Highlight of the year 2014

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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,310
    PoweredByIdris wrote:
    jam1e wrote:
    Coach H wrote:
    The Tour, Stages 2 & 5

    Yorkshire was great but Stage 2 was very, very good

    Stage 5. Three bits
    - Lars Booms winning performance was a cobbles masterpiece
    - Nibali on the cobbles (although it is my personal opinion he is a doper even though I do not have any evidence for this)
    - G's comments to Porte before taking off with Tichie Richie on his wheel

    What did G say?

    "Get on my wheel, let's smash it and see what happens"


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  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    RichN95 wrote:
    Paul 8v wrote:
    Greased, that's akin to not watching Lemond's TT on the champs Elysees or Hampsten on the Gavia, sort it out ;-)
    Has anyone watched Hampsten on the Gavia? There's barely a photo, let alone footage.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atEDs2wh ... ata_player

    It's Breukink on the Gavia anyway. Hampsten came only second in that stage. English-language bias speaking
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Highlight of te year, without a doubt, the Tour in Yorkshire

    In terms of racing, Tour stage on cobbles
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Paul 8v wrote:
    Greased, that's akin to not watching Lemond's TT on the champs Elysees or Hampsten on the Gavia, sort it out ;-)

    Ahh, it's now been sorted. Watched it the other day! I'm sure you'll all be delighted to know.
  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    Paul 8v wrote:
    Greased, that's akin to not watching Lemond's TT on the champs Elysees or Hampsten on the Gavia, sort it out ;-)

    Ahh, it's now been sorted. Watched it the other day! I'm sure you'll all be delighted to know.
    'bout time greased! :-) Was it worth the wait?
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  • jimmythecuckoo
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    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/photos/ ... m-de-waele

    Some images to stoke the memory banks.
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,450
    FJS wrote:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atEDs2wh ... ata_player

    It's Breukink on the Gavia anyway. Hampsten came only second in that stage. English-language bias speaking

    He crested the Gavia first, Breukink caught him on the descent, after Hampsten had stopped to get more clothes.

    It's moot anyway, Hampsten won the GC based primarily on his exploits on that stage.
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Paul 8v wrote:
    'bout time greased! :-) Was it worth the wait?

    Yeah, good stage. Think I'll leave that on the Sky+ box for a bit.
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    andyp wrote:
    He crested the Gavia first, Breukink caught him on the descent, after Hampsten had stopped to get more clothes.

    No, Van Der Velde did.
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    1.Watching Yorkshire TdF on the telly. Mindblowing and a bit of a lump in the throat as to how cycling has been embraced in Britain over the last few years

    2. Watching the Commy Road Race on Montrose Street. Despite the rain what a great atmosphere

    3. Valverde's ice coolness in the Roma Maxima. Lesser riders would have panicked and lost that.
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  • ozzzyosborn206
    ozzzyosborn206 Posts: 1,340
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    1.Watching Yorkshire TdF on the telly. Mindblowing and a bit of a lump in the throat as to how cycling has been embraced in Britain over the last few years

    2. Watching the Commy Road Race on Montrose Street. Despite the rain what a great atmosphere

    3. Valverde's ice coolness in the Roma Maxima. Lesser riders would have panicked and lost that.

    No2, you must have seen some pain faces up there!!
  • cq20
    cq20 Posts: 207
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    1.Watching Yorkshire TdF on the telly. Mindblowing and a bit of a lump in the throat as to how cycling has been embraced in Britain over the last few years

    2. Watching the Commy Road Race on Montrose Street. Despite the rain what a great atmosphere

    3. Valverde's ice coolness in the Roma Maxima. Lesser riders would have panicked and lost that.

    No 2. I used to do that hill every day when I was at (Strathclyde) uni. Would wheel my bike out of the old Royal College building and do a standing start from half way up Montrose St in my bottom gear - 46 x 23. (And then over Cathedral St, up the next and steeper part of Montrose St over to Parlimentary Rd - now no longer there). The Commy race reminded me of the pain; the speed seemed a bit different though!
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    ozzzyosborn206 wrote:
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    1.Watching Yorkshire TdF on the telly. Mindblowing and a bit of a lump in the throat as to how cycling has been embraced in Britain over the last few years

    2. Watching the Commy Road Race on Montrose Street. Despite the rain what a great atmosphere

    3. Valverde's ice coolness in the Roma Maxima. Lesser riders would have panicked and lost that.

    No2, you must have seen some pain faces up there!!

    I thought you did alright Ozzy!
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