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Sam Bennett - no same day spoilers

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    #422
    [Deleted User]
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    Sagan was leading out Sam today
    and they didn't get it right, looks like 3rd for Sam, possibly should have told Sagan to go himself


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    #423
    CrowdedHouse
    Registered Users Posts: 6,815 ✭✭✭CrowdedHouse


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Sagan was leading out Sam today
    and they didn't get it right, looks like 3rd for Sam

    I'm not entirely sure he was...

    Seven Worlds will Collide



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    #424
    MPFGLB
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Sagan was leading out Sam today
    and they didn't get it right, looks like 3rd for Sam
    Sam could have won that ...looked good but too far back


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    #425
    MPFGLB
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    I know alot of people are saying Bennet should leave Bora ,etc

    But how many riders can be lead out by Sagan ?


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    #426
    [Deleted User]
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    Ha yeah that's fair point.


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    #427
    RobFowl
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    Suspect Sagan is a rubbish lead out man but thats just me....

    Solid start to the season and looks in decent shape.


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    #428
    mr spuckler
    Registered Users Posts: 3,107 ✭✭✭mr spuckler


    https://twitter.com/Sammmy_Be/status/1089672784358318085


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    #429
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    Sam was best of the rest today in 4th place. Gotta love it when the breakaway gets it, was a hell of a finish on the motor racing circuit.


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    #430
    dahat
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    That was a great watch, mad speeds from breakaway & peleton.


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    #431
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    dahat wrote: »
    That was a great watch, mad speeds from breakaway & peleton.

    71kmph when lotto soudal went on the front at one point.


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    #432
    dahat
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    Bennett must be annoyed coming away from there with nothing as is clearly in good form.


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    #433
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    Have some of that !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good man Sam.


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    #434
    cunavalos
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    Wow ... Definitely one of his better wins, balked by Hodeg and had the legs to go again


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    #435
    Bambaata
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    Thought he'd missed the opportunity there. Hopefully see an overhead replay to see how the hell he got out to sprint


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    #436
    dahat
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    Damn!

    Fell asleep on the couch and totally forgot about this.


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    #437
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    dahat wrote: »
    Damn!

    Fell asleep on the couch and totally forgot about this.

    Flick over now for the replay. All you need to see, it was laps on a ring road.


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    #438
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    Oh he took a bump and had a word for the quickstep leadout man.


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    #439
    Beasty
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    Enjoyed that - seemed to appear out of no-where


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    #440
    De Bhál
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    Beasty wrote: »
    Enjoyed that - seemed to appear out of no-where

    I had last 20km on in the background and I didn't hear his name mentioned once until 5m from the line


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    #441
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    It's a fine one given the field there this week.


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    #442
    dahat
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    There is a picture doing the roads on Twitter of 50m from the line, he was well behind and delivered his sprint & throw perfectly.


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    #443
    gman2k
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    https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/sam-bennett-first-worldtour-win-2019-contract-year-cant-hurt-409442


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    #444
    1bryan
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    A contract year, in the same year Sky are disbanding. Not good.

    Still, I'm sure he'll be fine. Can't see him staying at Bora, but he'll be grand.


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    #445
    CramCycle
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    1bryan wrote: »
    A contract year, in the same year Sky are disbanding. Not good.

    Still, I'm sure he'll be fine. Can't see him staying at Bora, but he'll be grand.

    I thought Sky had arranged a tapered withdrawal, not sure if they found another investor, some billionaire was hinted at in the papers the other day.


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    #446
    terrydel
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    CramCycle wrote: »
    I thought Sky had arranged a tapered withdrawal, not sure if they found another investor, some billionaire was hinted at in the papers the other day.

    A marginal withdrawal?


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    #447
    Macy0161
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    1bryan wrote: »
    A contract year, in the same year Sky are disbanding. Not good.

    Still, I'm sure he'll be fine. Can't see him staying at Bora, but he'll be grand.
    Surely worse case scenario is him staying at Bora? Someone like Direct Energie mightn't be a bad fit, if he had to drop a level (I can't recall their current sprinter) - they get a lot of world tour races. Or EF - he's better than Modolo or McClay, English speaking, plenty of own chances...


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    #448
    1bryan
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    CramCycle wrote: »
    I thought Sky had arranged a tapered withdrawal, not sure if they found another investor, some billionaire was hinted at in the papers the other day.

    some Colombian lad, I saw that too, but nothing concrete yet, as far as I'm aware.


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    #449
    1bryan
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    Macy0161 wrote: »
    Surely worse case scenario is him staying at Bora? Someone like Direct Energie mightn't be a bad fit, if he had to drop a level (I can't recall their current sprinter) - they get a lot of world tour races. Or EF - he's better than Modolo or McClay, English speaking, plenty of own chances...

    I'd expect his ambitions would be higher than either of those. Not sure what kind of salary he's on but I'd expect both those teams (and pro-continentals in general) don't have much budget for anything more than an average salary.


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    #450
    Weepsie
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 19,965 Mod ✭✭✭✭Weepsie


    They signed Niki Terpstra who is probably getting a decent wedge, and left to get more money. I think Specialized may cover a lot of Sagan's pay too at Bora as they were very actively involved in finding his new team when Tinkoff pulled out.


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    #451
    neris
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    Cofidis next year looks like Bouhani will getting his p45 :D


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