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UCI Road World Championships 2020

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  • #122
    griffin100
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    Chivito550 wrote: »
    Not World Championships relatesd but will Ireland have anyone in the Giro or Vuelta?

    CyclingFever has Eddie Dunbar down for the Giro and Nico on Sunwebs long list for the Vuelta.


  • #123
    [Deleted User]
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    Just flicked on Healy up towards the front of the peloton, must be a huge day out for him in that company.


  • #124
    Oymyakon
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    griffin100 wrote: »
    CyclingFever has Eddie Dunbar down for the Giro and Nico on Sunwebs long list for the Vuelta.

    I'd be surprised if Dunbar started the Giro after his injury a while back


  • #125
    neris
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    Going to be hours of this "back me in my day" on eurosport/gcn


  • #126
    MPFGLB
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    Randy Archer wrote: »
    To be fair , what have the lads themselves done on the pro conti and pro teams ?

    Eddie , rode a fine Giro, but very little afterwards . Sadly this season has been a write off due to Covid and he was unfortunate to break his collar bone

    Healy has a fine productive season last year winning a stage at L’Avenir, thus being the first Irish man to win a stage

    Mullens , oh dear . I know he has had injuries but he can’t even get a decent top 5 in most ITTs he takes part in lately and some of them are hardly involving the elite . He doesn’t do climbs and ITT is his thing and he’s not really producing

    Dan Martin sadly has been off the radar since TDF 2018 , partly due to injury and issues with UAE last season . And his record at Olympics n worlds isn’t the greatest . It’s not like he is incapable of winning and placing in one day events

    Nico? Well he’s never going to win a big one , but he had a nice Vuelta last year until injury and his TDF performance working for the team makes him a good team player

    I assume that the organisation and facilities and even a place to change but be typically Irish (Think FAI / Saipan) compared to the big guns like Belgium Or even Britain but ,we just don’t have the riders on top form going into the worlds and that’s hard,y cycling Ireland’s fault , least at senior level - u23 and junior , that’s a valid point

    What have the other domestic riders done Internationally ? No, they shouldn’t be getting the free spot , travel and track suit simply because there’s a spot open, they should be getting into the contention for squad selection if they meet a minimum standard

    Nicolas Roche won stage 4 of Tour L'avenir in 2006 ?

    Dan Martin is not riding as wants to do well in classics including LBL and La Fleche

    Nicolas Roche is riding the Vuelta and I presume Dan Martin will too given his lack of results at the Tour


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  • #127
    Mefistofelino
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,905 ✭✭✭Mefistofelino


    Kazakhstan rider in the break has just taken a musette that looks to have an entire shopping trolley in it, and possibly a medium sized fridge.


  • #128
    at1withmyself
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    Coverage on BBC 2 now just starting


  • #129
    bazermc
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    Only 11 minutes in and BBC are missing. Please bring back Carlton


  • #130
    [Deleted User]
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    Mullen abandoned.


  • #131
    bazermc
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    Seriously BBC. Half an hour now can you just show the jaysus race.

    At least a bit of eye candy in the studio for de lads


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  • #132
    Dodge
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    Watching on BBC red button and it’s just the race if that helps anyone

    Nico is up near the front. Beside Roglic for most of one climb


  • #133
    bazermc
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    Dodge wrote: »
    Watching on BBC red button and it’s just the race if that helps anyone

    Nico is up near the front. Beside Roglic for most of one climb

    Ah perfect. Thanks


  • #134
    Oymyakon
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    Just crossed the finish line there, Nico still looking comfortable at the front


  • #135
    MPFGLB
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    Very hard to do anything in this race without someone helping you and sheltering you from the wind ...its like a 7 hour fight for positioning and not very easy if alone


  • #136
    wirelessdude01
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    why are they talking to a footballer?


  • #137
    harringtonp
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    wirelessdude01 wrote: »
    why are they talking to a footballer?

    Because he is known and a keen and knowledgeable cyclist


  • #138
    dastardly00
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    Just starting watching the race now. The peloton is a lot bigger than I thought it would be at this point


  • #139
    velo.2010
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    harringtonp wrote: »
    Because he is known and a keen and knowledgeable cyclist

    I think there's an element of filling time too and not quite trusting the general audience to stick with the coverage. Also, they're sending the message that cycling must be good if a premier footballer watches it. That logic diminishes the sport if it's implied it has to be validated by a famous footballer/other watching.


  • #140
    Mefistofelino
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,905 ✭✭✭Mefistofelino


    The good people of Imola wil be fishing discarded bidons out of the ditches for the next few years


  • #141
    Eamonnator
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    wirelessdude01 wrote: »
    why are they talking to a footballer?

    Who is he?


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  • #142
    wirelessdude01
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    Eamonnator wrote: »
    Who is he?

    Ben Foster, Watford keeper.


  • #143
    harringtonp
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    Is Ben Healy still there ?


  • #144
    Itziger
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    You Tube stream just shut down, I'll have to kick the young fella off the PS4.


  • #145
    dastardly00
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    harringtonp wrote: »
    Is Ben Healy still there ?

    He's definitely not in the peloton anyway


  • #146
    dastardly00
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    Nico struggling at the back of the peloton now


  • #147
    Doc07
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    dastardly00 wrote: »
    Nico struggling at the back of the peloton now

    I thinks he’s done well to still be in the reduced peloton at this stage with no team


  • #148
    Dodge
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    dastardly00 wrote: »
    Nico struggling at the back of the peloton now

    Beside some big big names too. Peloton thinned out hugely in that last climb

    Belgium looking the strongest

    Setting it up for Pogacar ;)


  • #149
    Quigs Snr
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Mullen abandoned.

    No surprise. I had forgotten he was still a cyclist. Move to Trek seems to have sent him backwards. Whats gone on with him ?


  • #150
    MPFGLB
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    BBC : "Gasperoto went back for a chat " :rolleyes:


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  • #151
    [Deleted User]
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    I don't think he'll do it but would be great if Pog did win.


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