Paris Roubaix *spoiler*
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Just got back from a great weekend in Valenciennes, not really sure exactly what happened in the race from watching at the roadside, but I can still taste the dust, cough, cough...
Anyway, vid from sector 14 at Brillion...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG94DAEX38s
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TailWindHome wrote:
Also I'll ask my other question again..would Cancellara have known that JvS had a puncture before he made his last move?
As to your second question, it's very unlikely. It wasn't noticeable to the TV viewer and Leopard didn't have anyone there to see it first handTwitter: @RichN950 -
RichN95 wrote:TailWindHome wrote:
Also I'll ask my other question again..would Cancellara have known that JvS had a puncture before he made his last move?
As to your second question, it's very unlikely. It wasn't noticeable to the TV viewer and Leopard didn't have anyone there to see it first hand
Ta“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0 -
iainf72 wrote:TailWindHome wrote:Another stupid newbie question
On several occasions when Cancellara put the pressure on and Thor was trying to keep up, he wasn't actually wheel sucking/drafting but actually on the other side of the road a bike length behind.
Why?
They'd chosen different lines over the cobbles. And you want to keep going in a more or less straight line (well, let the bike go where it wants to go in as straight a line as it will let you) - Unlike on the normal road, you can't just move over into someones wheel on the stones
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Rick Chasey wrote:Hypothosis - I recon Canc would have done the Roubaix Flanders double had he had a stronger team.
Canc suffered in the same way Boonen did last year - only he was a little better.
yeah I reckon so
leo-pard needed a second fiddle and/or a man in the break"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 pm0 -
Photos not as good as Flanders so far, but still some great ones:
http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljgat ... o1_500.jpgContador is the Greatest0 -
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“If I had stopped for a coffee, everyone would have stopped as well,” Cancellara said.
Great quote“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0 -
frenchfighter wrote:
Shudder.
Those legs belong with someone aged 89+, sitting in a high backed chair in a nursing home, watching Countdown.0 -
frenchfighter wrote:
Steptoe rises again... At least he's making some effort to fix his bike, and not just looking at it in a confused fashion like he did in the Giro last year
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Some great pictures here of the wacky racers.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/photo-gallery-carnage-on-the-cobbles0 -
That picture of Kevin Ista is superb, looks like some of the old 60s photos. They must be coughing dust up for days afterwards - can't be healthy!0
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"This race is really something for real men. For me, there's only the bottom line: Roubaix is cool. My body has never produced so many endorphins before. I've never experienced anything that hard before, but the elation at arriving to the velodrome in Roubaix is a rush."
"It's only disappointing that I fell out of the lead group because of a crash. I'm absolutely happy with my 19th place finish in my first participation though."
"With my set-up, I had more luck this time compared to Flanders. 28 wide tires, 6 bars of air in them, shock absorption in the frame [through Specialized's Zertz inserts], comfortable, and safe."
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Few of my photos from Rouabaix
Not sure if they are up to FF standards? 0 -
Thanks for sharing - what was it like being there in person? Notice any interesting things?Contador is the Greatest0
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AMAZING slo-mo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... QSpuhIQg1A
Seeing the muscles in the arms move like that and the close up of the wheel on the cobble is crazyContador is the Greatest0 -
frenchfighter wrote:
The best stuff in there is the "faked" (ie, non-race) footage. But it's still well done.Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.0 -
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Video of Boonen's troubles, via Podiumcafe. Rick probably shouldn't watch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O0wrfccGfw&feature
He was standing there for ages.0 -
Thought she must be stood on a box but no, she's bloody tall as well.0
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frenchfighter wrote:AMAZING slo-mo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... QSpuhIQg1A
Seeing the muscles in the arms move like that and the close up of the wheel on the cobble is crazy
FF, if you find any more slo-mo stuff could you post them, please? I remeber one filmed at the Arenberg with bottles flying.0 -
afx237vi wrote:Video of Boonen's troubles, via Podiumcafe. Rick probably shouldn't watch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O0wrfccGfw&feature
He was standing there for ages.
It's around 100 seconds....
Wouldn't have been so long had Terpstra been there.0 -
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Dont know really, just came across old school Boonen and thought i'd post hereContador is the Greatest0
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frenchfighter wrote:Dont know really, just came across old school Boonen and thought i'd post here
Keep posting the pictures Frenchie, I for one like them.
(Not so keen on the Contador love in but it's a free world)"I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)0 -
Both Vaughters and Farrar have an issue when speaking English. They sound like Flemish or Spanish guys speaking english as a second language. They go up at the end of each sentence and put on a strange accent. Sounds like legally blonde...
Vaughters: http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/paris- ... is/results
Farrar: http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/video-t ... s-campaignWhen a cyclist has a disagreement with a car; it's not who's right, it's who's left.0
