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  • Gooner69
    Gooner69 Posts: 97
    He was solo on Wednesday doing repeats of Burrington, was going up and down for hours!!

    Also spotted him Xmas eve last year, it was lashing with rain all day and horrible windy too. He was climbing Belmont Hill on his way home I guess at around 3pm, looked like he`d been out all day :shock:
  • LeicesterLad
    LeicesterLad Posts: 3,908
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Need some more of this.

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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Gooner69 wrote:
    He was solo on Wednesday doing repeats of Burrington, was going up and down for hours!!

    Also spotted him Xmas eve last year, it was lashing with rain all day and horrible windy too. He was climbing Belmont Hill on his way home I guess at around 3pm, looked like he`d been out all day :shock:

    Nice anecdotes.
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  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,317
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Gooner69 wrote:
    He was solo on Wednesday doing repeats of Burrington, was going up and down for hours!!

    Also spotted him Xmas eve last year, it was lashing with rain all day and horrible windy too. He was climbing Belmont Hill on his way home I guess at around 3pm, looked like he`d been out all day :shock:

    Nice anecdotes.


    Where I saw him - Burrington Combe. Lovely climb. It's basically round the corner on the Mendips from its more famous sibling, Cheddar Gorge. It's generally a much better option for cyclists; less traffic, fewer dozy tourists wandering in the road and fewer death-wish mountain goats...

    Always get to the top in a bit of mess, though...
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    That sort of riding will set him in good stead for the Ardennes...
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    OCDuPalais wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Gooner69 wrote:
    He was solo on Wednesday doing repeats of Burrington, was going up and down for hours!!

    Also spotted him Xmas eve last year, it was lashing with rain all day and horrible windy too. He was climbing Belmont Hill on his way home I guess at around 3pm, looked like he`d been out all day :shock:

    Nice anecdotes.


    Where I saw him - Burrington Combe. Lovely climb. It's basically round the corner on the Mendips from its more famous sibling, Cheddar Gorge. It's generally a much better option for cyclists; less traffic, fewer dozy tourists wandering in the road and fewer death-wish mountain goats...

    Always get to the top in a bit of mess, though...

    Far nicer climb than Cheddar. I always think Cheddar is over-rated after the initial section as you leave the village, it just becomes a boring drag.
  • sunburntknees
    sunburntknees Posts: 272
    Watching the Haut Var highlights today and I'm sure Carlton Kirby expressed his disappointment that JTL was not there to defend his title with the Endura team. Hasn't he heard???
  • Gooner69
    Gooner69 Posts: 97
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Gooner69 wrote:
    He was solo on Wednesday doing repeats of Burrington, was going up and down for hours!!

    Also spotted him Xmas eve last year, it was lashing with rain all day and horrible windy too. He was climbing Belmont Hill on his way home I guess at around 3pm, looked like he`d been out all day :shock:

    Nice anecdotes.
    :oops:
    Didn't think to write in the Mendips.
    Have seen him plenty since he moved to Bristol, and no joke on xmas eve I had a pass to ride for a few hours but NO WAY was I going out in that storm!
  • frosty99
    frosty99 Posts: 115
    Spotted today at Gunnislake climb on cornwall/devon border according to my mum!
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    Is this like transfer deadline day when various footballers are seen at service stations and airports all over the country?

    I've seen him riding a fixie up Snake Pass...
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    He's riding P-N so these training rides had better be quality...
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    frosty99 wrote:
    Spotted today at Gunnislake climb on cornwall/devon border according to my mum!

    That is a mofo!
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  • alihisgreat
    alihisgreat Posts: 3,872
    TakeTheHighRoad wrote:
    Is this like transfer deadline day when various footballers are seen at service stations and airports all over the country?

    I've seen him riding a fixie up Snake Pass...

    I had a chat with Harry Redknapp through the window of his car about him.
  • mroli
    mroli Posts: 3,622
    http://vimeo.com/60635430 Nice video with JTL and KH narrating.
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  • LeicesterLad
    LeicesterLad Posts: 3,908
    mroli wrote:
    http://vimeo.com/60635430 Nice video with JTL and KH narrating.

    Quality! I've had a skim and it looks like a very nicely shot film. At over an hour long i'm going to save this for later and enjoy it! Cheers for the link! :D
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  • cal_stewart
    cal_stewart Posts: 1,840
    make sure you have the tissues and lotion at hand
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  • sportvan
    sportvan Posts: 105
    Shame he was a "DNF" in all the ardenes classics, I know his form is not good and he was working for other riders but could have been so different had he signed for a different team. Hopefully he will have a chance later in the season.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Love to know which team would have magically given him form and given him a protected rider role. He's effectively a neo pro riding these races for the first time.
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    I have already given my share on that.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    I'd say he could go and spend some time with Steve peters but apparently Steve is set to deal with Senor Suarez's inner chimp this summer...
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    I wonder if Sutton has rung DB yet and said "Told you"
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    Can we finally agree that winning a few chippers when most people are out of form does not mean that someone is a world beater?
  • oneof1982
    oneof1982 Posts: 703
    Never did get the hype on this one. Another Biritish rider enjoys a good pay year with Sky a la Downing.
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    iainf72 wrote:
    I wonder if Sutton has rung DB yet and said "Told you"



    Come on then, Iain, tell us more...
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Sigh...we really do need to talk about Jonathan

    As of now Josh Edmondson is doing the business and has adjusted to life at this level so much quicker. JTL was a DNF in all of the Ardennes - Edmondson didnt ride LBL but finished AGR and placed 43rd on Sunday. And he's turning out some decent TTs too, when he actually had ridden very few previously.

    Did Brian Smith blab on air the other day that JTL can't cope with the Kerrison training load and has gone back to whatever he was doing pre-Sky?
  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,317
    Can't say I'm not disappointed to see very little of our boy, except the occasional glimpse up at the back of the peloton... but if his role has been to give his all be a team player for the first 2 thirds of a race/stage, what are we doing if we expect him to feature in the finale? Let's give the situation a bit longer to play out - to hear some candid opinions from the inside (DB, Kerrison, JTL himself...) might allay (or confirm) fears. Is he struggling, or is he doing exactly what's being asked of him?
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    OCDuPalais wrote:
    Can't say I'm not disappointed to see very little of our boy, except the occasional glimpse up at the back of the peloton... but if his role has been to give his all be a team player for the first 2 thirds of a race/stage, what are we doing if we expect him to feature in the finale? Let's give the situation a bit longer to play out - to hear some candid opinions from the inside (DB, Kerrison, JTL himself...) might allay (or confirm) fears. Is he struggling, or is he doing exactly what's being asked of him?


    I know, but not finishing any of the races? Not even 1?

    I'll keep the faith, not throwing in the towel on the boy JTL, just 3 DNFs looked a bit stark
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    OCDuPalais wrote:
    Can't say I'm not disappointed to see very little of our boy, except the occasional glimpse up at the back of the peloton... but if his role has been to give his all be a team player for the first 2 thirds of a race/stage, what are we doing if we expect him to feature in the finale? Let's give the situation a bit longer to play out - to hear some candid opinions from the inside (DB, Kerrison, JTL himself...) might allay (or confirm) fears. Is he struggling, or is he doing exactly what's being asked of him?


    I know, but not finishing any of the races? Not even 1?

    I'll keep the faith, not throwing in the towel on the boy JTL, just 3 DNFs looked a bit stark
    + DNF at Paris-Nice, Crit. Int. and Pais Vasco: it's not just bowing out in one-dayers after having done the domestique work.
    Perhaps not fair to compare, but in a similar situation Russ Downing had at this stage won a stage at the Criterium Int. and had 2 top ten placings in Murcia.
  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    FJS wrote:
    + DNF at Paris-Nice, Crit. Int. and Pais Vasco: it's not just bowing out in one-dayers after having done the domestique work.
    Perhaps not fair to compare, but in a similar situation Russ Downing had at this stage won a stage at the Criterium Int. and had 2 top ten placings in Murcia.

    Probably not a fair one if you look at Russ as being an 'old hand' with much more experience, but agree its not just one day races though
    Pain hurts much less if its topped off with beating your mates to top of a climb.
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    He's certainly been a disappointment, but it's certainly too early to write him off just yet.
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)
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