Amstel Gold 2023 *** Spoiler thread ***

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Thanks
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,459

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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    33cl. Bunch of lightweights.


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  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,108
    Feels a good time to wheel out the fact Ben Healy's dad used to be training partners with me again.
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  • jimmythecuckoo
    jimmythecuckoo Posts: 4,719
    Cycling Twitter melting down... another Pog win and another bike change.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Just caught up.
    Healy has had an incredible half a week.
    Pogacar turns up, Pogacar wins is the story of 2023 so far.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,597
    11 wins from 17 race days, it’s incredible.
  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 2,293
    It's boring yet fantastic in equal measures.

    Very odd.
  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 12,042
    Healy looks to only be contracted until the end of this year - I wonder if some of the big teams are already sniffing around looking to sign him up.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Pross said:

    11 wins from 17 race days, it’s incredible.

    I didn't realise it was that high
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  • Pross said:

    11 wins from 17 race days, it’s incredible.

    I didn't realise it was that high
    His lowest finishing position in stages, stage races and one day races (excluding sprint stages and breakaway wins) is 4th at MSR
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,228
    edited April 2023
    2 of those 11 are gc wins, so it's 9 winning days from 17.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,597

    2 of those 11 are gc wins, so it's 9 winning days from 17.

    When you put it like that, he really needs to pull his finger out. Is he finished?
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,833
    What's Rog's strike rate this year? Seems like he's won a lot when he's raced.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,228
    mrb123 said:

    What's Rog's strike rate this year? Seems like he's won a lot when he's raced.

    5 wins from 14 days (plus 2 GCs).

    He had three 2nd places in Catalunya, one where Evenepoel cracked him, one where Ciccone surprised them and one where he didn't try against Evenepoel.
  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,486
    The difference though is that Roglic (as great as he is) hasn't really raced anything that matters this year outside of TA.
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  • drhaggis
    drhaggis Posts: 1,150
    m.r.m. said:

    The difference though is that Roglic (as great as he is) hasn't really raced anything that matters this year outside of TA.

    The Volta is still a WT race, and he had to beat Evenepoel there (yes, yes, I know technically the Tour of Basque Country is also WT, but there was no one there other than Vingegaard this year)