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General race thread 2021 **spoilers**

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    #902
    dastardly00
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    Impressive victory for Colbrelli today. He really needed to win that sprint given the lack of other fast finishers. There was a good bit of pressure on his shoulders. That's Bahrain Victorious' first World Tour win this year.


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    #903
    dahat
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    dastardly00 wrote: »
    Impressive victory for Colbrelli today. He really needed to win that sprint given the lack of other fast finishers. There was a good bit of pressure on his shoulders. That's Bahrain Victorious' first World Tour win this year.

    Second as Bilbao won last week.


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    #904
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    Happy for Colbrelli after missing out yesterday. As they said on coms must have been an effort to stay on over the climbs, even Tejay was getting dropped towards the end there.


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    #905
    dastardly00
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    dahat wrote: »
    Second as Bilbao won last week.


    Tour of the Alps wasn't World Tour ;)


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    #906
    dahat
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    dastardly00 wrote: »
    Tour of the Alps wasn't World Tour ;)

    Awkwardly backs away from thread.....


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    #907
    retalivity
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    Owww......Kung slides across the road and ramps over a verge


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    #908
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    That was pretty spectacular alright. Hopefully no big injuries , he was holding his left wrist but seemed ok to get back on and didn't look to have hit his head. I tell you that padding was placed well.


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    #909
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    Yellow jersey has a hole in his shorts there too, it's on now.


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    #910
    dastardly00
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    I only saw the last 15 km. Great attack from Soler. I wouldn't have fancied descending in that weather


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    #911
    retalivity
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    dastardly00 wrote: »
    I only saw the last 15 km. Great attack from Soler. I wouldn't have fancied descending in that weather

    Definitely not

    https://twitter.com/johnboru/status/1388146591547019265


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    #912
    retalivity
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    God it is absolutely miserable in Switzerland.
    Descent off the 2nd last climb is to be neutralised, time gaps taken at the top.


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    #913
    retalivity
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    Was willing cort up the mountain but he's completely blown here


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    #914
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    Ah no Magnus Cort is done :(

    Still Woods is a man to cheer for instead.


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    #915
    gavinoontheweb
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    Good old school race this, sh*te weather, time gaps all over the place and fellas properly blowing up.


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    #916
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    Wow :eek:


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    #917
    retalivity
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    Jesus wtf


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    #918
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    Stage racing this year has been unreal for drama.


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    #919
    MangleBadger
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    That is so unfortunate.


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    #920
    breezy1985
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    MangleBadger wrote: »
    That is so unfortunate.

    Or dumb. He was holding the bar with just finger and thumb while trying to start up a sprint


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    #921
    MangleBadger
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    breezy1985 wrote: »
    Or dumb. He was holding the bar with just finger and thumb while trying to start up a sprint

    On reply yes it looked pretty dumb.


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    #922
    CramCycle
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    breezy1985 wrote: »
    Or dumb. He was holding the bar with just finger and thumb while trying to start up a sprint

    I think his hand was siezing from the cold, he looked like he couldn't grip before it happened. Not sure though.


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    #923
    MangleBadger
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    He is probably still beat placed to win following TT tomorrow.


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    #924
    breezy1985
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    CramCycle wrote: »
    I think his hand was siezing from the cold, he looked like he couldn't grip before it happened. Not sure though.

    Maybe. It was a very odd way to grip the bar


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    #925
    griffin100
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    Couldn’t feel his hands he says -

    https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/geraint-thomas-feels-foolish-after-bizarre-finish-line-crash-at-tour-de-romandie/


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    #926
    dastardly00
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    That was some stage today. The horrendous weather and the lack of time gaps all added to the drama.

    I'm actually amazed that only five riders decided not to finish the stage. I thought it would be half the peloton


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    #927
    Mefistofelino
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    I reckon that Eddie Dunbarr has done his chances of TdF selection no harm at all in the past two weeks.

    Just hope whatever knee trouble that's got him strapped up in Kinesio tape is temporary.


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    #928
    dublin49
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    Mefistofelino wrote: »
    I reckon that Eddie Dunbarr has done his chances of TdF selection no harm at all in the past two weeks.

    Why do you say that,I didnt see much coverage


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    #929
    retalivity
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    Mefistofelino wrote: »
    I reckon that Eddie Dunbarr has done his chances of TdF selection no harm at all in the past two weeks.

    Just hope whatever knee trouble that's got him strapped up in Kinesio tape is temporary.

    In any other team, he'd be a shoo-in for the tdf, but look at squad Ineos have to choose 8 from:

    https://www.procyclingstats.com/team/ineos-grenadiers-2021


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    #930
    CramCycle
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    griffin100 wrote: »
    Couldn’t feel his hands he says -
    I'm so often wrong, it is nice to be right for a change
    Mefistofelino wrote: »
    Just hope whatever knee trouble that's got him strapped up in Kinesio tape is temporary.
    Off topic but has anyone any links to papers showing Kinesio tape works, half the people (in a subset of 3) I meet claim it does wonders, the other half claim it is all BS and has no tangible benefit, the last half have no opinion :pac:


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    #931
    breezy1985
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    retalivity wrote: »
    In any other team, he'd be a shoo-in for the tdf, but look at squad Ineos have to choose 8 from:

    https://www.procyclingstats.com/team/ineos-grenadiers-2021


    Its bad enough that they are able to bring in Yates and Porte on top of what they already had but add to that Dennis sudden transformation into a mountain super dom and you have a crazy team altogether


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