Paris-Nice 2016 **SPOILERS**

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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    Richmond Racer 2 wrote:
    Man-fl...

    No, it's too easy

    Be nice.

    I'm so far gone I'm starting to look at the parcours and think "this would be a great place for G to make an ambush on the GC..."

    Clearly I'm delirious.
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,538
    Oooh live cycling on Eurosport!
  • indyp
    indyp Posts: 735
    The longer gravel section Le Chemin de Touteline looks horrendous!

    http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/wielrennen/1.2593507
  • imatfaal
    imatfaal Posts: 2,716
    Highlights of yesterday from 13:15 to 14:15 followed by live coverage on Eurosport
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    My man de Gendt in the break with 3 others.

    Exaclty where he should be.
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  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    My man de Gendt in the break with 3 others.

    Exaclty where he should be.

    Where else would you expect to find him?
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Exactly.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    indyP wrote:
    The longer gravel section Le Chemin de Touteline looks horrendous!

    http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/wielrennen/1.2593507

    I like a bit of gravel, but that's ridiculous. You could stage a rowing race in some of those potholes.
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  • menthel
    menthel Posts: 2,484
    Looks like crap roads for the sake of it. Also looks like something I would end up going down on a badly planned ride...
    RIP commute...
    Sometimes seen bimbling around on a purple Fratello Disc or black and red Aprire Vincenza.
  • JoostG
    JoostG Posts: 189
    Common guys, this ain't the end of the world :-)
    During my holidays I'm searching for these kind of roads: a little bit of adventure!
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    There's definitely scope for a Gravel Club around the Randstad Joost, a bunch of my now former club mates have become gravel fiends...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    JoostG wrote:
    Common guys, this ain't the end of the world :-)
    During my holidays I'm searching for these kind of roads: a little bit of adventure!

    Do you ride with 150 or so other blokes? :-D

    I smell a neutralisation ahead. Would be definite if Chinny was racing.
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  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    JoostG wrote:
    Common guys, this ain't the end of the world :-)
    During my holidays I'm searching for these kind of roads: a little bit of adventure!

    Do you ride with 150 or so other blokes? :-D

    I smell a neutralisation ahead. Would be definite if Chinny was racing.
    Which is ironic considering the race he just won :-)
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Boonen explains the rationale earlier in the thread.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    In itself, having dirt tracks in a stage race isn't an instant no-go, but having seen the state of the road it's a serious issue for the safety of the riders to race on it. The potholes are ridiculously deep, and they're all over the place. It's near impossible to ride two abreast, and there's no single good line - they'll be having to weave through them.

    I'm sure it will be a spectacle, but then so is a circus. This is on a par with TTT's on the beach.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    Race to The Sun, as seen through the windscreen of Etixx team car:

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  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Race to The Sun, as seen through the windscreen of Etixx team car:

    Cc8lciEXIAAxGyY.jpg:large
    Obviously still not got to the Sun yet :lol:
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  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Quite. It's the race *to* the sun, not from it.
    Team My Man 2018: David gaudu, Pierre Latour, Romain Bardet, Thibaut pinot, Alexandre Geniez, Florian Senechal, Warren Barguil, Benoit Cosnefroy
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    1 degree out there.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    My man in virtual yellow.
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  • JoostG
    JoostG Posts: 189
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Do you ride with 150 or so other blokes? :-D

    Course not! To few adventurous people, so no one wants to join ;-)

    And yes DDraver, gravel is the 'new' thing for some Dutch cyclist. But ......... we don't have it. The best I can do is a 80km tour around Hilversum with approx 70km unpaved (cycling paths, forest tracks, etc). But you have to share your adventurous tour with dogs, hikers, families, etc :D
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    My man in virtual yellow.

    This is impressive MyManning. It takes huge panache to make such a statement when your man is in a small break on the first stage of a week long race. Chapeau.
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    The_Boy wrote:
    Quite. It's the race *to* the sun, not from it.

    It was sunny here at the start yesterday. :D
    http://cyclinganddesign.blogspot.fr/
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    The_Boy wrote:
    Quite. It's the race *to* the sun, not from it.

    How do they know which way to go?
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    JoostG wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Do you ride with 150 or so other blokes? :-D

    Course not! To few adventurous people, so no one wants to join ;-)

    And yes DDraver, gravel is the 'new' thing for some Dutch cyclist. But ......... we don't have it. The best I can do is a 80km tour around Hilversum with approx 70km unpaved (cycling paths, forest tracks, etc). But you have to share your adventurous tour with dogs, hikers, families, etc :D

    hmm, the rapha CC did that last weekend (i was being a d1ck doing an alleycat in den haag). The go around Eindhoven and the Utrechtse Helverug quite a bit according to Strava
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    It must take quite something to outd!ck a rapha cycling club
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    It must take quite something to outd!ck a rapha cycling club

    Taylor Phinney manages.
    ...a rare 100% loyal Pro Race poster. A poster boy for the community.
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    My man in virtual yellow.

    This is impressive MyManning. It takes huge panache to make such a statement when your man is in a small break on the first stage of a week long race. Chapeau.



    That's aspirational MyManning by Chasey
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    I used to quite like him... Until all that "breaking my leg changed me maaaaaaaaann" stuff recently.
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    It must take quite something to outd!ck a rapha cycling club


    That's tautology, that is

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