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[ewenm]

Exciting racing in Paris-Nice today. Definitely worth catching the highlights!

[Wilmslowboy]

ewenm said:

Exciting racing in Paris-Nice today. Definitely worth catching the highlights!

Some of the most exciting last 10k of a stage I've seen for a long time..

Real lesson in not giving up by two great fighters. ....


.(in the spirt of no spoilers) Well done to the tour winner and bloody well done to the 2nd place gladiator

[mcelliott]

Stunning last stage, probably the best road racing I've seen in many many years. Two road warriors going head to head, and not once did they look down at their power meters.

[johnxjsc1985]

Cant believe I missed it but its on eurosport at 9.30pm

[pzero64]

ewenm said:

Exciting racing in Paris-Nice today. Definitely worth catching the highlights!

Watched a recording of the highlights. Fantastic racing and a great result.

[Granfondo]

Could be Marco Pantanni was not a doper according to Italian police!

[Potatoes]

Granfondo said:

Could be Marco Pantanni was not a doper according to Italian police!

Just saw that, this could get interesting

[johnxjsc1985]

so pleased for Thomas he really went through it on the last stage and his decent was epic. What a great time Cummins is having at the end of his Career. for some of us this is all quite incredible stuff having just the black and white films of Tom Simpson or the Tour wins of Barry Hoban now every time you put the TV on its World Champions jersey's TDF wins classic wins etc great stuff.

[johnxjsc1985]

I watched Pantani's film recently and he was devastated by that test failure and now it could well be a knobbled test. I hope so because he was so special.

[neilr]

Granfondo said:

Could be Marco Pantanni was not a doper according to Italian police!

Even if the Giro test was a fix it looks very much like he was using for the '98 tour. A shame, but lets be honest it's not entirely shocking is it.

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/tour-de-france-to...

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/marco-pantani-...


I too enjoyed the Pantani film and Matt Rendells book is well worth a read if you havent already read it. The 'cult of Pantani' is an interesting one. A man who played a large part in creating the mystique surrounding himself, but ultimately found it impossible to face the reality of his use of PED's. A tragic story really.

[mcelliott]

johnxjsc1985 said:

so pleased for Thomas he really went through it on the last stage and his decent was epic. What a great time Cummins is having at the end of his Career. for some of us this is all quite incredible stuff having just the black and white films of Tom Simpson or the Tour wins of Barry Hoban now every time you put the TV on its World Champions jersey's TDF wins classic wins etc great stuff.

Oi you forgot Phil Bayton!

[johnxjsc1985]

mcelliott said:

Oi you forgot Phil Bayton!

or Sid Barras.

[Johnny]

Very much looking forward to Milan-San Remo this afternoon.

Just seen this though, might need to be re-routed:

[johnxjsc1985]

Johnny said:

Very much looking forward to Milan-San Remo this afternoon.

Just seen this though, might need to be re-routed:

just the 300km today then.

[Johnny]

So many crashes! Carnage.

[mcelliott]

Wow breathless last 10km.

[mcelliott]

Oops!

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/riders-accuse-dema...

[johnxjsc1985]

mcelliott said:

Oops!

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/riders-accuse-dema...

selective blindness by the judges. With all those cameras and photographers there must be footage.
I remember Ben Swift riding as a young man at the Velodrome many years ago along with another kid equally as good .

[Potatoes]

Desperately sad news from the Gent-Wevelgem race over the weekend, Antoine Demoitie died after a crash:

http://www.bbc.com/sport/cycling/35908455

It's another reminder of the dangers of the sport we love.

[johnxjsc1985]

Such sad news tragic loss of a young talented life.