Gent-Wevelgem *spoiler*

afx237vi
afx237vi Posts: 12,630
edited April 2008 in Pro race
Carlton Kirby and Mike Smith commentating... god help us all.

Looks like a nice sunny day though.

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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Gosh, Pip Gilbert is pretty exciting these days, isn't he?
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • ContrelaMontre
    ContrelaMontre Posts: 3,027
    iainf72 wrote:
    Gosh, Pip Gilbert is pretty exciting these days, isn't he?

    Fingers crossed! :shock:

    Gilbert, Pozzato and Breschel could stay away if they work together and really go for it - I'd have thought!

    Come on Pip!

    Rule No.10 // It never gets easier, you just go faster
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Don't Pip and Pippo hate each other?
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • ContrelaMontre
    ContrelaMontre Posts: 3,027
    Dunno - I wouldn't be surprised if they do. Leakygas aren't exactly squeaky clean - doubt that Pippo would agree with Gilbert's "drug free sport" campaign!

    But that shouldn't stop them working together until the red kite surely.

    Rule No.10 // It never gets easier, you just go faster
  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    Breschel just got unlucky with a flat....
    I like bikes...

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  • Think there is some animosity between Pozatto and Gilbert. Paris-Tours last year springs to mind when their break just fell to peices because Pozzatao refused to work with Gilbert.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,259
    iainf72 wrote:
    Don't Pip and Pippo hate each other?

    The was a bit in Pro Cycling this month about cycling feuds - this was one of them, although Pozzato seemed to have a lot of feuds.
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Blimey, Cavendish is still in the peloton.
  • Maybe it's not a break at all, just a lance bullying simioni type of thing...
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Maybe it's not a break at all, just a lance bullying simioni type of thing...

    Gilbert was the one who followed Pozzato.
  • ContrelaMontre
    ContrelaMontre Posts: 3,027
    They do seem to regularly get in breaks together though. As mentioned above Paris Tours last year and also Milan San Remo this year and of course today.

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  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    Good one for Friere
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Classic. Eurosport goes black at 300m to go.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Good old Oscar. Long sprint.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    afx237vi wrote:
    Classic. Eurosport goes black at 300m to go.

    I don't think it was Eurosport's fault - probably the locals.......
    I like bikes...

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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    afx237vi wrote:
    Classic. Eurosport goes black at 300m to go.

    I don't think it was Eurosport's fault - probably the locals.......

    Think I'll blame Eurosport anyway. Makes me feel better.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Nothing wrong with cycling.tv coverage. Great race, I was on the rivet of my sofa...
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    Go on, Oscar, ya good thing!
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • phil s
    phil s Posts: 1,128
    Who's that Hushvod geezer they were talking about in the commentary then :roll:
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  • ricadus
    ricadus Posts: 2,379
    afx237vi wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    Classic. Eurosport goes black at 300m to go.

    I don't think it was Eurosport's fault - probably the locals.......

    Think I'll blame Eurosport anyway. Makes me feel better.

    They must read this forum – they're playing with us!
  • Moomaloid
    Moomaloid Posts: 2,040
    Finally got the Eurosport streaming to work and had it running on my mac at work.

    By the way can i get an 'Assist' for picking Flecha? :lol:
  • Bronzie
    Bronzie Posts: 4,927
    afx237vi wrote:
    Carlton Kirby and Mike Smith commentating... god help us all.
    Truly dire.............even I could commentate better than those 2 muppets. All the same mistakes Duffield makes without finding out what the local cheese is called. :roll:
  • Bronzie
    Bronzie Posts: 4,927
    One rider was extremely irritated after the race. Mark Cavendish couldn't deliver the win for High Road, since he didn't even sprint. "Too dangerous, too dangerous," the British rider shouted. "There was no wind and people sprinted who can't even sprint. Okay, it's their right, as it's a one-day race." Cavendish continued fuming. "I nearly crashed five times in the last two kilometres. Five times!" Did he have the legs to win? "Yes, but I didn't even sprint."
    God. he is turning into a bit of a whinger isn't he. "You there, do you have my permission to sprint? If not go to the back with the other pack fodder"
  • Bronzie wrote:
    One rider was extremely irritated after the race. Mark Cavendish couldn't deliver the win for High Road, since he didn't even sprint. "Too dangerous, too dangerous," the British rider shouted. "There was no wind and people sprinted who can't even sprint. Okay, it's their right, as it's a one-day race." Cavendish continued fuming. "I nearly crashed five times in the last two kilometres. Five times!" Did he have the legs to win? "Yes, but I didn't even sprint."
    God. he is turning into a bit of a whinger isn't he. "You there, do you have my permission to sprint? If not go to the back with the other pack fodder"

    hmm indeed. He can expect the same in the Giro.