smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
Ouch!
Volta Ciclista a Catalunya **Spoilers**
- Thread starter brommers
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mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
Just looking at the youth classification for the race - makes for interesting reading. The top 5 young riders are all inside the top ten on GC - Bernal, Latour, Soler, Carthy, Martinez.
Funny that Carthy is still only 23 when he seems to have been around for ages. And Simon Yates, 5th overall, is only just outside the youth classification.
Daniel Martinez looks a very interesting prospect, but seems to have been slightly overshadowed by Bernal's meteoric rise.
David "The New Pierre Latour" Gaudu is down in a relatively lowly 17th on GC.
Slightly ahead of him in 15th is a 21yo Aussie called Ben O'Connor riding for Dimension Data. Not heard of him before but a bit of googling reveals that he only took up cycling at 18, so that's a pretty rapid rise to WorldTour level. Disappointingly, he names Warren Barguil as his idol.
Funny that Carthy is still only 23 when he seems to have been around for ages. And Simon Yates, 5th overall, is only just outside the youth classification.
Daniel Martinez looks a very interesting prospect, but seems to have been slightly overshadowed by Bernal's meteoric rise.
David "The New Pierre Latour" Gaudu is down in a relatively lowly 17th on GC.
Slightly ahead of him in 15th is a 21yo Aussie called Ben O'Connor riding for Dimension Data. Not heard of him before but a bit of googling reveals that he only took up cycling at 18, so that's a pretty rapid rise to WorldTour level. Disappointingly, he names Warren Barguil as his idol.
OP
OP
brommers
Years beyond my wisdom
- Location
- Clacton-on-Sea
Is that an English/Irishman racing under his Spanish name?
Elybazza61
Guru
Dave Davenport
Guru
- Location
- Hampshire
I've been watching with the sound down, you lose some of the atmosphere but it's better than listening to that muppet.
roadrash
cycle chatterer
- Location
- sitting on the edge of wigan pier
He does my head in, "the rider in front is taking in a big drink of vision" no, hes not you fekin nob ed, hes... LOOKING...its as simple as that, ARRGGHH,..........NURSE, time for my medication..
roadrash
cycle chatterer
- Location
- sitting on the edge of wigan pier
A tad damp and rather chilly for the riders today and the stage being shortened due to snow, Schachmann from quickstep in the breakaway with shorts on 
roadrash
cycle chatterer
- Location
- sitting on the edge of wigan pier
that must for a line, a full house would include,... drink of vision, i'll be bound, cheeky little side bet, false flat and mr bo jangles, to name but a few
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
What on earth happened? I missed the race, just checked the results and see he's one of a large number of DNF.
roadrash
cycle chatterer
- Location
- sitting on the edge of wigan pier
from twitter..
Movistar Team Retweeted
jose joaquin rojasVerified account @jjrojillas 2m2 minutes ago
Mucha rabia por irme al suelo en los últimos kilómetros, había algo de aceite en la carretera y me fue imposible controlar la bici . Mis disculpas a @Eganbernal
Translated from Spanish by Microsoft
A lot of anger to go to the ground in the last kilometers, there was some oil on the road and I was unable to control the bike. My apologies to @Eganbernal
Movistar Team Retweeted
Mucha rabia por irme al suelo en los últimos kilómetros, había algo de aceite en la carretera y me fue imposible controlar la bici . Mis disculpas a @Eganbernal
Translated from Spanish by Microsoft
A lot of anger to go to the ground in the last kilometers, there was some oil on the road and I was unable to control the bike. My apologies to @Eganbernal
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
Took out Dan Martin as well...
View: https://youtu.be/U7KgwW-B2Z4
Ouch! Doesn't look good for Bernal.
View: https://youtu.be/U7KgwW-B2Z4
Ouch! Doesn't look good for Bernal.
OP
OP
brommers
Years beyond my wisdom
- Location
- Clacton-on-Sea
A real shame, but still a great stage win for Yates.
