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Alex Langheck

835 posts

128 months

Monday 10th April 2017
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counterofbeans said:
oddball1313 said:
I'm not an expert in any way but GVA's performance over the last 12 months has been outstanding, is he and BMC good enough to challenge for the yellow jersey in this years TDF ?
No. Completely different ball game.
Try and put it another way. How would you expect Contador, Froome, Quintana, et al to perform in the cobbled Classics?? That's not their type of racing; just as Van Avermaet, Sagan, etc won't challenge in the GTs.


Anyway, as well as a win for Van Avermaet, the Juniors Paris-Roubaix was won by promising young Brit Tom Pidcock; adding it to his British, European & World Junior CX Champiopnships......some serious talent!! I should think there'll be managers knocking on his door; in fact, Sven Nys has already expressed some interest.


Edited by Alex Langheck on Monday 10th April 20:05

Gruffy

7,212 posts

258 months

Monday 10th April 2017
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Alex Langheck said:
Anyway, as well as a win for Van Avermaet, the Juniors Paris-Roubaix was won by promising young Brit Tom Pidcock; adding it to his British, European & World Junior CX Champiopnships......some serious talent!! I should think there'll be managers knocking on his door; in fact, Sven Nys has already expressed some interest.
He absolutely dominated the race. I snapped him coming into the velodrome with 30s over the chasers:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BSqhHxTh_KH/


And then caught the team celebrations afterwards
https://www.instagram.com/p/BSqhPxFhrja/

Tom is so tiny to be slaying the cobbles like that. What a future he's got ahead of him.

Gruffy

7,212 posts

258 months

Monday 10th April 2017
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There's a few more on my Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/darren_franks/ the best of which is this one of the tactical stand-off between GvA and Stybar on the final lap:


johnxjsc1985

15,948 posts

163 months

Tuesday 11th April 2017
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Gruffy said:
There's a few more on my Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/darren_franks/ the best of which is this one of the tactical stand-off between GvA and Stybar on the final lap:

outstanding photos and what a great position you had .

Gruffy

7,212 posts

258 months

Tuesday 11th April 2017
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Thanks. I tried a few spots and then figured this would be where the sprint was launched. It was a little later in the end, but the final moments before the sprint were probably even more interesting.

hornetrider

63,161 posts

204 months

Friday 14th April 2017
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Great omnium points race from Katie Archibald there, really tense!

Highway Star

3,573 posts

230 months

Saturday 22nd April 2017
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Sad to see that Michele Scarponi was killed whilst training - just watched his stage win in the Tour of the Alps on catchup last night.

Johnny

9,652 posts

283 months

Saturday 22nd April 2017
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Sad news indeed frown

S10GTA

12,645 posts

166 months

Saturday 22nd April 2017
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Shocking news. I hope something good can come out of this tragedy.

mcelliott

8,626 posts

180 months

Saturday 22nd April 2017
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Truly awful news.

Granfondo

12,241 posts

205 months

Saturday 22nd April 2017
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Another very sad day for cycling.

johnxjsc1985

15,948 posts

163 months

Saturday 22nd April 2017
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How sad RIP mate.

mcelliott

8,626 posts

180 months

Sunday 23rd April 2017
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Valverde proving that as long as you've got a good doctor, age is not a barrier. #freakshow

Dr Imran T

2,301 posts

198 months

Monday 24th April 2017
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mcelliott said:
Valverde proving that as long as you've got a good doctor, age is not a barrier. #freakshow
Really?? not sure if you're serious or your record player is broken churning out the same old baloney.

I thought his tribute to Scaponi at the end of LBL was very sincere indeed. He gave all his prize money to the Scarpni family and dedicated the win to him!



JuniorD

8,616 posts

222 months

Monday 24th April 2017
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mcelliott said:
Valverde proving that as long as you've got a good doctor, age is not a barrier. #freakshow
Feel frustrated for Dan Martin, coming second to such a st.

mcelliott

8,626 posts

180 months

Monday 24th April 2017
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Dr Imran T said:
mcelliott said:
Valverde proving that as long as you've got a good doctor, age is not a barrier. #freakshow
Really?? not sure if you're serious or your record player is broken churning out the same old baloney.

I thought his tribute to Scaponi at the end of LBL was very sincere indeed. He gave all his prize money to the Scarpni family and dedicated the win to him!
I'm sorry i haven't a fkin clue what you're on about.

Rich_W

12,548 posts

211 months

Monday 24th April 2017
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Dr Imran T said:
mcelliott said:
Valverde proving that as long as you've got a good doctor, age is not a barrier. #freakshow
Really?? not sure if you're serious or your record player is broken churning out the same old baloney.

I thought his tribute to Scaponi at the end of LBL was very sincere indeed. He gave all his prize money to the Scarpni family and dedicated the win to him!
Not the Poster.

But there's no baloney IMO

Valverde was busted. He never apologised. Or assisted the authorities. An original member of the omerta!

All of a sudden he's smashing people much younger than him. It stinks!

funkyrobot

18,789 posts

227 months

Tuesday 25th April 2017
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Glad to see I'm not the only person wondering how on earth he keeps doing it.

This article from seven years ago gives a bit of background to what happened. It's also the reason I have never been able to trust Valverde:

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/jun/01/alej...

Katzenjammer

1,081 posts

177 months

Tuesday 25th April 2017
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Gruffy said:
There's a few more on my Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/darren_franks/ the best of which is this one of the tactical stand-off between GvA and Stybar on the final lap:

Brilliant. Worthy of magazine cover.

Katzenjammer

1,081 posts

177 months

Tuesday 25th April 2017
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funkyrobot said:
Glad to see I'm not the only person wondering how on earth he keeps doing it.

This article from seven years ago gives a bit of background to what happened. It's also the reason I have never been able to trust Valverde:

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/jun/01/alej...
He's also not exactly contrite

https://cyclingtips.com/2016/06/alejandro-valverde...