Dogtrousers
Lefty tighty. Get it righty.
Incidentally, I've not seen anything in the cycling press confirming this yet. Maybe I've just not been looking hard enough.
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matticus
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Ha! That was one of the more bizarre incidents of the Covid season [Tour of Flanders ... in October]. Luckily no serious/long-term damage:
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/ju...-blame-moto-rider-for-tour-of-flanders-crash/
No Ta Doctor
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Seems a shame IainF isn't around for this news.
I shared a similar irrational dislike of Alan Phillippe for a while (possibly because everyone else raved about him when he was doing stupid panache things that weren't going to work), but warmed to him when Kasper Asgreen won Flanders when he was at Quickstep. He came up to congratulate him in floods of tears he was so happy, it was quite touching. I have joked over the years that the most certain way of knowing when he'll be spat out of the back of the peloton is starting a timer for two minutes when he attacks. I think his fortnight in yellow in '19 probably broke him somehow (though his two rainbows came in '20 and '21), it felt a bit like he was playing a caricature of himself after that
I'm not sure I've seen anyone disrespect Gerrans (or even mention him) since FF flounced out of BikeRadar
I shared a similar irrational dislike of Alan Phillippe for a while (possibly because everyone else raved about him when he was doing stupid panache things that weren't going to work), but warmed to him when Kasper Asgreen won Flanders when he was at Quickstep. He came up to congratulate him in floods of tears he was so happy, it was quite touching. I have joked over the years that the most certain way of knowing when he'll be spat out of the back of the peloton is starting a timer for two minutes when he attacks. I think his fortnight in yellow in '19 probably broke him somehow (though his two rainbows came in '20 and '21), it felt a bit like he was playing a caricature of himself after that
I'm not sure I've seen anyone disrespect Gerrans (or even mention him) since FF flounced out of BikeRadar
M.R.M
Well-Known Member
You're right in principle, but the thesis fails a bit due to what you have mentioned yourself regarding his WC wins. Those were the very same attacks that no longer work for him. He did the same in Bergen where Sagan ultimately won. His tactics never changed, he just can't pull it off anymore. I'd put it down to a mix of injuries, age and the level of the peloton increasing, rather than him changing into a caricature after 2019.
MvdP who market corrected him in recent years was also just back from his MTB back injury on one of his WC wins. Alain could have also won a lot more with a tiny bit of luck (MSR) or not celebrating too early (LBL) or not crashing into a parked motorbike (RVV).
MvdP who market corrected him in recent years was also just back from his MTB back injury on one of his WC wins. Alain could have also won a lot more with a tiny bit of luck (MSR) or not celebrating too early (LBL) or not crashing into a parked motorbike (RVV).