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It's not like there's a whole load of stuff to do at the moment...blazing_saddles said:Watching Milan-San Remo live is a total waste of a Saturday afternoon.
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Cricket's on...twotoebenny said:
It's not like there's a whole load of stuff to do at the moment...blazing_saddles said:Watching Milan-San Remo live is a total waste of a Saturday afternoon.
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Pinot's tears abandoning TdF last year aren't a heart-rending manifestation of his humanity, they're the evidence of a fragile, cosseted ego, a little boy who has never grown up.
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Paris-Roubaix is better than Flanders.
“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0 -
P-R type cobbles have no place in the TourIt's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.1
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I don't see any of them as controversialRichN95. said: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 solutionsIt's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.0 -
Snitches get stitches.ddraver said:If AtC and RR were still active on here I'd fear for your life...so yes!
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It's normally a great hour of racing.blazing_saddles said:Watching Milan-San Remo live is a total waste of a Saturday afternoon.
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Ha I just posted in other thread about MSR surely being better than watching cricket. (As a proud scot it's in my DNA to not be interested in cricket.)bobmcstuff said:
Cricket's on...twotoebenny said:
It's not like there's a whole load of stuff to do at the moment...blazing_saddles said:Watching Milan-San Remo live is a total waste of a Saturday afternoon.
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Alf Engers would have beaten Merckx hour record, had he had a chanceleft the forum March 20230
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Profiles should show distance to go, not distanced covered, to match with viewing on TV and save us having to do any maths.Warning No formatter is installed for the format1
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Profiles should be shown at natural scale so we realise the terrain isn't all that tough after all.No_Ta_Doctor said:Profiles should show distance to go, not distanced covered, to match with viewing on TV and save us having to do any maths.
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That's fact so not really unpopular.tailwindhome said:Paris-Roubaix is better than Flanders.
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This isn't controversial!No_Ta_Doctor said:Profiles should show distance to go, not distanced covered, to match with viewing on TV and save us having to do any maths.
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Bold statement, ugo. Based on?ugo.santalucia said:Alf Engers would have beaten Merckx hour record, had he had a chance
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Mercx was the previous Evenepoel.0
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Well, Engers was the first to go under 50 minutes on a 25... that was on a road bike with no aerodynamics and on a non perfectly flat course... so that's nearly 49 km/h... I think on the boards he could have gone faster and beat Merckx' time.FreddieVonRost said:
Bold statement, ugo. Based on?ugo.santalucia said:Alf Engers would have beaten Merckx hour record, had he had a chance
Merckx could have beaten his own time, but that's a different storyleft the forum March 20230 -
I know the kit is different but if you take Dowsett's 25 mile PB and hour record it doesn't back your case that you ride faster on the track than in a TT.0
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There was nothing stopping Alf Engers from attempting the hour record. He wouldn't have beaten Merckx.0
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I'm not denying better riders have been denied by their own teams. 2012 tour is a possible example. Not sure it is true in 2008 though given their overall finishing positions.rick_chasey said:
Even his own teammates were better than Sastre (the Schlecks)TheBigBean said:
Evans was better?rick_chasey said:
2008 Tour de France says different.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.
I don't think Evans was the better rider in 2008 - he misjudged how much he could take back in the TT and finished nearly a minute down.0 -
He got tactically outdone pure and simple.TheBigBean said:
I'm not denying better riders have been denied by their own teams. 2012 tour is a possible example. Not sure it is true in 2008 though given their overall finishing positions.rick_chasey said:
Even his own teammates were better than Sastre (the Schlecks)TheBigBean said:
Evans was better?rick_chasey said:
2008 Tour de France says different.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.
I don't think Evans was the better rider in 2008 - he misjudged how much he could take back in the TT and finished nearly a minute down.0 -
3 genuine leaders is the most effective way to win a race if you can manage the team properly and ride to the tactical strength you have.0
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Because he didn't have the legs in my opinionrick_chasey said:
He got tactically outdone pure and simple.TheBigBean said:
I'm not denying better riders have been denied by their own teams. 2012 tour is a possible example. Not sure it is true in 2008 though given their overall finishing positions.rick_chasey said:
Even his own teammates were better than Sastre (the Schlecks)TheBigBean said:
Evans was better?rick_chasey said:
2008 Tour de France says different.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.
I don't think Evans was the better rider in 2008 - he misjudged how much he could take back in the TT and finished nearly a minute down.0 -
Watch that Alp stage again - takes up the chase far too late as he has no teammates and is playing silly buggers with the (faster than Sastre) Schlecks.TheBigBean said:
Because he didn't have the legs in my opinionrick_chasey said:
He got tactically outdone pure and simple.TheBigBean said:
I'm not denying better riders have been denied by their own teams. 2012 tour is a possible example. Not sure it is true in 2008 though given their overall finishing positions.rick_chasey said:
Even his own teammates were better than Sastre (the Schlecks)TheBigBean said:
Evans was better?rick_chasey said:
2008 Tour de France says different.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.
I don't think Evans was the better rider in 2008 - he misjudged how much he could take back in the TT and finished nearly a minute down.0 -
He either misjudged it or didn't have the legs, but if he did have the legs, there was nothing anyone could have done about it.rick_chasey said:
Watch that Alp stage again - takes up the chase far too late as he has no teammates and is playing silly buggers with the (faster than Sastre) Schlecks.TheBigBean said:
Because he didn't have the legs in my opinionrick_chasey said:
He got tactically outdone pure and simple.TheBigBean said:
I'm not denying better riders have been denied by their own teams. 2012 tour is a possible example. Not sure it is true in 2008 though given their overall finishing positions.rick_chasey said:
Even his own teammates were better than Sastre (the Schlecks)TheBigBean said:
Evans was better?rick_chasey said:
2008 Tour de France says different.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.
I don't think Evans was the better rider in 2008 - he misjudged how much he could take back in the TT and finished nearly a minute down.0
