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2016 Worlds Mens Elite RR - no spoiler tags required

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    #62
    cython
    Registered Users Posts: 4,769 ✭✭✭cython


    Sagan!!!!!


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    #63
    neris
    Registered Users Posts: 20,055 ✭✭✭✭neris


    Sagan


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    #64
    lethal dose
    Registered Users Posts: 418 ✭✭lethal dose


    What a player!
    SAGAN=LEGEND


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    #65
    Doc07
    Registered Users Posts: 1,063 ✭✭✭Doc07


    What a man, Sagan. One of the all time greats.


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    #66
    neris
    Registered Users Posts: 20,055 ✭✭✭✭neris


    No doubt oleg will be taking credit for that win


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    #67
    Weepsie
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,522 Mod ✭✭✭✭Weepsie


    He's too good. Cav made a mess of his finish


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    #68
    pelevin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,630 ✭✭✭pelevin


    Of that group would have liked to see Boonen but if not him Sagan. Superb.


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    #69
    JK.BMC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 724 ✭✭✭JK.BMC


    Fairly bad commentary on the UCI Channel finish!

    "Its CAVENDISH, CAVENDISH..... CAVENDISH (he is about 4th at this stage) ..CAVEND.... oh no... its...... (long pause)

    Sagan wins

    1. Sagan
    2. Cavendish
    3. Boonen

    Very impressive podium


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    #70
    neris
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    Roll on the tour down under spring classics


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    #71
    JK.BMC
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    neris wrote: »
    Roll on the tour down under spring classics

    Here Here

    Lets get the flock outta Qatar lads


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    #72
    lethal dose
    Registered Users Posts: 418 ✭✭lethal dose


    Ssssshhhhh big man being interviewed now


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    #73
    DominoDub
    Registered Users Posts: 1,572 ✭✭✭DominoDub


    Wow what a year for Sagan ..

    2016
    Sagan becomes the first Slovakian rider to win a Monument classic, winning the 2016 Tour of Flanders.[11] In the process, he assumes the number one position in the UCI World Ranking.[12]

    Sagan surpasses Hugo Koblet and Ferdinand Kübler for most stage wins at the Tour de Suisse, with his twelfth victory coming on the second stage of the 2016 Tour de Suisse.[13]

    Sagan becomes the second rider to win the points classification in the Tour de France five times.[14][15]

    After the event is opened to elite riders for the first time, Sagan becomes the
    inaugural winner of the men's road race at the 2016 European Road Championships.[16][17]

    Sagan tops the individual rankings for the 2016 UCI World Tour, doing so for the first time.[18]

    Sagan retains the World Road Race Championships, in Qatar, becoming the first rider to retain the world title since Paolo Bettini in 2006 and 2007.


    1st Jersey rainbow.svg World Road Race Championships
    1st Overall UCI World Tour
    1st UEC Champion Jersey.svg European Road Race Championships
    1st Tour of Flanders
    1st Gent–Wevelgem
    1st Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
    Tour de France
    1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
    1st Stages 2, 11 & 16
    Held Jersey yellow.svg after Stages 2–4
    Jersey red number.svg Combativity award Stage 10 & Overall
    Tour of California
    1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
    1st Stages 1 & 4
    Tour de Suisse
    1st Stages 2 & 3
    2nd E3 Harelbeke
    2nd Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
    2nd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
    1st Jersey red.svg Points classification
    2nd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
    3rd Overall Eneco Tour
    1st Jersey red.svg Points classification
    1st Stages 3 & 4
    4th Strade Bianche
    7th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne


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    #74
    neris
    Registered Users Posts: 20,055 ✭✭✭✭neris


    No one putting the boot into Dan or Nico yet


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    #75
    ednwireland
    Registered Users Posts: 14,402 ✭✭✭✭ednwireland


    great finish from sagan cav just lost his wheel into the finish amazing how small the margins are in the end ( only saw the last 20km or so)

    My weather

    https://www.ecowitt.net/home/share?authorize=96CT1F



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    #76
    velo.2010
    Registered Users Posts: 3,010 ✭✭✭velo.2010


    Commentator completely threw me at the end there... Cav, Cav, Cav... wait... no its Sagan.

    What a man Sagan is. Had he not punctured he would have added an Olympic MTB gold to his haul this year too.

    And this years Nobel prize for sport goes to.... Peter Sagan.:D


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    #77
    ednwireland
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    just watching the early stages again on bbc2 , thats complete carnage !

    My weather

    https://www.ecowitt.net/home/share?authorize=96CT1F



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    #78
    JK.BMC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 724 ✭✭✭JK.BMC


    ednwireland wrote: »
    just watching the early stages again on bbc2 , thats complete carnage !

    'I got dropped from the Peleton at the 178km to go mark - along with 160 others'


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    #79
    ednwireland
    Registered Users Posts: 14,402 ✭✭✭✭ednwireland


    degenkolb the gentelman -not
    http://pic.twitter.com/sEZfkJ9B8q

    My weather

    https://www.ecowitt.net/home/share?authorize=96CT1F



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    #80
    pelevin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,630 ✭✭✭pelevin


    ednwireland wrote: »
    degenkolb the gentelman -not
    http://pic.twitter.com/sEZfkJ9B8q

    He's pushing himself to the absolute limit - as shown in how much he was suffering after abandoning - & frustrated as f... The Belgians were trying to frustrate him & as that showed, it worked. I'd cut him some slack when killing himself in a futile cause in such heat.


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    #81
    pelevin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,630 ✭✭✭pelevin


    Yauheni Hutarovich came 31st.


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    #82
    Eamonnator
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    velo.2010 wrote: »
    Commentator completely threw me at the end there... Cav, Cav, Cav... wait... no its Sagan.

    What a man Sagan is. Had he not punctured he would have added an Olympic MTB gold to his haul this year too.

    And this years Nobel prize for sport goes to.... Peter Sagan.:D

    I think Sagan is wonderful, but let's not get carried away, he was never going to win the Olympic MTB Gold.


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    #83
    bazermc
    Registered Users Posts: 3,116 ✭✭✭bazermc


    Still needs a bloody haircut.


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    #84
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,218 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    Eamonnator wrote: »
    I think Sagan is wonderful, but let's not get carried away, he was never going to win the Olympic MTB Gold.

    We'll never know if he could have done it but at least he had balls to try


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    #85
    bazermc
    Registered Users Posts: 3,116 ✭✭✭bazermc


    Incredible stat. 199 starters, only 50 finishers.


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    #86
    irishrover99
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    neris wrote: »
    No one putting the boot into Dan or Nico yet

    Why would anyone put the boot into Dan😉.

    What happened to Sam Bennett. Didn't see much after but just seen him shaking his hand like numbness or something similar


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    #87
    Raam
    Registered Users Posts: 14,317 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    godtabh wrote: »
    We'll never know if he could have done it but at least he had balls to try

    We do know. He couldn't do it. :pac:


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    #88
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 76,477 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    bazermc wrote: »
    Incredible stat. 199 starters, only 50 finishers.
    That's because the pulled probably half the field or more out on the finishing circuit


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    #89
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    Raam wrote: »
    We do know. He couldn't do it. :pac:

    His tyres couldn't. He could!


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    #90
    nak
    Registered Users Posts: 1,538 ✭✭✭nak


    Lusk_Doyle wrote: »
    His tyres couldn't. He could!

    His riding style caused the punctures. He's a great ambassador for the sport, fantastic rider.


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    #91
    Macy0161
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    velo.2010 wrote: »
    What a man Sagan is. Had he not punctured he would have added an Olympic MTB gold to his haul this year too.
    I'd say his big regret from the Olympics is picking MTB over road. Obviously things could've played out differently, but if Van Avermaet made it to the end, you'd fancy Sagan to make it too. Would really have been carnage on that descent if Sagan was leading a chase/ trying to get away? Mountain biking was always a long shot, but then the days in the hills away from the road probably helped him mentally too.

    Really disappointed in Degenkolb tbh. I like the spectacle of people in cleats trying to fight as much as anyone, but squirting the water bottle was pathetic. I wouldn't be assuming its just water either, in which case it probably wasn't pleasant either (I've seen the sticky mess left behind by some of the mixes/ tabs when they've leaked and dried on my own gear).

    I doubt there's much love for cav, but again makes the split in the wind when other sprinters and some classics guys couldn't hold it. I'm sure he wouldn't be swapping his palmares, but shows he could have potential in the spring if he was committed to it.


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