Road Cycling 2021 Discussion Thread

[Grassmarket 3,632]

Looks like Deignan is holding it now. 

[heywoodu 15,357]

  On 10/2/2021 at 2:25 PM, Grassmarket said:

Looks like Deignan is holding it now. 

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Yeah Vos isn't going to ride to the finish with a 55 per hour average in the last 10k  

[Grassmarket 3,632]

Sheer cruelty putting up those barriers on the tarmac.

[heywoodu 15,357]

Winning Roubaix with an 82km solo

[Grassmarket 3,632]

Goes back into the blue after riding on the boards: automatic relegation say the judges.

 

Well done Lizzie! 

[dcro 10,210]

What a terrible year for the Dutch women (in road races).

[Grassmarket 3,632]

  On 10/2/2021 at 4:33 PM, dcro said:

What a terrible year for the Dutch women (in road races).

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Well, they won a lot of them, just not the ones people actually watch.  

[heywoodu 15,357]

  On 10/2/2021 at 4:33 PM, dcro said:

What a terrible year for the Dutch women (in road races).

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Only when looking at it from the perspective of a more casual cycling viewer. Out of 16 World Tour races so far, Longo Borghini won two of them, Brown won one and Deignan took a win today, the rest all went to Dutch women, often in a rather dominating fashion.

 

Basically in normal races, the Dutch women are far and above the rest, although that's not really important, since in normal races it's not about nationalities, but about teams. In races with national teams, they mess up because they're even less of a team than Israel and Iran would be.

[dcro 10,210]

Nobody is tuning in for the CRO Race?

 

I am looking for the perfect photo spot as we speak.

 

[heywoodu 15,357]

  On 10/3/2021 at 10:51 AM, dcro said:

Nobody is tuning in for the CRO Race?

 

I am looking for the perfect photo spot as we speak.

 

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I have watched all the stages on the Player on-demand  

 

Today's finish seems to be kinda downhill...hopefully planned a bit better than the first stage's finish?