100th Volta Ciclista a Catalunya (2021) ***Spoilers***

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  • phreak
    phreak Posts: 2,953
    dannbodge said:

    rick_chasey said:

    Too early to say Chris is not gonna be the rider he was again?

    Seems unlikely at this point. Poor guy.

    Depends.
    Is he actually trying to be competitive or just get race miles in his legs?
    Even if that was the case, I'm not sure why he wouldn't give it his all on a relatively short time trial.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    phreak said:

    dannbodge said:

    rick_chasey said:

    Too early to say Chris is not gonna be the rider he was again?

    Seems unlikely at this point. Poor guy.

    Depends.
    Is he actually trying to be competitive or just get race miles in his legs?
    Even if that was the case, I'm not sure why he wouldn't give it his all on a relatively short time trial.

    He said he arrived at the race directly from altitude training and had a bit of altitude lag (my phrase). It may be an excuse, but I expected him to be a bit further along in this race
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Today's stage:







    Live now with 45kms to go.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Who is in the break?
    "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
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,226
    mididoctors said:

    Who is in the break?



    ARENSMAN Thymen +13:18
    KAMP Alexander +1:57
    VENTURINI Clément +10:40
    CHAMPION Thomas +10:52
    EVANS Alexander +24:56
    JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt +12:39
    BENNETT Sean +9:50
    JOYCE Colin +12:51
    GALVÁN Francisco +1:02

    Not going to survive half of the climb though.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    9 riders.
    None of them are particularly good climbers.
    So of course Kirby has already decided that the winner will come from the break.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Cheers
    "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
    Virgin TV go app playing up
    "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
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,226
    Yeah, not so sure about that actually
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    mididoctors said:

    Cheers

    Here you go. Not exactly a who's who.

    S. Bennett & R. J.v. Rensburg, Galvan, Kamp, Venturini, Galvan, Joyce, Arensman, and Evans.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Reinstall worked hurrah
    "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
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,226
    Gap dropped a minute in just over 2km. Now down to 2:12
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,226
    blazing_saddles said:

    9 riders.
    None of them are particularly good climbers.
    So of course Kirby has already decided that the winner will come from the break.

    I had the sound off - did he know how tough the first 7k of this climb is?
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Soler just found out how tough they are.
    Wow.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Dennis must be on good pay
    "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
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Valverde Carapaz and Kuss launch early
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  • joe_totale-2
    joe_totale-2 Posts: 1,333
    Rohan Dennis is doing his best to make Carlton Kirby appear incredibly stupid. Not that he needed much assistance with that.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,226
    Valverde will be launching attacks in this race when he's in his 80s.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Is it half price OAPs day? :p
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,226
    kingstongraham said:

    mididoctors said:

    Who is in the break?



    ARENSMAN Thymen +13:18
    KAMP Alexander +1:57
    VENTURINI Clément +10:40
    CHAMPION Thomas +10:52
    EVANS Alexander +24:56
    JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt +12:39
    BENNETT Sean +9:50
    JOYCE Colin +12:51
    GALVÁN Francisco +1:02

    Not going to survive half of the climb though.
    I was wrong, it did make it halfway up.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Shame I was rooting for the old man lol
    "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
    Almeida is just a tad limited in the hills
    "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
    That was a high level finish . Classy bunch .
    "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
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Jumbo getting their bottoms kicked this year.
    Yates
    Chavez
    Valverde
    Thomas
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,691
    How many bloody Bennets are we up to now? And are we going to call them all Gordon?
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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,340
    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    How many bloody Bennets are we up to now? And are we going to call them all Gordon?

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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,691
    Seriously.. There's an Iven and an Elizabeth out there as well. We need to do something about this.


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  • Charlie_Croker
    Charlie_Croker Posts: 1,727
    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    Seriously.. There's an Iven and an Elizabeth out there as well. We need to do something about this.

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    Arh! I see tehe ;)
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,609
    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    Seriously.. There's an Iven and an Elizabeth out there as well. We need to do something about this.


    Seems like a few of them are yet to be born! :p

    Decent climb and a good result for Yates.
    Nice to see Chaves having decent legs.
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,268
    That was a good (catch up) watch. Lots of action. Even if I found myself swearing out loud several times at the CK irritant.

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