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I'm a bit late to pick up on this news but, not surprisingly, George has left UAE and moved to Israel Premier-Tech.
As the article below notes, should give him more opportunities to ride to win - including at this week's Tour Down Under, where he looks to be numbered as the team leader.
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Laurence Pithie in a rich vein of form. Finished 2nd on Stage 2 of Paris - Nice, and into the yellow jersey.
@scribe I didn't see any coverage of the National Road Race, but apparently Aaron Gate, Corbin Strong, Laurence Pithie, George Bennett and Logan Currie must have sprinted it out and finished in that order.
Finn Fisher-Black is also contending in Paris-Nice.
George did better in the UAE Tour than he did last time he rode it in 2022. Still only a modest 25th on GC, but went OK on the climb on the final day.
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Laurence Pithie in a rich vein of form. Finished 2nd on Stage 2 of Paris - Nice, and into the yellow jersey.
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@scribe said in Road Cycling:
Laurence Pithie in a rich vein of form. Finished 2nd on Stage 2 of Paris - Nice, and into the yellow jersey.
Don't talk about Paris to Nice, Mrs Dan is absolutley pissed she can't find coverage of it here in NZ!
@Dan54 said in Road Cycling:
Don't talk about Paris to Nice, Mrs Dan is absolutley pissed she can't find coverage of it here in NZ!
A source of much frustration in our household as well.
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@Dan54 said in Road Cycling:
Don't talk about Paris to Nice, Mrs Dan is absolutley pissed she can't find coverage of it here in NZ!
A source of much frustration in our household as well.
@Chester-Draws said in Road Cycling:
@Dan54 said in Road Cycling:
Don't talk about Paris to Nice, Mrs Dan is absolutley pissed she can't find coverage of it here in NZ!
A source of much frustration in our household as well.
She was pissed at not being able to get G'Iro last year too, she probably likes that more than the Tour!
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@Chester-Draws said in Road Cycling:
@Dan54 said in Road Cycling:
Don't talk about Paris to Nice, Mrs Dan is absolutley pissed she can't find coverage of it here in NZ!
A source of much frustration in our household as well.
She was pissed at not being able to get G'Iro last year too, she probably likes that more than the Tour!
@Dan54 said in Road Cycling:
@Chester-Draws said in Road Cycling:
@Dan54 said in Road Cycling:
Don't talk about Paris to Nice, Mrs Dan is absolutley pissed she can't find coverage of it here in NZ!
A source of much frustration in our household as well.
She was pissed at not being able to get G'Iro last year too, she probably likes that more than the Tour!
We watched the Giro on GCN, but now that's defunct as well.
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@Dan54 said in Road Cycling:
@Chester-Draws said in Road Cycling:
@Dan54 said in Road Cycling:
Don't talk about Paris to Nice, Mrs Dan is absolutley pissed she can't find coverage of it here in NZ!
A source of much frustration in our household as well.
She was pissed at not being able to get G'Iro last year too, she probably likes that more than the Tour!
We watched the Giro on GCN, but now that's defunct as well.
@Chester-Draws Lol mate don't even know what GCN is.
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Watched Milan - San Remo this evening. Quite an interesting finishing 30 km.
I had to take the plunge and get a VPN to watch it on SBS Australia though.
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Watched Laurence Pithie put in a truly outstanding performance at Gent Wevelgem yesterday. Only guy to mix it with Mads and VdP when they attacked and only ran out of juice on the final time up the Kemmelberg. Commentators on Eurosport were raving about him. He will win a big world tour race one day.
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Sunday was my annual favourite race day of the year; a day sitting with mates watching end to end race coverage with a box of Belgian beers. Have done the Paris Roubaix sportive before and it’s is brutal, like nothing I’ve ever experienced on a bike before. In the race itself, VdP put on a legendary ride; the speed he distanced supreme one day riders on the Orchies cobbled sector 60km from the finish was astounding. Commentators were raving about Kiwi Pithies performances this year and Sunday was no different. He looked like he belonged and but for a mistake and crashing on a corner 20 odd km from the finish, may v well have got on the podium. As it was, 7th was fantastic. Evidently he’s in demand by a few teams and strongly rumoured to be heading to Bora to head up their Classics team next year.
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George had his best result in quite a while in the Giro d'Abruzzo - coming in 3rd in the GC, 2nd in the KotM, and 2nd in the final stage.
Solid throughout.
Behind Lutsenko and Sivakov, but ahead of Adam Yates, Ulissi, Pozzivivo and a few other decent names...and everyone else.
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In case anyone who is interested hasn't noticed - the Tour of Switzerland is being shown on Sky this week.
Finn Fisher-Black currently 4th on GC after the opening short TT and a sprinters' stage. George is 73rd, but less than 30 seconds back. Another flat (ish) stage tonight - then lots of mountains to come.
Interested to see how George goes in these - he seems to be riding his best for several years.
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George picks up 14th on the first mountain stage and jumps to 16th in the GC - two minutes down on Adam Yates. That's definitely showing better form than the last couple of years.
Interestingly, they showed a pre-stage interview with George (which I missed the start of and was tryig to work out if it was him) where he sounded like Steve Williams was their main hope, with potentially Matthew Riccitello as back up. Steve cracked and Riccitello finished only a few seconds ahead of George, so should be a reshuffling of the pecking order.
https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-suisse/2024/stage-4
