The Hell of the North 2022 ***Spoilers***

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  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 2,293
    edited April 2022
    Always get it at Roubaix "I love to ride on cobbles", said riders then doing everything they can to not ride on the cobbles....
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    edited April 2022
    DQ sticky bottle
    "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
  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 2,293
    Rainbow jersey DQ'd for a sticky bottle
  • gethinceri
    gethinceri Posts: 1,659
    Good
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Ladies race coming back together
    "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: 18,908
    Longbordgini(SP?) Counters over top ... Trying to solo it from 30 k out
    "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
  • thejimmymethod
    thejimmymethod Posts: 458
    Big save!
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    thejimmymethod said:

    Big save!

    Not by those two Uno X riders though! :D
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Kopecky almost gaping the other chasers....
    ....then caught.
    Carrefour done.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,815
    I reckon she's got this. Chase group starting to look at each other.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Chase group what 4 riders running out of legs Lgbgi riding away ...
    "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: 22,725
    Game over.
    The chasers are being marked out by the Trek two.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,227
    Balsamo got DQ-ed? Missed that.
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,815
    orraloon said:

    Balsamo got DQ-ed? Missed that.

    Too sticky a bottle
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,182
    JimD666 said:

    Always get it at Roubaix "I love to ride on cobbles", said riders then doing everything they can to not ride on the cobbles....

    This irritates me - all the cobbles hype, then they race 90% of the sectors on the hardpack. Sure it's very tough, but I'd like to see a few more bales to keep the on the road.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    edited April 2022
    Trek nailed that down with brand getting away with kopecky earlier allowing the longborgini counter
    "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: 18,908
    Very professional looking race
    "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: 18,908
    Good race
    "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
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    Well, ELB did exactly what I told Ganna to do...

    Just like that Fillipo

    Good on you ELB. Deserve that!
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,054
    Mad_Malx said:

    JimD666 said:

    Always get it at Roubaix "I love to ride on cobbles", said riders then doing everything they can to not ride on the cobbles....

    This irritates me - all the cobbles hype, then they race 90% of the sectors on the hardpack. Sure it's very tough, but I'd like to see a few more bales to keep the on the road.
    Anyone using those "on the fly" pressure adjust gismos?
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    Very good win that
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    Mad_Malx said:

    JimD666 said:

    Always get it at Roubaix "I love to ride on cobbles", said riders then doing everything they can to not ride on the cobbles....

    This irritates me - all the cobbles hype, then they race 90% of the sectors on the hardpack. Sure it's very tough, but I'd like to see a few more bales to keep the on the road.
    The bigger crowds help mitigate it in the men's race, especially on the main sectors but it is annoying
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Pross said:

    Mad_Malx said:

    JimD666 said:

    Always get it at Roubaix "I love to ride on cobbles", said riders then doing everything they can to not ride on the cobbles....

    This irritates me - all the cobbles hype, then they race 90% of the sectors on the hardpack. Sure it's very tough, but I'd like to see a few more bales to keep the on the road.
    The bigger crowds help mitigate it in the men's race, especially on the main sectors but it is annoying
    There should be barriers in place on the Arenberg sector and I did see a photo of a tractor ploughing up the verges.


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  • neonriver
    neonriver Posts: 228
    edited April 2022


    This irritates me - all the cobbles hype, then they race 90% of the sectors on the hardpack. Sure it's very tough, but I'd like to see a few more bales to keep the on the road.

    Anyone using those "on the fly" pressure adjust gismos?


    DSM have said they’re not using it this weekend but in the roubaix tdf stage
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Put a load of gravel alongside the cobbled section and then riders can decide if they want to do a cobble race or a gravel race
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,314
    This is probably one for the unpopular opinions thread. P-R is the cycling equivalent of the Grand National. You have to be good to win but other than that it is pure lottery.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    pblakeney said:

    This is probably one for the unpopular opinions thread. P-R is the cycling equivalent of the Grand National. You have to be good to win but other than that it is pure lottery.


    I agree. Does that make Ronde van Vlaanderen the Cheltenham Gold Cup? And stage racing flat racing - less risk, more money?
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,314
    RichN95. said:

    pblakeney said:

    This is probably one for the unpopular opinions thread. P-R is the cycling equivalent of the Grand National. You have to be good to win but other than that it is pure lottery.


    I agree. Does that make Ronde van Vlaanderen the Cheltenham Gold Cup? And stage racing flat racing - less risk, more money?
    Quite possibly, but I know nothing about horse racing. All I know is the GN gets rammed down our throats and bigged up to the max. Not to say it is not a spectacle.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    pblakeney said:



    Quite possibly, but I know nothing about horse racing. All I know is the GN gets rammed down our throats and bigged up to the max. Not to say it is not a spectacle.


    With jump racing the National is the one everyone knows, but the Cheltenham festival is their biggest event. And flat racing is where all the money is - mostly from the Middle East. I half expect Pogacar to be put out to stud at 28 and expected to 'cover' their women's team.
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,314
    🤣🤣🤣
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.

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