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Offline English Natsie

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Re: cycling in 2018 & beyond
« Reply #450: June 13, 2024, 03:54:46 PM »
Book him, Dano... ;)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/czqqe4e10yyo

Will we have pink cards, at the Giro, and red at the Vuelta?... :D
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« Reply #451: June 13, 2024, 04:18:06 PM »
Peter Sagan would have been put into solitary confinement in the UCI supermax.
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« Reply #452: June 13, 2024, 05:21:48 PM »
2 cards in a stage race doesn't seem proportionate to 2 in a 1 day race. Maybe for grand tours it should reset on a rest day?
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« Reply #453: June 13, 2024, 06:39:49 PM »
Quote from: Ali the Baseball Cat on June 13, 2024, 04:18:06 PM
Peter Sagan would have been put into solitary confinement in the UCI supermax.

And Djamolidine Abdoujaparov would be in the UCI 'Center For The Criminally Insane'... :D
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« Reply #454: June 14, 2024, 06:27:34 PM »
Arise, Sir Cav...Mark Cavendish is Knighted, in the King's Birthday Hono(u)rs List.
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« Reply #455: June 14, 2024, 07:58:17 PM »
Quote from: English Natsie on June 14, 2024, 06:27:34 PM
Arise, Sir Cav...Mark Cavendish is Knighted, in the King's Birthday Hono(u)rs List.
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« Reply #456: June 15, 2024, 02:51:48 PM »
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« Reply #457: June 16, 2024, 11:53:05 AM »
Given all he's done, for British Cycling, I think Chris Boardman was worthy of the step-up as well - he's been made a CBE, so next time should be a Knighthood.
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« Reply #458: June 16, 2024, 12:33:17 PM »
meanwhile . .. OK to talk about Matteo Jorgenson and Dillon Gee?

Some real young north american talent. Jorgenson could realistically be at least the co-leader of one of the super-teams at the TdF. Granted, due to an injury to their primary yellow jersey contender and to Van Aert really not targeting the TdF, but Jorgenson stage race performances this year and the Puy de Dome stage last year makes a white jersey very possible. Top 5 would be very nice, but top 10 is more realistic.
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« Reply #459: July 03, 2024, 03:25:43 PM »
the title of the link doesn't give away the content, so if you are planning on watching on video later, just avoid the link.

today's tdf news

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« Reply #460: July 21, 2024, 06:19:23 PM »
Interesting stat, from today's Tour coverage - since Pogacar and Vingegaard started racing each other, in the Tour (2021), that gives a total of 327 hours of racing. Pogacar is ahead by 1 minute 25 seconds...
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« Reply #461: July 22, 2024, 02:35:42 PM »
That's amazing
Quote from: English Natsie on July 21, 2024, 06:19:23 PM
Interesting stat, from today's Tour coverage - since Pogacar and Vingegaard started racing each other, in the Tour (2021), that gives a total of 327 hours of racing. Pogacar is ahead by 1 minute 25 seconds...
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« Reply #462: September 30, 2024, 10:16:43 AM »
Pogacar cements his place amongst the greats, by winning the World Championships Road Race to complete the Triple Crown (Giro, Tour and WC in same season - only Merckx (1974) and Roche (1987) have previously accomplished it).
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« Reply #463: September 30, 2024, 03:25:09 PM »
Quote from: English Natsie on September 30, 2024, 10:16:43 AM
Pogacar cements his place amongst the greats, by winning the World Championships Road Race to complete the Triple Crown (Giro, Tour and WC in same season - only Merckx (1974) and Roche (1987) have previously accomplished it).
you have to wonder whether he tries to train for all of the Grand Tours next year. The Giro and Vuelta used to conflict so it was impossible until sometime in the 1990s, I believe. Kuss in 2023 did all 3 as the prime domestique for Roglic and Vingegaard then as the winner in the Vuelta, but there's a difference between superdomestique and leader.

I think Froome won the 3 GTs in a row, but I think is wast Tour / Vuelta in 2017 and Giro in 2018.
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« Reply #466: November 11, 2024, 06:15:55 AM »
Quote from: JCA-CrystalCity on November 10, 2024, 04:51:44 PM
crits are rigged

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Maybe that's why I included the smiley... ;)
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« Reply #467: November 11, 2024, 10:27:41 AM »
There used to be a crit on the Ellipse, the "National Capital Open".  It was a serious crash fest.  Nothing that starts on the Ellipse ends well. 
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« Reply #468: November 11, 2024, 01:34:18 PM »
Quote from: Ali the Baseball Cat on November 11, 2024, 10:27:41 AM
There used to be a crit on the Ellipse, the "National Capital Open".  It was a serious crash fest.  Nothing that starts on the Ellipse ends well.


Didn’t Eric Heiden compete in that?
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« Reply #469: November 12, 2024, 02:16:41 PM »
That slacker fit the NCO in somewhere in between 5 speed skating golds, riding in the Giro & TdF, and getting an MD from Stanford.
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« Reply #470: November 15, 2024, 09:30:10 AM »
Crashed my S-Works a few weeks ago thanks to a black squirrel running across my path on Filbert Street in San Francisco re-enacting this classic scene:

https://youtu.be/DJe80rJVPyQ?si=vklREhSv8H4fLPAf

Cracked frame should show up today via FedEx. Very sad, many such cases.
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« Reply #471: November 15, 2024, 01:10:15 PM »
Quote from: MarquisDeSade on November 15, 2024, 09:30:10 AM
Crashed my S-Works a few weeks ago thanks to a black squirrel running across my path on Filbert Street in San Francisco re-enacting this classic scene:

https://youtu.be/DJe80rJVPyQ?si=vklREhSv8H4fLPAf

Cracked frame should show up today via FedEx. Very sad, many such cases.
wait ... they raced side by side? no drafting?  :crazy:
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« Reply #472: December 04, 2024, 06:44:33 PM »
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« Reply #473: December 04, 2024, 08:22:37 PM »
Didn't Remco crash on the Basque tour? 3 of the big 4, iirc.
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« Reply #474: December 05, 2024, 03:27:17 AM »
Mayve he thinks 'Remco' sounds like 'Armco', so... :D   ;)
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