Omloop Het Nieuwsblad *spoiler* thread

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  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    edited March 2014
    Sorry, you're right. I keep thinking that Het was yesterday for some reason.

    Anyway, I doubt the peloton didn't do this on certain parts of the route as well but the fact is, they might as well cut that part out of the route if they are allowed to ride on the path. It's pathethic.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    frenchfighter wrote:
    SKY management:
    They’re on the bus watching it on TV, and phoning the director: ‘Tell him to take his cape off’. They wanted me to be more aero – to get out there and bloody win it. But there was no way I was taking my bloody cape off. I was hanging on by the skin of my teeth.”
    Results over people as per usual.

    :roll: We re going to have to put him back on block arent we...
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  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    sjmclean wrote:
    ThomThom wrote:
    Marcel Sieberg ‏@MarcelSieberg 6h
    For what we have new rules??? Front group all on the asphalt *bike path* Peloton all on the cobbles. pic.twitter.com/ldoDhtmr4I

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    Wrong race I thnk.

    K-B-K isn't it? That's the winning break (and it is not slinging it down)
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    ddraver wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    SKY management:
    They’re on the bus watching it on TV, and phoning the director: ‘Tell him to take his cape off’. They wanted me to be more aero – to get out there and bloody win it. But there was no way I was taking my bloody cape off. I was hanging on by the skin of my teeth.”
    Results over people as per usual.

    :roll: We re going to have to put him back on block arent we...

    Would you have asked your rider to freeze because it will make him more aero?
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  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    Every article I see quotes Stannard as being from a different place, one said Chelmsford, another Manchester and this one said Milton Keynes...
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,547
    He was born in Chelmsford, grew up in Milton Keynes and now lives just outside Manchester. All of which I learnt from reading the Rouleur article.
  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    Ah, just read further down, makes sense now.
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  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    They just seem to always quote it as one of those different places depending on the article
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  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Paul 8v wrote:
    Every article I see quotes Stannard as being from a different place, one said Chelmsford, another Manchester and this one said Milton Keynes...


    I'm here to help... :wink:

    Born in Chelmsford, grew up in MK, now lives in Manchester. Counts himself as from MK
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    mroli wrote:
    Rouleur have posted their Stannard interview (Boulting) from a couple of copies ago: http://rouleur.cc/journal/riders/ian-stannard

    Excellent read. Cheers.

    “No disrespect to anyone who’s won Flanders, because f*cking hell, everyone wants to win it, don’t they? I’d be fully made up if I could win that thing. But, really, personally, I want to win Roubaix. It just kills your body. There’s a real hard element to it. The whole day is consistently hard. With Flanders the races shuts down and then starts up over and over. But Roubaix never shuts down. I just think it’s a harder race.”
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  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Macaloon wrote:
    mroli wrote:
    Rouleur have posted their Stannard interview (Boulting) from a couple of copies ago: http://rouleur.cc/journal/riders/ian-stannard

    Excellent read. Cheers.

    “No disrespect to anyone who’s won Flanders, because f*cking hell, everyone wants to win it, don’t they? I’d be fully made up if I could win that thing. But, really, personally, I want to win Roubaix. It just kills your body. There’s a real hard element to it. The whole day is consistently hard. With Flanders the races shuts down and then starts up over and over. But Roubaix never shuts down. I just think it’s a harder race.”


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  • LutherB
    LutherB Posts: 544
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    Paul 8v wrote:
    Every article I see quotes Stannard as being from a different place, one said Chelmsford, another Manchester and this one said Milton Keynes...


    I'm here to help... :wink:

    Born in Chelmsford, grew up in MK, now lives in Manchester. Counts himself as from MK

    I saw this a lot with Wiggins too - Paddington, Kilburn or Maida Vale - can you do the honours with that RR?
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    edited March 2014
    LutherB wrote:
    I saw this a lot with Wiggins too - Paddington, Kilburn or Maida Vale - can you do the honours with that RR?

    Paddington Recreation ground in Maida Vale had a track at one point. Kilburn's claim strengthens on that basis alone.

    Edit: First saw this on a previous thread on here, no doubt 'memories of Wiggins'
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  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    LutherB wrote:
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    Paul 8v wrote:
    Every article I see quotes Stannard as being from a different place, one said Chelmsford, another Manchester and this one said Milton Keynes...


    I'm here to help... :wink:

    Born in Chelmsford, grew up in MK, now lives in Manchester. Counts himself as from MK

    I saw this a lot with Wiggins too - Paddington, Kilburn or Maida Vale - can you do the honours with that RR?


    Tricksy - Kilburn/Maida Vale border

    NOT Paddington Bear territory though
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Macaloon wrote:
    LutherB wrote:
    I saw this a lot with Wiggins too - Paddington, Kilburn or Maida Vale - can you do the honours with that RR?

    Paddington Recreation ground in Maida Vale had a track at one point. Kilburn's claim strengthens on that basis alone.

    Edit: First saw this on a previous thread on here, no doubt 'memories of Wiggins'

    Edit 2 - Dibden house would be considered by locals to be in Maida Vale. Young locals of that time would find Kilburn cooler by a mile.
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  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    ^ Moron
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  • LutherB
    LutherB Posts: 544
    Cheers RR & Maca!
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,431
    Cyclocosm's "How the race was won"

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... 3v7RPF7vNg
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  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    LutherB wrote:
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    Paul 8v wrote:
    Every article I see quotes Stannard as being from a different place, one said Chelmsford, another Manchester and this one said Milton Keynes...


    I'm here to help... :wink:

    Born in Chelmsford, grew up in MK, now lives in Manchester. Counts himself as from MK

    I saw this a lot with Wiggins too - Paddington, Kilburn or Maida Vale - can you do the honours with that RR?


    Tricksy - Kilburn/Maida Vale border

    NOT Paddington Bear territory though
    "Kids from Kilburn don't win the Tour de France" ;-)

    That "How the race was won was quite entertaining, not seen it before.
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  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,820
    There's 52 other episodes for you to watch, highly recommend Cosmo's work
  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    That might take a while but they are good!
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  • gattocattivo
    gattocattivo Posts: 500
    sjmclean wrote:
    I asked him at the 2014 nationals, if he was going to win today, he replied: "We need to drop Cav, we can't beat him in a sprint, but he's a better climber than us as well, so probably not."

    Blimey they must have held those early this season. Who won?
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    gattocattivo wrote:
    sjmclean wrote:
    I asked him at the 2014 nationals, if he was going to win today, he replied: "We need to drop Cav, we can't beat him in a sprint, but he's a better climber than us as well, so probably not."

    Blimey they must have held those early this season. Who won?


    Cav won it.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Check out the motos:
    omloop2014.jpg
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  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    :D Sporza producers playing Pro Cycling Manager.
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  • gattocattivo
    gattocattivo Posts: 500
    sjmclean wrote:
    gattocattivo wrote:
    sjmclean wrote:
    I asked him at the 2014 nationals, if he was going to win today, he replied: "We need to drop Cav, we can't beat him in a sprint, but he's a better climber than us as well, so probably not."

    Blimey they must have held those early this season. Who won?


    Cav won it.

    Wow. Two years in a row.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    1min from the women's race...
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWx2VVuFKao

    Lizzie's move at 1.15:
    http://www.focus-wtv.tv/video/omloop-he ... r-dames-0#

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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    15845_01-03-2014_4610.jpg

    Other good photos here:
    http://greenedgecycling.com/news/emma-j ... nieuwsblad
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    omloop14_stannard_face.jpg
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  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    in the gutter... lightweight
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