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04-09-2017, 10:04 PM
Just watched the highlights, looked like a pretty exciting addition. van Avermaet is the perhaps the most well rounded classics rider (besides Sagan). He's got punch, a sprint, and a motor to pound on the flats.
Milan San Remo, Flanders, Roubaix, and Amstel Gold are all winnable races for him. Few can say that.
Also steephill.tv always has good links that tend to not be location locked, if you don't mind watching on a computer.
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04-10-2017, 01:59 AM
Pretty nice race. Paris-Roubaix is always exciting. Glad that GvA won his first monument; he was close in previous editions of both Flanders and Roubaix and he finally did it.
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04-10-2017, 04:59 AM
I don't want to think what would have happened if it had rained a few days before the race. In fact, the last fifteen years were dry in the period around the race, so the famous mud turned into simple dust. Although less spectacular, I prefer this way: safer for the cyclists.
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04-10-2017, 04:38 PM
Great to see another thread on cycle races!
Although not sure what it's doing in the Weightlifting section!
Mods, you might like to move this thread to 'Lifestyle' when you get a chance?
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04-11-2017, 07:14 AM
Yes Vaun I know that however the discussion has been mostly about upcoming cycling events and who might win them rather than the fitness aspect you may have intended. Perhaps altering the title of the thread would be a good idea in that case.
Anyway, no worries either way, I don't mean to poke my nose in.
As you were, gents!
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04-12-2017, 03:10 AM
Do you guys plan on watching the Ardennes classics (Amstel, Fleche and Liege-Bastogne-Liege)?
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04-12-2017, 05:12 AM
What race is this Sunday?
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04-12-2017, 06:20 AM
This Sunday is Amstel Gold Race, then Wednesday is Fleche Wallone, and finally next Sunday is Liege-Bastogne-Liege. I think both Gilbert and VanAvermaet have a chance to win one. Also, imo Valverde is favorite to win his 4th consecutive Fleche Wallone.
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04-12-2017, 08:36 AM
I've been out of it since 2005, the year I quit racing, when Boonen was a young pup taking off. Its reassuring to see the modern champions are cut from the same cloth of former champions, Museeuw, Van Petegem, Merckx.
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04-13-2017, 07:05 AM
2005, the year in which Museeuw showed 5 fingers, then the next 5, then all his 10 fingers before he crossed the finish line on the Roubaix velodrome.
Can't wait for warmer mornings to come so I can take out my bike.
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07-30-2017, 02:09 PM
Kwiatkowski won the San-Sebastian. He also won Strade Bianche. What a year he has!
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08-13-2017, 02:38 PM
Somewhat related, Bink Bank Tour just finished with a mini Tour of Flanders stage and a nice win by Stuyven. I was at the finish on Muur Kapelmuur for the first time live at a cycling race in Flanders, and the atmosphere here is unreal. It was such an epic experience.