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"Quintanna for the win, Cav fir green. Tinkoff and/or Astsna will be thrown off the race in a doping scandal Thomas to take yellow on one if tge cobbled stages" You think he is strong enough and his team has enough strength in depth to support him for overall win? Penultimate day Alp duez finish. Interesting | |||
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"That was one nasty crash today. There will be some very sore bodies in the morning. " It made me wince to watch it, I just kept thinking watch out for the post as they went sliding towards it | |||
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"Quintanna for the win, Cav fir green. Tinkoff and/or Astsna will be thrown off the race in a doping scandal Thomas to take yellow on one if tge cobbled stages You think he is strong enough and his team has enough strength in depth to support him for overall win? Penultimate day Alp duez finish. Interesting " I think his team are strong enough, he's a phenomenal climber and any weakness on the part of his team will be offset by the nature of the route I think SKY's team is very strong for the first 10 days but Froome could easily be isolated in the mountains. Porte is not up to the job, Konig raced the Giro full on and won't have recovered, Kennaugh and Roche are both solid but neither will be consistently with the front group on the final climb of a stage. | |||
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"Take your pick from the usual suspects. Froome, Quintana, Nibali, Contador. The mountains will sort out which order they'll end up in provided they all stay upright " Do you think that Froome can manage to not fall off and break something? | |||
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"Cancellara is out, 2 fractured vertabrae. Hard as nails to finish the stage" Yeah just heard, the tour will be poorer without him. Wish him a speedy recovery, definitely one of my all time favourite rider's. | |||
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"i love this type of racing... loving the fact the first couple are more "classics style" stages rather than the ones for the pure sprinters.....cobbles tomorrow!!!!! " Cobbles will be epic. | |||
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"Shame quintana has lost so much time but the first week has now thrown uran into the GC picture." Quintana is only 18 seconds down on Nibali, 1 minute 20 down on Contador - that's not much in the scheme of things. But Uran is looking good and doing everything ok. The only GC contender who can be ruled out this stage is Pinot who has had a shockinmg few days and will lose more time in the TTT at the weekend | |||
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"Cav always takes a while at the Tour to start firing on all cylinders. He also did a shed loadof work for Martin on the previous stage. I wouldn't write him off yet, his performance in the road nationals on a course that didn't suit him and our numbered by SKY was phenomenal. " I was at the nationals, 2nd best climber on the day in a race full of guys that can climb, tells you he isn't unfit but just riding himself in | |||
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"Ohhhh dear Tony, looks like he took his eye off the ball and has paid the price, it doesn't seem very lucky to wear the yellow jersey at the moment " Strange looking crash but it's been confirmed he's broken his collarbone, so probably game over, which is a shame. | |||
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"Daniel Teklehaimanot getting the polka dot jersey is brilliant for both his team and the sport," Unlucky for Martin and Froome. | |||
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"But if you increase your ability to climb you lose your ability to Sprint, endurance to climb takes away from the out and out power to Sprint, " I can see him becoming a different kind of rider over the next couple of years | |||
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"But if you increase your ability to climb you lose your ability to Sprint, endurance to climb takes away from the out and out power to Sprint, I can see him becoming a different kind of rider over the next couple of years" In the past green jersey sprinters Rik Van Looy and Sean Kelly both changed from being sprinters to Grand tour contenders with Sean kelly winning the Giro D'Italia in 1988,Rik Van Looy winning the climbers Jersey in the Giro in 1960. | |||
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"I don't think cav is ever going to be a good enough climber to be a gc contender, can see him becoming a classics rider maybe" Yeah that's what I mean, kinda like Thor Hushov who was happy to go up the road in a break. Didn't mean a GC guy | |||
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"Don't think cav is ever going to be a contender for a grand tours jersey but Regarding classics he has already won a Monument!,There aren't many Monument classics bigger than the Milan san Remo!,That was only in at the start of his 3rd year as a pro. Has quite a few semi-classics to his palmares too!. " Yeah but Milan San remo is known as the sprinters classic, people that win that aren't really going to be winning Paris roubaix, | |||
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"Don't think cav is ever going to be a contender for a grand tours jersey but Regarding classics he has already won a Monument!,There aren't many Monument classics bigger than the Milan san Remo!,That was only in at the start of his 3rd year as a pro. Has quite a few semi-classics to his palmares too!. Yeah but Milan San remo is known as the sprinters classic, people that win that aren't really going to be winning Paris roubaix," Degenkiolb won both this year. It is unusual though, cancellara and tchmil have won them both in different years.but not many manage that either | |||
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"But if you increase your ability to climb you lose your ability to Sprint, endurance to climb takes away from the out and out power to Sprint, I can see him becoming a different kind of rider over the next couple of years In the past green jersey sprinters Rik Van Looy and Sean Kelly both changed from being sprinters to Grand tour contenders with Sean kelly winning the Giro D'Italia in 1988,Rik Van Looy winning the climbers Jersey in the Giro in 1960. " kelly won the vuelta,he was some rider,did it the hard way starting off working for maertens,cycling wasn't so specialised then riders raced classics n tours to win now its mostly one or the other | |||
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"Yeah cav's past it as a aprimter..." Just seen the highlights....he looked past everyone! | |||
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"Been out all day so missed my Eurosport highlights!,Who won todays Stage?. " . So have I Where's my man Alberto, I've got 750 smackers riding on him | |||
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"kelly won the vuelta,he was some rider,did it the hard way starting off working for maertens,cycling wasn't so specialised then riders raced classics n tours to win now its mostly one or the other" In those days the Vuelta was held in May,The Giro in June,And TDF in July,lot of big name road riders rode the six day circuit too!,just the same same as rideRs from 1960-70s none of this Lance Armstrong type of short season centred on The TDF. | |||
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"Big stage today. " A lot of time can and will be lost for some today | |||
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"Ivan Basso has pullwd out today, diagnosed with testicular camcer following a fall on stage 5 " Well at least he got diagnosed i guess. Poor guy. | |||
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"Yesterday's TTT, Froome showed how he cares about his teammate, I like to see this kind of humanity in TdF, also strong ride by Sky. " its not that froome cared.... he had to wait for nicholas roche as if they had dropped him... the time of the 5th person is the one that counted for the team its easier for him to slipstream and ride home than it would be for him to be dropped and go alone | |||
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"have to say i am not really a fan of TTT's in the tour.... but since this has been a tour of almost everything in it, i'll let it slide... in fact.... if in week one it is going to be a mixture of "classic's" stages... and flat sprinter stages then I could live with the two time trials be one individual and one team.... call me an old fuddy..... i would love a proper "mountain" time trial.... for example... alpe d'huez... " A TTT is a thing of beauty if done correctly. But then I come from more of a time trialist background rather than Hill climbing. Can't beat a bit of thru and off | |||
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"have to say i am not really a fan of TTT's in the tour.... but since this has been a tour of almost everything in it, i'll let it slide... in fact.... if in week one it is going to be a mixture of "classic's" stages... and flat sprinter stages then I could live with the two time trials be one individual and one team.... call me an old fuddy..... i would love a proper "mountain" time trial.... for example... alpe d'huez... A TTT is a thing of beauty if done correctly. But then I come from more of a time trialist background rather than Hill climbing. Can't beat a bit of thru and off " I was always more of a mountain goat.... I just think TTT's punish good riders with not good teams around them...... | |||
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"Pyrenees today!,First day in the Mountains and the GC contenders come to the fore and it's the the chance for Contador,Nibali and the much fancied Quintana to grab some seconds back on Froome,TJ,and Uran." Couple of big mountain days and I think we will be saying goodbye to tejay as a challenger,I think mollema will start making up some time now certainly for a top five | |||
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" Doesn't it infuriate you to see the runners so close along side riders and then prats dangling just in front as riders ride trough the tunnel of spectators?,the last thing you want is distractions like those when you are on the rivet!. " Totally agree! I was shouting and swearing at my TV when these American flags are blocking Froome and other riders. I don't swear usually! | |||
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"So, are Sky racing dirty or clean?" Clean, Brailsford wouldn't be anywhere near it otherwise. Nore Thomas | |||
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"So, are Sky racing dirty or clean?" I feel it's unfair to single out SKY, most of the peloton are still using PEDs. Ris has been outed for institutionalized doping at Saxo Bank, Astana have had multiple positives - they are all at it | |||
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"So, are Sky racing dirty or clean? I feel it's unfair to single out SKY, most of the peloton are still using PEDs. Ris has been outed for institutionalized doping at Saxo Bank, Astana have had multiple positives - they are all at it " So nothing's changed in the 'post-Armstrong' era then?! | |||
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"So, are Sky racing dirty or clean? I feel it's unfair to single out SKY, most of the peloton are still using PEDs. Ris has been outed for institutionalized doping at Saxo Bank, Astana have had multiple positives - they are all at it So nothing's changed in the 'post-Armstrong' era then?!" Nothing at all. Although it was the same pre-Armstrong too | |||
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"I never thought quintana really had what it takes to live with the big boys, I am however shocked that contador was shelled so easy" i think it shows up how important basso was to saxo-tinkoff.... he would have been the last one to marshall him up the mountain... lots of fantastic proformances... the sky boys...adam yates had a blinder.... | |||
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"I'm going for an outside bet on kiwatkowski (spelling ) probably not got the legs for such a hilly tour though " He will retain worlds but had no condition for this .. | |||
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"Quintana to win now Movistar will get valverde away on a stage and sky will have to chase or lose Jersey ...team will ride for froome and Froome will get isolated on a mtn top finish and Quintana will put time into him easily .. " I'll put cash on that...I'll even give you odds! | |||
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"So, are Sky racing dirty or clean? I feel it's unfair to single out SKY, most of the peloton are still using PEDs. Ris has been outed for institutionalized doping at Saxo Bank, Astana have had multiple positives - they are all at it So nothing's changed in the 'post-Armstrong' era then?! Nothing at all. Although it was the same pre-Armstrong too" Oh, I know it was the same pre-Armstrong! | |||
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"I'm going for an outside bet on kiwatkowski (spelling ) probably not got the legs for such a hilly tour though He will retain worlds but had no condition for this .. " It's not about condition he's simply not a GC rider | |||
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"I'm going for an outside bet on kiwatkowski (spelling ) probably not got the legs for such a hilly tour though He will retain worlds but had no condition for this .. It's not about condition he's simply not a GC rider" He would normally go better than this so apparently his condition is due to start picking up at end of week 3 Told he is using it as his 1st big block in run up to worlds .. May also depending how he comes out of tour to target San Sebastián . .. Straight from etixx employee.. | |||
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"I'm going for an outside bet on kiwatkowski (spelling ) probably not got the legs for such a hilly tour though He will retain worlds but had no condition for this .. It's not about condition he's simply not a GC rider He would normally go better than this so apparently his condition is due to start picking up at end of week 3 Told he is using it as his 1st big block in run up to worlds .. May also depending how he comes out of tour to target San Sebastián . .. Straight from etixx employee.. " He's not a grand tour winner, no point coming into form at the end of the 3rd week as its win before then. | |||
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"No but lots of world tour points on offer straight after TdF hence used race as a way of coming into form, showing on a cpl of stages and using the 3 weeks as a serious block Many riders are not GC riders but use it for a springboard to late season" Still some late season classics to come with points on offer to use for contract negotiations. | |||
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"A storming finish to that little stomp up that molehill " There's bigger hills round Staffordshire than that definitely! Good day for Froome, keeps the main rivals a safe distance back | |||
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"Great stage. " Watched it back again later and still got chills watching the breakaway attempts z | |||
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" BBC article today asked why Britain doesn't (generally) love Froome. I think it answered it's own question ...The Kenyan born, South Africa raised, Monaco resident. " He isn't Bradley Wiggins, basically! Plus, he's a little bit dour, a little bit boring and a little bit good...which us Brits generally don't like; see Andy Murray for proof! | |||
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" BBC article today asked why Britain doesn't (generally) love Froome. I think it answered it's own question ...The Kenyan born, South Africa raised, Monaco resident. He isn't Bradley Wiggins, basically! Plus, he's a little bit dour, a little bit boring and a little bit good...which us Brits generally don't like; see Andy Murray for proof!" Ah Bradley wiggins that British rider born in Belgium to a Australia father, I prefer froome to wiggins, | |||
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" BBC article today asked why Britain doesn't (generally) love Froome. I think it answered it's own question ...The Kenyan born, South Africa raised, Monaco resident. He isn't Bradley Wiggins, basically! Plus, he's a little bit dour, a little bit boring and a little bit good...which us Brits generally don't like; see Andy Murray for proof! Ah Bradley wiggins that British rider born in Belgium to a Australia father, I prefer froome to wiggins, " | |||
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" BBC article today asked why Britain doesn't (generally) love Froome. I think it answered it's own question ...The Kenyan born, South Africa raised, Monaco resident. He isn't Bradley Wiggins, basically! Plus, he's a little bit dour, a little bit boring and a little bit good...which us Brits generally don't like; see Andy Murray for proof! Ah Bradley wiggins that British rider born in Belgium to a Australia father, I prefer froome to wiggins, " And who was racing as a schoolboy in London. And who has always held a British passport. And has never represented another country at international level. And who has always been part of the British cycling scene When Froome was riding for Barloworld and first took out a British licence he was brought to London by one of the magazines (Cycle Sport I think) and they took him on a site seeing trip around London. It was quite a decent article but Froome had never been to the UK before and clearly had very little knowledge of his adopted homeland. It is also clear that he is quite rightly massively proud of his African heritage I like the guy, but I think the fact his British racing licence is purely a matter of convenience is why the public don't take him to heart like they do Wiggins and Cav | |||
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" BBC article today asked why Britain doesn't (generally) love Froome. I think it answered it's own question ...The Kenyan born, South Africa raised, Monaco resident. He isn't Bradley Wiggins, basically! Plus, he's a little bit dour, a little bit boring and a little bit good...which us Brits generally don't like; see Andy Murray for proof! Ah Bradley wiggins that British rider born in Belgium to a Australia father, I prefer froome to wiggins, And who was racing as a schoolboy in London. And who has always held a British passport. And has never represented another country at international level. And who has always been part of the British cycling scene When Froome was riding for Barloworld and first took out a British licence he was brought to London by one of the magazines (Cycle Sport I think) and they took him on a site seeing trip around London. It was quite a decent article but Froome had never been to the UK before and clearly had very little knowledge of his adopted homeland. It is also clear that he is quite rightly massively proud of his African heritage I like the guy, but I think the fact his British racing licence is purely a matter of convenience is why the public don't take him to heart like they do Wiggins and Cav " | |||
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" Ah Bradley wiggins that British rider born in Belgium to a Australia father, I prefer froome to wiggins, " Bradley Wiggins Aussie Father was a six day rider on european circuit,English mother,Father left him & his mother so as a very young kid he was brought back to his mothers home town to live in london,grew up doing what other english kids did,got a bike and went through the ranks cycling on Herne Hill track leagues,Became a British junior junior road race champion & went onto win a World junior track pursuit title,likes the 60s Mod culture & bought a scooter,Whilst living near Manchester Velodrome met a Lady fellow cyclist and got married moving to North West England,gets back home to N/W as often as possible whe racing allows. | |||
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" BBC article today asked why Britain doesn't (generally) love Froome. I think it answered it's own question ...The Kenyan born, South Africa raised, Monaco resident. He isn't Bradley Wiggins, basically! Plus, he's a little bit dour, a little bit boring and a little bit good...which us Brits generally don't like; see Andy Murray for proof! Ah Bradley wiggins that British rider born in Belgium to a Australia father, I prefer froome to wiggins, And who was racing as a schoolboy in London. And who has always held a British passport. And has never represented another country at international level. And who has always been part of the British cycling scene When Froome was riding for Barloworld and first took out a British licence he was brought to London by one of the magazines (Cycle Sport I think) and they took him on a site seeing trip around London. It was quite a decent article but Froome had never been to the UK before and clearly had very little knowledge of his adopted homeland. It is also clear that he is quite rightly massively proud of his African heritage I like the guy, but I think the fact his British racing licence is purely a matter of convenience is why the public don't take him to heart like they do Wiggins and Cav " I don't like wiggins because to me he comes across very arrogant and well a bit of a diva, and very sulky, Froome comes across a bit dull but a nice enough bloke, | |||
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" BBC article today asked why Britain doesn't (generally) love Froome. I think it answered it's own question ...The Kenyan born, South Africa raised, Monaco resident. He isn't Bradley Wiggins, basically! Plus, he's a little bit dour, a little bit boring and a little bit good...which us Brits generally don't like; see Andy Murray for proof! Ah Bradley wiggins that British rider born in Belgium to a Australia father, I prefer froome to wiggins, And who was racing as a schoolboy in London. And who has always held a British passport. And has never represented another country at international level. And who has always been part of the British cycling scene When Froome was riding for Barloworld and first took out a British licence he was brought to London by one of the magazines (Cycle Sport I think) and they took him on a site seeing trip around London. It was quite a decent article but Froome had never been to the UK before and clearly had very little knowledge of his adopted homeland. It is also clear that he is quite rightly massively proud of his African heritage I like the guy, but I think the fact his British racing licence is purely a matter of convenience is why the public don't take him to heart like they do Wiggins and Cav " Convenient for who??? He hardly needs the UK... He's a grand tour winner remember | |||
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"i think the difference between froome and all the other british riders (brad/cav/thomas/cummings ect) is because they all came thru the british track cycling system... we have almost a more vested interest... they came thru world champs and olympics together...." That was how we lost Dan Martin,as you said the others were track academy riders and when Dan Martin won the British junior championship Cav was second!,Martin was not getting the help the others were getting him being purely a road rider so he took out an irish licence being as his mother was irish (Stephen Roche sister)so he qualified that way,another former BC Junior champion and track academy riding in tour this year is Peter Kennaugh who is riding well in support of Froome. | |||
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"Good bit where they gave Jalabert chance to have his say on 'dopers' lol gave give it but not take it,or rather did take it " think he's put his foot in it! Big style His past isn't exactly clean! Hope it comes back to haunt him | |||
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"Wonder if the sprinters can get over the early Bonks today to stay with the main group?,will we see another Cav,Griepel,Degenkolb,dash for the line?,Can Sagan get more points to keep his green jersey safe before they climb the Alps?." Early Bonks? | |||
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"Good bit where they gave Jalabert chance to have his say on 'dopers' lol gave give it but not take it,or rather did take it think he's put his foot in it! Big style His past isn't exactly clean! Hope it comes back to haunt him " He completely denied what he had said the day before on the broadcast!,is his memory that bad he could not remember what he said?,can't remember his past misdemeanours from 1980s tours eithereither!,is memory loss a by product of EPO?. | |||
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" BBC article today asked why Britain doesn't (generally) love Froome. I think it answered it's own question ...The Kenyan born, South Africa raised, Monaco resident. He isn't Bradley Wiggins, basically! Plus, he's a little bit dour, a little bit boring and a little bit good...which us Brits generally don't like; see Andy Murray for proof! Ah Bradley wiggins that British rider born in Belgium to a Australia father, I prefer froome to wiggins, And who was racing as a schoolboy in London. And who has always held a British passport. And has never represented another country at international level. And who has always been part of the British cycling scene When Froome was riding for Barloworld and first took out a British licence he was brought to London by one of the magazines (Cycle Sport I think) and they took him on a site seeing trip around London. It was quite a decent article but Froome had never been to the UK before and clearly had very little knowledge of his adopted homeland. It is also clear that he is quite rightly massively proud of his African heritage I like the guy, but I think the fact his British racing licence is purely a matter of convenience is why the public don't take him to heart like they do Wiggins and Cav Convenient for who??? He hardly needs the UK... He's a grand tour winner remember" That's true now but at the time he switched he was a no one with effectively no national federation to help or support him | |||
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"When did bonks become slang for climbs? " It's a bonk if yam from the cowin' block cuntry! | |||
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"When did bonks become slang for climbs? " Always been bonks in UK racing mate!,you probably never raced outside your own division so never experienced racing on merseyside,yorkshire,north east?. | |||
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"How he's not got any broken bones is beyond me. I was expecting a collarbone or wrist or similar. Fair play to G for getting back up and finishing. Hats off to all of them, taking that descent at the speeds they do............I'm like bambi on ice heading downhill." I'm OK downhill...as long as there are no bends, otherwise I'm hanging onto the brakes like there's no tomorrow (which there probably wouldn't be if I loosed the brakes! ) | |||
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"Cavendish & quite a few others got tailed off in the early stages losing contact on the early bonks(Bonks not exactly Cols) leaving Griepel & Dgenkolb to fight for the stage win with Kristoff,Sagan. " The Bonk is a term used when you run out of energy, same as "The Knock" | |||
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"When did bonks become slang for climbs? Always been bonks in UK racing mate!,you probably never raced outside your own division so never experienced racing on merseyside,yorkshire,north east?. " I'm a ex 1st cat ( note I use the phrase 1st cat and not cat 1 racer ), raced CX on the continent and currently a DS for a team and I've never heard that | |||
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"When did bonks become slang for climbs? Always been bonks in UK racing mate!,you probably never raced outside your own division so never experienced racing on merseyside,yorkshire,north east?. I'm a ex 1st cat ( note I use the phrase 1st cat and not cat 1 racer ), raced CX on the continent and currently a DS for a team and I've never heard that" That's coz it's called le bonk over there. Crikey the bonk has been a phrase round these here parts for centuries | |||
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"When did bonks become slang for climbs? Always been bonks in UK racing mate!,you probably never raced outside your own division so never experienced racing on merseyside,yorkshire,north east?. I'm a ex 1st cat ( note I use the phrase 1st cat and not cat 1 racer ), raced CX on the continent and currently a DS for a team and I've never heard that" Same here. 3rd generation cyclist, been around the sport all my life and bonk has always been used in the same context as knock, or blowing to talk about running out of energy. I've never heard it used to describe a climb | |||
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"When did bonks become slang for climbs? Always been bonks in UK racing mate!,you probably never raced outside your own division so never experienced racing on merseyside,yorkshire,north east?. I'm a ex 1st cat ( note I use the phrase 1st cat and not cat 1 racer ), raced CX on the continent and currently a DS for a team and I've never heard that Same here. 3rd generation cyclist, been around the sport all my life and bonk has always been used in the same context as knock, or blowing to talk about running out of energy. I've never heard it used to describe a climb" A cycling bonk is running out of every, a Black Country bonk is slang for bank i.e. a small hill. | |||
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"When did bonks become slang for climbs? Always been bonks in UK racing mate!,you probably never raced outside your own division so never experienced racing on merseyside,yorkshire,north east?. I'm a ex 1st cat ( note I use the phrase 1st cat and not cat 1 racer ), raced CX on the continent and currently a DS for a team and I've never heard that That's coz it's called le bonk over there. Crikey the bonk has been a phrase round these here parts for centuries " A bit like Le Hamburger on Pulp Fiction eh | |||
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"Sky have a classic defensive tactic for today . They know they have 3 days of shitfest to face ... " bertie attacks... blows peleton to pieces... TVG goes out back of peleton again and abandons!!! | |||
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"Sky have a classic defensive tactic for today . They know they have 3 days of shitfest to face ... bertie attacks... blows peleton to pieces... TVG goes out back of peleton again and abandons!!! " Wow! He must be really ill to think it's not worth carrying on or unlikely to make the timecut! | |||
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"Sky have a classic defensive tactic for today . They know they have 3 days of shitfest to face ... bertie attacks... blows peleton to pieces... TVG goes out back of peleton again and abandons!!! Wow! He must be really ill to think it's not worth carrying on or unlikely to make the timecut!" TVG looked awful when he was blown out the back.. was barely moving... feel awful for him because he was having a really good tour..... today is going to be an interesting stage... all the main teams have people in all the little break groups... they are going to attack and play leapfrog up the mountain.... they are going to attack the shit out of sky today | |||
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"Yes .. Stronger team .. Froome got isolated today even tho he had two mates in front group when they came back to him they were as useful as glass cranks .. Roche is no superdomestique .. Suddenly 4 Movistar in a group .... Going to be close but if I were Quintana I'd believe it's still possible " I have questioned the strength in depth throughout the tour. Sending domestiques up the road is not uncommon but if they leave their legs in the break it's pointless. And sending a rider who is supposedly one of your strongest climbers (Porte) seems questionable. Froome has undeniably benefited from Contador's ludicrous belief that the Giro/Tour double was doable | |||
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"Yes .. Stronger team .. Froome got isolated today even tho he had two mates in front group when they came back to him they were as useful as glass cranks .. Roche is no superdomestique .. Suddenly 4 Movistar in a group .... Going to be close but if I were Quintana I'd believe it's still possible I have questioned the strength in depth throughout the tour. Sending domestiques up the road is not uncommon but if they leave their legs in the break it's pointless. And sending a rider who is supposedly one of your strongest climbers (Porte) seems questionable. Froome has undeniably benefited from Contador's ludicrous belief that the Giro/Tour double was doable" the Porte situation makes me think they were masking his bad day or that they didn't trust Roche Movistar had them up the road but they were with Quintana at 3km to go and think were told to stand down .. | |||
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"When did bonks become slang for climbs? Always been bonks in UK racing mate!,you probably never raced outside your own division so never experienced racing on merseyside,yorkshire,north east?. I'm a ex 1st cat ( note I use the phrase 1st cat and not cat 1 racer ), raced CX on the continent and currently a DS for a team and I've never heard that Same here. 3rd generation cyclist, been around the sport all my life and bonk has always been used in the same context as knock, or blowing to talk about running out of energy. I've never heard it used to describe a climb" Snap. Bonking,in cycling/running and in the Army ("on my chinstrap" being another),meant running out of steam. The Wall.. on climbs (as opposed to the climb itself),it's usually referred to as "cracked",no..? | |||
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"Just got in to watch some highlights, agreed on that last climb. Staggering view. Don't think my fat ass would climb it though. I'm built for the flats of Linc's and Norfolk " The A50s pretty flat as well | |||
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