Cosmic Kid
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| 07/18/2019 03:00 PM |
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| Disappointing, but not surprising, stage today....with TT tomorrow and a brutal weekend of climbing, none of the GC guys were gonna take a shot today. At best, Landa or Bardet might have taken a flyer in a desperate hope to take back some time. |
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| Just say "NO!" to WCP!!!!
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SideBySide
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| 07/18/2019 04:00 PM |
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| I did not realize that it would bother me to be two hours from Pau, and not go. We'll get a small ride in tomorrow on the rental bike. She is glad we brought my bike so far, in spite of the pita aspect of transporting it and the extra costs. |
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Orange Crush
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| 07/18/2019 08:12 PM |
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| Even without TT that stage was set up to be boring. Leave it to Letour to design boring mountain stages. |
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Orange Crush
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| 07/19/2019 09:10 AM |
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Meanwhile in LaCourse Vos shows who's boss. This after 4 wins in Giro. She is back with a vengeance.
And in other random news in an interview that will appear Saturday Pablo's brother Roberto reveals that the Medelins wanted to use their earnings to sponsor a Tour team. A dream that never happened though they tried. |
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BuffFan
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| 07/19/2019 09:54 AM |
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| So.. whats the dope on Rohan D????? |
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Orange Crush
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| 07/19/2019 10:17 AM |
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| No one really knows yet but the main hypothesis is disagreement on equipment. |
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79pmooney
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| 07/19/2019 11:08 AM |
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TT spoiler!!
Good on Marianne! Glad she's back. (I just had the thought of the athlete she reminds me most of for her love of the sport. Centerfielder Ken Griffey. And like Griffey, she loves it so much and is so gifted that she pushes too hard and suffers career limiting injuries. Ken Griffey ran into walls to catch balls no other could get to. Vos raced 3 disciplines in one year.)
The Tour de France attrition continues. Rohan Dennis, personal reasons only his agent is privy to. Van Aert crashes out, 1 km from setting the best yet TT time. And now Schachmann. Does he start tomorrow? (We normally think of TTs as costly in GC, not in the next day's start list.)
And that TT finish? Wow! I won't say more.
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longslowdistance
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| 07/19/2019 12:11 PM |
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| Heck of a TT today (no spoiler) |
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Orange Crush
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| 07/19/2019 12:26 PM |
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| Seeing is believing? |
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longslowdistance
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| 07/19/2019 01:44 PM |
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| I loved the Aussie commentators’ “Whoa!” moment when both had the same thought at the same time, while the winning ride was clearly really happening. “Is it possible??!?” one of them wondered out loud . (I.e. is it possible that the stage winner will win the Tour? Whoa!) A pause. Then the other said something like “Can’t go there, at least not yet”. Great stuff. |
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Cosmic Kid
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| 07/19/2019 09:25 PM |
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Posted By Orange Crush on 07/19/2019 10:17 AM
No one really knows yet but the main hypothesis is disagreement on equipment.
Here’s what I don’t get....you know who the team’s equipment sponsors are before you signed with the team. As a guy who has made his name in TT’s, the first thing I do is make sure they have top-notch TT stuff (spoiler - they don’t). I was shocked when Dennis signed with them for that very reason. He has no reason to act like a child now...he knew their stuff was crap. |
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| Just say "NO!" to WCP!!!!
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Orange Crush
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| 07/19/2019 09:45 PM |
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CK - yup. Exactly that.
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zootracer
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| 07/20/2019 10:57 AM |
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| The equipment issue makes perfect sense. That's why the team does not want to talk about it. Sooner or later the truth will come out... |
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longslowdistance
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| 07/20/2019 12:49 PM |
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This race is hot!
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longslowdistance
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| 07/20/2019 01:48 PM |
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| PS Buh By Skybots. |
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