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  • twotoebennytwotoebenny Posts: 897
    How can strade bianche be considered a monument?
    bobmcstuff said:

    jam1e said:

    There are only 3 real monuments - Roubaix, Flanders & Strada Bianche.

    Amen brother
  • m.r.m.m.r.m. Posts: 1,953
    RichN95. said:

    Another unpopular opinion: If he rode today Eddy Merckx would basically be a Belgian Vincenzo Nibali

    They are quite different in ability, are they not? Merckx would be a (much) better Belgian Rohan Dennis.
    PTP Champion 2019
  • m.r.m.m.r.m. Posts: 1,953
    twotoebenny said:

    How can strade bianche be considered a monument?

    bobmcstuff said:

    jam1e said:

    There are only 3 real monuments - Roubaix, Flanders & Strada Bianche.

    Amen brother
    Because it's a epic one day race. Pretty good almost every year. It's much better every year than LBL or Lombardia.
    PTP Champion 2019
  • ProssPross Posts: 23,813
    Froome would never have got near a GT podium had he not joined Sky.

    Watching Pro cycling on TV is an ideal accompaniment for an afternoon nap.

    Can't wait for Zest to find this thread, he should win it hands down.
  • m.r.m.m.r.m. Posts: 1,953
    Landa and Porte are massively overrated. Lieutenants not Captains.
    PTP Champion 2019
  • twotoebennytwotoebenny Posts: 897
    Yes it is, but does it have the history to be classed as a monument? I'd suggest not.


    bobmcstuff said:

    jam1e said:

    There are only 3 real monuments - Roubaix, Flanders & Strada Bianche.


    Because it's a epic one day race. Pretty good almost every year. It's much better every year than LBL or Lombardia.
  • bobmcstuffbobmcstuff Posts: 8,816
    twotoebenny said:

    Yes it is, but does it have the history to be classed as a monument? I'd suggest not.




    bobmcstuff said:

    jam1e said:

    There are only 3 real monuments - Roubaix, Flanders & Strada Bianche.


    Because it's a epic one day race. Pretty good almost every year. It's much better every year than LBL or Lombardia.
    Yeah but LBL and Lombardia are usually pants. Who needs history when it's a better race.
  • cruffcruff Posts: 1,521
    MSR is the dullest 'big' race every year
    Fat chopper. Some racing. Some testing. Some crashing.
    Specialising in Git Daaahns and Cafs. Norvern Munkey/Transplanted Laaandoner.
  • Lanterne_RogueLanterne_Rogue Posts: 2,486
    edited 7 August
    cruff said:

    MSR is the dullest 'big' race every year

    A proper "unpopular" opinion is that MSR is about 50km too short. And the addition of the Poggio wrecked it.

    Edit: An extra hour of Carlton. What's not to like?
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  • blazing_saddlesblazing_saddles Posts: 15,677
    jam1e said:

    There are only 3 real monuments - Roubaix, Flanders & Strada Bianche.

    Nope, sorry, as the old saying goes: length really does matter.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • rick_chaseyrick_chasey Posts: 50,051 Lives Here
    edited 7 August
    TheBigBean said:

    rick_chasey said:

    TheBigBean said:

    Here's an unpopular opinion:

    Strong teams in GTs are overrated. It's nearly always the guy with the best legs that wins.

    2008 Tour de France says different.
    Evans was better?
    Even his own teammates were better than Sastre (the Schlecks)
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  • RichN95.RichN95. Posts: 23,901
    m.r.m. said:

    RichN95. said:

    Another unpopular opinion: If he rode today Eddy Merckx would basically be a Belgian Vincenzo Nibali

    They are quite different in ability, are they not? Merckx would be a (much) better Belgian Rohan Dennis.
    Elsewhere on the internet someone asked who Coppi, Anquetil, Merckx and Hinault would be today. I said:

    Coppi = de Gendt
    Anquetil = Dennis
    Merckx = Nibali or Valverde
    Hinault = Dumoulin
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  • rick_chaseyrick_chasey Posts: 50,051 Lives Here
    Lombady’s place on the calendar basically makes it a tier lower than all the other monuments as it’s basically a consolation monument for riders who can be bothered to go for it / need to prove something.

    No one sets their stall out on winning Lombardy when they decide their season in January.
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  • ProssPross Posts: 23,813
    Cobbled Classics are just a niche form of racing to give a chance to those who are too heavy to win on a hilly route and not fast enough to win bunch sprints.
  • ProssPross Posts: 23,813
    Matching shorts and bikes with leader's jerseys is a really good look, especially the Tour polka dots.
  • gsk82gsk82 Posts: 2,648
    Strada Bianchi doesn't matter
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • cruffcruff Posts: 1,521
    AG2R's kit is the best in the peloton
    Fat chopper. Some racing. Some testing. Some crashing.
    Specialising in Git Daaahns and Cafs. Norvern Munkey/Transplanted Laaandoner.
  • RichN95.RichN95. Posts: 23,901
    rick_chasey said:

    Lombady’s place on the calendar basically makes it a tier lower than all the other monuments as it’s basically a consolation monument for riders who can be bothered to go for it / need to prove something.

    No one sets their stall out on winning Lombardy when they decide their season in January.


    How is this controversial? It's basic common sense. If the Worlds had stayed in August and the Vuelta in April, it would be dead by now.
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  • RichN95.RichN95. Posts: 23,901
    cruff said:

    AG2R's kit is the best in the peloton

    Brown shorts. Only Dumoulin likes that.
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  • ddraverddraver Posts: 20,362
    Pross said:

    Matching shorts and bikes with leader's jerseys is a really good look, especially the Tour polka dots.

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  • RichN95.RichN95. Posts: 23,901
    Pross said:

    Matching shorts and bikes with leader's jerseys is a really good look, especially the Tour polka dots.


    No. no. no. I have thought that the one thing that the Sky/Ineos haters could give them credit for is staying on their standard shorts.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • RichN95.RichN95. Posts: 23,901
    edited 7 August
    The idea of a 'Patron' (like Hinault especially) is just toxic masculinity and bullying

    All the antipathy against Froome since 2012 is just a surrogate for Armstrong


    An opinion that may not be unpopular - The way the French view cycling and the way England see football is very similar and have the same failings and solutions
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  • RichN95.RichN95. Posts: 23,901
    edited 7 August
    Pink Floyd. Meh. Sorry. Radiohead. Meh. Sorry. LCD Soundsystem - Yes please.

    Daniel Day Lewis has been a great actor in not great films

    The Shield should be seen as great as The Sopranos and The Wire

    Midnight Run is DeNiro's best film (this is a hill I will die on)
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  • m.r.m.m.r.m. Posts: 1,953
    Pross said:

    Matching shorts and bikes with leader's jerseys is a really good look, especially the Tour polka dots.

    You're doing it wrongly. It's supposed to be true, yet unpopular.
    PTP Champion 2019
  • m.r.m.m.r.m. Posts: 1,953
    edited 7 August
    RichN95. said:

    m.r.m. said:

    RichN95. said:

    Another unpopular opinion: If he rode today Eddy Merckx would basically be a Belgian Vincenzo Nibali

    They are quite different in ability, are they not? Merckx would be a (much) better Belgian Rohan Dennis.
    Elsewhere on the internet someone asked who Coppi, Anquetil, Merckx and Hinault would be today. I said:

    Coppi = de Gendt
    Anquetil = Dennis
    Merckx = Nibali or Valverde
    Hinault = Dumoulin
    I just don't get the Merckx = Nibali, because Merckx was a terrific time trialist. Nibali is a decent tester when he needs to be. Really doesn't fit. What am I missing?

    Can't be based just off GT wins + Monument wins.
    PTP Champion 2019
  • andypandyp Posts: 8,277
    Merckx today equals Van Vleuten. And Vos.
  • rick_chaseyrick_chasey Posts: 50,051 Lives Here
    RichN95. said:

    Pross said:

    Matching shorts and bikes with leader's jerseys is a really good look, especially the Tour polka dots.


    No. no. no. I have thought that the one thing that the Sky/Ineos haters could give them credit for is staying on their standard shorts.
    I think I once said on here that black shorts are the cycling equivalent of jeans.

    Live a little!
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  • rick_chaseyrick_chasey Posts: 50,051 Lives Here
    Pross said:

    Cobbled Classics are just a niche form of racing to give a chance to those who are too heavy to win on a hilly route and not fast enough to win bunch sprints.

    Naaaaah!
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  • rick_chaseyrick_chasey Posts: 50,051 Lives Here
    edited 8 August
    If Strade Bianche became a monument it’d get a lot duller...

    It works because It’s so early in the season and not many people peak for it.
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  • blazing_saddlesblazing_saddles Posts: 15,677
    Watching Milan-San Remo live is a total waste of a Saturday afternoon.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
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