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micky
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by micky on Thu Sep 03, 2015 8:27 pm
HillRPete wrote:Looking like this could become another near miss for Rodriguez wrt grand tour honours. Oh the pain. Hoping he can pull something off, but Aru is clearly looking fresher, having skipped the TdF.
Im not sure it will be that case for Rodriguez; yes he was up there but at some point it looked like he asked Moreno to slow down.
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tymon_tm
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by tymon_tm on Thu Sep 03, 2015 9:09 pm
today was hard to even think about positioning as till the very end peloton had to chase the breakaway. couple weaker pulls from the main bunch and the fab five would've made it.
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LeDuke
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by LeDuke on Fri Sep 04, 2015 1:54 am
Brian Cookson's interview during the stage today was terrible. He kept on focusing on the riders professionalism and sportsmanship, while more or less avoiding the fact that race officials (people on motos) were the ones who were causing the problems.
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by prendrefeu on Fri Sep 04, 2015 3:10 am
Le Duke, what broadcast was that on? Quite an international forum here, no?
The commentary on NOS had issue with the motos, but that was also the case on Eurosport.
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by ave on Fri Sep 04, 2015 10:11 am
Well, if Paulinho really rode into a moto, he has a point.
Interesting that it is still not clear, what happened really in that case.
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by mrlobber on Fri Sep 04, 2015 11:17 am
Steve, it matters only if you're on TV, otherwise nobody notices
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LeDuke
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by LeDuke on Fri Sep 04, 2015 12:36 pm
prendrefeu wrote:Le Duke, what broadcast was that on? Quite an international forum here, no?
The commentary on NOS had issue with the motos, but that was also the case on Eurosport.
It was Universal Sports, who might have the worst commentary and tech (they are incapable of timing gaps; instead rely on third party feed's GPS) of any crew I've seen yet.
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LeDuke
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by LeDuke on Fri Sep 04, 2015 3:51 pm
Is Cannondale-Garmin just throwing in the towel? I haven't seen them in a break in a while, and it seems every time they show the tail end of the field, you can see 2-3 of their guys in the last 10. You very rarely see riders from teams like EQS or BMC back there.
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by CerveloBert on Fri Sep 04, 2015 4:39 pm
That entire squad has been trash all year. None of the main players in that team look like they want to win. Meanwhile at Sky you have grand tour winners climbing 5000m with a broken foot just to finish the stage.
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by petepeterson on Fri Sep 04, 2015 4:57 pm
It could be that I have a mediocre mind but could it be that rather than not 'wanting to win' as much Garmindale's budget and calibre of riders are just not as good? EPQS and BMC are basically in a different league.