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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,644
    Not long now.

    Flandrians revving up with an hour long documentary on Boonen’s glory years WHICH I CANT WATCH AS IT IS GEO RESTRICTED.


    My (not so) hot tip is Degenkolb should be consideres a 4* favourite for the big ones and Sep will still do his Sep/Hoste thing.

    Wouldn’t it have been nice to see the reigning tour winner go and give all 4 monuments a proper crack? Alas.
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  • hanshotfirst
    hanshotfirst Posts: 397
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Not long now.

    Flandrians revving up with an hour long documentary on Boonen’s glory years WHICH I CANT WATCH AS IT IS GEO RESTRICTED.

    Where can this be found?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,644
    Vrt nu.
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  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    jimmythecuckoo wrote:
    Good ride in Valencia by Sylvain Dillier. He's not on a Factor.
  • jimmythecuckoo
    jimmythecuckoo Posts: 4,716
    :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!:
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  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    jimmythecuckoo wrote:
    :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!:
    He's not on a Factor bike. He's on an Eddy M this year.

    I have to say that was an unnecessary post on my part :)
  • ridgerider
    ridgerider Posts: 2,852
    Careful...It's stuff like this that makes Rick really confused.
    Half man, Half bike
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    Ridgerider wrote:
    Careful...It's stuff like this that makes Rick really confused.

    Yes

    Dillier rides for Ag2R. Ag2R were riding Factor bikes for the 2018 season. For the 2019 season they are under contractual obligation to ride Eddy Merckx bikes .

    Jimmy who is a cuckoo wrote that Silvan Dillier could be a factor in the Northern Classics.

    Utilising years of writing witty and intellectually stimulating ripostes to internet forum threads I simply changed, in a 'play on words' type approach 'Dillier could be a factor' to 'Dillier is not on a Factor'

    as for this season Dillier, who rides for Ag2R , will not be on a Factor

    I then went through a self congratulatory process acknowledging my own greatness that involved some light flagellation followed by half a pack of custard creams and a sugar coma
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,644
    I actually did require that blow by blow summary so thanks guys
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  • ridgerider
    ridgerider Posts: 2,852
    Rick...you needs to get up to speed on the 2019 Pro gear thread.

    It's going to be a long spring if you have to get you up to speed on all these topics. You can't spend all your time watchind Boonen re-runs.
    Half man, Half bike
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,644
    So who’s gonna feature in the finales who hasn’t been featuring previously?

    Else I’m pretty up to speed I think.
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  • ridgerider
    ridgerider Posts: 2,852
    Van poppel... He has been re-programmed for these.
    Half man, Half bike
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,644
    He one of those guys who thinks it’s fun to go riding his road bike over muddy fields in a messy circle?
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  • ridgerider
    ridgerider Posts: 2,852
    no...a sprinter not quite good as his team mate Dylan
    Half man, Half bike
  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    You're thinking of Van Der Poel Rick. WHo will feature I am sure, alongside Wout van Aert.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,644
    Ah ok.

    I have heavy and sustained sleep deprivation as an excuse.
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  • ridgerider
    ridgerider Posts: 2,852
    B**x*t concerns?

    Having to move back to Belgium will at least allow you to watch Geo unrestricted box sets of Boonen documentaries.
    Half man, Half bike
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,644
    Ridgerider wrote:
    B**x*t concerns?

    Having to move back to Belgium will at least allow you to watch Geo unrestricted box sets of Boonen documentaries.

    Nah, my newborn.
    _
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Ridgerider wrote:
    B**x*t concerns?

    Having to move back to Belgium will at least allow you to watch Geo unrestricted box sets of Boonen documentaries.

    Nah, my newborn.

    Not that new any more! How are you getting on?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,644
    Yeah good.

    4 month sleep regression is a thing...
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  • jimmythecuckoo
    jimmythecuckoo Posts: 4,716
    Not long till we get started now ....
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  • ridgerider
    ridgerider Posts: 2,852
    jimmythecuckoo wrote:
    Not long till we get started now ....

    You say that, but if I remember correctly, we get an 'opening weekend' in Belgium(?) and then it all shifts south to the Mediterranean area for a couple of weeks, before moving back North and starting up again...

    Or have I remembered it wrong?
    Half man, Half bike
  • hanshotfirst
    hanshotfirst Posts: 397
    Ridgerider wrote:
    jimmythecuckoo wrote:
    Not long till we get started now ....

    You say that, but if I remember correctly, we get an 'opening weekend' in Belgium(?) and then it all shifts south to the Mediterranean area for a couple of weeks, before moving back North and starting up again...

    Or have I remembered it wrong?

    I'll take it tbh tbf.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    It's been two weeks since my training weekend in Brugge, so I can now exclusively reveal the Team Rich line up for the Classics. (Allowing for 'injuries' along the way)

    SYWpDrd.jpg

    The Service Course is prepared

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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,447
    Serious preparation. I fully expect you to have an outstanding cobbled classics season, Rich.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,310
    Everyone else sees a pink elephant yeah?
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    Rick - make your way to the elm tree for your supply of Belgian beers in Cambridge.

    Sadly no TV though.

    For sleep - get the screamer out your bedroom. Game changer.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    RichN95 wrote:
    It's been two weeks since my training weekend in Brugge, so I can now exclusively reveal the Team Rich line up for the Classics. (Allowing for 'injuries' along the way)

    SYWpDrd.jpg

    The Service Course is prepared

    kNEy76B.jpg

    Well it looks like you're sorted for OHN, what have you got for the rest? :D
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,644
    Shirley Basso wrote:
    Rick - make your way to the elm tree for your supply of Belgian beers in Cambridge.

    Sadly no TV though.

    For sleep - get the screamer out your bedroom. Game changer.

    Way ahead of that curve....
    _
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,398
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Everyone else sees a pink elephant yeah?
    But no delirium tremens :?

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