Volta a Catalunya 2016 *Spoilers*

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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Hugh Carthy, 9th in GC. Nice.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Hugh Carthy, 9th in GC. Nice.
    All round Europe people are saying "Who the f*** is Hugh Carthy?"
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    RichN95 wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Hugh Carthy, 9th in GC. Nice.
    All round Europe people are saying "Who the f*** is Hugh Carthy?"

    Not me. I know who he is.*
























    *Thanks to BR Forum pro-race yesterday
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  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    I've been following Carthy for a while. Would have been on Team My Man but was worried I'd look like some sort of hipster type like what you used to get.
    Team My Man 2018: David gaudu, Pierre Latour, Romain Bardet, Thibaut pinot, Alexandre Geniez, Florian Senechal, Warren Barguil, Benoit Cosnefroy
  • bugsrabbit
    bugsrabbit Posts: 182
    I,ve done a few chain gangs with hue before rapha condor, really nice lad. I hope he has a big future.
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Any time De Gendt wins a race is a good day. Legend.

    My man Quintana takes the overall lead. Clearly the best climber in the world. That's right, I went there.
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    My mannest of Men!
    "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
  • epc06
    epc06 Posts: 216
    Zero Panache from Porte there
  • topper_harley
    topper_harley Posts: 597
    EPC06 wrote:
    Zero Panache from Porte there


    Taking bonus seconds off Bertie = Panache in my book.
  • epc06
    epc06 Posts: 216
    Topper harley wrote:
    EPC06 wrote:
    Zero Panache from Porte there


    Taking bonus seconds off Bertie = Panache in my book.

    Ha..outright theft :D
  • onyourright
    onyourright Posts: 509
    Does Froome’s performance here suggest he and Sky are not planning to smash the first mountaintop finish in the Tour as usual but rather peak later? Maybe far too early to tell, but I wonder.
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    OnYourRight wrote:
    Does Froome’s performance here suggest he and Sky are not planning to smash the first mountaintop finish in the Tour as usual but rather peak later? Maybe far too early to tell, but I wonder.
    It isn't the first time he's come to this race well off peak form. He rode it last year when Porte won it for them and ended up 71st @ 45 mins, so at least he's doing better than that so far!
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,548
    OnYourRight wrote:
    Does Froome’s performance here suggest he and Sky are not planning to smash the first mountaintop finish in the Tour as usual but rather peak later? Maybe far too early to tell, but I wonder.

    Based on what, exactly?
  • onyourright
    onyourright Posts: 509
    Last year he had a chest infection, though.

    Andyp: based on Froome being slow. I presume you think that’s completely normal. Okay. That’s what I’m asking.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    OnYourRight wrote:
    Does Froome’s performance here suggest he and Sky are not planning to smash the first mountaintop finish in the Tour as usual but rather peak later? Maybe far too early to tell, but I wonder.

    It does look like they're testing out some other approaches, but I think that's more about tactics than current form. Could well be they want to have a little variation available to them and get some experience of it.

    Quintana seems to do very well in the 3rd week though, where Froome tends to tail off quite drastically (ill last year, obviously), so it's possible they're looking at how to get him to peak later - or how to ride if he doesn't make himself unassailable after the first MTF.
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  • hanshotfirst
    hanshotfirst Posts: 400
    Just catching up on stages on Youtube when I get in after work. Kirby really needs to stop telling us that Dan Martin is "In The House"
  • kingstonian
    kingstonian Posts: 2,847
    hanshotfirst wrote:
    Just catching up on stages on Youtube when I get in after work. Kirby really needs to stop telling us that Dan Martin is "In The House"


    It is clearly his new phrase, was most annoying yesterday
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    hanshotfirst wrote:
    Just catching up on stages on Youtube when I get in after work. Kirby really needs to stop

    FTFY
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  • Shadowrider
    Shadowrider Posts: 483
    clearly the classics were on no posts here?

    Nice win for Poels.
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Shadowrider wrote:
    clearly the classics were on no posts here?

    Nice win for Poels.
    E3 was much more entertaining, but yeah seems like he's been pretty active so far so it was nice to see him getting a win.
  • philbar72
    philbar72 Posts: 2,229
    bugsrabbit wrote:
    I,ve done a few chain gangs with hue before rapha condor, really nice lad. I hope he has a big future.
    Rode with his dad a few weeks ago. He's really proud of what Hugh is doing, and is no mean rider himself.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Shadowrider wrote:
    clearly the classics were on no posts here?

    Nice win for Poels.

    Wins solo on a "sprinters stage*". Top work.
    Heard the stage was raced at ridiculous pace, and took nearly 50k to get a break to stick!




    *Looked quite hilly for the sprinters to me.
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  • onyourright
    onyourright Posts: 509
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Heard the stage was raced at ridiculous pace, and took nearly 50k to get a break to stick!
    When the French TV commentators went live, they mentioned that 51 km had been covered in the first hour of racing.
  • onyourright
    onyourright Posts: 509
    Finally the motorbike stops towing the peloton, job done. What a farce. Something needs to be done about this.
  • kleinstroker
    kleinstroker Posts: 2,133
    Crikey! Lampre win a stage..
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,309
    Bah. Complete mess of the final day.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    Pinno wrote:
    Bah. Complete mess of the final day.


    For the last couple of years I have to say I've found the final stage a mess or a snooze

    there's a lot of complaints from the riders and the likes of Brian Holm about the motos getting too close and way too much drafting
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    Richmond Racer 2 wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    Bah. Complete mess of the final day.


    For the last couple of years I have to say I've found the final stage a mess or a snooze

    there's a lot of complaints from the riders and the likes of Brian Holm about the motos getting too close and way too much drafting

    5:13am? Are you an owl?
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,309
    Joelsim wrote:
    Richmond Racer 2 wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    Bah. Complete mess of the final day.


    For the last couple of years I have to say I've found the final stage a mess or a snooze

    there's a lot of complaints from the riders and the likes of Brian Holm about the motos getting too close and way too much drafting

    5:13am? Are you an owl?

    I think the server had a BWT/BST hissy fit. I think the server is in the far east...
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    ^er, no, that really was stupid o'clock when I posted that

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