kempus Posted April 29, 2019 Author Share Posted April 29, 2019 Fuglsang won a pretty dominant Liege-Bastogne-Liege last night. Was a fairly boring race, but worthy winner. He just rode away from everyone else. He deserves the win after how well he has performed in all of the Classics this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bad Example Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 On 4/14/2019 at 10:14 AM, kempus said: Superb ride by Gilbert to win his 5th monument. Quick Step rode the race to perfection. Gilbert has been world champion as well, hasn't he? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kempus Posted May 7, 2019 Author Share Posted May 7, 2019 32 minutes ago, Mr Bad Example said: Gilbert has been world champion as well, hasn't he? Yeah, I just looked it up. It was in 2012. Hell of a career. It's a real shame that Bernal is out of the Giro. I expect Roglic to steam roll everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mse326 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 Stupid TV people. They put the TDF on NBCSN and the Vuelta on Olympic channel. Where do they put the Giro? No where. Some stages on an Italian channel you have to pay for. Oh but let's show the Tour of California on NBCSN because that is the race that people really want to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bad Example Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 5 hours ago, mse326 said: Stupid TV people. They put the TDF on NBCSN and the Vuelta on Olympic channel. Where do they put the Giro? No where. Some stages on an Italian channel you have to pay for. Oh but let's show the Tour of California on NBCSN because that is the race that people really want to see. To be a bit fair to NBC, no one cares about most cycling events outside the Tour, and even that audience is a thin sliver. Cycling is a niche sport here, and I'm unsure of the economics of it - I think NBC may actually lose money televising cycling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mse326 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 4 hours ago, Mr Bad Example said: To be a bit fair to NBC, no one cares about most cycling events outside the Tour, and even that audience is a thin sliver. Cycling is a niche sport here, and I'm unsure of the economics of it - I think NBC may actually lose money televising cycling. If they weren't televising the Tour of California I'd get it more. But they have decided that is more important than the Giro. But I'd also point out the Olympic Channel is specifically for that stuff. More people watch cycling than other stuff they put on there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bad Example Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Apropos of nothing, Viviani's Italian nat'l champion kit is snazzy AF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kempus Posted May 16, 2019 Author Share Posted May 16, 2019 Shame that Dumoulin has to abandon. Roglic looks awesome atm. Looking forward to the first big mountain stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bad Example Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 Froome out of the TdF with a fractured elbow, femur, and ribs after crashing at the Criterium du Dauphine. So Geraint Thomas becomes the lead dog at Sky/Ineos, and has as good a shot as anyone at winning. Plus he has Bernal in support, so Ineos continues with "we have the favourite, and we also have another potential winner as our #2 guy" as a strategy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kempus Posted June 12, 2019 Author Share Posted June 12, 2019 1 hour ago, Mr Bad Example said: Froome out of the TdF with a fractured elbow, femur, and ribs after crashing at the Criterium du Dauphine. So Geraint Thomas becomes the lead dog at Sky/Ineos, and has as good a shot as anyone at winning. Plus he has Bernal in support, so Ineos continues with "we have the favourite, and we also have another potential winner as our #2 guy" as a strategy. Just came in here to post about this. Real shame for the TDF. There seems to have been a lot of injuries to the GT favourites this season. Bernal got injured before the Giro. Dumoulin got hurt during it and is apparently still hurt. Now Froome is presumably done for the season. Big shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kempus Posted June 12, 2019 Author Share Posted June 12, 2019 Also fractured his hip. Honestly, I wouldnt be surprised if we don't see Froome race again. That's a catastrophic amount of injuries. Probably some serious soft tissue damage too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kempus Posted June 13, 2019 Author Share Posted June 13, 2019 I think Bernal could win the TDF after Froomes injury. Hes almost certainly going to be given a co leader role with Thomas now. Perhaps Yates or Fuglsang could win it too. I dont see Thomas being able to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mse326 Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Well that sucks. This is now a pretty wide open race though, so at least is beneficial. At this point I think the only way Froome comes back is if he is willing not to be the lead in the TDF and instead take team leader in the GTs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bad Example Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 On 6/13/2019 at 6:06 PM, mse326 said: Well that sucks. This is now a pretty wide open race though, so at least is beneficial. Even wider open now - Dumoulin is out, and Geraint Thomas may or may not be 100% at the start of the race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kempus Posted June 26, 2019 Author Share Posted June 26, 2019 3 hours ago, Mr Bad Example said: Even wider open now - Dumoulin is out, and Geraint Thomas may or may not be 100% at the start of the race. Its Bernals to lose, imo. Thomas is horribly out of form. Fuglsang is probabaly the other favourite due to his form this year. Yates has potential, but I think Bernal wins, baring a crash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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