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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Valverde cant believe his eyes
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 18,938
    Seems falling over is the sporting theme of the day

    #devonloch

    Just about to watch on Sky +
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Machado was up there - hope he gets a WT team next year.
    Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2014 Results
    AUS 1 GERRANS, Simon (ORICA GreenEDGE) 6:37:43
    ESP 2 VALVERDE BELMONTE, Alejandro (MOVISTAR)
    POL 3 KWIATKOWSKI, Michal (OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP)
    ITA 4 CARUSO, Giampaolo (KATUSHA)
    ITA 5 POZZOVIVO, Domenico (AG2R LA MONDIALE) + 3
    NED 6 SLAGTER, Tom Jelte (GARMIN SHARP)
    CZE 7 KREUZIGER, Roman (TINKOFF-SAXO)
    BEL 8 GILBERT, Philippe (BMC RACING)
    ESP 9 MORENO FERNANDEZ, Daniel (KATUSHA) + 5
    FRA 10 BARDET, Romain (AG2R LA MONDIALE)
    BEL 11 VANENDERT, Jelle (LOTTO BELISOL) + 8
    ITA 12 GASPAROTTO, Enrico (ASTANA) + 10
    ITA 13 CUNEGO, Damiano (LAMPRE - MERIDA)
    FRA 14 GAUTIER, Cyril (EUROPCAR)
    NED 15 MOLLEMA, Bauke (BELKIN) + 12
    FRA 16 MOLARD, Rudy (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS)
    POR 17 MACHADO, Tiago (NETAPP - ENDURA)
    FRA 18 ROUX, Anthony (FDJ.fr)
    LUX 19 SCHLECK, Frank (TREK FACTORY RACING)
    AUT 20 DENIFL, Stefan (IAM CYCLING)
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Top Sky rider is NEO PRO Mr Earle, 5mins back. Excellent by this hardy Tazmanian - rode Fleche (DNF) and Amstel (79th) as well.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Top Sky rider is NEO PRO Mr Earle, 5mins back. Excellent by this hardy Tazmanian - rode Fleche (DNF) and Amstel (79th) as well.

    NOBODY ELSE CARES! :roll:
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Four NetApps and two MTN's including Louis M only 3.33 down. Great stuff for low-budget small teams.

    British riders totally absent.
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  • mooro
    mooro Posts: 480
    18 separate teams in the top 20. Only Katusha and AG2R had two riders each, quite remarkable I thought.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,540
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Four NetApps and two MTN's including Louis M only 3.33 down. Great stuff for low-budget small teams.

    British riders totally absent.

    Apart from the one who fell off when possibly being on course for back-to-back victories :wink:

    Without looking at the startlist how many Brits even started? Edmondson, Cummings, someone on NetApp maybe?
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Last 18km, average quality
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcjjjLH0t1M
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  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    Rowsell makes three.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 18,938
    Good point from Cosmo

    Cyclocosm.com ‏@Cyclocosm · 2m
    Kwiatkowski had to ride wide of Martin, didn't get back into the draft before Gerrans jumped. Ripple effects. #lbl
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Retweeted by Alberto Contador
    Oleg Tinkov ‏@olegtinkov 40m
    Good race for @tinkoff_saxo ! @Roman86_K was strong! Cool
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  • cal_stewart
    cal_stewart Posts: 1,840
    inseine wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Has any Sky rider finished yet?

    I don't think anyone else cares. You could go on their site later to find out.

    Bit harsh. I know ff is a challenge 75% of the time but Sky's result this week have been embrassing
    eating parmos since 1981

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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Chris Froome ‏@chrisfroome 4h
    Up at 6:30 for controls only to get back into bed an hour later! Disappointed to be missing #LBL, legs feeling good but chest not up to it.
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 18,938
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL_1de_ ... youtu.be&a

    The Dan Martin crash (via@MichaelCreed)

    Pedal strike?
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  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    Martin's crash looks suspiciously like a pedal strike... maybe not a full strike but enough to cause a grip issue on the back wheel... Especially as they took the corner from the apex and pedaled around it.... He's making a habit of crashing on the last bend of monuments. He wouldn't have won anyway. Gerrans sprint is too strong in a group like that.
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,786
    Pross wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Four NetApps and two MTN's including Louis M only 3.33 down. Great stuff for low-budget small teams.

    British riders totally absent.

    Apart from the one who fell off when possibly being on course for back-to-back victories :wink:

    Without looking at the startlist how many Brits even started? Edmondson, Cummings, someone on NetApp maybe?

    Not sure why this is important, but Cummings did a lot of work, which I'm pretty sure is his job.
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  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,194
    TailWindHome wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL_1de_2Pq4&feature=youtu.be&a

    The Dan Martin crash (via@MichaelCreed)

    Pedal strike?

    That's what it looks like to me, you can hear a noise the moment he crashes and his inside pedal is down at this point.
  • thegibdog
    thegibdog Posts: 2,106
    Fans outraged as cyclist wins race by playing to his strengths...

    Shame for Martin, haven't seen the likes of that since Menchov retired.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Dan Martin writes about the Ardennes.

    It might sound silly but I'm not driven by results. I'm driven by my hunger and my love for bike racing. I love racing my bike, that feeling of competing, of seeing how good I am and giving it my hardest.

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/dan ... e-ardennes

    Not for no reason he is up there on my: riders I admire list.
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  • ratsbeyfus
    ratsbeyfus Posts: 2,841
    r0bh wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL_1de_2Pq4&feature=youtu.be&a

    The Dan Martin crash (via@MichaelCreed)

    Pedal strike?

    That's what it looks like to me, you can hear a noise the moment he crashes and his inside pedal is down at this point.

    That was a rifle shot from the downtown Liege book repository.

    I had one of them red bikes but I don't any more. Sad face.

    @ratsbey
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    inseine wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Four NetApps and two MTN's including Louis M only 3.33 down. Great stuff for low-budget small teams.

    British riders totally absent.

    Apart from the one who fell off when possibly being on course for back-to-back victories :wink:

    Without looking at the startlist how many Brits even started? Edmondson, Cummings, someone on NetApp maybe?

    Not sure why this is important, but Cummings did a lot of work, which I'm pretty sure is his job.

    Actually he was ill. Quality rider Cummings though, left Sky and made it rain.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Jonathan Vaughters ‏@Vaughters 50m
    So utterly sad. Just sad.
    Jonathan Vaughters ‏@Vaughters 59m
    Heartbreak.
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 18,938
    Cillian Kelly ‏@irishpeloton · 19m
    The biggest mistake Team Sky have made in their unsuccessful quest to win a classic was not being able to accommodate Gerrans in the team.
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Daniel Lloyd ‏@daniellloyd1 49 mins
    @simongerrans remember at TdU when you said I owed you one? I owe you at least two now. Cheers! (and well done)
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  • Crankbrother
    Crankbrother Posts: 1,695
    Pross wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Four NetApps and two MTN's including Louis M only 3.33 down. Great stuff for low-budget small teams.

    British riders totally absent.

    Apart from the one who fell off when possibly being on course for back-to-back victories :wink:

    Without looking at the startlist how many Brits even started? Edmondson, Cummings, someone on NetApp maybe?

    I know you Brit-tastic supporters will claim anyone as a Brit(ish) champion ... But Martin ain't one of them ...
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    David Millar ‏@millarmind 59 mins
    I felt a bit like this watching the end of LBL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2D3-FkoXNU&sns=em

    :lol:
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    British P-R equivalent was raced today.
    Thought this was funny:
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Would have been amazing had Kreuziger/Nibali move held out:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtcedcPofMQ
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