What did he say?
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Sassy Colombian
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Nor did I. Even Egan I think is surprise and has mentioned how he must make the most of this miracle, or second chance at cycling. Hopefully his body recovers fully and can get back to racing soon.
Black Belt Jones
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Alex Kristoff had a good win mid-week - won Scheldeprijs, a sprinters classic. Smashed the lead group up 7k out, with Bora and Alpecin having multiple riders present.
Brutal strong rider, so consistent - nice perspective on him here:
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He'll contest Roubaix and be up front no doubt. Podium seems like a stretch at this stage in his career - but it's an unpredictable race, Gilbert won it when he was 37.
Amstel Gold this Sunday - switched schedule with PR due to French elections.
Brutal strong rider, so consistent - nice perspective on him here:
It’s time to stop writing off Alexander Kristoff
Despite his staggering palmares, the Stavanger Stallion keeps flying under the radar.
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He'll contest Roubaix and be up front no doubt. Podium seems like a stretch at this stage in his career - but it's an unpredictable race, Gilbert won it when he was 37.
Amstel Gold this Sunday - switched schedule with PR due to French elections.
<tinfoil hat>no, it was to give WvA more time to recover from Covid</tinfoil hat>Alex Kristoff had a good win mid-week - won Scheldeprijs, a sprinters classic. Smashed the lead group up 7k out, with Bora and Alpecin having multiple riders present.
Brutal strong rider, so consistent - nice perspective on him here:
It’s time to stop writing off Alexander Kristoff
Despite his staggering palmares, the Stavanger Stallion keeps flying under the radar.
He'll contest Roubaix and be up front no doubt. Podium seems like a stretch at this stage in his career - but it's an unpredictable race, Gilbert won it when he was 37.
Amstel Gold this Sunday - switched schedule with PR due to French elections.
Good luck and enjoy that
Deulofeumygod
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It’s a little intimidating and i definitely need to build my endurance.
Any more strava buddies out there? I love seeing people’s rides.
I am Ess tee it anyone wants to add me.
Black Belt Jones
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Black Belt Jones
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Wout van Aert is over covid and will race Sunday 'just to help out the team.' That sounds unlikely to be his motivation to me, but will be great to see him back - he also has LBL targetted.
Interesting to hear Ganna is focussing pretty hard on this race - hoping to emulate Moser in the House of the North. Unfortunately he's had to deal with some illness this year so it might not be the time for him, but world-dominating power isn't the worst thing to bring to Paris Roubaix. Needs sublime racecraft to go along with that but he's shown he can race a bike recently.
The women's race is on the Sat, not the same day like they are sometimes organised.
Interesting to hear Ganna is focussing pretty hard on this race - hoping to emulate Moser in the House of the North. Unfortunately he's had to deal with some illness this year so it might not be the time for him, but world-dominating power isn't the worst thing to bring to Paris Roubaix. Needs sublime racecraft to go along with that but he's shown he can race a bike recently.
The women's race is on the Sat, not the same day like they are sometimes organised.
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Probably helps that Ineos have arguably had their best classics campaign since the team was founded. Kwiato, Sheffield, Turner, and van Baarle are all in great form so they come with a number of options.
This is bonkers and there is still 140km to go!
FrenchDarrenBent
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L-B-L concluded the classics season yesterday
Belgian cycling made a comeback last week. Teuns winning the Fleche Wallonne & a Belgian podium in LBL, with Evenepoel winning that one.
One of the few things the Belgians take seriously is professional cycling. Evenepoel got some harsh criticism because of his Tour of the Basque, poor management of the world championships last year & poor Giro. The pressure was on but he delivered.
Belgian cycling made a comeback last week. Teuns winning the Fleche Wallonne & a Belgian podium in LBL, with Evenepoel winning that one.
One of the few things the Belgians take seriously is professional cycling. Evenepoel got some harsh criticism because of his Tour of the Basque, poor management of the world championships last year & poor Giro. The pressure was on but he delivered.
It was certainly an impressive attack. It didn't seem like the strongest field in the end, with Roglic and Pogacar both missing, Ala taken out by the crash, and WvA seemingly not quite at his best. Nonetheless, it's the first time Remco has really done his primary means of attack in a major race, and you sense he's needed it as he hasn't been getting great (relatively speaking of course) results.
Black Belt Jones
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Pleased to see Remco deliver on such a big race - huge attack.
As full of himself as Remco the Goat is, that was a severe injury he's come back from - always great to see a young rider overcome a setback like that.
As full of himself as Remco the Goat is, that was a severe injury he's come back from - always great to see a young rider overcome a setback like that.
Nice bit of whacky races in the Tour of Hellas, where a guy thinks he's won, only for his saddle to come off mid celebration causing him to crash. As he's lifted off of the floor, he's informed that he actually came 2nd as the winner was a minute and a half up the road lol
tommye
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Heads up for you fellas, Sunday night on Talksport @20:00
My Sporting Life with Mark Cavendish.
Love or hate talksport there's no denying the quality of the My Sporting Life series and the bits they've aired Cav sounds like he's back on top form and in a great place in his head.
Enjoy
My Sporting Life with Mark Cavendish.
Love or hate talksport there's no denying the quality of the My Sporting Life series and the bits they've aired Cav sounds like he's back on top form and in a great place in his head.
Enjoy
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