Nicolas Roche

inseine
inseine Posts: 5,788
edited May 2015 in Pro race
Seems to be having avery quiet year, any one know what he's up to? I know he trudged round Romandie.
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  • CYCLESPORT1
    CYCLESPORT1 Posts: 471
    It is only the middle of May !
  • dolan_driver
    dolan_driver Posts: 831
    He probably wasn't feeling great at Romandie after a heavy crash at Liege. He seemed to be going quite well in some of Richie's other races this year and he should be in with a shout of making the TdF SKY team.

    DD.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    His main targets are the Tour and the Vuelta, so a quiet start.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    He is riding for Sky. He is riding for others. He is therefore anonymous, without personal intent and unable to express his attacking mentality. That is all the has changed.

    Him being average. That has stayed the same.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    By definition a rider who has finished 10 of his 13 Grand Tours in the top 30 is better than average.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    frenchfighter wrote:
    He is riding for Sky. He is riding for others. He is therefore anonymous, without personal intent and unable to express his attacking mentality. That is all the has changed.

    Him being average. That has stayed the same.

    He's aiming to ride the tour to support froome, San sebastian as a leader, and the Veulta role dependant on Froome.

    Also he won one chipper and one GT stage in his time at Saxo, hardly an attacking masterclass
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Thanks for the answers. As usual, a smartness, a grump and a couple of interesting replies...... :wink:
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Smj, just because you attack a lot doesnt mean you win a lot. Ie/. Roche.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Smj, just because you attack a lot doesnt mean you win a lot. Ie/. Roche.

    SJM
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    You mean like the attacking intention he showed on the AdH stage of the Tour 2013?
  • jimmythecuckoo
    jimmythecuckoo Posts: 4,718
    sjmclean wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Smj, just because you attack a lot doesnt mean you win a lot. Ie/. Roche.

    SJM
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  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,557
    Don't riders who attack ride with panache and true fans are only interested in panache, not results?
    How many times have we heard FF go on about how his riders attack to please the true fans.

    FF is as confused as his hero Lazarus the liar.

    So much of what you say Frenchie implies you understand so little about cycling. Maybe if you actually rode your bike occassionally, and pushed your own limits you might understand more. 8)
  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    I thought the idea was that he was employed as a super domestique a la Ritchie Porte in the 2013 tour?
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  • andy_wrx
    andy_wrx Posts: 3,396
    Why isn't Frenchie fighting for a Frenchman ?
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    andy_wrx wrote:
    Why isn't Frenchie fighting for a Frenchman ?

    I know this is a joke, but a apparently his mum was quite upset when he gave up his dual nationality.
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