Roma Maxima *spoiler*

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  • Abdoujaparov
    Abdoujaparov Posts: 642
    Nice gladiator theme - really added something to the racing.
  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    Watched it today as away on the weekend, bloody good race indeed.
    Pain hurts much less if its topped off with beating your mates to top of a climb.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,431
    You've had a good go at it Frenchie but that kit still looks awful.

    Nice bike, shame about the kit?
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    I've always thought the kit is ok. Not great but not as bad as people make out. Very clean due to not many sponsors. I'd prefer it wasn't brown though.
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  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    Nibali tweet to Pozzato after the race, following Pippo's mistaken celebration for "winning" the sprint:
    "I wanted to tell you, but there wasn't time - hahaha."

    http://yhoo.it/YLlLiF
    Un uomo solo al commando
  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    TailWindHome wrote:
    You've had a good go at it Frenchie but that kit still looks awful.

    Nice bike, shame about the kit?

    Have to say I don't find it as bad as some of the other kits out there in the peloton. Brown would not be my favourite choice but with less sponsorship names showing it looks a lot less cluttered than some of them out there.
    Pain hurts much less if its topped off with beating your mates to top of a climb.
  • deejay
    deejay Posts: 3,138
    frenchfighter wrote:
    With race radios not allowed in UCI Europe Tour level races, the riders competing in Roma Maxima had to rely on the official motorbike blackboard and their own teams for race information.

    Nibali looking very active early season. Am sure he will go all out to win MSR.

    Pretty crazy they are racing in streets like this.
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    Well I was Lucky to watch it live and as it proceeded through villages like these I thought this had a good chance to be as good a regular race as the North Europe races.
    Then we got the "too long" wide open and flat roads to the finish which would have ruined it for me except for an outstanding ride by a Frenchman.

    So Radio's back for MSR will mean another bunch sprint because of the long flat finish.
    Put the MSR finish back to the one kilometer after the Pogio where it was when Kelly won or loose the radio's for another exciting finish.
    Organiser, National Championship 50 mile Time Trial 1972
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    You were there in person deejay? You live in that part of the World?
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  • deejay
    deejay Posts: 3,138
    frenchfighter wrote:
    You were there in person deejay? You live in that part of the World?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sto2L3yDC-A

    The finish line is the problem in 1993 and because of the stupidity of the officials stopping there is the reason they moved the finish 2 Km's further down around the corners.
    I remember Mario Cippolinni being involved in that pile up and then using his bike to attack the stationary car and throwing very choice words at the driver.
    Yes I've been there.

    1994 the Gewiss rider Giorgio Furlan solo'd the extra Km's to win
    1995 Fondriest and Jalabert got away to win
    1996 Colombo (Gewiss) solo'd to win.

    1997 The Telekom team brought a bunch to the finish and from then on it has been a sprint fest with the "Poggio" playing just a little part with Bettini and Pozzato being the exceptions.

    I would like to see a Sagan or Gilbert get a distance on the Poggio and their teams keep blocking the sprint teams to get an exciting finish like this Maxima Roma.
    Organiser, National Championship 50 mile Time Trial 1972

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