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TonyM
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by TonyM on Sat May 26, 2018 9:49 pm
wingguy wrote:TonyM wrote: ↑Sat May 26, 2018 9:25 pm
FYI: The UCI has rules which are neither Italian, Spanish, French, Belgian, Dutch etc.....even if sometimes (ha ha) some president have been inclined to favorite their own country....
FYI, go check out Maq's recent posts on the UCI presidency and see if you think he knows that
Could you elaborate on that?
Who is Maq?
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TonyM
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by TonyM on Sat May 26, 2018 9:53 pm
Pinot just quitted the Giro as he went to the hospital being too much dehydrated and having fever. His DS said he went over his limits and was more than exhausted. Too bad for him but he showed a great performance and great fighting spirit.
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maquisard
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by maquisard on Sat May 26, 2018 9:58 pm
Maq is me, wingguy is fixated with me and reponds specifically everytime I make a posting to this forum.
I appreciate his following and obssession with me
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by Leviathan on Sat May 26, 2018 10:02 pm
TonyM wrote: ↑Sat May 26, 2018 9:53 pm
Pinot just quitted the Giro as he went to the hospital being too much dehydrated and having fever. His DS said he went over his limits and was more than exhausted. Too bad for him but he showed a great performance and great fighting spirit.
Indeed he did. Nice to see one Frenchman whos doing his job to the best of his ability, even if David Lappartient cant/wont.
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Nefarious86
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by Nefarious86 on Sat May 26, 2018 10:11 pm
wingguy wrote:TonyM wrote: ↑Sat May 26, 2018 9:25 pm
FYI: The UCI has rules which are neither Italian, Spanish, French, Belgian, Dutch etc.....even if sometimes (ha ha) some president have been inclined to favorite their own country....
FYI, go check out Maq's recent posts on the UCI presidency and see if you think he knows that
maquisard wrote:Maq is me, wingguy is fixated with me and reponds specifically everytime I make a posting to this forum.
I appreciate his following and obssession with me
I suggest both of you cut the slinging match and play nice before you both take a vacation.
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maquisard
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by maquisard on Sat May 26, 2018 10:15 pm
Pardon me but I haven't said anything unkind about him nor do I immediately seize upon and try to dissect his every comment that he posts.
Feel free to examine our respective posting histories and see who is the one not 'playing nice'.
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wingguy
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by wingguy on Sat May 26, 2018 10:16 pm
maquisard wrote:Maq is me, wingguy is fixated with me and reponds specifically everytime I make a posting to this forum.
You're just such a fascinating guy
But seriously, have you made any re-assessment of "man of action" Lappartient given what he has achieved the Froome situation? Meaning, exactly the same amount Cookson would have achieved...
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by Kjetil on Sat May 26, 2018 10:27 pm
What has Lappartient to do with doping cases?
He should have nothing to do with them...
A pity I didn’t get to see yesterday’s stage. Stuff of legend.
What drug makes you a better descender? Not Salbutamol, that’s for sure.
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by Nefarious86 on Sat May 26, 2018 10:28 pm
maquisard wrote:Pardon me but I haven't said anything unkind about him nor do I immediately seize upon and try to dissect his every comment that he posts.
Feel free to examine our respective posting histories and see who is the one not 'playing nice'.
You constantly bait and antagonize him
wingguy wrote:maquisard wrote:Maq is me, wingguy is fixated with me and reponds specifically everytime I make a posting to this forum.
You're just such a fascinating guy
But seriously, have you made any re-assessment of "man of action" Lappartient given what he has achieved the Froome situation? Meaning, exactly the same amount Cookson would have achieved...
Again play nice and stop cloging up threads with the bickering or it's a week for both of you, it's getting tiresome.
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TonyM
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by TonyM on Sat May 26, 2018 11:06 pm
Kjetil wrote:What has Lappartient to do with doping cases?
He should have nothing to do with them...
A pity I didn’t get to see yesterday’s stage. Stuff of legend.
What drug makes you a better descender? Not Salbutamol, that’s for sure.
I am definitely not a fan of Froome but he definitely improves a lot on descending. I like that he tries to improve wherever he has some deficiencies.
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wingguy
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by wingguy on Sat May 26, 2018 11:24 pm
Kjetil wrote: ↑Sat May 26, 2018 10:27 pm
What has Lappartient to do with doping cases?
He should have nothing to do with them...
He doesn't, and neither did the last guy. That's my point.
What drug makes you a better descender? Not Salbutamol, that’s for sure.
The improvement in Froome's descending since his first Tour win has been something else. Looked a little more in control yesterday than he sometimes does too - Thomas said after the first toptube-pedalling attack at TdF that Froome was the craziest guy in the team when they were descending at training camps.
But - the big time gain yesterday wasn't because he could go faster, but because Dumoulin chose to wait. Remember that Dumoulin descended the Stelvio even faster than Nibali when he was chasing on his own last year (including the pedally bit before the middle switchbacks I suppose, but still). Hindsight and all, but if he'd gone alone yesterday I doubt he'd have hit the start of Sestriere any further back than he was at the top of the Finestre.
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by antonioiglesius on Sun May 27, 2018 1:13 am
Was the saddle change because
1) Froome doesn't like the new Fiziks,
2) Froome likes the new saddle more,
3) Fizik doesn't want Froome on their saddles (what do the rest of the team ride?),
4) <insert new manufacturer> paid Sky/Froome more than what Fizik can?