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UCI Racing News/Results 2020 (Spoiler Alert)

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  • #152
    Dodge
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    Win for Ben Healy in France today

    https://twitter.com/rondeisard/status/1307687727954038785?s=21

    Archie Ryan in top 10 too

    https://cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=37683


  • #153
    [Deleted User]
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    Amstel Gold Race has been called off due to corona restrictions.


  • #154
    eeeee
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    I really love Anna vB's world champs helmet. It's class.


  • #155
    [Deleted User]
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    Yeah Spesh did a great job on the helmet and bike for her. AVV's bike had sparkles though !!!!!


  • #156
    eeeee
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    This is true. Sparkles rule. I love my glitter carriage!


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  • #157
    dastardly00
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    Live coverage of women's LBL has just started on GCN app & Eurosport player


  • #158
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    dastardly00 wrote: »
    Live coverage of women's LBL has just started on GCN app & Eurosport player

    Uggghh please not
    Deignan
    hopefully they catch her.


  • #159
    dastardly00
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    Just over 20 km in the men's LBL. Dan is in the main group with all the big favourites. He looks in good form!


  • #160
    retalivity
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    How did woods not latch on to that group when kwiato was behind him going over the top?


  • #161
    dastardly00
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    This is some finish.

    The creme de la creme of in form riders out in front... Alaphilippe, Hirschi, Roglic, Pogacar.

    The chase being led by MvdP with Dan, Richie Porte, Michael Woods there as well


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  • #162
    retalivity
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    LOL!


  • #163
    [Deleted User]
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    Good enough for him :pac:


  • #164
    neris
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    Roglic got that cockyness lost out


  • #165
    griffin100
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    Haha that was well deserved for being so cocky!!


  • #166
    Eamonnator
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Good enough for him :pac:

    F**k the loss.


  • #167
    dastardly00
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    Delighted for ROG!


  • #168
    Eamonnator
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    Amateur mistake.


  • #169
    Boscoirl
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    Wasn’t even close in the end.

    Think it was Hirshi’s only for the bump by alaphilipe


  • #170
    velo.2010
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    Fair play to Roglic. JA will be lucky not to be demoted after moving across Hirschi.


  • #171
    dastardly00
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    velo.2010 wrote: »
    Fair play to Roglic. JA will be lucky not to be demoted after moving across Hirschi.

    Well I think Alaphilippe should be demoted. He looked behind and saw Hirschi coming and then jinked over to block him


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  • #172
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    Would love to hear Lefevre's opinion on that sprint.


  • #173
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    Hirschi is with the commissars


  • #174
    G1032
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    Hirschi and Pog must be raging at Alaphilippe. He has to be demoted.


  • #175
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    He has been relegated to 5th


  • #176
    webpal
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    Were any of you watching on eurosport? They cut to ads just as riders went over finish line and then live to motorbike race which hasn't even started yet. Had to Google the result


  • #177
    neris
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    https://twitter.com/CafeRoubaix/status/1312727470207053824?s=19


  • #178
    Inquitus
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    neris wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/CafeRoubaix/status/1312727470207053824?s=19

    Top of the Stelvio is very similar, tonight's webcam pic, coming up later in the Giro.

    stelviolive_05.jpg


  • #179
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    Bad enough in May 2014, that looks to be worse. No way I want to see guys go up there for the sake of my entertainment or worse take on descents!!!!!!!


  • #180
    Macy0161
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    These aren't new issues for either race though. Vuelta in it's traditional (and better) position in the calendar, and the Giro every year. There's also a big difference between fresh snow on top of a winter of snow/ residual coldness, and fresh falls on relatively warm and dry roads. Much easier to clear. Wouldn't be surprised to see deviations on stages, but wouldn't be worrying until much nearer the day of the stage(s).


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  • #181
    paddydriver
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    neris wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/CafeRoubaix/status/1312727470207053824?s=19

    I was meant to be cycling there myself this weekend just gone... But Covid and Ryanair cancelled flights got the better of us and all cancelled; doesn't look like much climbing would have been happening anyway!


  • #182
    mr spuckler
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    Great ending to Brabantse Pijl which came on Eurosport after the Giro stage.

    JA very nearly messed up on the line again by celebrating too early. Played the sprint nicely by boxing in van der Poel though.

    The look on the face of JA at the line when he saw VDP coming close was brilliant!


  • #183
    velo.2010
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    mr spuckler wrote: »
    Great ending to Brabantse Pijl which came on Eurosport after the Giro stage.

    JA very nearly messed up on the line again by celebrating too early. Played the sprint nicely by boxing in van der Poel though.

    The look on the face of JA at the line when he saw VDP coming close was brilliant!
    He'll get stung again if he keeps that up, but he did do well to keep MVDP boxed in on the short run to the line.


  • #184
    dastardly00
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    Julian you plonker :D

    MvDP would have won that easily if he didn't get boxed in. Chapeau to Alaphilippe


  • #185
    harringtonp
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    Haven't seen it but what does boxing in mean ? If he moved to close him off he would have been relegated. Was in coming up by the barriers with Vdp behind ?


  • #186
    mr spuckler
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    The sprint was led out by the AG2R rider with MVDP on his wheel, both on the right hand side of the road close to the barriers. Alaphillipe came around the outside of MVDP and stayed tight to his left hand side, meaning MVDP basically had nowhere else to go / was boxed in until after JA opened up his sprint. Nothing at all untoward in it, just very clever.


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  • #187
    Macy0161
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    mr spuckler wrote: »
    The sprint was led out by the AG2R rider with MVDP on his wheel, both on the right hand side of the road close to the barriers. Alaphillipe came around the outside of MVDP and stayed tight to his left hand side, meaning MVDP basically had nowhere else to go / was boxed in until after JA opened up his sprint. Nothing at all untoward in it, just very clever.
    Yep, good tactic by JA - he did similar in Strade Bianche a few years go iirc. Celebrating before the line, again, not so much.


  • #188
    harringtonp
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    Watched last hour last night. Great racing. So fluid at front and group gaps so small


  • #189
    mr spuckler
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    Bernal won't race the Vuelta, Froom and Carapaz to lead Ineos.

    https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bernal-ends-his-season-as-froome-and-carapaz-lead-ineos-at-vuelta-a-espana/


  • #190
    retalivity
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    mr spuckler wrote: »
    Bernal won't race the Vuelta, Froom and Carapaz to lead Ineos.

    https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bernal-ends-his-season-as-froome-and-carapaz-lead-ineos-at-vuelta-a-espana/

    Dunno if froome will be up to much, he's currently knocking around belgium doing bugger all


  • #191
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    Any word on how Dunbar is recovering or is his season done now too?


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  • #192
    velo.2010
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    retalivity wrote: »
    Dunno if froome will be up to much, he's currently knocking around belgium doing bugger all

    Looking at Procyclingstats, since a return to racing Froome's results have gotten worse with each race he's done, culminating in a DNF at Liege.


  • #193
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    velo.2010 wrote: »
    Looking at Procyclingstats, since a return to racing Froome's results have gotten worse with each race he's done, culminating in a DNF at Liege.

    Didn't see the whole race because Giro, but be interesting to know how much he contributed or if he was just there to get race miles in the legs.


  • #194
    neris
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    Paris Roubaix is off apparently


  • #195
    magicbastarder
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    https://twitter.com/Paris_Roubaix/status/1314490793210515456


  • #196
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    Big shame about Roubaix, and they were to have a womens race for the first time too this year.

    Paris-Tours looks ok for the weekend but thats south of Paris , thats been a decent race the last few editions since the changes were made to the route.


  • #197
    dastardly00
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    Ah balls :(


  • #198
    Inquitus
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    dastardly00 wrote: »
    Ah balls :(

    Aye gutted, Oct weather and Paris Roubaix were made for each other :(


  • #199
    dastardly00
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    Inquitus wrote: »
    Aye gutted, Oct weather and Paris Roubaix were made for each other :(

    Guaranteed to be raining in northern France on October 25th now!


  • #200
    dastardly00
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    Live TV coverage of Scheldeprijs has started on the GCN & Eurosport apps.


    It's Sam vs Ewan vs Ackermann and a whole host of other sprinters.


    Here's the route profile


    crepes-step10.jpg


  • #201
    dastardly00
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    59 km to go and the breakaway have less than a one minute lead.

    Mark Cavendish (Bahrain McLaren), Michael Schär (CCC Team), Chris Juul-Jensen (Mitchelton-Scott), Travis McCabe (Israel-StartUp Nation), Lewis Askey (Groupama-FDJ), Dmitriy Gruzdev (Astana), Luc Wirtgen (Bingoal-WB), Piotr Havik (Riwal Securitas)

    Mads Pedersen who won Gent-Wevelgem has abandoned with a hamstring niggle. And Casper Pedersen, winner of Paris-Tours, crashed earlier and abandoned.


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