Spanish Circle... aka La Vuelta + plus off topic bollox

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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 26,954
    Garry H wrote:
    Saturday will decide it.





    (Or it will be a completely damp squib)
    There might be some exciting stage racing, but no one is taking the Red Jersey.
    Bar accidents or illness. You never know...
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
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  • Garry H
    Garry H Posts: 6,639
    SloppySchleckonds wrote:
    Froome will recharge his red blood cells tonight, and take another couple of minutes tomorrow.
    Then save his best for the last few days.

    He can do that coz he has the athlete asthma.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,398
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Garry H wrote:
    Saturday will decide it.





    (Or it will be a completely damp squib)
    There might be some exciting stage racing, but no one is taking the Red Jersey.
    Bar accidents or illness. You never know...
    Or a repeat of Formigal!

    I think Sky will be a bit more on top of that this year though.
  • sloppyschleckonds
    sloppyschleckonds Posts: 8,019
    bobmcstuff wrote:

    I think Sky will be a bit more on top of that this year though.

    You would hope being a mountain top finish
    I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles
  • mrfpb
    mrfpb Posts: 4,569
    Is there any chance of running the Premier League along GT lines - lets say two blocks of 19 matches / 3 weeks, with a month off between the blocks for various cup matches. Same starting 11 for a 19 match run, no subs.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 26,954
    mrfpb wrote:
    Is there any chance of running the Premier League along GT lines - lets say two blocks of 19 matches / 3 weeks, with a month off between the blocks for various cup matches. Same starting 11 for a 19 match run, no subs.
    That would give plenty time for the winter shut down.
    Genius!
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
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  • Garry H
    Garry H Posts: 6,639
    It ain't over yet!
  • sloppyschleckonds
    sloppyschleckonds Posts: 8,019
    Garry H wrote:
    It ain't over yet!

    Sunday
    I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,084
    If Contador hadn't had that bad day early on...

    If we had bread we could have bread and butter if we had butter.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,787
    SloppySchleckonds wrote:
    Froome will recharge his red blood cells tonight, and take another couple of minutes tomorrow.
    Then save his best for the last few days.

    How did that work out then?
  • sloppyschleckonds
    sloppyschleckonds Posts: 8,019
    MrB123 wrote:
    SloppySchleckonds wrote:
    Froome will recharge his red blood cells tonight, and take another couple of minutes tomorrow.
    Then save his best for the last few days.

    How did that work out then?

    Save yer bitterness and petty sniping for Pro Race, this is BB

    Dullest Vuelta Ever
    I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,084
    SloppySchleckonds wrote:
    Dullest Vuelta Ever

    You think? I think it's been brilliant. I think it's got better and better as it's gone on. Plus, Froome is on the verge of doing a double and in the last 30 years, not many have done that.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,084
    Roche: '87
    Indurain: '92 and '93.
    Pantani: '98

    That's it.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • sloppyschleckonds
    sloppyschleckonds Posts: 8,019
    Pinno wrote:
    SloppySchleckonds wrote:
    Dullest Vuelta Ever

    You think? I think it's been brilliant. I think it's got better and better as it's gone on. Plus, Froome is on the verge of doing a double and in the last 30 years, not many have done that.

    If you took away the Contador attacks, its been a procession
    I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,084
    SloppySchleckonds wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    SloppySchleckonds wrote:
    Dullest Vuelta Ever

    You think? I think it's been brilliant. I think it's got better and better as it's gone on. Plus, Froome is on the verge of doing a double and in the last 30 years, not many have done that.

    If you took away the Contador attacks, its been a procession

    More successful breakaways than the Tdf, some great individual rides/wins too.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 26,954
    Bastards!
    Edit:- Eurosport got it sorted just before the Angliru but I had my whole afternoon planned around watching today.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 26,954
    edited September 2017
    Well, the Red Jersey may have been confirmed by the TT but the other racing has been very entertaining.
    Cheers Bertie!
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
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    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • Garry H
    Garry H Posts: 6,639
    Fairytale end to a glittering career
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,084
    Will miss AC. Cycling has become so scientific that rider A going uphill is 20 watts off his maximum or is near his peak HR and not going to risk an attack in case he pops and gone are the explosive attacks and spontaneity (seemingly). Maybe that's just me. AC contradicted that.
    I hope the M A Lopez's et al and the next generation can provide some variation to that theme. There seems to be a lot of riders with huge potential coming through and I hope they reach their potential simultaneously and that is a mouth watering prospect.
    SKY have written the formula and put together a great team (Poels could be a team leader in his own right), lead by a great rider but if SKY folded tomorrow, I wouldn't shed a tear.
    Even when Aru jumps ship, he's passed it. Nibali put up a great fight without the backing that other riders had (Sunweb, SKY, Trek SF, for example).
    When 1 rider is so strong (Indurain, dare I say it LA, Froome) in the GT's, it dampens the whole game. I think that's why in contrast, the Classics provide a lot more entertainment and less predictability. That maybe because of the contrast alone.

    I'm sorry if there's not enough bollox in the above post.
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  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,116
    yes, i will miss contador too, and voeckler, and cancellara, even bloody vino, for all the known/suspected cheating, the era of la/schleck/evans/contador/etc. seemed far more colourful and exciting than today

    changes in sponsors and shifting marketing focus play a part, and the dire economic situation, i still miss euskaltel-euskadi

    perhaps it's just corporate bland-out, but imho it would be interesting to see if banning all real-time rider measurements (power, heart, cadence) on uci worldtour events helped liven things up a bit
    my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,084
    sungod wrote:
    yes, i will miss contador too, and voeckler, and cancellara, even bloody vino, for all the known/suspected cheating, the era of la/schleck/evans/contador/etc. seemed far more colourful and exciting than today

    changes in sponsors and shifting marketing focus play a part, and the dire economic situation, i still miss euskaltel-euskadi

    perhaps it's just corporate bland-out, but imho it would be interesting to see if banning all real-time rider measurements (power, heart, cadence) on uci worldtour events helped liven things up a bit

    Loved Euskatel-Euskadi. Perhaps ban race radio too.
    Technology is definitely playing too much of a part, I agree.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 26,954
    I agree with all of the above 3 posts. It is too controlled today.
    Racing needs loose canons to keep it entertaining.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • sloppyschleckonds
    sloppyschleckonds Posts: 8,019
    PBlakeney wrote:
    I agree with all of the above 3 posts. It is too controlled today.
    Racing needs loose canons to keep it entertaining.

    I agree with PBlakeney

    When Roger Hammond got Sagan ejected from this years tour, you knew it was more about corporate politicking than bike racing
    I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles
  • Garry H
    Garry H Posts: 6,639
    I agree too. Ban qr skewers as well.
  • Garry H
    Garry H Posts: 6,639
    Pinno wrote:
    sungod wrote:
    yes, i will miss contador too, and voeckler, and cancellara, even bloody vino, for all the known/suspected cheating, the era of la/schleck/evans/contador/etc. seemed far more colourful and exciting than today

    changes in sponsors and shifting marketing focus play a part, and the dire economic situation, i still miss euskaltel-euskadi

    perhaps it's just corporate bland-out, but imho it would be interesting to see if banning all real-time rider measurements (power, heart, cadence) on uci worldtour events helped liven things up a bit

    Loved Euskatel-Euskadi. Perhaps ban race radio too.
    Technology is definitely playing too much of a part, I agree.

    I , too, miss those men in Orange. If you hang around these parts for long enough though, you'll see a full kit w@n ker riding around with the Basque flag on his @rse, resplendent in said orange :D

    Bring them back!
  • hopkinb
    hopkinb Posts: 7,129
    Garry H wrote:
    I agree too. Ban qr skewers as well.
    No way, my wheels will fall off.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,084
    hopkinb wrote:
    Garry H wrote:
    I agree too. Ban qr skewers as well.
    No way, my wheels will fall off.

    The only way your wheels will fall off is that you run out of beer.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!

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