I hate the off season

AndyRubio
AndyRubio Posts: 880
edited December 2011 in Pro race
Bring on the Tour of Qatar! 5 February 2012

Tour Down Under doesn't count for me.
My hour on the plinth

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  • Tusher
    Tusher Posts: 2,762
    Right now, the Tour d' Anything would be great.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,702
    D'ya not think the Tour of Qatar is an awful way to start watching a season?

    If I wasn't so desperate I would love to start staight with Het Volk.

    Bang, right into proper, proper racing.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    D'ya not think the Tour of Qatar is an awful way to start watching a season?

    If I wasn't so desperate I would love to start staight with Het Volk.

    Bang, right into proper, proper racing.

    Just happen to be reviewing the 2008 edition, won by Phil Gil
    and boy, that was a proper race.
    Attacked with 49km to go and chased all the way by a small group,
    including Cancellara, Hushovd and Nuyens.

    Watching past races is my off season saver, but I'm still pretty
    desperate for Qatar.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • LeicesterLad
    LeicesterLad Posts: 3,908
    I'm actually quite close to buying some crack, so my season will start 'Down Under.
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  • ridgerider
    ridgerider Posts: 2,851
    You could always buy some boots or jewelry off this forum
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,702
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    D'ya not think the Tour of Qatar is an awful way to start watching a season?

    If I wasn't so desperate I would love to start staight with Het Volk.

    Bang, right into proper, proper racing.

    Just happen to be reviewing the 2008 edition, won by Phil Gil
    and boy, that was a proper race.
    Attacked with 49km to go and chased all the way by a small group,
    including Cancellara, Hushovd and Nuyens.

    Watching past races is my off season saver, but I'm still pretty
    desperate for Qatar.

    Any stand-out past races that'd you'd recommend?
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Any stand-out past races that'd you'd recommend?

    I shall have to give it some thought.
    I presume you mean Spring stuff, as opposed to the soft Summer stage stuff?
    As I say, the 2008 HV was a text book attack, bridge across to team mate, use him, then blow 'em away, masterclass.

    Off the top of my head, 2 other stand out races from Spring 2008 were Sylvain Chavanel's wins in the Brabantse Pijl and Dwars door Vlaanderen.
    Both long range attacks and holding off of the marauding hoards.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,702
    No I can go for stage races too.

    Just individual stages.

    That epic giro one this year is still lodged in my memory just for being so enormous > and nibs making a good job or making it exciting.

    Which was the great stage with Savodelli and Rujano and Di Luca with all the dirt roads?
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,157
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Which was the great stage with Savodelli and Rujano and Di Luca with all the dirt roads?

    Stage 19, 2005
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  • deejay
    deejay Posts: 3,138
    I hate the off season because we have 20 OFF TOPIC Threads

    Wow that was quick.
    They have now been removed
    Organiser, National Championship 50 mile Time Trial 1972
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,646
    The 2001 and 2002 Paris Roubaix(s) are great
  • liversedge
    liversedge Posts: 1,003
    The best thing about the off-season is it seems to be an off-season for the trolls on this forum too .. I come in here to check out news and gossip during the off-season and avoid once the racing starts! :lol:
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    Obsessed is just a word elephants use to describe the dedicated. http://markliversedge.blogspot.com
  • Ron Stuart
    Ron Stuart Posts: 1,242
    AndyRubio wrote:
    Bring on the Tour of Qatar! 5 February 2012

    Tour Down Under doesn't count for me.

    Why not go a whole lot better and come and join us and Wiggins at this coming year’s edition of this http://www.steephill.tv/2011/volta-ao-a ... /stage-03/ We take in various starts a finishes of the Tour and do our own training rides set around the Tour.
    The weather is some of the Best in Europe in February, cheap digs, flights, food, and drink. Try the 18km Monchique (Foia 902m) climb, lots of other terrain and very quiet roads.
    Tony Martin won last year and you can get right up close and personal with the stars.

    Some pics here….

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  • finchy
    finchy Posts: 6,686
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Just happen to be reviewing the 2008 edition, won by Phil Gil
    and boy, that was a proper race.
    Attacked with 49km to go and chased all the way by a small group,
    including Cancellara, Hushovd and Nuyens.

    On DVD, or can that be watched on the Net?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,702
    johnfinch wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Just happen to be reviewing the 2008 edition, won by Phil Gil
    and boy, that was a proper race.
    Attacked with 49km to go and chased all the way by a small group,
    including Cancellara, Hushovd and Nuyens.

    On DVD, or can that be watched on the Net?
    cyclingtorrents.nl is your friend...
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