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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    50x11 said:

    I'm pretty sure Bora are aware of how he'll do it. If a literal pro team thinks he's capable, then he is. But then people on forums always know best.


    There's more to cycling than putting out power. There's the race craft that needs to be learned. Riders who switched sports like Woods, Roglic, Wurf learned it with a few years at Continental level. Going straight in WT level is a big ask.
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,575
    edited December 2020
    andyrac said:


    However, (with tongue in cheek ) - having average bike handling hasn't stopped G from having success.

    Not this old chestnut. Very few trackies have poor bike handling skills. Those who somehow can ascertain Thomas' handling abilities from the comfort of an armchair continue to amaze me.

  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,587
    andyp said:

    andyrac said:


    However, (with tongue in cheek ) - having average bike handling hasn't stopped G from having success.

    Not this old chestnut. Very few trackies have poor bike handling skills. Those who somehow can ascertain Thomas' handling abilities from the comfort of an armchair continue to amaze me.

    He did say (with tongue in cheek).
  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 12,035
    Jon Dibben retires at the age of 26.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    That's a shame. There's plenty of worse riders than him on the World Tour.
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  • 50x11
    50x11 Posts: 408
    That's a real shame, good rider coming into his prime, who maybe just needed to find his place in the team.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    Skimo racers certainly have amazing engines, remember Killian Jornet only runs for skimo training ;)

    You suspect he may have dabbled in pelotons over summer. Nino Schurter does a bit of (non-competitive) Ski Touring in the winter, being Swiss n 'all
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  • carbonclem
    carbonclem Posts: 1,798
    Rumours of Moscon being released to AG2R
    2020/2021/2022 Metric Century Challenge Winner
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    carbonclem said:

    Rumours of Moscon being released to AG2R


    AG2R say it's nonsense. I thought Beppe Conti (from whom this comes) was a reasonably reliable purveyor of transfer rumours, but doing a search it seems he's never correct. He was the source of Nibali to Ineos too.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Skier probably is not the world's worst instinctive bike handler ...bit of a learning curve thou
    "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 pm
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    daniel_b said:

    Jon Dibben retires at the age of 26.

    Why???
    "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 pm
  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 12,035
    edited December 2020
    mididoctors said:

    daniel_b said:

    Jon Dibben retires at the age of 26.

    Why???
    Looks like he may have simply had enough - and he was also out of contract.

    I remember him winning that TT at the TOC too, cracking performance.

    https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/jon-dibben-retires-aged-26/
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  • coopster_the_1st
    coopster_the_1st Posts: 5,158
    mididoctors said:

    daniel_b said:

    Jon Dibben retires at the age of 26.

    Why???
    It's odd when next year is an Olympic year and with his proven talent for the track.
  • yorkshireraw
    yorkshireraw Posts: 1,632
    coopster_the_1st said:

    mididoctors said:

    daniel_b said:

    Jon Dibben retires at the age of 26.

    Why???
    It's odd when next year is an Olympic year and with his proven talent for the track.
    Not part of the Pursuit squad and wouldn't get the Omnium spot - he hasn't raced any track either AFAIK so wouldn't have any qual points anyway.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Burnout I guess
    "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 pm
  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 12,035
    edited December 2020
    yorkshireraw said:

    coopster_the_1st said:

    mididoctors said:

    daniel_b said:

    Jon Dibben retires at the age of 26.

    Why???
    It's odd when next year is an Olympic year and with his proven talent for the track.
    Not part of the Pursuit squad and wouldn't get the Omnium spot - he hasn't raced any track either AFAIK so wouldn't have any qual points anyway.
    He's definitely raced track, just not that recently: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/35731048

    *Ah did you mean in the last calendar year?
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  • carbonclem
    carbonclem Posts: 1,798
    Christian Knees retiring. Staying with Ineos though.
    2020/2021/2022 Metric Century Challenge Winner
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,587
    mididoctors said:

    Burnout I guess

    I guess it's the downside of being in a structured system from such a young age.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    edited December 2020
    Oooof 👀



    Greg doesn't seem to be a fan...
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    ddraver said:

    Oooof 👀



    Greg doesn't seem to be a fan...
    They look like walking billboards.
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  • yorkshireraw
    yorkshireraw Posts: 1,632
    daniel_b said:

    yorkshireraw said:

    coopster_the_1st said:

    mididoctors said:

    daniel_b said:

    Jon Dibben retires at the age of 26.

    Why???
    It's odd when next year is an Olympic year and with his proven talent for the track.
    Not part of the Pursuit squad and wouldn't get the Omnium spot - he hasn't raced any track either AFAIK so wouldn't have any qual points anyway.
    He's definitely raced track, just not that recently: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/35731048

    *Ah did you mean in the last calendar year?
    yes
  • yorkshireraw
    yorkshireraw Posts: 1,632
    ddraver said:

    Oooof 👀



    Greg doesn't seem to be a fan...
    it's the old 'who's the headline star?' issue - he's been placed behind Naesen. Meanwhile Jungels is all 'who's the monument winner here?!'

    Just clocked that they're going onto BMC bikes based on that sponsor logo.
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,620
    yorkshireraw said:

    ddraver said:

    Oooof 👀



    Greg doesn't seem to be a fan...
    it's the old 'who's the headline star?' issue - he's been placed behind Naesen. Meanwhile Jungels is all 'who's the monument winner here?!'

    Just clocked that they're going onto BMC bikes based on that sponsor logo.
    And they've signed Sue Perkins.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    AG2R are going to be really strong in the cobbled classics.

    Super strong
    _
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    edited December 2020
    I think the kit looks great. I like the white background, I like the striking, no fuss red/black text, I like the coloured armbands for national champs.

    Oddly only the AG2R logo looks out of place in blue/brown.

    With simple black shorts this could look absolutely ace. Also it's possible the Citroen chevron could look quite cool on their backsides as well.

    May have to get the kit...this would be my second foray into team kit except for 2016 Denmark Rio Olympics kit.




    EDIT brown shorts!? WTAF


  • yorkshireraw
    yorkshireraw Posts: 1,632
    rick_chasey said:

    AG2R are going to be really strong in the cobbled classics.

    Super strong

    Do you think Naesen and GvA can work together tho?

    Greg to AG2R still seems a strange one to me - can't believe he didn't have other options. A year or two with Ineos esp. now Stannard's gone?
  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 12,035
    I was going to say I quite liked the AGR kit too, and was hoping for no bl00dy brown shorts :-(

    I had spotted the brown lettering on the jersey though, so feared the worst.

    Brown has no place on any cycling gear imho, well perhaps mtb or gravel gear that is going to get muddy.
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    I don't mind that AG2R kit. Took me a couple of times seeing it to get used to it, but I think I rather like it.
  • carbonclem
    carbonclem Posts: 1,798
    James Shaw to ride for Ribble Weldtite - presumably he got Harry Tanfield's place?
    2020/2021/2022 Metric Century Challenge Winner
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    carbonclem said:

    James Shaw to ride for Ribble Weldtite - presumably he got Harry Tanfield's place?

    Good to hear. Though listening to his interview on the Cycling Podcast I couldn't help feeling that he wasn't really doing himself any favours with his approach. Doesn't have an agent which struck me as being a bit of a flaw especially after a couple of years of struggling to sort a contract.

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