Road Cycling 2016 Discussion Thread

[heywoodu 15,145]

18 minutes ago, hckosice said:

wow what a result for Richeze and Argentina.   Sagan third, but once again great performance, and remains with almost all jerseys

Richeze? What happened? 

[hckošice 14,834]

6 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Richeze? What happened? 

 

great southamerican cooperation but also a bit disturbed by the fall in the finish

 

[Agger 1,663]

Denmark is bidding for the Tour de France Grand depart in 2019, 2020 or 2021 and has made a fine video which can be found here (the video in the top is in danish, but it can be found in french and english as well):

 

http://sport.tv2.dk/cykling/2016-06-20-se-det-danske-tour-de-france-bud-joergen-leth-poesi-paa-tre-forskellige-sprog

Edited June 20, 2016 by Agger

[De_Gambassi 1,223]

il y a 10 minutes, Agger a déclaré:

Denmark is bidding for the Tour de France Grand depart i 2019, 2020 or 2021 and has made a fine video which can be found here (the video in the top is in danish, but it can be found in french and english as well):

 

http://sport.tv2.dk/cykling/2016-06-20-se-det-danske-tour-de-france-bud-joergen-leth-poesi-paa-tre-forskellige-sprog

 

Stage 2 sounds fantastic 

[De_Gambassi 1,223]

I've just learnt that the 57 years old Jeannie Longo is still competeting nowadays  ! She just ranked 13th during the national time trial championship today.

 

http://video.eurosport.com/cycling/57-year-old-jeannie-longo-competes-in-cycling-championship_vid812540/video.shtml

 

Freaking incredible 

[heywoodu 15,145]

7 minutes ago, De_Gambassi said:

I've just learnt that the 57 years old Jeannie Longo is still competeting nowadays  ! She just ranked 13th during the national time trial championship today.

 

http://video.eurosport.com/cycling/57-year-old-jeannie-longo-competes-in-cycling-championship_vid812540/video.shtml

 

Freaking incredible 

 

Was her husband with her as well? 

Edited June 23, 2016 by heywoodu

[De_Gambassi 1,223]

Juste maintenant , heywoodu a déclaré:

 

Was her husband with her as well? You know, the guy who bought EPO but of course only for himself (non-athlete) and definitely not for his elite athlete wife  

 

EPO is the new viagra, every old people knows that

 

Still, I don't know if she is still on the juice (doping at 57 yo seems like a very dangerous and slighty retard move to me), but come on, she is almost 60, she was/is a freak of nature.

[heywoodu 15,145]

On 5/28/2016 at 14:45, heywoodu said:

Horrible crash in the Tour of Belgium with, again, two motorcycles. Apparently they were riding on a path to the side of the road, which suddenly ended, resulting in them suddenly being in the mud. Because of that they lost the control of their motorbikes and "flew" into the peloton. Reports are saying around 20 riders were hit and 11 are transferred to a hospital. Stig Broeckx (BEL, Lotto-Soudal) is apparently the worst hit rider: some are saying he has been resuscitated and moved to the Aachen hospital by trauma helicopter. 

 

Meanwhile Broeckx is still in the hospital and still hasn't woken up. They're reducing the sleep-inducing medication, but he's not responsing to sound or touch. So far they're describing his current state as a "vegetative coma" and since he has suffered very severe brain damage, it's doubtful he'll actually wake up.. 

[hckošice 14,834]

Sagan is new champion of Slovakia. but no, not Peter, but his older brother Juraj Peter is second.

 

In fact it was an amazing race of the tinkoff crew because Roman Kreuziger won also the czech national title

[heywoodu 15,145]

Mountainbiker Martin Gruth won the German national championships road race.....or so he thought  

 

He sprinted, thought he beat the likes of Kittel and Greipel and was of course happy, until he saw the peloton pass him at full speed and realized there was still one lap to go  

 

 by the way is exactly what you see Fabian Wegmann do in the background  

 

Belgian article, the video is in there (I guess it's on Youtube as well, but I didn't have the spirit to search for that on my phone  )

http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/9091/Time-out/article/detail/2774558/2016/06/28/Om-door-de-grond-te-zakken-Duitse-nobody-denkt-dat-hij-zich-onsterfelijk-maakt-De-ontnuchtering-volgt-snel.dhtml