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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,398
    That was a really good race. Second best one dayer of the year?

    Shame about G
  • thegibdog
    thegibdog Posts: 2,106
    What a race. It's been so long since the spring classics that I'd forgotten what a good race looked like.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    Gee must be gutted but do you know what, bloody happy for GvA
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • Shadowrider
    Shadowrider Posts: 483
    JSCL wrote:
    Seems Britain can't win a World Champs and can't win an Olympic RR.

    What a shambles.


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  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    Exciting race that, but that descent...
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    That was a really good race. Second best one dayer of the year?

    Shame about G

    Yeah I'd go for that

    Bean is right, Sagan must be kicking himself. I honestly assumed he was riding both road and MTB
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,398
    ddraver wrote:
    Gee must be gutted but do you know what, bloody happy for GvA
    Yeah, agreed
  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    Dan Martin the great overrated Englishman goes for the muppet sprint
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  • professeur
    professeur Posts: 232
    Yeah - Greg! What a great winner.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,537
    Anyone know what odds GvA was at the start of the day?
  • philwint
    philwint Posts: 763
    ddraver wrote:
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    That was a really good race. Second best one dayer of the year?

    Shame about G

    Yeah I'd go for that

    And me
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  • kleinstroker
    kleinstroker Posts: 2,133
    Very enjoyable race, had it all, but Cummings could have had it if allowed to
    Ride his own race. Big shame.
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Can we have every race in Rio please?

    What a f'ucking hero Jakob is
  • the article don
    the article don Posts: 578
    Nicely done! Exciting finish
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,537
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    That was a really good race. Second best one dayer of the year?

    Shame about G

    I was thinking that.

    A race where GvA sprints against Fuglslang and Majka has got to have been interesting.
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    JSCL wrote:
    Seems Britain can't win a World Champs and can't win an Olympic RR.

    What a shambles.


    But...but...I thought their tactics were going to win, earlier on
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    Oh Sagz

    I wish you'd raced today
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    ThomThom wrote:
    Can we have every race in Rio please?

    What a f'ucking hero Jakob is


    Boy done well
  • dolan_driver
    dolan_driver Posts: 831
    emadden wrote:
    Dan Martin the great overrated Englishman goes for the muppet sprint

    Get over it, the lad is a proud Irishman.

    DD.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,537
    kleinstroker wrote:
    Very enjoyable race, had it all, but Cummings could have had it if allowed to
    Ride his own race. Big shame.

    To be fair, and I have slated GB's tactics in the selection and the race upthread, I don't think Cummings would have either beaten GvA or been able to climb with Majka, so at best he could have done the Fuglsang role. That wouldn't have been bad, but it is also not that likely he would have been in the position, so whilst GB tactics remain laughable, it was a great race with a worthy winner, and I'd rather reflect on that.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,537
    Dolan Driver wrote:
    emadden wrote:
    Dan Martin the great overrated Englishman goes for the muppet sprint

    Get over it, the lad is a proud Irishman.

    DD.

    How many monuments does a rider have to win before he loses the overrated tag? To mind it is one, but others might disagree.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Ugh GVA and his unacceptable face. I should have carried on with the holiday wine and not come home early.

    I think I'd have preferred Señor Hairplugs.
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  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,033
    Crazy end to the race, starting with the final descent, taking out Nibali and Thomas amongst others. Then the two chasers catching the leader (tdf kom winner?) ~500 metres from the finish.
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  • jscl
    jscl Posts: 1,015
    edited August 2016
    Richmond Racer 2 wrote:
    JSCL wrote:
    Seems Britain can't win a World Champs and can't win an Olympic RR.

    What a shambles.


    But...but...I thought their tactics were going to win, earlier on
    Don't think those words ever left my keyboard!

    Might have discussed the bike changes, but that's about it. I 100% disagree with how Stevo was used, I think GB could do with someone new at the helm for the RR and I have for a few years.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    Yeah, you had a classics rider with a GC rider/super domestique chasing a mountain goat. Great stuff
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    ThomThom wrote:
    Can we have every race in Rio please?

    What a f'ucking hero Jakob is

    Top, top race from the lad Birdsong. Chris Juul looked off his tits in the post race interview :-D
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  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,382
    kleinstroker wrote:
    Very enjoyable race, had it all, but Cummings could have had it if allowed to
    Ride his own race. Big shame.

    Can you point me towards Cummings's results in one-day races that suggest he would have been in the mix? He's great at sniping stage wins from breaks but let's not get carried away.

    Not sure what more the GB team could have done; G rode a great race and might have been in the mix but for his crash. Yates followed the right move but didn't have the legs. Froome didn't look to have the legs either.

    Dunno why a lot of the people on this forum watch bike racing TBH as it seem to turn them into right miseries.
  • AK_jnr
    AK_jnr Posts: 717
    I know its easy to type from an arm chair but FFS what was G doing?! You've seen 2 guys go down ahead and you STILL manage to come off yourself. Why didnt he just knock it back a tiny bit. Its not like the chase had its act together at that point.
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    ThomThom wrote:
    Can we have every race in Rio please?

    What a f'ucking hero Jakob is

    Top, top race from the lad Birdsong. Chris Juul looked off his tits in the post race interview :-D


    That was great!
  • thegreatdivide
    thegreatdivide Posts: 5,807
    edited August 2016
    It basically came down to a race between the two best team kits. Haven't shouted at the TV so much since the Classics.

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