Cosmic Kid
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| 06/13/2022 11:42 AM |
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Pretty meh, so far.... |
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longslowdistance
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| 06/13/2022 07:23 PM |
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| But beautiful scenery. And a brave win today |
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Orange Crush
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| 06/13/2022 07:33 PM |
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| Van Aert is happy to pass the batton of face palms to Alberto Bettiol. |
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longslowdistance
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| 06/13/2022 08:21 PM |
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| Yes!, his realtime celebration was confusing for a few milliseconds. How could no one on the team know? Maybe they didn't tell the silver medalist that he was sprinting for second in order to keep his morale up for the finale? -Kinda embarrassing, but he was super gracious about his "misunderstanding" in the later interviews I could find. Just MO but he converted a face palm into a nice story and pat on the back. |
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longslowdistance
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| 06/14/2022 10:23 AM |
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He’s baaaack!
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Orange Crush
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| 06/14/2022 10:42 AM |
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| I guess that Utah mountain biking and outbound training paid off. |
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79pmooney
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| 06/14/2022 12:17 PM |
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Sagan's no fun. Now starting his celebration two bike lengths earlier would have generated far more media attention and made the race much more exciting. (And his second place would be remembered far longer than his win.)
But good on him. It's been a tough year for him physically. To pull off that first win with 2000m of climbing, nice! And suggests he still has a little of the fire in his belly. (He is after all, wealthy enough that he never has to sit on a bike seat again unless he has zero skill with money or serious issues.) |
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longslowdistance
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| 06/14/2022 08:54 PM |
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| Au contraire, Sagan's appeal IS fun. Euro cycling can be bogged down in tradition etc. Fresh breezes are welcome here. |
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79pmooney
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| 06/15/2022 01:33 AM |
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| lsd, I was being facetious. Having fun with all those early and uninformed celebrations. Sagan's pretty smart. He does know how to ice the cake and doesn't screw it up very often. |
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Cosmic Kid
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| 06/15/2022 11:36 AM |
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Jeez...this is turning into the Tour de Geezers.
Zzzzzz..... |
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Dale
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| 06/15/2022 11:55 AM |
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You keep "Geezer" outta your mouth!
Signed,
Geezers everywhere |
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Cosmic Kid
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| 06/15/2022 12:28 PM |
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Hey, I know what demographic I belong in....and it is definitely the geezer group.
Doesn't mean I wanna watch us race bikes, though...🤣 |
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Cosmic Kid
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| 06/16/2022 09:05 AM |
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| Yates & Kuss both out at TdS....a boring race just got more boring. 🥴🥴
ETA - the whole J-V team is out, bit just Kuss. COVID strokes again. |
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79pmooney
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| 06/16/2022 09:22 AM |
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The pandemic strikes again. 17 DNS's, 9 confirmed COVID, 4 on J-V so that team is out. One or two of the remaining DNS's is fatigue, so COVID? Yesterday's heat exhaustion, COVID?
I'm thinking of the song with lyrics "in the jungle, the mighty jungle, the giant sleeps tonight". That giant isn't going away. All this "back to normal" - well let down the guard and the giant will steal a few more villagers. Things are getting better. Most of those afflicted will live (with the variations and drugs out there now). Still - wake up call. |
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Cosmic Kid
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| 06/16/2022 09:38 AM |
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| Uh-oh....Evenepoel going backwards!!! Did not see that happening.... |
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Cosmic Kid
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| 06/16/2022 10:13 AM |
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Fuglsang damn near continued the Tour de Geezer streak.....but Thomas is now up to 2nd overall so he could win the whole thing for the old men.
But that was at least an entertaining stage. |
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Orange Crush
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| 06/16/2022 10:35 AM |
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| I can’t say I am really following these Tours or This and That, other than reading results. Certainly one of the more boring parts of season. |
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longslowdistance
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| 06/17/2022 06:57 AM |
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| Wow, Covid is making a mess of this race. |
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longslowdistance
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| 06/17/2022 09:50 AM |
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But maybe now Remco can still win, if his is the last one still riding.
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Orange Crush
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| 06/17/2022 01:02 PM |
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Posted By Frederick Jones on 06/17/2022 09:50 AM
But maybe now Remco can still win, if his is the last one still riding.
Nah, CK is right, this is a geezer ride. Thomas FTW. |
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longslowdistance
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| 06/17/2022 09:54 PM |
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Tour de Vaccinated
PS, Ben I hope you noted I was being facetious. I think OC got that. |
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longslowdistance
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| 06/19/2022 06:07 PM |
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Skybots prevail. Again. Sigh.
Congrats to Simmons for the mountains jersey win.
Doubters, haters and diminishers will diss the entire podium, but that's crap. They overcame obstacles on the road and off. The riders and teams that bailed did not.
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Orange Crush
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| 06/19/2022 09:47 PM |
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Geezers rejoice. There’s still some win(d) left in us.
Meanwhile in Slovenia they’re playing Rock Paper Scissors for the win. |
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79pmooney
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| 06/19/2022 10:14 PM |
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| CN had photos of both Thomas and Evenepoel taken from the same spot. Evenepoel is absolutely flat-backed. Thomas up probably 15 degrees. Impressive he finished just seconds behind with that much bigger aero section. |
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Cosmic Kid
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| 06/20/2022 07:29 AM |
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I don’t think there is a need to diss the podium, but at the same time, you have to note the lack of competition. The old adage of “in order to finish first, you first have to finish” certainly applies….
But for a TdF warmup race, I think it is safe to say that no one from this podium will be a factor next month. |
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Cosmic Kid
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| 06/20/2022 07:31 AM |
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Evenepoel is absolutely flat-backed
Evenepoel is deceptively aero….old school aero vs. today’s positions of raised hands, etc. his position on a TT bike over similar to mine (ok, that should probably be the other way around 🤣)….I freaking love seeing him on a TT bike. And a his road bike for that matter. He just disappears vs. the competition. |
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