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Offline English Natsie

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Re: cycling in 2018 & beyond
« Reply #475 on: February 28, 2025, 05:37:23 pm »
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« Reply #477 on: March 01, 2025, 05:23:49 pm »
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any rumors where the stages will be?

Too soon to call - this is just the preliminary 'you get the Depart' agreement.
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« Reply #478 on: March 03, 2025, 10:58:29 am »
I drove along some of the roads in the Yorkshire Dales that were part of the course last go around...there's pretty much zero flat and even less straight  :shock:

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« Reply #479 on: March 19, 2025, 05:53:44 pm »
Edinburgh to stage the Grand Depart, in the 2027 Tour. No more stage details, as yet.
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« Reply #480 on: March 19, 2025, 08:08:23 pm »
By the way, strong showing for Americans in Paris Nice. Or should I say Nice showing?
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« Reply #481 on: March 20, 2025, 03:00:41 am »
Quote from: JCA-CrystalCity on March 19, 2025, 08:08:23 pm
By the way, strong showing for Americans in Paris Nice. Or should I say Nice showing?

That takes the biscuit...   :D  ;)
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« Reply #482 on: March 20, 2025, 08:48:46 am »
That was a proper Paris-Nice.  But those guys had better be careful, speaking foreign languages and being mindful of local sensibilities can get one in trouble.
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By the way, strong showing for Americans in Paris Nice. Or should I say Nice showing?
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« Reply #483 on: March 20, 2025, 10:59:10 am »
Quote from: Ali the Baseball Cat on March 20, 2025, 08:48:46 am
That was a proper Paris-Nice.  But those guys had better be careful, speaking foreign languages and being mindful of local sensibilities can get one in trouble.
except for the whole "race to the Sun" aspect. More like "race through a typical New England coastal storm."

Has there ever been as many high quality Americans in the pro peleton at once? Certainly not as many on different teams. You have Americans as key riders on Visma (Kuss and Jorgenson), UAE (McNulty), EF (Powless), plus emerging guys like Sheffield on Ineos, several regular domestiques and some others that coming out of u-23 and juniors.
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« Reply #484 on: March 21, 2025, 09:39:11 am »
The Lance Armstrong effect?  He may be persona non grata now but US Cycling boomed during his reign.
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Has there ever been as many high quality Americans in the pro peleton at once? Certainly not as many on different teams. You have Americans as key riders on Visma (Kuss and Jorgenson), UAE (McNulty), EF (Powless), plus emerging guys like Sheffield on Ineos, several regular domestiques and some others that coming out of u-23 and juniors.
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« Reply #485 on: March 21, 2025, 10:59:53 am »
Quote from: Ali the Baseball Cat on March 21, 2025, 09:39:11 am
The Lance Armstrong effect?  He may be persona non grata now but US Cycling boomed during his reign.
possibly, but Sepp Kuss was 10 when Armstrong wore yellow in Paris the last time in 2005. Jorgensen was 5.
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« Reply #486 on: May 14, 2025, 06:55:55 am »
How are the mighty fallen? A sad, and cautionary, tale... >:(

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/c23mv42m2lmo
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« Reply #487 on: May 14, 2025, 08:21:41 am »
Quote from: English Natsie on May 14, 2025, 06:55:55 am
How are the mighty fallen? A sad, and cautionary, tale... >:(

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/c23mv42m2lmo
I knew about some of the difficulties before he became a professional and knew about Team Wiggins's failure to launch. Lost track of him and did not know of the decline.

The cocaine is straight Pantani / Ullrich . . .

To top it off, there's Lance actually being the good soul here. Armstrong has such a strange legacy.

Given Wiggins's accomplishments, I'd love it if somebody gave him a broadcasting gig. Just with subtitles.
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« Reply #488 on: May 14, 2025, 08:56:50 am »
Pantani and Ullrich are just the ones who got exposed (one way or another), but from what I hear it's pretty pervasive.  I'll certainly not be throwing the first stone.

Sky had an amazing run, and Ineos seems to be on the rebound, at least in the mix if not a contender. 
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