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Tugboat wrote:

ultyguy wrote:Il Lombardia from the Ghisallo with crappy Iphone

It was a bit rainy, but no where near as cold as it has been some years. I think the inclusion of the Muro di Sormano and other overly steep climbs kinda sucks as it drastically reduces the pool of riders who could win. In it's current guise, only super light climbers will win this.

Nice pics. I was watching the race maybe a hundred metres up the road from you!

[img]http://www.flickr.com/photos/adrianrumney/10137172496/[img]

Wow, great shots, 100x better than mine! Some great pain face shots in there.

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More CX action!


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yay for cx season

Here's two from this weekend's CX race in Boucherville:



The rest from that series is here http://www.shampoo.ca/serie-de-cyclocross-ekoi-8-boucherville/.

jmilliron wrote:More CX action!

I guess you guys never see any mud eh ?

Cool stuff though. Looks like a lot more serious setup then what we have around here.

J

shampoo wrote:

Exactly why was the guy on the right in the air that high, and what happened when he landed? For some reason, it made me think of the Dukes of Hazzard.

Nice kit nathanong87, what's the brand?

Guerdi wrote:Nice kit nathanong87, what's the brand?

thanks, it's champ sys and the design is from a drifting forum that im on. A member did the design and we did a group buy from champ sys.

Ziptied.com is the site and Yakubo is the little mascot u see on the butt and shoulders hehe

shampoo wrote:

jmilliron wrote:More CX action!

I guess you guys never see any mud eh ?

Cool stuff though. Looks like a lot more serious setup then what we have around here.

J

Almost no mud. Maybe two slightly muddy races last year?

Flyover was fun. Had a very fast approach. Was easy to hit the stairs waaaaaaay too hot. Here's a dude, totally failing to dismount for it:


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HammerTime2 wrote:Exactly why was the guy on the right in the air that high, and what happened when he landed? For some reason, it made me think of the Dukes of Hazzard.

nathanong87 wrote:
cx is about getting radical

jmilliron wrote:

nathanong87 wrote:
cx is about getting radical

here my friend remains unphazed by the mariachi band from yesterday!!!

Another flat, hot, humid criterium in the UAE. My team worked really well and only a bit of bad luck prevented a podium place.

A group of 6 got away early on and me and a team mate bridged across. with most of the 8 in the break working at first we got a decent gap.



About half distance people started messing around. I attacked the break, was caught and then my teammate got away with two others and got a minute ahead of us pretty quick.
All good - until he falls off

I drop back to the peloton and we hit the front as a team. Managed to bring back the break with 10km to go but i was pretty spent - Our sprinter was 4th i think.

Sorry for the question, but Im too curious to hear a first hand experience; years ago I heard that in UAE the amateur races would have decent money prizes, is it true or just a myth?

Yes, it's true, but not exactly cash. First place, use of an oil well until the same race next year. Second place, a barrel of oil. Third place, a litre of petrol.

micky wrote:Sorry for the question, but Im too curious to hear a first hand experience; years ago I heard that in UAE the amateur races would have decent money prizes, is it true or just a myth?

So far i've won two races and each time picked up a cheque for 300AED - About 60euros so not too bad. I was happier in France where i'd win bottles of (sometimes very decent) wine.

There are special races every now and then though - i've not done one yet but just before i arrived there was the "Ramadan Criterium" where the winner (a guy who has also won a couple of times this season) picked up more than 5,000 euros...

There's another special race planned for the 26th of December but i won't be there for that one either - This one is to celebrate 50 years of oil production in the UAE or something similar so HammerTime2's prizes might be possible

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