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  • Moomaloid
    Moomaloid Posts: 2,040
    Come on Juan A!!! And Heinrich hold on!!!
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    WTF EBH get your gearing right.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 16,860
    good race

    nil points for me
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Yes Flecha. Well deserved.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • Moomaloid
    Moomaloid Posts: 2,040
    Awesome result for Sky and JA!

    And Heinrich kep me in there for PTP! Great day!
  • stagehopper
    stagehopper Posts: 1,593
    glad I made that late change to Flecha in the PTP *cough*
    @stagehopper
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    Brailsford has mad eyes.


    Sack him!
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  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    Well done Flecha, he's a great rider and was deserving of a big win.
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  • mroli
    mroli Posts: 3,622
    Now, I'm pretty sure that no-one will be able to say that isn't a pretty spectacular result....
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Aww, Flecha dedicates the win to VDB. Class.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    Haussler and Farrar eat Hagen Daz on the line. :D
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  • The Prodigy
    The Prodigy Posts: 832
    Well done Flecha. Excellent result for Sky.
  • simon johnson
    simon johnson Posts: 1,064
    afx237vi wrote:
    Not one person picked Flecha...

    My second choice honestly :evil:
    Where\'s me jumper?
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    edited February 2010
    Dave B looked crazy happy at the end there. Do you think hnow understands why road racing is a bazillion times better than that wooden circle business?
  • andyrr
    andyrr Posts: 1,819
    Good race, good coverage via Sporza too. Well earned victory for Flecha.
  • zalacain
    zalacain Posts: 7
    afx237vi wrote:
    Aww, Flecha dedicates the win to VDB. Class.
    Yes good guy.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    simon johnson wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    Not one person picked Flecha...

    My second choice honestly :evil:

    Actually I was wrong... stefrees had him!
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 16,860
    well Boonen going too early... yes or no?

    I think so...massive wasted effort.

    I think he was surprised no one came across with him

    if he had made that effort on the Molenberg or played for the sprint finish?

    well hindsight and all that... nuyens was flying... unlucky there.

    a lot of the top guys punctured thou..
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Great ride. I've always thought of him as a strong rider but without a brain, but you don't need to ride clever once you've cracked Gilbert. Great ride and a nice tribute to VDB.
  • PauloBets
    PauloBets Posts: 108
    A great win for Sky. They will take another big win this spring. Hopefully the disrespect some have displayed towards sky on here and elsewhere will be muted now.
  • stagehopper
    stagehopper Posts: 1,593
    afx237vi wrote:
    Dave B looked crazy happy at the end there. Do you think hnow understands why road racing is a bazillion times better than that wooden circle business?

    He looked pretty happy with Cooke's two road race golds in 2008 though think he has more invested in this.
    @stagehopper
  • stagehopper
    stagehopper Posts: 1,593
    PauloBets wrote:
    A great win for Sky. They will take another big win this spring. Hopefully the disrespect some have displayed towards sky on here and elsewhere will be muted now.

    It's not disrespect - it's a healthy scepticism towards over precious fanboys.
    @stagehopper
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 16,860
    PauloBets wrote:
    A great win for Sky. They will take another big win this spring. Hopefully the disrespect some have displayed towards sky on here and elsewhere will be muted now.

    they have done enough to do that already today...

    flechas interview was dignified and in step with the Belgium zietgiest
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • incog24
    incog24 Posts: 549
    What happened to EBH's sprint? Looked like he went way too early. Bit of a shame considering he had been sitting in for the last 40km...
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 16,860
    incog24 wrote:
    What happened to EBH's sprint? Looked like he went way too early. Bit of a shame considering he had been sitting in for the last 40km...

    hasn't got the legs so he says


    being interviewed now
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • PauloBets
    PauloBets Posts: 108
    stagehopper wrote:
    PauloBets wrote:
    A great win for Sky. They will take another big win this spring. Hopefully the disrespect some have displayed towards sky on here and elsewhere will be muted now.

    It's not disrespect - it's a healthy scepticism towards over precious fanboys.

    it is disrespect, showing support for the team and what they represent should not be much to ask.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    I feel slightly ill.

    I think Pierre might be in a bad mood.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • stefrees
    stefrees Posts: 137
    simon johnson wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    Not one person picked Flecha...

    My second choice honestly :evil:
    O


    Could have sworn I picked him?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,707
    mididoctors wrote:
    well Boonen going too early... yes or no?

    I think so...massive wasted effort.

    I think he was surprised no one came across with him

    if he had made that effort on the Molenberg or played for the sprint finish?

    well hindsight and all that... nuyens was flying... unlucky there.

    a lot of the top guys punctured thou..

    Boonen always demonstrates on the Taaienberg, always. This was the first time no-one jumped on his wheel. Always does it in E3 too.

    I think it's more a mental thing for him. Can't say he suffered too much from the effort. Hard to say.

    I doubt it would have featured much.

    He's definitely got more top end speed than he did last year.
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    stefrees wrote:
    simon johnson wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    Not one person picked Flecha...

    My second choice honestly :evil:
    O


    Could have sworn I picked him?

    You did. Read up a bit.

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