Il Lombardia 2015 - **SPOILERS**
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Podium Cafe ends the debate with the opening words of their preview:-
http://www.podiumcafe.com/2015/10/1/9434335/fierce-competition-for-years-final-monument
Unfortunately...........................
So, can BR pull a Contador and officially climb off and put it's feet up at the end of July?
"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
"Diego Rosa gets a mention courtesy of his second place finish at Milan Torino" ...what!
Apart from that did he really write it's ranked lower than Fleche Wallone ? Fleche Wallone is just a mass start hill climb with a bit of a warm up.[Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]0 -
"Diego Rosa gets a mention courtesy of his second place finish at Milan Torino" ...what!
Apart from that did he really write it's ranked lower than Fleche Wallone ? Fleche Wallone is just a mass start hill climb with a bit of a warm up.
Bloody kids. It's a monument. End."In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"
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Goat, I wholeheartedly agree. But the problem is that you make a sensible statement like that and the thread goes quiet...0
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"Diego Rosa gets a mention courtesy of his second place finish at Milan Torino" ...what!
Apart from that did he really write it's ranked lower than Fleche Wallone ? Fleche Wallone is just a mass start hill climb with a bit of a warm up.
No it shouldn't be ranked lower than Fleche Wallone but denegrating F-W doesn''t help LBL's cause. As I said earlier it's horses for courses. Watching Bolt win a a 100m will probably be more exciting than whoever wins the Olympic gold medal for the marathon...I'm sure the marathon is more knackering though.0 -
Absolutely shamelessly nicked off Inrng, but what a photo.
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I'll be balls deep in an MBA residential douche-off when this is on. I believe it will be "organisational behaviour". I'm sad to miss the race.0
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All you need to know for an MBA is Alex Ferguson's advice about management to Dave Brailsford - "Get rid of the c*nts"I'll be balls deep in an MBA residential douche-off when this is on. I believe it will be "organisational behaviour". I'm sad to miss the race.Twitter: @RichN950 -
[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19714923#p19714923]disgruntledgoat[/url] wrote:
Have you ever done the LBL course. Its seriously hard. Fleche is just a primer for the Mur de Huy. Easy in comparison. and a more boring race...[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19714727#p19714727]disgruntledgoat[/url] wrote:I'll hazard a guess that this is the first time in a while that Lombardy has managed a couple of spoiler pages this far out...
It's an OK race leave it where it is . All this talk of this being a bit samey and that being a bit samey is rubbish really. The cobbled classics are a great series of races and I don't recall too much "oh well here we go again" when they are on.
The Ardennes are the poor relation but still watchable. Going against the grain I prefer F-W to LBL but that's because I live in hope of a successful breakaway and love the charge up the Muur de Huy.
Funny what floats your boat, isn't it? Because I really like the slow burn of an LBL where extreme distance and accumulated fatigue over a load of climbs that on their own are pretty manageable combines with fireworks over the 3 final savage climbs.
Yes I have. I go down there for a ride about once a month. Chaudfintaine, ancienne barrière, and the other steady climbs are not that tough in isolation. Even 4 or 5 of them aren't such a stretch. The course then gets attritional. Oes, stockeau, that horrible thing out of spa and rosiere are all either legitimately tough or tough after that distance. Then you pile on redoute, thst steep little sod after it and st Nicolas close together to get the effect I describe.
Attrition is definitely the name of the game, by St Nicholas and the steady drag into ans, the legs are properly screaming! I love la redoute, great little climb.0 -
All you need to know for an MBA is Alex Ferguson's advice about management to Dave Brailsford - "Get rid of the c*nts"I'll be balls deep in an MBA residential douche-off when this is on. I believe it will be "organisational behaviour". I'm sad to miss the race.
So essentially an MBA course is a self selecting identification programme?
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Absolutely shamelessly nicked off Inrng, but what a photo.
That is outstanding.
A vacancy for picture poster has recently arisen on Pro Race if you are interested...0 -
All you need to know for an MBA is Alex Ferguson's advice about management to Dave Brailsford - "Get rid of the c*nts"I'll be balls deep in an MBA residential douche-off when this is on. I believe it will be "organisational behaviour". I'm sad to miss the race.
So essentially an MBA course is a self selecting identification programme?
There are definitely a few apprentice wannabes in that category on the course! But they're easily avoidable and most people are quite normal.
In other news, I was quite drunk last night... :oops:0 -
"Diego Rosa gets a mention courtesy of his second place finish at Milan Torino" ...what!
Apart from that did he really write it's ranked lower than Fleche Wallone ? Fleche Wallone is just a mass start hill climb with a bit of a warm up.
No it shouldn't be ranked lower than Fleche Wallone but denegrating F-W doesn''t help LBL's cause. As I said earlier it's horses for courses. Watching Bolt win a a 100m will probably be more exciting than whoever wins the Olympic gold medal for the marathon...I'm sure the marathon is more knackering though.
I don't think I was trying to help Lombardy's cause by denigrating Fleche Wallone - I was making an observation that Fleche Wallone has become a one dimensional race and if the author of that piece thinks it ranks higher than Lombardy in any way he needs to get a grip.
It's a bit like when people question whether Wayne Rooney is world class - fair discussion to have - then someone will pipe up that he shouldn't be in the Man Utd team which is obvious horseshit. Lombardy may have lost a bit of prestige but it's a million miles ahead of FW.[Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]0 -
"Diego Rosa gets a mention courtesy of his second place finish at Milan Torino" ...what!
Apart from that did he really write it's ranked lower than Fleche Wallone ? Fleche Wallone is just a mass start hill climb with a bit of a warm up.
No it shouldn't be ranked lower than Fleche Wallone but denegrating F-W doesn''t help LBL's cause. As I said earlier it's horses for courses. Watching Bolt win a a 100m will probably be more exciting than whoever wins the Olympic gold medal for the marathon...I'm sure the marathon is more knackering though.
I don't think I was trying to help Lombardy's cause by denigrating Fleche Wallone - I was making an observation that Fleche Wallone has become a one dimensional race and if the author of that piece thinks it ranks higher than Lombardy in any way he needs to get a grip.
It's a bit like when people question whether Wayne Rooney is world class - fair discussion to have - then someone will pipe up that he shouldn't be in the Man Utd team which is obvious horseshit. Lombardy may have lost a bit of prestige but it's a million miles ahead of FW.
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All you Philistine grouches need to close your eyes and smell the musty scent of of the Skoda Superbes...
Take a moment to absorb assorted bits of dowelling....before next Spring - a good thing you didn't spoil your massive whoopsie.
Have you been on the gels again ?0 -
Bad news Dish Dash - Purito's out.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/knee-injury-forces-rodriguez-out-of-lombardy/
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I've probably just p'd 2 quid against the wall, but I've stuck just that on Uran to win at 40 to 1. He won in Canada, and looked in good shape in Richmond as he headed the pack off the final climb.0
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That is outstanding.
A vacancy for picture poster has recently arisen on Pro Race if you are interested...
I dunno, a bit too much pf a high stress job for me. 0 -
All you Philistine Il Lombardia grouches need to close your eyes and smell the musty scent of damp bark and leaves as it catches the stiffening breeze that rasps the back of your nose in the shadows... Then open your eyes to final blast of colour and panache of the season in one of cycling's numerous True Heartlands TM and open your ears to the fading horns of the Skoda Superbes...
Take a moment to absorb their import: for they signify the end of another chapter - and the beginning of that period when you must venture to the shed/loft and have another attempt at extracating your Turbo from that broken camping chair, sections of veneered IKEA shelving and assorted bits of dowelling....before placing it by the back door to taunt yourself through the Winter months for your lack of discipline and fortitude, only to return it to the shed/loft again, unused, next Spring - when you decide it's a good thing you didn't ride much over the Winter because you'd have spoiled your new overshoes....You massive whoopsie.
To use a quote from "Blazing Saddles":
Hedley Lamarr: My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives.
Taggart: God darnit, Mr. Lamarr, you use your tongue prettier than a twenty dollar whore.0 -
Bad news Dish Dash - Purito's out.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/knee-injury-forces-rodriguez-out-of-lombardy/
Oh feck
Nibs or Valverde then...0 -
Bad news Dish Dash - Purito's out.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/knee-injury-forces-rodriguez-out-of-lombardy/
Oh feck
Nibs or Valverde then...
ABV. Pleeeeease. Anyone.Warning No formatter is installed for the format0 -
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That climb looks brutal...0
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That climb is worthy of the Fred Whitton...0
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Kwia showing some class on the climb. Wellens looks like he's trying to put a shirt on an octopus0
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Wellens is really uip for this. Taking a few liberties on the descent0
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Nibs with an awesome acelleration0
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Is Moreno riding for a contract with Valverde?
Valverde doing his following wheels thing... He's going to be hard to beat0
