Spanish Circle... aka La Vuelta + plus off topic bollox
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Garry H wrote:Saturday will decide it.
(Or it will be a completely damp squib)
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.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
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.0 -
PBlakeney wrote:Garry H wrote:Saturday will decide it.
(Or it will be a completely damp squib)
Bar accidents or illness. You never know...
I think Sky will be a bit more on top of that this year though.0 -
bobmcstuff wrote:
I think Sky will be a bit more on top of that this year though.
You would hope being a mountain top finishI'm sorry you don't believe in miracles0 -
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.0
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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.
Genius!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.0 -
It ain't over yet!0
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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!0 -
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?0 -
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 EverI'm sorry you don't believe in miracles0 -
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.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Roche: '87
Indurain: '92 and '93.
Pantani: '98
That's it.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
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 processionI'm sorry you don't believe in miracles0 -
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!0 -
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.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
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.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Fairytale end to a glittering career0
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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.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
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 bitmy bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny0 -
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!0 -
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.0 -
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 racingI'm sorry you don't believe in miracles0 -
I agree too. Ban qr skewers as well.0
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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
Bring them back!0