2018 Ronde van Vlaanderen 1UWT. Antwerpen › Oudenaarde (266.5k) *Spoilers*
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M.R.M. wrote:I hated seeing the spitting in the general vicinity of Nibali, but I understand how that kind of life and struggle can change a person.
Did that definitely happen? When it was on live, Carlton Kirby latched on to that, and Sean Kelly didn't disagree. I didn't see anything, not even when watching the recording later on. Maybe my eyes are even worse than I thought!0 -
Kirby sees what he wants to see and it usually bears little relation to what is actually going on.0
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Rick Chasey wrote:OCDuPalais wrote:Him dropping Nibali on a gentle hill was a highlight of the Spring so far. The latter was made to look silly and has received not nearly enough mocking.
It's not that gentle.
Nibali, the rider who only two weeks ago we were celebrating as the rider with one of the most complete palmares in modern cycling....
Power to weight met power?“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0 -
Captain Fagor wrote:M.R.M. wrote:I hated seeing the spitting in the general vicinity of Nibali, but I understand how that kind of life and struggle can change a person.
Did that definitely happen? When it was on live, Carlton Kirby latched on to that, and Sean Kelly didn't disagree. I didn't see anything, not even when watching the recording later on. Maybe my eyes are even worse than I thought!
I didnt see anything either,but at worst Tersptra was just a bit mucusy having chased to the front and when he flicked his head round to see where nibbles were, gravity did the rest
as has been said Kirby often seems to be watching a completely different race to the one he is commentating on0 -
Maybe it’s a Dutch thing? That Laurens Ten Dam is always spitting at people!awavey wrote:I didnt see anything either,but at worst Tersptra was just a bit mucusy having chased to the front and when he flicked his head round to see where nibbles were, gravity did the rest0 -
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It happened. Terpstra caught Nibali and then pulled through. Flicked his elbow for Nibali's turn. Nibali declined the turn. Terpstra then spat once possibly twice in a way that Nibali would/could ride into it. He could have turned and spat on the other side towards the edge of the road, but it looked rather deliberate.Captain Fagor wrote:M.R.M. wrote:I hated seeing the spitting in the general vicinity of Nibali, but I understand how that kind of life and struggle can change a person.
Did that definitely happen? When it was on live, Carlton Kirby latched on to that, and Sean Kelly didn't disagree. I didn't see anything, not even when watching the recording later on. Maybe my eyes are even worse than I thought!
However, I'm not going to say it was. There is no way of knowing and I much prefer the level headedness here compared to the hysteria of social justice warriors on social media. Maybe it was frustration, maybe it was fatigue, maybe it was nothing. Ideally he should feel remorse and possibly apologize to Nibali and not do it again. Only he will really know if that is even necessary.PTP Champion 2019, 2022 & 20230 -
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No-one has attacked on the section Terpstra dropped Nibali and not made it onto the podium, says Nick Nuyens.0
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Rick Chasey wrote:No-one has attacked on the section Terpstra dropped Nibali and not made it onto the podium, says Nick Nuyens.
Is that by any chance because you'd only attack there if you had team mates behind and weren't the only hope of getting a result?0 -
ShutupJens wrote:Rick Chasey wrote:No-one has attacked on the section Terpstra dropped Nibali and not made it onto the podium, says Nick Nuyens.
Is that by any chance because you'd only attack there if you had team mates behind and weren't the only hope of getting a result?
What, like Sagan did?0 -
Rick Chasey wrote:No-one has attacked on the section Terpstra dropped Nibali and not made it onto the podium, says Nick Nuyens.
Apparently Anna Van Der Breggen went from pretty much the same spot in the women's race earlier the same day as well.0 -
Nibali didn't make the podium. He attacked on that section.Rick Chasey wrote:No-one has attacked on the section Terpstra dropped Nibali and not made it onto the podium, says Nick Nuyens.Twitter: @RichN950 -
Take it up with Nuyens.
though I'd suggest the insight is probably more enlightening than the nitpicking0 -
That was the 7th edition since the finish moved from Meerbeke to Oudenaarde - there have been two successful attacks there in that time.
It's a small data set.0 -
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Rick Chasey wrote:Sagan went there too and finished it off on the Pater didn’t he?
They went earlier I think, before the Kruisberg.0 -
Yeah. Kwiatkowski attacked, Sagan followed, Vanmarcke later bridged.andyp wrote:Rick Chasey wrote:Sagan went there too and finished it off on the Pater didn’t he?
They went earlier I think, before the Kruisberg.Twitter: @RichN950 -
Rick Chasey wrote:What are you lot on about?
Look at that face.
Fabulous photo - sums up Belgian classics for me. .... Huge effort, cobbles, proper fans.
So much better than the nonsense that is football.0
