KennaughKickIt
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I used to compete unprofessionally at beanbag throwing and I'm telling you he's won already.
Nibali joins the greats
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I used to compete unprofessionally at beanbag throwing and I'm telling you he's won already.
martint235
Dog on a bike
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Surely only as far as Mercks if that far.
As mentioned in another thread, I'm now unfortunately waiting for the day, maybe a couple of years down the line, maybe in a few months, when these results are taken from Nibali and the races declared void. But then I'm a cynical b******d
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
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I'm not gonna mention the spelling.
martint235
Dog on a bike
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Hey the guy doesn't have enough vowels in his name and he's too old to come round and have a go at me about it
Pedrosanchezo
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All of his wins declared void? Wow.
Can we agree to disagree? I have had this chat quite a few times now and i think i'm all talked out on the matter. For clarity i am basically of the stance that Nibali has a Palmares which shows consistent and gradual improvement and that he was racing against a weaker opposition than he might have been.
Actually the clever cat might see that Nibali has won grand tours not including Froome or Contador in any of them. Nor Wiggins in his prime.
martint235
Dog on a bike
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Happy to agree to disagree.
It's not just Nibali for me, I'm still not convinced the sport is clean and the cynic in me just feels that the reduction in numbers being caught is just an advancement in doping similar to the development of EPO years ago.
Saluki
World class procrastinator
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NoThis last stage is ceremonial at best @Saluki, if he crashed today the whole race would stop and wait and his team mates would hold him up until they got to the line..did you do any 21 stage horse races?!!
I rode 3 day event horses and did a couple of 100 mile endurance rides in 24 hours (in Australia). I was quite good at it.
Liggett and Sherwin were saying that Nibali had won the TdF from about last Sunday onwards, which I found mildly irritating as I thought that there were another 5 proper stages, 6 if you count today to go and anything could have happened.
IDMark2
Dodgy Aerial
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Ahh..I didn't have them on Eurosport, although Carlton was annoying enough on there as it was but his rider recognition is better and they at least make the obligatory chateau and historic facts information obvious by handing to someone else to do! I would have found that apparent certainty that early irritating too...
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
So what you're saying is that Liggett and Sherwin are mildly irritating. That's pretty controversial.
Only mildly?
Saluki
World class procrastinator
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At least their assumption, that with a week to go, that the chap who had the yellow jersey was definitely going to keep it and there was no danger whatsoever of him losing it.
jarlrmai
Veteran
Implicit in that assumption is that he doesn't fall off and break something.
It's like predicting a home team 4-0 up at half-time will win a football match when the opposition have had there 2 best players sent off, yeah something pretty amazing is going to have to happen to stop it.
It's like predicting a home team 4-0 up at half-time will win a football match when the opposition have had there 2 best players sent off, yeah something pretty amazing is going to have to happen to stop it.
jarlrmai
Veteran
His greatest attribute as a cyclist is that he he seems bombproof, he obviously has great bike handling skills, mental and physical toughness, he is able to cope with bad weather, bad roads, descend well and climb well and use his team properly a great all rounder and a worthy GT winner.
