to Dimension Data (or NTT?)

mothercruncher 3 Sep 2019 18:23:44 19,474 posts
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Who the hell wants to ride for Dimension Data these days?

askew 7 Sep 2019 15:26:49 24,121 posts
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Van der Poel is at the Tour of Britain. Hope to see some more of him over the week.

Salaman 11 Sep 2019 12:49:27 24,162 posts
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Ooof. Mayhem in the Vuelta today with lots of wind and echelons!

askew 11 Sep 2019 12:57:43 24,121 posts
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I will have to tune in… Nairo in the break; James Knox doing alright! Maybe TG-H will get his win…

Oh ffs, I'm watching highlights from Monday.

Edited by askew at 13:02:07 11-09-2019

mothercruncher 11 Sep 2019 18:30:51 19,474 posts
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askew wrote:
Van der Poel is at the Tour of Britain. Hope to see some more of him over the week.

I want his babies.

Salaman 11 Sep 2019 20:25:05 24,162 posts
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Well that was exciting!

At 219.6km, today’s Stage 17 of the Vuelta was the longest of this year’s race – and at an average speed of 50.63kph is thought to have been ridden at a faster pace than any 200km-plus road stage or one-day race in the history of professional cycling.

https://road.cc/content/news/266441-todays-crazy-vuelta-stage-fastest-200km-bike-race-history-highlights-us-firm

Summary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd7nJ7aQkG0

Including Gilbert's post race interview:
https://youtu.be/zd7nJ7aQkG0?t=153
At some peak points they did 75 km/h on the flats
With my 55/11 gears I was doing 110 rpm.
I've never seen anything like that in my 17 career.

askew 11 Sep 2019 21:10:38 24,121 posts
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Blimey – I saw the finish. Fair play on James Knox cracking the top 10.

askew 11 Sep 2019 21:16:05 24,121 posts
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I'm interested in tomorrow's stage because it goes through a little place in the mountains I stayed last year and should be whizzing right past the AirBnB I stayed in. I'd love to go back there and cycle instead of run.

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