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Road Cycling 2023 Discussion Thread


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Dramatic finish to the final stage Tour of :CRO.  Race Leader Aular :VEN - Caja Rural - crashed with 200m to go, had to get help from the doctors & then walked to the line with his bike to finish - just managed to get back on in the last few metres, an ambulance ominously following behind like a shark’s fin.  :bowdown:

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15 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

Dramatic finish to the final stage Tour of :CRO.  Race Leader Aular :VEN - Caja Rural - crashed with 200m to go, had to get help from the doctors & then walked to the line with his bike to finish - just managed to get back on in the last few metres, an ambulance ominously following behind like a shark’s fin.  :bowdown:

Aular seemed like he'd step into the ambulance, but one of the Lidl-Trek riders pointed him towards the finish line to avoid a rather dramatic DNF :yikes: 

 

And still not the weirdest finish of the day, that one goes to Arnaud de Lie :d 

 

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:GBR Josh Tarling scores another time trial victory by taking the Chronos des Nations title and beating :BEL Remco Evenepoel by 13 seconds.

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Everyone is always like, “remember the team time trial, we should put it back in the Olympics.” I agree, but I think everyone on the team should have to ride the same bike (just maybe not on gravel) :p

 

 

“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela

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