Sam Bennett - no same day spoilers

buffalo · 14-01-2021 06:42PM

breezy1985 wrote: »

Cav wouldn't be a wildcard in the Ras never mind the cobbles in France and Belgium

Didn't he do it in 2004? Finished 4th on the last stage, not too shabby.

breezy1985 · 14-01-2021 07:01PM

buffalo wrote: »

Didn't he do it in 2004? Finished 4th on the last stage, not too shabby.

You do realise that's 14 years ago : )
I know he has plenty of wins in classics and semis but he is way beyond his best

MojoMaker · 14-01-2021 07:05PM

So are a lot of riders that nick cobbled races.

Although with WVA and MVDP around I reckon the Belgian classics will be gobbled up for the foreseeable.

keane2097 · 14-01-2021 07:12PM

What year is it again?

Macy0161 · 15-01-2021 09:03AM

breezy1985 wrote: »

Cav wouldn't be a wildcard in the Ras never mind the cobbles in France and Belgium

As I said before, he made the front echelon in De Panne last year. Was taken out in a crash, it wasn't legs that did for him.

Ceepo · 16-01-2021 04:35PM

Please be so kind to take a moment to give Sam a vote for Sports star of the year.
It would be fantastic to see him win it.

https://m.independent.ie/sport/sport-star-of-the-year-39961444.html?fbclid=IwAR1dlhJi1vRo20a1SxYfV1uhQAJNjyv09UlNJKnCrlOc-KStkTpCmLbqejE

neris · 19-01-2021 09:39PM

https://twitter.com/JosephMcgucken/status/1351623895342837764?s=19

jimm · 21-01-2021 01:24PM

Sam is in there, but GAA or Katie will probably get it.

https://www.rte.ie/sport/other-sport/2021/0120/1191016-contenders-revealed-for-rte-sportsperson-of-the-year/

deandean · 22-01-2021 08:31PM

LOL that's a gas ad. &#55357;&#56833;

JohnnyKq · 22-01-2021 08:46PM

jimm wrote: »

Sam is in there, but GAA or Katie will probably get it.

https://www.rte.ie/sport/other-sport/2021/0120/1191016-contenders-revealed-for-rte-sportsperson-of-the-year/

Its a disgrace if Sam does not win this. He's the outstanding nominee. Katie is a nominee annually

Eamonnator · 22-01-2021 09:35PM

O.T. I know, but I think it's a disgrace that our Junior World Champion, Oisin O'Callaghan, didn't even get a nomination in the junior category.

breezy1985 · 22-01-2021 09:38PM

Weepsie wrote: »

She's an undefeated world champion.

no disgrace if he loses to her.

Disgraceful if he loses to Kilkenny now.

The GAA lads are certainly deserving but they have the All Stars and plenty of exposure so it would be nice to see one of the others get it
Please god anyone but the jockey though

Raymzor · 22-01-2021 09:58PM

breezy1985 wrote: »

The GAA lads are certainly deserving but they have the All Stars and plenty of exposure so it would be nice to see one of the others get it
Please god anyone but the jockey though

How is the winner selected from the shortlist?

JohnnyKq · 23-01-2021 09:13AM

breezy1985 wrote: »

The GAA lads are certainly deserving but they have the All Stars and plenty of exposure so it would be nice to see one of the others get it
Please god anyone but the jockey though

Katie Taylor is excellent and has received the award in 2012.
Time for a minority sportsperson to win this year. God knows we need some heroine during our 5K cycle restriction area these times.

Eamonnator · 23-01-2021 09:38AM

What about Conor McGregor, he seems like a nice lad, great ambassador for his sport.

bazermc · 23-01-2021 09:43AM

This on tonight or tomorrow night?

Raymzor · 23-01-2021 02:18PM

bazermc wrote: »

This on tonight or tomorrow night?

It’s advertised for 10.15pm rte1 Thursday 28th

happytramp · 23-01-2021 02:39PM

Weepsie wrote: »

She's an undefeated world champion.

no disgrace if he loses to her.

Disgraceful if he loses to Kilkenny now.

She's not had a big year by her standard. Two fights, one of which was a mandatory against an opponent several steps below her... As much as I like katie Sam had a much bigger 2020.

breezy1985 · 23-01-2021 02:56PM

Would Puspure be considered to have had a career defining season like Sam had ?

I know absolutely nothing about rowing

Dodge · 23-01-2021 02:58PM

Eamonnator wrote: »

O.T. I know, but I think it's a disgrace that our Junior World Champion, Oisin O'Callaghan, didn't even get a nomination in the junior category.

Oisin is nominated

http://twitter.com/rtesport/status/1352993416171368449?s=21

breezy1985 · 23-01-2021 03:00PM

Could be either a double for the cyclists or a double for Limerick.

Happy days either way

breezy1985 · 27-01-2021 02:26AM

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-sports/katie-taylor-is-ireland-s-most-admired-athlete-survey-shows-1.4468549

2020 Irish sport survey. Skip down to the chart for Sam related bits

CramCycle · 27-01-2021 08:33AM

Really surprised Katies fight was such a big moment over the year. I'm living in Bray and while it got a mention, it certainly wasn't as big news as it has been in recent years. Maybe it was more subdued due to Covid but normally the comments online are in the hundreds locally. That said, I imagine alot of these polls, of their 1000 random responders, a good few might not even be sports people at all. It may be shocking to some but a large percentage of the population have no real interest in sport past the highlight reel on the news.

Macy0161 · 27-01-2021 10:25AM

CramCycle wrote: »

Really surprised Katies fight was such a big moment over the year.

It was FTA on YouTube this time, not behind a pay wall.

breezy1985 · 27-01-2021 10:32AM

Macy0161 wrote: »

It was FTA on YouTube this time, not behind a pay wall.

Still didnt seem that big a hype though but she is so big now though that she is probably below only the soccer and rugby teams in national appeal.
Outside of the Olympics they are untouchable

Macy0161 · 27-01-2021 10:44AM

breezy1985 wrote: »

Still didnt seem that big a hype though but she is so big now though that she is probably below only the soccer and rugby teams in national appeal.
Outside of the Olympics they are untouchable

It was enough it made it on in our house, and it wasn't me driving that as I'm not a boxing fan. Enough interest from the women in my house!

dastardly00 · 27-01-2021 12:25PM

I think of all the years that Katie has been nominated, perhaps 2020 is the year she least deserves to win? She only had one proper fight*, and it was against an opponent that she had already beaten (albeit controversially), and it was a title defence (whereas winning a title is more of a headline grabber).

Sam's achievements in 2020 far outweigh Katie's in my opinion.

*The fight against Gutierrez really doesn't count.

Chivito550 · 28-01-2021 09:14AM

breezy1985 wrote: »

Would Puspure be considered to have had a career defining season like Sam had ?

I know absolutely nothing about rowing

She won a European title. The past 2 years she won a world title, so not really a career defining season. She is by far the best single sculler on the planet though, so I've no issue with her winning it.

I still think Sam deserves to win it though.

Macy0161 · 28-01-2021 11:27AM

Just to be clear, Sam was the bigger achievement, just that I think Taylor's fights weren't as low key to the general public as was suggested.

deandean · 28-01-2021 09:20PM

Dare I say it...I wonder if there has been influence applied that a female should win, regardess of who the best sportsperson of the year is?
I feel that there has been a bias in this direction over the past year or two - no disrespect meant to any of the contenders.

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