Spud
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| 08/29/2014 11:19 AM |
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Can these two morons on Universal, talk about Riders crash any more than they already have? STFU already. |
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Cosmic Kid
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| 08/29/2014 11:26 AM |
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I'm listening to EuroSport. Sean Kelly and whatshisname stopped talking about it within a minute or so.
Sucked for Ryder, though.....he was working his assos off. |
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Master50
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| 08/29/2014 12:12 PM |
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| Glad he got second at least. Not been so lucky these last 2 years. |
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79pmooney
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| 08/29/2014 12:55 PM |
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The good thing is that this Vuelta hasn't so far been a crash fest like the Tour was. Yes, the rain and oil slick roads were a major part of the Tour crashes, but here we are seeing very hot oil slicked roads. A few have crashed, but it looks to me like everyone is riding more carefully.
A related aside: How is it that Froome crashes so infrequently given how little time he spends looking up? Is the computer on his stem giving him some info on what's ahead that we are not privy too?
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Dale
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| 08/29/2014 01:11 PM |
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The only possible explanation is it's not a computer, it's a Cerevellum Hindsight with the camera facing forward to give him a look upfield
They guys' got stem fixation, 'fer sure |
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Spud
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| 08/29/2014 02:37 PM |
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| Brambilla with a great top 10 finish today. Clawing his way back top the top of the GC. Nice job Brambi! |
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Cosmic Kid
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| 08/30/2014 07:37 PM |
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“I am not a big fan of moves like that. We had just gone through a small village, with cobbles, and then a big descent, so the entire peloton is single-file, and then they drill it,” Hesjedal said. “Someone loses the wheel, and you’re caught out.
Yeah, that is called "bike racing", Ryder. You were poorly positioned and got caught out. Suck it up, buttercup. |
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Dale
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| 08/30/2014 10:36 PM |
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The hell? You mean they aren't using the 'no drop' format to this ride?
Man, that's pretty harsh. Nobody's gonna like that
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Keith Richards
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| 08/31/2014 01:05 AM |
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Ryder... |
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It is his word versus ours. We like our word. We like where we stand and we like our credibility."--Lance Armstrong. |
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stronz
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| 09/01/2014 06:12 PM |
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| Wo --Keith he stole that from you! Hope he gives you some credit for it. Like yours better anyway |
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Cosmic Kid
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| 09/02/2014 11:29 AM |
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| Quintana just went down HARD in the TT. Clipped the guardrail and tumbled head over heels. He is gonna lose a lot of time. |
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Cosmic Kid
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| 09/02/2014 11:41 AM |
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Video of the crash....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI8iOqgIy5I&feature=youtu.be |
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stronz
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| 09/02/2014 12:06 PM |
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| just overcooked that. hope he's ok |
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79pmooney
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| 09/02/2014 12:40 PM |
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Disappointing. Tough blow for Quintana. Good thing is that he is young. He will have many more chances and he is smart enough to learn from this. I really wanted to see a tight race between him, AC and Froome. Oh well. Good time trial by Valverde. I hope he keeps riding well.
My main man, AC? He lived up to his rest day talk today of riding this to win. Lets see how he does in the high stuff.
I just saw on the Velonews website that Quintana reached down to adjust his shoe shortly before entering a decreasing radius corner. I'll bet anyone a doughnut or three that he spends the rest of his career starting TTs with his shoes and clothes just perfect
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Spud
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| 09/02/2014 01:23 PM |
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| Quintana is really lucky he didn't tumble over that guard rail. Wouldn't want to have seen the results of that. |
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Cosmic Kid
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| 09/02/2014 03:27 PM |
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Quintana is now blaming his brakes for the crash.....
As for adjusting his shoe, I really don't think it had anything to do with the crash. It was seconds before and he had plenty of opportunity to get re-situated. He even appears to enter the turn at a pretty good angle / approach. If anything, it looks like a case of rider fixation.....he was looking straight ahead when he should have been looking inside his turn. |
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Ride On
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| 09/02/2014 05:56 PM |
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| Next up , disc brakes for TT bikes |
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79pmooney
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| 09/02/2014 06:28 PM |
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Was this dual pivots on CF rims? This oldster really doesn't like dual pivots to start with; to much power. And we have had a few discussions on the merits of CF braking surfaces. Have we now seen that combo wreck the favorite's Vuelta chances?
There's an old expression that would apply here. Everything in modulation.
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Cosmic Kid
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| 09/02/2014 07:32 PM |
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Well, he has now revised his statement and saying that he "overbraked" in the turn.
Watch the video again....pretty clear it is rider error the whole way. He came in on a line that was too inside (not as well set up as I previously thought), the turn got tighter and he panicked. You can see him clearly focused on the guardrail and not looking inside.
Brakes, rims, carbon, whatever.....Quintana just blew the turn. |
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Orange Crush
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| 09/02/2014 11:06 PM |
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| Guys need to learn how to crash properly. If you know you're not going to make it, don't overcook the brakes and go flying head first. There are far better ways to crash in a somewhat orderly fashion that are likely to prevent serious injury. He was very lucky on this one. |
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Cosmic Kid
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| 09/03/2014 09:44 AM |
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QUINTANA IS OUT!!!
Looks like his crash was worse than we thought yesterday. Too bad.... |
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Cosmic Kid
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| 09/03/2014 09:49 AM |
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| Update - sounds like Quintana crashed again today, hence the abandon. |
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Spud
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| 09/03/2014 11:06 AM |
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| Froome is cooked |
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Cosmic Kid
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| 09/03/2014 11:08 AM |
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Yeah.....and it was his teammate driving the pace at the front!!
Things looking better & better for AC. |
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79pmooney
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| 09/03/2014 11:09 AM |
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CK, Quintana was just trying to follow OC's advice about learning to crash properly. Takes practice doesn't it? (He should take it from me; there are things that are better not to perfect.)
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Cosmic Kid
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| 09/03/2014 11:11 AM |
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LOL....I think he got it wrong today, then.
The irony was that he was actually lucky in how he crashed yesterday (even though he did it "wrong"). he rolled and tumbled instead of sliding out. Actually ended up being a "better" crash.....but definitely higher risk. He just got lucky he didn't suffer a major injury. |
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Spud
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| 09/03/2014 11:18 AM |
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| Froomes' new nickname may have to be YOYO |
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Cosmic Kid
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| 09/03/2014 11:19 AM |
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| LOL.....nice rally by him, I have to admit. |
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Spud
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| 09/03/2014 11:22 AM |
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| Aru is kickin it |
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Cosmic Kid
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| 09/03/2014 11:26 AM |
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Great finish....everyone was beating schitt out the guy next to them.
Huge props to Froome for finishing with AC and Valverde. 5K out, it looked like his Vuelta was over. |
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Spud
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| 09/03/2014 11:52 AM |
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| Uran holding his own. only 1:08 behind. |
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thinline
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| 09/03/2014 12:34 PM |
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"Huge props to Froome for finishing with AC and Valverde. 5K out, it looked like his Vuelta was over."
His asthma meds must have kicked in. |
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Oldfart
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| 09/03/2014 01:36 PM |
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| So if you get a bobble head doll of Froome, does the head not bobble? |
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Spud
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| 09/04/2014 11:33 AM |
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| Today's sprint finish could get ugly. |
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79pmooney
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| 09/04/2014 12:10 PM |
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Spud, ugly? Even the CyclingNews reporting wasn't pretty. "Furhter back and there was a cras."
As I write this, CycoingNews hasn't said anything about the crash yet except that a number of riders were down or held up including sprinter Bouhanni .
Seems that Contador finished well enough to take 4 seconds from Valverde. Good work!
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Spud
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| 09/04/2014 02:23 PM |
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| Yeah lucky for the inside 3K rule. To be honest, I expected more of a bunch sprint. So wished BOOM BOOM could have won that. |
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Spud
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| 09/05/2014 11:42 AM |
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| I knew Brambi couldn't get that break to hold with 2K to go. Hey, a top 10 finish isn't too shabby. Keeps chipping away in the GC. after his flat in stage 4 that dropped him down to 106 in the GC. He's now fought his way back th 41. |
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stronz
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| 09/05/2014 12:56 PM |
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| still it was a gutsy attack and I was shouting go Gianluca! |
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Spud
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| 09/05/2014 02:02 PM |
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| Tomorrow's 20K Cat 1 climb should really sort this race out. Only the strong will survive. |
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Spud
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| 09/06/2014 12:43 PM |
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| That last climb today was insane. How about that finish from The YoYo. |
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Spud
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| 09/08/2014 09:56 AM |
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| Nice to see Brambilla in the break today. Uran is toasted. Toughest day today. |
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Spud
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| 09/08/2014 10:32 AM |
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| Brambilla mixing it up today. |
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Spud
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| 09/08/2014 12:10 PM |
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Wow, DQ'd.
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FrOOme looking pretty impressive. |
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Keith Richards
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| 09/08/2014 01:43 PM |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4cGJEuXZjY&sns=fb
This is some ugly madness on the bike... |
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It is his word versus ours. We like our word. We like where we stand and we like our credibility."--Lance Armstrong. |
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Master50
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| 09/08/2014 03:22 PM |
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| Just reading a Motorcycle cop providing security for the race went off the road and died. It is just being reported out. Having spent so many years in bike races in cars and on bikes I have an extra level of connection to this tragedy. My thoughts are with his family on what is generally considered easy duty for a cop. |
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Inferno7
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| 09/08/2014 09:02 PM |
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Great racing, amazing to see those two finally battle it out one on one.
May be the same as Keith's link but here is the final 5k.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GLQ05Zwm_Eg
*sorry to hear of the death, RIP. |
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