Berk on a Bike
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He must've taken quite a pay cut to go to Airgas-Safeway
Minor Races Thread 2015 - [SPOILERS]
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Flick of the Elbow
Guru
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- Pentlands & West Lothian
Just watched Le Samyn, what a great little race, loved the cobbles 2k from the finish. Looked like Meersman had the speed to win but was baulked by his leadout man.
Apollonius
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- South Staffordshire
Those were some really rough and narrow pave sections: pavé I mean. Potholes just like home.
oldroadman
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- Ubique
Another foul up by Etixx at Le Samyn, three in the break and didn't get the win. Mr Lefevre will be leaning on Cav for his results this spring. And a few riders will be more than a bit concerned, losing to Stannard with 3 versus 1, and leaving Cav without a proper lead out (even if he did his trick of finding the right wheel and getting the win). More practice required! MSR should be interesting, and I wonder what they will deliver in Strade Bianchi?
Still... you can't really call having all those riders in the front - but not winning - an absolute disaster. Many teams fall short to even reaching that.
But personally I am not so sure Cav will be able to take the upcoming "bigger sprinter-type victories" (Gent-Wevelgem, Scheldeprijs) when faced with Kittel and/or Greipel...or versus Degenkolb/Kristoff in tougher races like MSR. He has definitely shown less dominance in the past 2 years
Can't see it happening that with Boonen, Terpstra, Stybar, Kwiatek ..or even Meersman, Vandenbergh and Van Keirsbulck they won't win some of the 1-day classics again this year (not necessarily the "big" ones, but for sure some of the lower tier ones)
Still.... indeed it should be comforting for EQS to have somebody like Cav in the team to ensure (stage) wins
Yeah, I don't think he is a very pleasant man either... and don't like his comments when he is interviewed iwhen being in "a losing position", he always takes a very aggressive stand that the others were wrong and he (or his riders) didn't do anything wrong
But on the other hand, you can't deny his skill for having been able to find a ton of classics talent in the last 2 decades
OP
OP
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More excuses?
MisterStan
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- Out there somewhere
Another win for Team Sky?
smutchin
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- The Red Enclave
Looking forward to Strade Bianche tomorrow. Third time lucky for Sagan?
Live on Eurosport. Hmmmm, wonder what domestic chores will prevent me watching.
Live on Eurosport. Hmmmm, wonder what domestic chores will prevent me watching.
Hoovering the front room for a couple of hours seems excessive but it does have the benefit of drowning out Carlton Kirby - just.
MisterStan
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You're welcome to take my daughter to my niece's 3rd birthday party. That should free me up for a quick ride and time to watch the race....
With the form he showed throughout last year, I would actually put down Van Avermaet. But he looked a tad less strong last weekend (although that might have just been Vanmarcke looking much stronger) and with that investigation going on...
Valvpity and Sagan won't be far off, but I am going for ... Styby
Vanmarcke maybe for this one?
OP
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Pro Tour Punditry
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Megan Guarnier (Boels Dolmans) wins Strade Bianche Womens race.
Lizzie Armitstead second, Elisa Longo Borghini 3rd.
Lizzie Armitstead second, Elisa Longo Borghini 3rd.
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