Paris-Nice 2023 ***Spoilers
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Obviously is for some people. Relax.Dorset_Boy said:
Touchy!rick_chasey said:🤷🏻♂️ dyslexic innit. I just hear the names. If ya know who it is, pipe down.
Trying to help you. It's not difficult.0 -
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JV not in the same class as Pog and Gaudu at the moment. Tries to sprint and Pog blows him away.0
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Pog easily counters a JV attack and distances him. Gaudu second, JV third and Yates fourth0
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Everyone else is collapsed on the floor whilst Pog looked fresh. Not sure what Gaudu was doing with both hands in his back pockets just as JV attacked 200m from the line.0
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Just shows that Jonas without having the best riders in the world working for him (Van Aert + Roglic) is no match for Pogacar.0
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It's still a long way to the Tour. Usually Pogacar ought to be stronger, but JV has looked very impressive as a team so far.
Vingegaard did a very good job of learning from his mistake and to stay within his limits.
Pogacar is def the Tour favorite, but it's hardly a done deal. I wonder how the JV dynamic will work with Roglic either not there or not in top form due to competing in the Giro.PTP Champion 2019, 2022 & 20230 -
Stick the coverage on just in time to see a replay of peloton going round the corner to find a car heading straight towards them. Fortunately everyone safe but could of been catastrophic0
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For once, the final stage is failing to deliver.
We don’t have riders all over the course. Instead we have a solitary Wout Poels a few seconds ahead of the bunch.
Words were exchanged between Pogacar and David de La Cruz, after the breakaway was chased down.
UAE continue to ride hard on the front."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
The Poginator is so strong.0
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Imagine if he had a decent bike.orraloon said:The Poginator is so strong.
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Only caught the last km sadly, but impressive again by the Poginator.1
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Don’t forget Pog prefers cooler weather. Might be different in July.Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי1
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There’s an argument to be made that he ruined a potentially good race today.
Sunday into Nice is usually edge of the seat stuff.
I lost interest today."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
So was that what de la Cruz was whingeing to the Pog about today? How dare you catch us and beat us all? 'Snot fair. 😉1
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It's a long way to Paris"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 pm0
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I think it was more to do with if you won’t give breakaways some kms of exposure, it’s not going to play well with sponsors. Small teams suffer.orraloon said:So was that what de la Cruz was whingeing to the Pog about today? How dare you catch us and beat us all? 'Snot fair. 😉
I don’t think de La Cruz thought for one moment that he could win the stage.
"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
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July?m.r.m. said:
8 days?mididoctors said:It's a long way to Paris
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.0 -
Memes did exist before the internetpblakeney said:
July?m.r.m. said:
8 days?mididoctors said:It's a long way to Paris
"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 pm0 -
Probably fair.blazing_saddles said:There’s an argument to be made that he ruined a potentially good race today.
Sunday into Nice is usually edge of the seat stuff.
I lost interest today.
I do think though we're being a bit spoiled with the top top Tour contenders duking it out in March in a World Tour race already.
No doubt Rich will be around to declare Wiggins and Froome regularly raced against their competitors in Paris Nice, but then, there wasn't quite the rivalry as there is now.
Could be worse. We could be like the 00s when we all were pretending that we were watching top racing until June/July came along and the big dogs decided to go race properly.0 -
That's the way it should be, like every other sport.rick_chasey said:
Probably fair.blazing_saddles said:There’s an argument to be made that he ruined a potentially good race today.
Sunday into Nice is usually edge of the seat stuff.
I lost interest today.
I do think though we're being a bit spoiled with the top top Tour contenders duking it out in March in a World Tour race already.
No doubt Rich will be around to declare Wiggins and Froome regularly raced against their competitors in Paris Nice, but then, there wasn't quite the rivalry as there is now.
Could be worse. We could be like the 00s when we all were pretending that we were watching top racing until June/July came along and the big dogs decided to go race properly.2 -
Meh, cycling isn't like any other sport and I think that's OK.kingstongraham said:
That's the way it should be, like every other sport.rick_chasey said:
Probably fair.blazing_saddles said:There’s an argument to be made that he ruined a potentially good race today.
Sunday into Nice is usually edge of the seat stuff.
I lost interest today.
I do think though we're being a bit spoiled with the top top Tour contenders duking it out in March in a World Tour race already.
No doubt Rich will be around to declare Wiggins and Froome regularly raced against their competitors in Paris Nice, but then, there wasn't quite the rivalry as there is now.
Could be worse. We could be like the 00s when we all were pretending that we were watching top racing until June/July came along and the big dogs decided to go race properly.0 -
I don't think we saw top racing at Paris Nice this year. We saw the likely two top contenders racing in the same race.rick_chasey said:
Meh, cycling isn't like any other sport and I think that's OK.kingstongraham said:
That's the way it should be, like every other sport.rick_chasey said:
Probably fair.blazing_saddles said:There’s an argument to be made that he ruined a potentially good race today.
Sunday into Nice is usually edge of the seat stuff.
I lost interest today.
I do think though we're being a bit spoiled with the top top Tour contenders duking it out in March in a World Tour race already.
No doubt Rich will be around to declare Wiggins and Froome regularly raced against their competitors in Paris Nice, but then, there wasn't quite the rivalry as there is now.
Could be worse. We could be like the 00s when we all were pretending that we were watching top racing until June/July came along and the big dogs decided to go race properly.2 -
Was that Pog’s fault for being too strong or Ving’s for not being strong enough?
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I guess Jumbo split their strengths in half and did go and win Tirreno on the side.
Jumbo having Roglic is a real complication for Pog.0 -
I think the potential of Pog having a much stronger Tour team this year is a far bigger complication for JV (and more or less everyone else… possibly including those who only equate close races with exciting races).2
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On the basis that Yates isn't really mountain train material, I can see him, Ayuso, and Vine being given the Giro/Vuelta and the likes of Almeida, Soler, Majka, Großschartner, and McNulty in the Tour mountain train to try and prevent him being isolated against 2 or more Rabobank riders.ocdupalais said:I think the potential of Pog having a much stronger Tour team this year is a far bigger complication for JV (and more or less everyone else… possibly including those who only equate close races with exciting races).
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