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3 hours ago, Hornius Emeritus said:

I was just thinking about this: I don't know anybody who is a serious cyclist who hasn't broken his collarbone at some point or another. It's the weak link when you fall and extend your arms

Yep, most people I know who have spent a significant amount of time riding or racing bicycles has been through broken clavicle experience. I broke my right collarbone twice racing BMX as a teenager, then my left one racing a TMBRA mtb race in my 30s. They were all very painful, but took longer to heal when I was older. On the that last time I had even leaned how to fall correctly when crashing, didn’t extend my arms, and still landed just wrong enough to snap it from my sternum. Those kept me from meaningful riding and training for at lest a month or 6 weeks. I couldn’t Tyler Hamilton my way through it. 

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Love this photo.  

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Aight, we had some good uptick this past year, probably because of Sepp, but I though maybe do an annual cycling thread again could be fun. And we can get ready for the big one, Pog is doing the Giro

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Not so fast, my friends!      

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30 minutes ago, Whitewater Horn said:

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Team EF going with retro kits for Flanders. I don’t usually like gimmicky stuff like random retro looks, but I don’t hate this. 

Yeah most of their stuff is eye bleach material but this kit is my wheelhouse

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It’s a fair criticism, but cycling has done pretty well on the last few years of installing safety measures on high consequence turns at altitude and descents, especially in the grand tours. It’s a shame that some descents in this race were identified and the concrete culvert on the outboard side of a curve on a known probable high speed decent wasn’t covered by a mat or even cheap mattress. Still, you can’t nerf the whole world. 

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59 minutes ago, idigTexas said:

That effectively kills any chance of a TdF threepeat.  Strange year so far.

 

True, just a brutal year. Just like Wout, collarbone and some ribs. He could possibly be recovered in time for TdF, but not likely in his usual Tour form. Sucks for Pogacar, too. That dude loves to race and compete. I’m sure he’d be thrilled to get a his third Tour victory no matter what, but beating a diminished Jonas might not be as satisfying. That’s racing, though. 

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11 hours ago, Whitewater Horn said:

Fucking carnage. 

Sounds like Jonas has collapsed lung as well. Jesus.

 

This split second may has just cleared the deck for Pog to pull off the Giro Tour double

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56 minutes ago, G650 said:

Sounds like Jonas has collapsed lung as well. Jesus.

 

This split second may has just cleared the deck for Pog to pull off the Giro Tour double

Jesus. It just keeps getting worse. I’ll still watch, of course, but was really hoping to see some great battles with a healthy and revitalized Roglic, along with Remco, Pogi, and Jonas at full strength. 

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30 minutes ago, idigTexas said:

Does Sepp become the GC leader for Visma?  

He has too for the time being, along with Matty J.

 

Jorgensen out of PR this weekend btw, not sure why. It seems like illness.

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2 minutes ago, G650 said:

He has too for the time being, along with Matty J.

 

Jorgensen out of PR this weekend btw, not sure why. It seems like illness.

I saw Matty was a PR scratch with only a reference to him not being 100% fit.  I wonder if Visma are just being extra cautious?  I wouldn't blame them, under the circumstances.  

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20 hours ago, idigTexas said:

Someone better put Pog in bubble wrap.

At least he’s doing LBL instead of Roubaix and doesn’t have to worry about the condition of the pavè, especially Arenberg, which they are saying is in even more shit condition than usual. Let’s hope he stays upright and whole going into those next two big races on his program. 

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