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@WillieTheWaiter he did the damage in the stretch by Waterworks road heading into TeMiro I reckon. They got the downhill cruise to get a rest but only lasted one more push before the rubber band snapped
@Crucial said in Road Cycling:
@WillieTheWaiter he did the damage in the stretch by Waterworks road heading into TeMiro I reckon. They got the downhill cruise to get a rest but only lasted one more push before the rubber band snapped
the bit where Vink was chasing across then yo-yoing was just brutal..
I was training at the Drome with the NZ cervelo importer - suffice to say he was pretty happy after the weekends results!
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@Crucial said in Road Cycling:
@WillieTheWaiter he did the damage in the stretch by Waterworks road heading into TeMiro I reckon. They got the downhill cruise to get a rest but only lasted one more push before the rubber band snapped
the bit where Vink was chasing across then yo-yoing was just brutal..
I was training at the Drome with the NZ cervelo importer - suffice to say he was pretty happy after the weekends results!
@WillieTheWaiter said in Road Cycling:
I was training at the Drome with the NZ cervelo importer - suffice to say he was pretty happy after the weekends results!
I used to be able to speak a bit of Italian. It's obviously pretty much gone.
I was wondering for a couple of minutes why a venison importer would be happy!
cervo = deer.
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here's a pic from the 'fuck i feel old' category.. under 23 winner Jack Drage who also came 6th overall.. good one to watch for the future!
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I see Finn Fisher-Black was actually the fastest time-trialist, but was too young to claim the senior title.
George missed doing the Senior double by 0.7 of a second.
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@crucial Van der Poel races with such panache. He may not always get it right but he always impacts the race. His recent win at Strada Bianche was jaw dropping. Imagine what he could do with a proper road based preseason.
@scribe said in Road Cycling:
@crucial Van der Poel races with such panache. He may not always get it right but he always impacts the race. His recent win at Strada Bianche was jaw dropping. Imagine what he could do with a proper road based preseason.
The way he just destroyed van Aert up that last hill was brutal.
Came back to get him at the end when he ran out of gas in the last 50 metres but he had to place his bets on way or the other. -
@crucial said in Road Cycling:
Fuck that. 20% hill on cobbles.
I was wondering when the last time anyone had to dismount and walk up the Koppenberg - used to be pretty regular. guess the bigger range of gears these days helps.. just ridiculous how easy they make it look going up there.
Done it once, took 3 goes to make it, had to come back after it had dried off a bit. Worst bit was I didn't know where I was so ended up riding back down it to get back into town. I would say that was the only time I was really concerned for my life on a bike!!
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As anyone with more than a passing interest doubtless knows, George has been given the reins of the Jumbo-Visma team for this year's Giro.
However, they haven't exactly given him a powerful support team - Groenewegen obviously riding for himself as a sprinter with Dekker or Marten probably his lead-out man (?), Affini, Foss and Van Emden are time trialists. So only Bouwman going to be of much help for George in the hills.
https://www.giroditalia.it/en/squadre/team-jumbo-visma/
Anyway, first stage down - a short time trial - and I think George will be reasonably happy with the outcome.
https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/giro-d-italia-2021/stage-1/results/
He's finished pretty much in the group of GC contenders - 3 seconds down on Carthy and Yates, but a few seconds ahead of Hindley, Landa , Bardet and, notably, Patty Bevin who probably hoped for better.
Almeida, Evenepoel and Vlasov the potential GC guys who've stolen a handful of seconds.
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As anyone with more than a passing interest doubtless knows, George has been given the reins of the Jumbo-Visma team for this year's Giro.
However, they haven't exactly given him a powerful support team - Groenewegen obviously riding for himself as a sprinter with Dekker or Marten probably his lead-out man (?), Affini, Foss and Van Emden are time trialists. So only Bouwman going to be of much help for George in the hills.
https://www.giroditalia.it/en/squadre/team-jumbo-visma/
Anyway, first stage down - a short time trial - and I think George will be reasonably happy with the outcome.
https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/giro-d-italia-2021/stage-1/results/
He's finished pretty much in the group of GC contenders - 3 seconds down on Carthy and Yates, but a few seconds ahead of Hindley, Landa , Bardet and, notably, Patty Bevin who probably hoped for better.
Almeida, Evenepoel and Vlasov the potential GC guys who've stolen a handful of seconds.
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@chris-b just watching the highlights now.
Could be a good thing for George to have an up and coming support. Here’s hoping they are looking for promotions into the main crew and step up.@crucial I thought they might have given him Gesink or Vingegard or at least one more support climber, but seems like they're going all in to support Roglic (and Kruiswijk) in the TdF.
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Just a long flat sprinters stage yesterday with nothing happening for the GC . George still sitting with a huge bunch of big names (Yates, Bernal, Nibali, Mollema....) about 40 odd seconds back.
A couple of short punch climbs in a mostly tame stage next. Might start shaking out some of the early leaderboard. Stage 4 steps things up another notch.
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other big result from an NZ perspective over the weekend was Anton Coopers 6th place at the MTB world cup XC.. 6th may not sound that special.. but Tom Pidcock was in front and none other than Van der Poel behind him so he's obviously going bloody good. Stacked field.
No idea what's happened to Sam Gaze - thought he was going to turn into an absolute superstar after winning a round of a world cup then signing a road pro team contract - but he's slipped into obscurity was around 100th or something -
Just a long flat sprinters stage yesterday with nothing happening for the GC . George still sitting with a huge bunch of big names (Yates, Bernal, Nibali, Mollema....) about 40 odd seconds back.
A couple of short punch climbs in a mostly tame stage next. Might start shaking out some of the early leaderboard. Stage 4 steps things up another notch.
@crucial said in Road Cycling:
Just a long flat sprinters stage yesterday with nothing happening for the GC . George still sitting with a huge bunch of big names (Yates, Bernal, Nibali, Mollema....) about 40 odd seconds back.
A couple of short punch climbs in a mostly tame stage next. Might start shaking out some of the early leaderboard. Stage 4 steps things up another notch.
might see Paddy having a crack at the sprint tomorrow if things break up a bit. Although based on his prologue result probs not quite over his sickness he picked up at Romandie
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other big result from an NZ perspective over the weekend was Anton Coopers 6th place at the MTB world cup XC.. 6th may not sound that special.. but Tom Pidcock was in front and none other than Van der Poel behind him so he's obviously going bloody good. Stacked field.
No idea what's happened to Sam Gaze - thought he was going to turn into an absolute superstar after winning a round of a world cup then signing a road pro team contract - but he's slipped into obscurity was around 100th or something@williethewaiter said in Road Cycling:
No idea what's happened to Sam Gaze - thought he was going to turn into an absolute superstar after winning a round of a world cup then signing a road pro team contract - but he's slipped into obscurity was around 100th or something
Hopefully on the way back.
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@williethewaiter said in Road Cycling:
No idea what's happened to Sam Gaze - thought he was going to turn into an absolute superstar after winning a round of a world cup then signing a road pro team contract - but he's slipped into obscurity was around 100th or something
Hopefully on the way back.
@chris-b nice - thanks hadn't seen that.
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@crucial said in Road Cycling:
Just a long flat sprinters stage yesterday with nothing happening for the GC . George still sitting with a huge bunch of big names (Yates, Bernal, Nibali, Mollema....) about 40 odd seconds back.
A couple of short punch climbs in a mostly tame stage next. Might start shaking out some of the early leaderboard. Stage 4 steps things up another notch.
might see Paddy having a crack at the sprint tomorrow if things break up a bit. Although based on his prologue result probs not quite over his sickness he picked up at Romandie
@williethewaiter said in Road Cycling:
@crucial said in Road Cycling:
Just a long flat sprinters stage yesterday with nothing happening for the GC . George still sitting with a huge bunch of big names (Yates, Bernal, Nibali, Mollema....) about 40 odd seconds back.
A couple of short punch climbs in a mostly tame stage next. Might start shaking out some of the early leaderboard. Stage 4 steps things up another notch.
might see Paddy having a crack at the sprint tomorrow if things break up a bit. Although based on his prologue result probs not quite over his sickness he picked up at Romandie
Good call. Some sauce?
Paddy gets a P5 two places behind Sagan.Peleton fucked up the chase and the breakaway leader gritted his teeth and beat them out. Love it when that happens.
GC contenders coming back up the board slowly and the 40 seconds gaps back to 20s now.
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@williethewaiter said in Road Cycling:
@crucial said in Road Cycling:
Just a long flat sprinters stage yesterday with nothing happening for the GC . George still sitting with a huge bunch of big names (Yates, Bernal, Nibali, Mollema....) about 40 odd seconds back.
A couple of short punch climbs in a mostly tame stage next. Might start shaking out some of the early leaderboard. Stage 4 steps things up another notch.
might see Paddy having a crack at the sprint tomorrow if things break up a bit. Although based on his prologue result probs not quite over his sickness he picked up at Romandie
Good call. Some sauce?
Paddy gets a P5 two places behind Sagan.Peleton fucked up the chase and the breakaway leader gritted his teeth and beat them out. Love it when that happens.
GC contenders coming back up the board slowly and the 40 seconds gaps back to 20s now.
@crucial said in Road Cycling:
@williethewaiter said in Road Cycling:
@crucial said in Road Cycling:
Just a long flat sprinters stage yesterday with nothing happening for the GC . George still sitting with a huge bunch of big names (Yates, Bernal, Nibali, Mollema....) about 40 odd seconds back.
A couple of short punch climbs in a mostly tame stage next. Might start shaking out some of the early leaderboard. Stage 4 steps things up another notch.
might see Paddy having a crack at the sprint tomorrow if things break up a bit. Although based on his prologue result probs not quite over his sickness he picked up at Romandie
Good call. Some sauce?
Paddy gets a P5 two places behind Sagan.Peleton fucked up the chase and the breakaway leader gritted his teeth and beat them out. Love it when that happens.
GC contenders coming back up the board slowly and the 40 seconds gaps back to 20s now.
Just the type of finish that suits him - he's a good climber and an awesome sprinter (always kinda surprised he never really just tried to develop into an out and out sprinter - I raced against him when he was a kid and fark me he had a kick and a half - easily fastest guy in nz). but he's focused on time trialing. Anyhoo around the start of April he was in one of the one week tours where Roglic and Podacar were giving it to each other on one of the big mountain stages and Paddy stayed with them! So his form bloody good this year. still reckon he's easily NZ's best shot of ever winning a grand tour stage.
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@williethewaiter said in Road Cycling:
@crucial said in Road Cycling:
Just a long flat sprinters stage yesterday with nothing happening for the GC . George still sitting with a huge bunch of big names (Yates, Bernal, Nibali, Mollema....) about 40 odd seconds back.
A couple of short punch climbs in a mostly tame stage next. Might start shaking out some of the early leaderboard. Stage 4 steps things up another notch.
might see Paddy having a crack at the sprint tomorrow if things break up a bit. Although based on his prologue result probs not quite over his sickness he picked up at Romandie
Good call. Some sauce?
Paddy gets a P5 two places behind Sagan.Peleton fucked up the chase and the breakaway leader gritted his teeth and beat them out. Love it when that happens.
GC contenders coming back up the board slowly and the 40 seconds gaps back to 20s now.
@crucial said in Road Cycling:
Peleton fucked up the chase and the breakaway leader gritted his teeth and beat them out. Love it when that happens.
Yeah - smart ride by Van der Hoorn to give himself the chance - had the luck that Jack Bauer needed a few years back!
I think for Paddy and George it's a matter of continuing to put themselves in the frame and then getting the cards to fall their way. You might be right Willie, that Paddy has more tools to actually win a stage, but George might never get a better chance than somewhere during this Giro.
