Tirreno-Adriatico 2014 *SPOILERS*

frenchfighter
frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
edited March 2014 in Pro race
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I recommend looking at the others!
http://www.steephill.tv/2014/tirreno-ad ... /stage-00/

Contador wins the prize for best team jacket with Gilbert being the worst.

Kittel trying too hard:
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Contador is the Greatest
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    2013 | NIBALI Vincenzo
    2012 | NIBALI Vincenzo
    2011 | EVANS Cadel
    2010 | GARZELLI Stefano
    2009 | SCARPONI Michele
    2008 | CANCELLARA Fabian
    2007 | KLöDEN Andréas
    2006 | DEKKER Thomas
    2005 | FREIRE Oscar
    2004 | BETTINI Paolo

    1. AG2R La Mondiale (Pozzovivo, Peraud)
    2. Astana Pro Team (Scarponi, Kangert)
    3. Bardiani - CSF (Colbrelli, Battaglin)
    4. Belkin-Pro Cycling Team (Mollema, Gesink)
    5. BMC Racing Team (Gilbert, Evans)
    6. Cannondale (Sagan, Basso)
    7. FDJ.fr (Démare, Pinot)
    8. Garmin Sharp (Martin, Talansky)
    9. IAM Cycling (Haussler, Elmiger)
    10. Lampre - Merida (Ulissi, Horner)
    11. Lotto Belisol (Greipel, Roelandts)
    12. Movistar Team (Quintana, Intxausti)
    13. MTN - Qhubeka (Ciolek, Sbaragli)
    14. Omega Pharma - Quick-Step (Cavendish, Martin)
    15. Orica GreenEDGE (Impey, Durbridge)
    16. Team Europcar (Rolland, Arashiro)
    17. Team Giant-Shimano (Kittel, Dumoulin)
    18. Team Katusha (Moreno, Caruso)
    19. Team NetApp – Endura (Machado, Bennett)
    20. Team Sky (Porte, Wiggins)
    21. Tinkoff-Saxo (Kreuziger, Contador)
    22. Trek Factory Racing (Cancellara, Kiserlovski)

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    Contador is the Greatest
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,548
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Contador wins the prize for best team jacket with Gilbert being the worst.

    Jesus wept, your devotion knows no bounds does it? He's wearing a hooded freaking black anorak, that's never been, nor ever will be stylish. :lol:
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    frenchfighter wrote:
    I recommend looking at the others!
    http://www.steephill.tv/2014/tirreno-ad ... /stage-00/

    As instructed I did Frenchie and well...

    Fabian looks like a drunkard out on the pull.

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    Uran and Little Flower look like they've come straight from PE class.

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    And Cadel looks like someone's stepped on his dog again.

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    In the group photo Little Flower is by far the coolest of the GC men

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    Correlation is not causation.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Dan Martin is riding - his first race of 2014. Most of the other guys have some good racing miles in their legs so will be interesting to see how he manages.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Dan Martin is riding - his first race of 2014. Most of the other guys have some good racing miles in their legs so will be interesting to see how he manages.

    Yes, yes but what sort of jacket was he wearing at the presentation?
    Correlation is not causation.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    I think those comments are pretty accurate ATC. I didn't even recognize Kwiatek before looking at the caption.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Contador wins the prize for best team jacket with Gilbert being the worst.

    The american baseball design is in again so practially Quintana is on the money.
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    Oh dear.

    That's all I can say at all those pictures.

    Kittel looks like Woody Woodpecker, and the others look like The Groovy Gang from school, that's those who sat at the front.
  • phil s
    phil s Posts: 1,128
    I was there. Quintana actually looked the coolest with the Movistar baseball jacket. Uran came dressed as a chav.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Apparently Cavendish was answering the questions in Italian then translating into English.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    These pictures just rub in how much I dislike Evans. My least favourite cyclist on the WT.
  • Wheelspinner
    Wheelspinner Posts: 6,692
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Apparently Cavendish was answering the questions in Italian then translating into English.
    Cav looks pretty hip in that group shot. Has he turned up to race on a fixie though???
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Joelsim wrote:
    The Groovy Gang from school, that's those who sat at the front.

    I was a member of the Groovy Gang then :(
    phil s wrote:
    I was there. Quintana actually looked the coolest with the Movistar baseball jacket...

    Does he look like a pickled Easter Island statue in the flesh?
    Correlation is not causation.
  • rayjay
    rayjay Posts: 1,384
    edited March 2014
    Evans is the man, my favourite rider followed by Mr Contador.

    Lets hope we get some early fireworks.

    Cav look's like a fashion victim.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Wheelspinner wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Apparently Cavendish was answering the questions in Italian then translating into English.
    Cav looks pretty hip in that group shot. Has he turned up to race on a fixie though???

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  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    rayjay wrote:
    Evans is the man, my favourite rider followed by Mr Contador.

    Lets hope we get some early fireworks.

    Oh do behave. He's one of the most uncharismatic, humourless, miserable people in the world.
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,182
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Two lots of stuff

    :lol:
    You're on fire tonight, AtC.

    Sagan looks like he's about to start dribbling.
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    And the Gorilla's looking lean?
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    Before last weekend I had assumed that Kwia was a lot bigger, too.
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Chiselled. Gorilla's looking chiselled.
  • phil s
    phil s Posts: 1,128
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Does he look like a pickled Easter Island statue in the flesh?

    :lol::lol::lol:
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Always stylish.
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    OPQS and Saxo have it right with the helmets.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • rayjay
    rayjay Posts: 1,384
    Joelsim wrote:
    rayjay wrote:
    Evans is the man, my favourite rider followed by Mr Contador.

    Lets hope we get some early fireworks.

    Oh do behave. He's one of the most uncharismatic, humourless, miserable people in the world.


    Disagree. His Tour win was incredible. His worlds win was brilliant.
    He went from being known as a wheel sucker to one of the most attacking and brave racers I have seen.
    He won by being brave and aggressive and he was not scared of anyone.
    I doubt we will see that kind of form again from him ,but I would love to see him win another GT.
    A true champion.
    I don't know him personally but I like the individuality and the way he has overcome the armchair critics.
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    rayjay wrote:
    Joelsim wrote:
    rayjay wrote:
    Evans is the man, my favourite rider followed by Mr Contador.

    Lets hope we get some early fireworks.

    Oh do behave. He's one of the most uncharismatic, humourless, miserable people in the world.


    Disagree. His Tour win was incredible. His worlds win was brilliant.
    He went from being known as a wheel sucker to one of the most attacking and brave racers I have seen.
    He won by being brave and aggressive and he was not scared of anyone.
    I doubt we will see that kind of form again from him ,but I would love to see him win another GT.
    A true champion.
    I don't know him personally but I like the individuality and the way he has overcome the armchair critics.

    Just watch a few interviews of him, that'll make your mind up. Charmless.
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Evans transformation - not only on the bike but off it as well - deserves every kind of respect.
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    ThomThom wrote:
    Evans transformation - not only on the bike but off it as well - deserves every kind of respect.

    Agreed. His WC win certainly transformed him from wheel sucking tw@t to a have a go hero on the bike. I like the way he rides these days.
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  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    The start list for this is incredible. Better than the Giro or Vuelta.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    ThomThom wrote:
    Evans transformation - not only on the bike but off it as well - deserves every kind of respect.

    Agreed. His WC win certainly transformed him from wheel sucking tw@t to a have a go hero on the bike. I like the way he rides these days.

    His wheel sucking is vastly overstated. But people had decided that what he did so just saw that.

    Great bike rider.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    iainf72 wrote:
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    ThomThom wrote:
    Evans transformation - not only on the bike but off it as well - deserves every kind of respect.

    Agreed. His WC win certainly transformed him from wheel sucking tw@t to a have a go hero on the bike. I like the way he rides these days.

    His wheel sucking is vastly overstated. But people had decided that what he did so just saw that.

    Great bike rider.

    +1. Just look at that stage in the 2010 Giro.
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • bigmat
    bigmat Posts: 5,134
    Didn't Evans spend a large part of his career hanging on for grim death against a load of cheats? That was never going to look stylish, I suppose.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Evans's 'wheelsucking' was out of necessity. The wheels he 'sucked' were almost all busted for doping - while he hasn't been implicated. Is doped attacking better than clean 'wheelsucker'? Many seem to think so. The less dopers there were, the more attacking he became - funny that. As a mountain bike rider he was a very attacking rider.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Milton50 wrote:
    The start list for this is incredible. Better than the Giro or Vuelta.

    Absolutely. Helped by the fact Paris Nice is a awful parcours for a stage racer and a ton of guys use the race as prep for MSR and onwards.
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