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    #32
    MPFG
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    Paul Kimmage's interview of Nicolas Roche ( Thought I'd put it hereas no where else )

    http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/cycling/paul-kimmage-on-why-nicolas-roche-is-determined-to-be-his-own-man-in-the-peloton-and-off-the-bike-31085204.html

    Diet & weight are really his Achilles heel


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    #33
    Beasty
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    MPFG wrote: »
    Paul Kimmage's interview of Nicolas Roche ( Thought I'd put it hereas no where else )

    http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/cycling/paul-kimmage-on-why-nicolas-roche-is-determined-to-be-his-own-man-in-the-peloton-and-off-the-bike-31085204.html

    Diet & weight are really his Achilles heel

    TBH I think age has definitely caught up with Kimmage and that's holding him back more than his diet nowadays:pac:


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    #34
    dastardly00
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    MPFG wrote: »
    Paul Kimmage's interview of Nicolas Roche ( Thought I'd put it hereas no where else )

    http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/cycling/paul-kimmage-on-why-nicolas-roche-is-determined-to-be-his-own-man-in-the-peloton-and-off-the-bike-31085204.html

    Diet & weight are really his Achilles heel

    Really good article.


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    #35
    funnights74
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    Sagan looked like he had it won at the end of the descent but always the bridesmaid. Tons of ability but I wonder psychologically has he got it?


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    #36
    JK.BMC
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    G Thomas is such an honest and classy rider; if he were to win Flanders it would be some kind of justice for all the work he does. If he were in a belgian team maybe he wud have a better overall palmares?


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    #37
    Konkers
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    http://m.bbc.com/sport/cycling/31958848

    Speaking of G. Thomas. Nice little article on who he favours for the spring classics and he predicted degenkolbs win.


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    #38
    ROK ON
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    JK.BMC wrote: »
    G Thomas is such an honest and classy rider; if he were to win Flanders it would be some kind of justice for all the work he does. If he were in a belgian team maybe he wud have a better overall palmares?

    One of my favourite riders but infuriating. If you asked me 3-4 years ago I honestly believed he would have a monument by now. I would like to see him get one soon. The problem with having a big engine in a team like Sky is that you spend a lot of time working. That said they have upped their classics game.

    Great win for Degenkolb a man who despite a strong palmares often seems overlooked versus Kittel. I usually find MSR fairly boring but yesterday was a bloody good race.


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    #39
    ZiabR
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    MPFG wrote: »
    Paul Kimmage's interview of Nicolas Roche ( Thought I'd put it hereas no where else )

    http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/cycling/paul-kimmage-on-why-nicolas-roche-is-determined-to-be-his-own-man-in-the-peloton-and-off-the-bike-31085204.html

    Diet & weight are really his Achilles heel

    Thats a great read!


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    #40
    MPFG
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    logik wrote: »
    Thats a great read!

    Yes...Kimmage when he is not being an aggressive foul mouth is an excellent interviewer ...He leads people where he wants them to go

    Nico's mom Lydia is still very good looking alright...better looking than his fiance IMO

    But Roche remains for me so frustrating...dieting in the middle of races and getting bonks ... not losing the weight when not racing to be at the top....Guess he has decided what he is prepared to do or not to do as the case maybe in his career...pity as he is a very climber and if light enough would be up there IMO..He seems to have parked personal ambition

    I guess in any sport it is how determined you are to be at the top level
    Very honest interview though


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    #41
    Lumen
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    MPFG wrote: »
    Nico's mom Lydia is still very good looking alright...better looking than his fiance IMO
    Seriously? :confused:


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    #42
    MPFG
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    Lumen wrote: »
    Seriously? :confused:

    Its just an opinion ...His fiance has youth and prettiness on her side but his Mom is good looking

    https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004249758956&fref=ts


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    #43
    Brian?
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    ROK ON wrote: »
    Great win for Degenkolb a man who despite a strong palmares often seems overlooked versus Kittel. I usually find MSR fairly boring but yesterday was a bloody good race.

    Really? MSR is usually a great race.

    Degenkolb is a different kind of rider to Kittel. Kittel is much more suited to a properly GT stages where he's delivered to the front by a train and has the raw speed to beat anyone. Degenkolb is a great finisher over a rolling course like MSR, where lead out trains are non existent.

    Ride of the day yesterday, IMO, was Luca Paolini. His chase of Geraint Thomas was unreal.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #44
    buffalo
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    Darkglasses
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    buffalo wrote: »
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    Must've had a bet on Gilbert.


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    #46
    Diarmuid
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    The should have run that gif on. He took a bike then from a mechanic and the back wheel just fell out


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    #47
    bwalsh1983
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    Who was that? Farrar?


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    #48
    lennymc
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    ciolek i think. MTN Qhebeka (or however you spell it). Won the race a few years ago.


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    #49
    dastardly00
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    bwalsh1983 wrote: »
    Who was that? Farrar?

    Gerald Ciolek. He won MSR back in 2013. He would have fancied his chances yesterday. Although he probably wouldn't have had the outright speed in the sprint to beat Degenkolb, Sagan, Matthews etc.


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    #50
    Ryath
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    lennymc wrote: »
    ciolek i think. MTN Qhebeka (or however you spell it). Won the race a few years ago.

    I thought it was a fan at first bit thick around the middle for a pro cyclist!


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    #51
    neris
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    is the lad in the quick step jersey a fan or a team member of some sort?


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    #52
    MPFG
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    neris wrote: »
    is the lad in the quick step jersey a fan or a team member of some sort?

    He is a EQS mechanic as just behind Choleik is Kwai


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    #53
    buffalo
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    Diarmuid wrote: »
    The should have run that gif on. He took a bike then from a mechanic and the back wheel just fell out

    msr15-gerald-bike.gif


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