2018: Tour de Yorkshire (2.1) May3rd-6th. *Spoilers*
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OCDuPalais wrote:Without searching, can anyone remember the last Cofidis win?
nope....the brittany thing?"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
mididoctors wrote:OCDuPalais wrote:Without searching, can anyone remember the last Cofidis win?
nope....the brittany thing?
Ha!... you might’ve well have said “that thing in Europe”.0 -
OCDuPalais wrote:mididoctors wrote:OCDuPalais wrote:Without searching, can anyone remember the last Cofidis win?
nope....the brittany thing?
Ha!... you might’ve well have said “that thing in Europe”.
Tro bro Leon, Shirley?Team My Man 2018: David gaudu, Pierre Latour, Romain Bardet, Thibaut pinot, Alexandre Geniez, Florian Senechal, Warren Barguil, Benoit Cosnefroy0 -
ouch!"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0
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The_Boy wrote:OCDuPalais wrote:mididoctors wrote:OCDuPalais wrote:Without searching, can anyone remember the last Cofidis win?
nope....the brittany thing?
Ha!... you might’ve well have said “that thing in Europe”.
Tro bro Leon, Shirley?
yeah the muddy track piglet race"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
whoa dunbar!"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0
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What.A.Ride.
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amazing ...just amazing
well done BMC
give Rosetto the legion d' honour"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
Rosetto going to go do a few hundred k training ride now."If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0
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sky had a tactically muddled race."If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0
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Race seems to get better each year, proud of my home county for putting on a good show.
Chapeau Yorkshire0 -
TakeTheHighRoad wrote:If Rosetto stays away, where will it rank in all time great rides?
Has he been helped along the way by poor tactics or has he done it a la pedale?
My take on it is that if enough teams in the peloton had wanted to catch him they could have - he was really struggling by the end - but it suited BMC to not go totally nuts once they'd distanced MCN, and it didn't suit them to work earlier (Astana were pretty much left alone to pull). The tactical situation favoured Rossetto for sure, but the way he rode in the lead up to Park Rash and during the climb itself is what gave him the cushion to take the win, so it was earned rather than given.0 -
Laporte been riding well so far. Follow ed Rossetto for a while as he is a break specialist. Too be fair it's not always paid off in the tour but he got his day today. How cool was he after the finish !!0
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Great ride by Rossetto ... really pleased that he made it to the end.
Great stage and overall race.“You may think that; I couldn’t possibly comment!”
Wilier Cento Uno SR/Wilier Mortirolo/Specialized Roubaix Comp/Kona Hei Hei/Calibre Bossnut0 -
the status of the race limits the fame of that ride. but frankly holding on over all that is pretty amazing. insane break. I hope he pulls off a few heroic breaks in the tour/Vuelta.
better than Roscioli in pedalling craft for all time mad breaks."If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
underlayunderlay wrote:TakeTheHighRoad wrote:If Rosetto stays away, where will it rank in all time great rides?
Has he been helped along the way by poor tactics or has he done it a la pedale?
My take on it is that if enough teams in the peloton had wanted to catch him they could have - he was really struggling by the end - but it suited BMC to not go totally nuts once they'd distanced MCN, and it didn't suit them to work earlier (Astana were pretty much left alone to pull). The tactical situation favoured Rossetto for sure, but the way he rode in the lead up to Park Rash and during the climb itself is what gave him the cushion to take the win, so it was earned rather than given.
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yeah that effort he put out mid-race up Park Rash was decisive and very risky so far from home."If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
it was smart because the following teams would slow down to keep there bigger guys in contact sort of doubling the effect of making the gap bigger by just pedalling harder on other terrains.
he speeded up while they deliberately slowed down for those 2km!"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
day to remember"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0
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Rick Chasey wrote:Yes.
Rode the sportive, caught the final 50km at home.
Those hills are just ridiculous.
bit steep was it?"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
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Rick Chasey wrote:Yes.
Rode the sportive, caught the final 50km at home.
Those hills are just ridiculous.
Park Rash is unreal.0 -
Rick Chasey wrote:Yes.
Rode the sportive, caught the final 50km at home.
Those hills are just ridiculous.
Well done! Park Rash especially has the look of a surveyor who just wanted to get home quickly.0 -
I'm in the dales from Friday for a long weekend cycling. £300 for a cottage in Hawes for 3 nights for 5 males."Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago0
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Phil will like this, when he gets home from the race.
https://twitter.com/AliceHBailey/status ... 7403019264
Epic solo for sure: a real one off. No other race quite like it.
I thought that the grovelling was more intense last year, though.
BMC way too strong for the rest, so the race needs to go to HC, tout suite."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Blazing Saddles wrote:Phil will like this, when he gets home from the race.
https://twitter.com/AliceHBailey/status ... 7403019264
Epic solo for sure: a real one off. No other race quite like it.
I thought that the grovelling was more intense last year, though.
BMC way too strong for the rest, so the race needs to go to HC, tout suite.
In some ways I wonder if today's stage wasn't a little overloaded. It was so obviously signposted as a killer that everyone raced - a little - within themselves. Then I remember that Astana were done over within about five seconds and realise that thought's probably wrong...0 -
Meanwhile, looks like Astana owe someone a stiff drink or three:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-leeds-44025685/near-miss-for-tour-de-yorkshire-volunteer0 -
Just saw that, pretty bad but good skillz from the marshall.underlayunderlay wrote:Meanwhile, looks like Astana owe someone a stiff drink or three:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-leeds-44025685/near-miss-for-tour-de-yorkshire-volunteer0 -
thistle (MBNW) wrote:
Just saw that, pretty bad but good skillz from the marshall.underlayunderlay wrote:Meanwhile, looks like Astana owe someone a stiff drink or three:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-leeds-44025685/near-miss-for-tour-de-yorkshire-volunteer
Whoever was driving that should be banned for a long time. There's no excuse."Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago0
