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Offline JCA-CrystalCity

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« Reply #250 on: March 12, 2022, 09:15:40 pm »
Mount Washington - I wonder how it compares to the stats on Angliru.  Record is held by Tom Danielson at 49 minutes and change.

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The individually timed 7.6-mile race to the summit of Mount Washington attracts riders from around the world. Mount Washington, notorious for its bad weather, is the highest peak in the northeast at 6,288 feet.

“The Hillclimb features an average grade of 12%, with extended sections at 18% and culminates just before the end of the ride at a heart-pounding, leg-cramping 22%,” according to Tin Mountain Conservation Center, organizer of the event, which is its largest fundraiser of the year

https://www.boston.com/sports/fitness/2022/03/12/what-its-like-to-complete-the-worlds-toughest-bicycle-hillclimb-34-times/
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« Reply #251 on: March 13, 2022, 06:34:52 pm »
First significant Spring results - business as usual, so shaping up well for the Tour.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/60726833

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« Reply #252 on: March 27, 2022, 05:36:32 pm »
Great news - and not before time...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/60894994
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« Reply #253 on: March 27, 2022, 07:33:31 pm »
Quote from: English Natsie on March 27, 2022, 05:36:32 pm
Great news - and not before time...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/60894994
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« Reply #254 on: March 28, 2022, 04:03:50 pm »
They grow up teff down there...
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« Reply #255 on: April 10, 2022, 10:58:46 am »
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Jan Ullrich has raised over €40,000 for children in Ukraine after auctioning his custom yellow Pinarello from the 1998 Tour de France.

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/jan-ullrich-raises-euro40000-for-ukraine-in-auction-of-custom-tour-de-france-bike/

HE won in 1997, and took the lead in 1998 mid-race.  The bike was made up, but Marco Pantani ended up winning, so Ullrich never rode the bike.
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« Reply #256 on: April 10, 2022, 11:15:44 am »
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Was that the one with the hidden saddle storage for EPO?.... :hysterical:
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« Reply #257 on: April 10, 2022, 11:20:01 am »
Quote from: English Natsie on April 10, 2022, 11:15:44 am
Was that the one with the hidden saddle storage for EPO?.... :hysterical:
more likely coke and some other stuff, but in 1998, i guess Pantani had better stuff.
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« Reply #258 on: April 10, 2022, 05:37:52 pm »
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« Reply #259 on: April 10, 2022, 07:07:43 pm »
I'll not reveal the name, but he's somebody I've admired as a team guy for a team I never liked.  I like a lot of their riders, though.[/quote]
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« Reply #260 on: April 17, 2022, 06:20:57 pm »
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« Reply #261 on: April 17, 2022, 08:25:28 pm »
So kwiatkowski and van baarle? Already the best classics season for ineos.
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« Reply #262 on: April 17, 2022, 09:15:39 pm »
Van Aert 2d after 2weeks off due to covid is pretty impressive too
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« Reply #263 on: April 18, 2022, 02:48:06 am »
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So kwiatkowski and van baarle? Already the best classics season for ineos.

Ineos stated that they were going to target more Classic wins, this season - strategy appears to be working.
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« Reply #264 on: April 18, 2022, 01:30:23 pm »
Their grand tour prospects are a bit dimmer now, might as well.  Though they'll probably still take the Vuelta.
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« Reply #265 on: April 18, 2022, 02:29:09 pm »
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Their grand tour prospects are a bit dimmer now, might as well.  Though they'll probably still take the Vuelta.
I thought their race was the Giro.  Haven't they won a few years in a row?  Geoghenhart, Carapaz . . .  Vuelta has been Roglic country, although he had a bad tour of the basque country.
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« Reply #266 on: April 18, 2022, 02:47:43 pm »
Yeah, he's probably got that one zipped up again.  Re Vuelta, the US TV coverage has been pretty good for the past 2-3 years.  Giro, not so much. 
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« Reply #267 on: April 18, 2022, 02:56:06 pm »
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Yeah, he's probably got that one zipped up again.  Re Vuelta, the US TV coverage has been pretty good for the past 2-3 years.  Giro, not so much. 
I like Bob and Christian. 

The tour broadcast with the English pro on the motorcycle (adam blythe?) is better than Steve Porino because of his insights.
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« Reply #268 on: April 18, 2022, 03:13:01 pm »
Totally agree - Blythe has brought in a lot of value added.  Porino was fine I guess, but his connections to the sport were a bit sparse and he was probably only there because he was available during the skiing offseason and the NBC brain trust figured that the marketing demographics were similar.  Blythe knows everyone in the peloton. 

Jens Voigt brought a lot too in my opinion...including Germanisms like "Brailsford is whistling like a scared boy in ze dark forest"  :lol:   

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« Reply #269 on: April 18, 2022, 05:00:56 pm »
I'm hoping Voigt comes back if they go back to a live presence at the course rather than just studio off the international feed (plus Blythe).  Horner adds a lot of value in the studio too.
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« Reply #270 on: April 21, 2022, 06:53:19 pm »
Good read - ready for Sunday...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/61160344
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« Reply #271 on: April 24, 2022, 05:22:39 pm »
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« Reply #272 on: April 24, 2022, 06:18:39 pm »
Us botched the coverage and only had the last 25 km. Kind of a procession then. No one wanted to pull Van Aert up to the winner.
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« Reply #273 on: May 02, 2022, 06:38:10 pm »
Go straight to the Giro, do not pass Merckx, do not collect... ;)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/61293957
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« Reply #274 on: May 02, 2022, 08:06:00 pm »
Quote from: English Natsie on May 02, 2022, 06:38:10 pm
Go straight to the Giro, do not pass Merckx, do not collect... ;)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/61293957
staying tied with Merckx is cool in its own way. It's not like Pogocar is going to beat them.
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