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« Reply #1830 on: April 03, 2016, 04:29:55 PM » |
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Absolute class from Sagan. That pace up the Paterburg. Incredible.
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« Reply #1832 on: April 09, 2016, 04:16:25 PM » |
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 The last we'll see of these two legends of the classics together. |
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« Reply #1833 on: April 09, 2016, 09:31:24 PM » |
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My sweats for tomorrow, basically its all Ettix for me. A dreadful spring classics for the team can be rescued tomorrow. They should be the only team with 4 or 5 attacking options in the later stages of the race. So some value had on betty, with Stybar & Terpstra at 23.00 (trade back later if necessary), both go better on the french cobbles & have impressive records. Finally a romantic ew bet on Boonen at 25/1 (4 places), I'm hoping he's saved his best for Sunday. Start to finish TV from 9.15  |
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« Reply #1834 on: April 10, 2016, 09:38:48 AM » |
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Good afternoon(morning) everyone(ton), apologies for a lack of a preview. A late night on the beer coupled with an agreement with my wife that I take the children swimming this morning in exchange for an afternoon of peace to watch the cycling has left me short on time.
I've also backed Terpstra as well as a rather large lumpy match bet single on Lars Boom to beat Kristoff. It was a pick em match and Kristoff sounds decidedly unconfident in the preview, he didn't pull up any trees last year even though he was dominating everything else and Boom was so strong in Flanders, had three mechanicals and still finished in a decent placing. As confident as possible with that one although any serious cycling fan knows it can all change in a heartbeat.
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« Reply #1835 on: April 10, 2016, 10:01:09 AM » |
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As for Boonen, I saw a programme with some highlights of past Roubaix's and I'd forgotten just how good he was. It's a shame he's had injuries and gone on too long and I've mentally diminished his quality. I'm glad that Canc is going out of the top of the sport if not quite the top of his abilities. No doubt in my mind these races are easier to win now as opposed to 10 years ago(everyone doped to the eyeballs most likely). As for today I would love to see a renaissance from Tornado Tom but I don't see it happening. Legs are gone.  |
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« Reply #1836 on: April 10, 2016, 10:22:47 AM » |
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As for Boonen, I saw a programme with some highlights of past Roubaix's and I'd forgotten just how good he was. It's a shame he's had injuries and gone on too long and I've mentally diminished his quality. I'm glad that Canc is going out of the top of the sport if not quite the top of his abilities. No doubt in my mind these races are easier to win now as opposed to 10 years ago(everyone doped to the eyeballs most likely). As for today I would love to see a renaissance from Tornado Tom but I don't see it happening. Legs are gone. Really hoping he can turn the clock back to 2012, that year he flew, never seen anyone so fast on them cobbles. Enjoy the race Tommy, hoping for a classic battle of the big guns. |
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« Reply #1837 on: April 10, 2016, 10:33:46 AM » |
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Would love to see Sagan v Spartacus battling it out today for the best viewing spectacle
Financially I'm on Vanmarcke ew @ 9/1 (4 places) so if those 2 cuts each others throats and sep sneaked in with the win I'd be fine with that too :-)
Is it going to rain today? that always adds a bit more to the race imo
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« Reply #1838 on: April 10, 2016, 10:40:52 AM » |
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Would love to see Sagan v Spartacus battling it out today for the best viewing spectacle
Financially I'm on Vanmarcke ew @ 9/1 (4 places) so if those 2 cuts each others throats and sep sneaked in with the win I'd be fine with that too :-)
Is it going to rain today? that always adds a bit more to the race imo
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« Reply #1840 on: April 10, 2016, 11:55:49 AM » |
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Incredible start, 20+ break trying to survive, peloton splitting in crosswinds.
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« Reply #1841 on: April 10, 2016, 01:33:59 PM » |
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Two mechanicals so far for Boom!
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« Reply #1842 on: April 10, 2016, 02:14:51 PM » |
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« Reply #1843 on: April 10, 2016, 02:16:31 PM » |
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approaching Arenburg | Click to see full-size image. |
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« Reply #1844 on: April 10, 2016, 02:19:56 PM » |
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Etixx's tactics strange again
taken the opportunity to press on after the crash, could be too early... |
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