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General Race Thread 2024 **spoilers**

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    #362
    cunavalos
    Registered Users Posts: 1,383 ✭✭✭cunavalos


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121959574#Comment_121959574

    They are really farming UCI points this season, they must be worried about relegation at the end of 2025. At the other end of the spectrum, spare a thought for the lads on the Soudal Quick Step bus, Patrick L is not going to be too happy with 18th and 47th as their best finishes.



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    #363
    at1withmyself
    Registered Users Posts: 2,489 ✭✭✭at1withmyself


    Come on Kasia!



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    #364
    breezy1985
    Registered Users Posts: 24,667 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121959686#Comment_121959686

    It's crazy how little she wins despite always being at the sharp end of races. Really hope she does it.

    Not likely though.



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    #365
    Ceepo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,524 ✭✭✭Ceepo


    Longo look very good. I can see her attack shortly.



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    #366
    at1withmyself
    Registered Users Posts: 2,489 ✭✭✭at1withmyself


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121959706#Comment_121959706

    She really suffers tactically but I love watching her race.



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    #367
    Ceepo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,524 ✭✭✭Ceepo


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121959708#Comment_121959708

    Didn't age well 🤣



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    #368
    CantGetNoSleep
    Registered Users Posts: 7,218 ✭✭✭CantGetNoSleep


    Makes me feel less bad about my performance in We Ride Flanders 2022 sportive. Walked up both the Koppenburg and Paterburg, although both times due to someone stopping right in front of me

    https://twitter.com/Eurosport_FR/status/1774430223523594299?t=p5DeVIMando8dXbFYFgjJg&s=19



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    #369
    retalivity
    Registered Users Posts: 14,068 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    Sam, Darren Rafferty & Ben Healy all in action in France today. Pan flat stage but for some reason both Healy & Rafferty are on the attack



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    #370
    Dodge
    Registered Users Posts: 10,187 ✭✭✭✭Dodge


    guessing it isn’t as flat as advertised as PCS has noted that both Sam and Brian Coquard are at the rear of the peleton



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    #371
    dastardly00
    Registered Users Posts: 13,327 ✭✭✭✭dastardly00


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121965607#Comment_121965607

    Rafferty in the breakaway - ✅

    Healy on a solo attack - ✅

    Sam to win the sprint - 🤞



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    #372
    MangleBadger
    Registered Users Posts: 509 ✭✭✭MangleBadger


    Sam giving up in the sprint again in France.



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    #373
    dastardly00
    Registered Users Posts: 13,327 ✭✭✭✭dastardly00


    I didn't see the finish but 19th place for Sam… 😕



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    #374
    MangleBadger
    Registered Users Posts: 509 ✭✭✭MangleBadger


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121966123#Comment_121966123

    Usual scenario of late. There or therabouts in the run in and then just sits up when it gets to the final sprint.



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    #375
    seaviewphotos
    Registered Users Posts: 191 ✭✭seaviewphotos


    And I see another rider from Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team won the sprint in the Basque Tour today.



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    #376
    jack01986
    Registered Users Posts: 863 ✭✭✭jack01986


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121966136#Comment_121966136

    He's not going to the tour at this rate.



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    #377
    dahat
    Registered Users Posts: 16,654 ✭✭✭✭dahat


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121968925#Comment_121968925

    It's very likely a part of his contract to ride the Tour.



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    #378
    Paddigol
    Registered Users Posts: 1,464 ✭✭✭Paddigol


    Whoever it was on here that nailed their colours to the mast on Sam's status a few years ago must be lauded for not gloating, given the amount of stick he took for saying it at the time. It's like groundhog day every Spring. He comes across as such a likeable guy that you keep on hoping there's a grand plan and he'll come roaring into form at the right time. It's hard to keep the faith though. Hope he pulls something out of the bag this season, for himself more so than anyone else.



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    #379
    MangleBadger
    Registered Users Posts: 509 ✭✭✭MangleBadger


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121969030#Comment_121969030

    As much as I hate to say it Pat LeFev may have been correct with some of his points. At the moment Sam seems weak. He doesn't fight for position or to get to the front, if the road doesn't open up in front of him he just sits up. I see 0 aggression.



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    #380
    dublin49
    Registered Users Posts: 1,292 ✭✭✭dublin49


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121969030#Comment_121969030

    He peaked ,got injured and never returned to anywhere near his peak form,same happened to Roche,more serious injury granted but as fans we never want their success to end but it happens to them all,some more abruptly than others.



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    #381
    Mefistofelino
    Registered Users Posts: 1,765 ✭✭✭Mefistofelino


    Ryan Mullen and Rory Townsend on the start list for Scheldeprijs today



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    #382
    mewso
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 8,871 Mod ✭✭✭✭mewso


    Sam was interviewed on the Eurosport Cycling Show recently and was very positive about the progress being made with the sprint train etc. but as MB says above no sign of any fight/aggression in the finish of these races and regardless of any work getting a working sprint train together he needs to accept he won't have a train anywhere near what he has had in the past so the aggression is even more necessary. I know Sam rode yesterday but strange for AG2R not to be in Scheldeprijs as a team with or without him.



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    #383
    Dodge
    Registered Users Posts: 10,187 ✭✭✭✭Dodge


    good sprint by Sam today, even if only for second



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    #384
    jack01986
    Registered Users Posts: 863 ✭✭✭jack01986


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121968960#Comment_121968960

    Ye it probably is. Seems to have done ok today so who knows.



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    #385
    cunavalos
    Registered Users Posts: 1,383 ✭✭✭cunavalos


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121970215#Comment_121970215

    Signs of life for Sam anyway, watched back a rerun of yesterday's stage and Sam had a mechanical about 25kms out and spent a good 5/6km getting back on through the cars so I don't know if that took the edge off when it came to the sprint.

    He probably hasn't done anything of note so far to earn complete trust of his team but Cosnefroy in the break today should really have sat up after he didn't get a gap on the last climb rather than pushing on and instead allow the peloton to close up and ensure a sprint finish. ( I have probably been watching too many Chris Horner race reviews on YouTube but the phrase knucklehead was racing through my head as I was watching the last few km)



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    #386
    eagle eye
    Registered Users Posts: 37,704 ✭✭✭✭eagle eye


    Coukd it be a case of Sam's team deciding to not peak too early as they want a successful grand tour?



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    #387
    Dodge
    Registered Users Posts: 10,187 ✭✭✭✭Dodge


    we’d like to think that, but he hasn’t really earned that benefit of the doubt.

    I don’t think anyone can expect him to be there, but hopefully he is there and flying



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    #388
    Dodge
    Registered Users Posts: 10,187 ✭✭✭✭Dodge


    good to see Lara Gillespie riding with the UAE world tour team today instead of the usual development team. She might be going full time with them after the Olympics

    A decent 12th at Scheldeprijs too



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    #389
    Weepsie
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 19,936 Mod ✭✭✭✭Weepsie


    Massive crash in basque.

    Roglic, Jonas are done..Jonas looks bad. Remco looks to have a broken collarbone. Some other riders in worse than the above.



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    #390
    StuttgartKY
    Registered Users Posts: 23 ✭StuttgartKY


    Yeah seems that corner was really difficult/dangerous. Breakaway rider had gone off there but kept it upright just about.

    This after the crash last week in DDV shows the danger of the sport



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    #391
    dahat
    Registered Users Posts: 16,654 ✭✭✭✭dahat


    It looked like one rider slipped out then a reaction from others caused the most damage into those large boulders which should have been moved pre race given the location.

    Remco looked like he overshot the bend independently to me.



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