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General race thread 2021 **spoilers**

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  • #62
    harringtonp
    Registered Users Posts: 2,563 ✭✭✭harringtonp


    breezy1985 wrote: »
    12:15 on the app not sure if regular TV is the same

    Is that Saturday or Sunday guys ?


  • #63
    [Deleted User]
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    Saturday (tomorrow) and it's looking like a dry day weather wise now :(


  • #64
    odyssey06
    Registered Users Posts: 27,835 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    harringtonp wrote: »
    Is that Saturday or Sunday guys ?

    Strade Bianche is Saturday.

    Sunday sees the start of Paris-Nice "the race to the Sun", with Sam Bennett lined up for that.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • #65
    harringtonp
    Registered Users Posts: 2,563 ✭✭✭harringtonp


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Saturday (tomorrow) and it's looking like a dry day weather wise now :(

    Cool. Don't know anything about the race but

    https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/five-things-to-look-out-for-at-strade-bianche-2021-492420

    educated me. Star studded field this year


  • #66
    CantGetNoSleep
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    breezy1985 wrote: »
    Ya sorry it was 2020 I saw

    I watched about an hour of the 2019 race last year on Eurosport before coverage of the 2020 race started, until I realised Van Aert was in the previous team's kit.


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  • #67
    odyssey06
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    CantGetNoSleep wrote: »
    I watched about an hour of the 2019 race last year on Eurosport before coverage of the 2020 race started, until I realised Van Aert was in the previous team's kit.

    It is bizarre scheduling!

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • #68
    buffalo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,050 ✭✭✭buffalo


    Fintan Ryan is racing in the GP Jean-Pierre Monseré in Belgium tomorrow, and it's live on Eurosport at 12:35 from the looks of it.

    https://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/cycling/ryan-ready-for-the-deep-end-as-evopro-hit-the-road-in-belgium-40165831.html


  • #69
    [Deleted User]
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    Is he related to young Archie Ryan who rides for Jumbo-Visma Development Team maybe?


  • #70
    eeeee
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Is he related to young Archie Ryan who rides for Jumbo-Visma Development Team maybe?

    No relation.
    Archie's twin Will also races, I can't remember the team, used to be Evo Pro maybe?


  • #71
    velo.2010
    Registered Users Posts: 3,010 ✭✭✭velo.2010


    There's another Irish rider in todays race in Belgium... Rory Townsend. Heard the name last week during Le Samyn but couldn't place him from anywhere. Born and raised in the UK, he has raced in the national champs and featured in one edition of the Des Hanlon. Looks like he declared for Ireland between 2016 and 2017.

    Looks like DQS picked this as a potential confidence booster for Cavendish if he can get involved today. Tim Merlier favourite after last week, I'd say.


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  • #72
    breezy1985
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    velo.2010 wrote: »
    There's another Irish rider in todays race in Belgium... Rory Townsend. Heard the name last week during Le Samyn but couldn't place him from anywhere. Born and raised in the UK, he has raced in the national champs and featured in one edition of the Des Hanlon. Looks like he declared for Ireland between 2016 and 2017.

    Looks like DQS picked this as a potential confidence booster for Cavendish if he can get involved today. Tim Merlier favourite after last week, I'd say.

    He was on the national team for the Yorkshire worlds and might have been our last finisher


  • #73
    [Deleted User]
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    Eddie Dunbar is racing in Italy today at GP Industria & Artigianato not sure why GCN/Eurosport aren't showing it as it's a race they've shown in the past and is usually a good race.

    EDIT: Go Eddie, launched an attack on the climb hasn't got much of a gap but the peloton is splitting up.


  • #74
    bazermc
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    Ah poor Richie Porte.


  • #75
    [Deleted User]
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    Looks like we are going to get a sprint today at Paris/Nice. :-)


  • #76
    retalivity
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    bazermc wrote: »
    Ah poor Richie Porte.

    The Ineos marginal gains cant counter the Porte bad luck


  • #77
    griffin100
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    That was a great win for Sam, no train and miles back when he started the sprint. He’s getting better and better.


  • #78
    [Deleted User]
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    I thought he was boxed in for sure there, as fine a win as i've seen for Sam.


  • #79
    breezy1985
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    Everything about that build up was going against Sam and he still nailed it


  • #80
    Daroxtar
    Registered Users Posts: 4,319 ✭✭✭Daroxtar


    That's a huge statement from Sam....Arnaud who?


  • #81
    Richard Hillman
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    Unreal power from Bennett. I think he may have lost team mates in the crash. I'm pretty sure I seen a DQS rider in a bunch.


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  • #82
    CantGetNoSleep
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    Did Morkov crash? Looked like he had at least one lead out before the crash


  • #83
    griffin100
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    The overhead of the last km shows Sam threading his way through the field and muscling others (fairly!) out of the way when he got boxed in. Brilliant to see.


  • #84
    cyclocross!
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    That was a "beast" of a sprint from Sammy B.


  • #85
    [Deleted User]
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    CantGetNoSleep wrote: »
    Did Morkov crash? Looked like he had at least one lead out before the crash

    From the replay if it was him he managed to stop just behind it and stay up.


  • #86
    happytramp
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    Pffft, who needs drops when you can just sprint on the hoods!


  • #87
    TheBlaaMan
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    No teammates for a lead-out, he wins by 2 bike lengths .....having only started his sprint from maybe 120m. And he clearly didn't need to give it 100%. That was one of the best wins of his career.
    Buildling nicely for MSR.........less than 2 weeks now. Lets hope he stays safe in the rest of this race


  • #88
    velo.2010
    Registered Users Posts: 3,010 ✭✭✭velo.2010


    Separate thread for Paris-Nice coverage?


  • #89
    happytramp
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    Shocking decision there by the commisars to award the stage win to katie taylor!


  • #90
    [Deleted User]
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    https://twitter.com/procycletrumps/status/1368594837415559173


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  • #91
    cunavalos
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    happytramp wrote: »
    Shocking decision there by the commisars to award the stage win to katie taylor!

    And they gave the yellow jersey to remi cavagna


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