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Rick
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by Rick

trychle wrote:Farrar. WON!?

Huh ? That's not the race I watched.

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by asv

Congrats to Tyler. I'm sure all the guys who give him hate on this board won a stage in every grand tour.

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AGW
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by AGW

Rick wrote:
trychle wrote:Farrar. WON!?

Huh ? That's not the race I watched.


Tour of Belgium stage

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by petepeterson

Sorry what? Wasn't the tour of belgium in may?

edit: nevermind its "Farrar wins penultimate stage at Tour de l'Eurométropole"
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by pastronef

petepeterson wrote:Sorry what? Wasn't the tour of belgium in may?


Tour de L'Eurometropole (former Circuit Cranco-Belge) Oct 3-6

http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-d ... -3/results

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by AGW

I blame my dyslexia, read this as Eurometro Tour of Belgium on Velonews:

It was a long time coming, but Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Sharp) kicked to victory Saturday in the third stage of the Eurometropool Tour in Belgium, scoring his first victory on European pavement since 2011.

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asv wrote:I'm sure all the guys who give him hate on this board won a stage in every grand tour.


The guy doesn't win in europe for two years and you still expect him to be treated as an elite sprinter? From what I've read, that's where most of the discussion (or 'hate') here has be directed. It's been legit questions like: will he take on a different role to stay at the top level or step down from the world tour? And will Garmin's new-look GC team have a place for him?

It will be interesting to see how it plays out for he and others with these teams folding. Frank Pariesien has a breakthrough win at Catalunya this spring yet has not been renewed by argos nor had any offers and is considering retiring or moving to mtb at the age of 30. What a ridiculous sport.
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by MattSoutherden

Froome out of Lombardy with back pain...


... entire GB team x-ray'd after worlds and discovered to be spineless. :D
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by fa63

For all the fans here, Farrar has renewed with Garmin-Sharp for next season :D

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/farrar- ... in-drought

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MattSoutherden wrote:Froome out of Lombardy with back pain...


... entire GB team x-ray'd after worlds and discovered to be spineless. :D


:thumbup:

I am riding with a Brit friend tomorrow morning, I will be sure to share your take on the matter with him. :D

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petal666 wrote:BBB seatpost mounts work really well.

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Works well, elastic that comes with it is rubbish (for a 31.6 seatpost).

Used a Garmin elastic (after mine snapped), works much better.

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by Biff

In all fairness one should exclude Cavendish from that party.He did a lot of pulling on the way in to Firenze.

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by ichobi

Happy to see Purito defends his Lombardy title. I bet he would cry a sea if someone snagged him off a win again.

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by ultyguy

Surprised to see Tommy V's lead disintegrate so quickly today, he had almost 3 min at top Ghisallo. Rumour of a crash in a tunnel, anyone else heard that?

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