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Tour of california

  • 15-05-2016 9:40pm
    #1
    neris
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    Stage 1 on now on Eurosport. Looks fairly dull and carlton kirbys proably stuck in a cupboard some where in europe doing the commentary.


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  • #2
    RobFowl
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    Spoiler alert maybe needed
    stage 2 winner Sagan
    stage 3 winner Sagan
    Stage 4 winner Sagan
    Stage 5 winner Sagan
    Stage 6 winner Sagan
    Stage 7 winner Sagan

    Repeat for 2017/18/19/20...


  • #3
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    RobFowl wrote: »
    Spoiler alert maybe needed
    stage 2 winner Sagan
    stage 3 winner Sagan
    Stage 4 winner Sagan
    Stage 5 winner Sagan
    Stage 6 winner Sagan
    Stage 7 winner Sagan

    Repeat for 2017/18/19/20...

    He won't be winning the mountain stage this year for sure.


  • #4
    greenspurs
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    or stage 2 ....*SPOILER*
    247469249_2017413731748359_7675802031635703098_n.jpg

    "Bright lights and Thunder .................... " #NoPopcorn



  • #5
    Lusk_Doyle
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    No specific thread so I'll post it here:

    Sagan was very impressive in the stage yesterday at the TOC. He gets up steep, sharp, short climbs so well.


  • #6
    Beasty
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    Lusk_Doyle wrote: »
    No specific thread so I'll post it here:
    Oh yes there is....

    moved from the Party Bus


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  • #7
    Thud
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    a chunky looking Cav was unusually in the break yesterday
    386354.PNG

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tour-of-california-mark-cavendish-earns-cyclingnews-rider-of-the-day/

    finished on Laguna Seca racetrack and some nice scenery on the stage too


  • #8
    neris
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    just caught the last few KMs of this last night (its a level above the dullness of a middle east race), was one of the young american lads from Axeon trying to go away solo and looked like he was doing ok till he hit the final climb and the peloton zipped by him and left him zig zagging across the road like a man being left for dead


  • #9
    crosstownk
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    Very poor TV picture relay. Frustrating to watch.
    Untitled Image




  • #10
    Finnrocco
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    Every year this is a race plagued by picture break up.
    How can they not sort it? I mean its in Cailfornia, I could understand if it was Africa or Asia, or somewhere else with poor infrastructure. Like Clare.


  • #11
    RobFowl
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    Thud wrote: »
    a chunky looking Cav was unusually in the break yesterday
    386354.PNG

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tour-of-california-mark-cavendish-earns-cyclingnews-rider-of-the-day/

    finished on Laguna Seca racetrack and some nice scenery on the stage too

    Looks quite chunky all right although has been focusing on track training with the UK team recently.


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  • #12
    neris
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    RobFowl wrote: »
    Looks quite chunky all right although has been focusing on track training with the UK team recently.

    Wiggins has put on12kg apparently


  • #13
    TheBlaaMan
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    neris wrote: »
    Wiggins has put on12kg apparently

    Did he put it on Cav? :)


  • #14
    Beasty
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    neris wrote: »
    Wiggins has put on12kg apparently

    Makes sense - there are no hills to climb in the pursuit and muscle mass is much more important (belly fat less so!)


  • #15
    Lusk_Doyle
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    Beasty wrote: »
    Makes sense - there are no hills to climb in the pursuit and muscle mass is much more important (belly fat less so!)

    That's my approach anyway!


  • #16
    irishrover99
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    Sagan going for a long one today and giving it his all. Also no motorway racing so more scenic for me.


  • #17
    neris
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    final stage on now but only few KM left, Tinkoff look like theyre setting Sagan up for a big sprint, few riders been on the floor


  • #18
    JK.BMC
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    YAWN.....

    Is it over?

    And did anybody give that Antler-Man toolbox a kick this year?


  • #19
    neris
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    Thankfully it is. Final sprint was good but its not a race that I,d miss (along with the middle east & chinese races) if they got rid of it.


  • #20
    JK.BMC
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    neris wrote: »
    Thankfully it is. Final sprint was good but its not a race that I,d miss (along with the middle east & chinese races) if they got rid of it.

    Delighted to see Cav win, especially as he lost his lead out. Other than that, a glorified training camp for pro tour riders


  • #21
    Macy0161
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    I don't know - it does kind of fill a gap for riders not doing the giro, and the live coverage is at a handy time (for me at least)! I see there's complaints about the transfers this year, which is usually the teams getting their excuses in early for the next year. My biggest bugbear is Carlton, but that could be any race!


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  • #22
    neris
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    Carlton and ****ty camera work is a pain in the hole. The camera work on the race is terrible, they were trying to get aerial shots of the riders lining up for the sprint through trees last night


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