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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    edited October 2020
    TheBigBean said:

    ddraver said:

    Poor Ned Boulting (who I very much admire, to be clear) is finding out on twitter that not everyone thinks quite as highly of dear Julian as he does...

    Does Ned think he did anything other than ruin the sprint?
    I think the idea that he could be anything other than an explosion of goodness on the Cycling Landscape is a shock....

    Frankly, Hirschi and Pog should have been glad to swerve!
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    ddraver said:

    Tbtrytguk

    TheBigBean said:

    ddraver said:

    Poor Ned Boulting (who I very much admire, to be clear) is finding out on twitter that not everyone thinks quite as highly of dear Julian as he does...

    Does Ned think he did anything other than ruin the sprint?
    I think the idea that he could be anything other than an explosion of goodness on the Cycling Landscape is a shock....

    Frankly, Hirschi and Pog should have been glad to swerve!

    And Tony Gallopin should have begged him to take his wife.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    bobmcstuff said:

    I don't know how you can watch that last few km and not have anything negative to say about Alaphilippe. Really erratic. I know he is normally pretty hyperactive but not usually like that.

    Seems like a turbo Voeckler, lots of showboating but Alaphilippe actually has the skills to back it up.

    Did he keep kicking his back wheel out or did I imagine that?
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,227
    RichN95. said:

    ddraver said:

    Tbtrytguk

    TheBigBean said:

    ddraver said:

    Poor Ned Boulting (who I very much admire, to be clear) is finding out on twitter that not everyone thinks quite as highly of dear Julian as he does...

    Does Ned think he did anything other than ruin the sprint?
    I think the idea that he could be anything other than an explosion of goodness on the Cycling Landscape is a shock....

    Frankly, Hirschi and Pog should have been glad to swerve!

    And Tony Gallopin should have begged him to take his wife.
    Ooh. Salée.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Pross said:

    bobmcstuff said:

    I don't know how you can watch that last few km and not have anything negative to say about Alaphilippe. Really erratic. I know he is normally pretty hyperactive but not usually like that.

    Seems like a turbo Voeckler, lots of showboating but Alaphilippe actually has the skills to back it up.

    Did he keep kicking his back wheel out or did I imagine that?
    Yeah. He kept randomly flicking the bike across the road and moving up a wheel length or two and looking round. Must have been a right nightmare in the group.

    Just looked deeply unprofessional and like I say, very hyperactive.

    I think he had the legs to win but was nervous (first race in the WC jersey) and was nervous about when to go, just kept kind of half going then not committing etc., then thought he'd won and was prematurely relieved. Obviously guesswork on my part.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    RichN95. said:

    rick_chasey said:

    RichN95. said:

    ddraver said:

    Poor Ned Boulting (who I very much admire, to be clear) is finding out on twitter that not everyone thinks quite as highly of dear Julian as he does...


    At the other end of the spectrum, Wiggins really doesn't like him
    How come?


    Basically he thinks he's arrogant
    LOL ok.
    _

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