thelawlorfaithful Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 UAE got the split but couldn’t maintain it. The sprinters caught up and Tadej couldn’t drop them. The fastest man in the world won. Phillipsen Mathews Tadej 1 Quote We’re all sitting in the dugout. Thinking we should pitch. How you gonna throw a shutout when all you do is bitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevada Convert Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Here are my contributions for the season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super six Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 You should sign up for the Kaiser ride if you're up for a challenge. https://fresnocycling.com/Climb-to-Kaiser Take a look at the age group participating in the 2019 Ride. "The Kaiser Run brings cyclists from all over the United States and different countries. it averages about 140 riders 1 527 Jove Graham Ages 35-44 35 M Show 8:50:25 - 2 182 Santiago Ortega Ages 0-34 28 M Show 9:18:52 +28:27 3 502 Daniel Rojas Ages 35-44 42 M Show 9:52:53 +1:02:28 4 114 Nicholas Bishop Ages 35-44 38 M Show 10:06:44 +1:16:19 5 204 Joel Sparks Ages 35-44 38 M Show 10:06:48 +1:16:23 6 132 Gary Egorov Ages 45-54 51 M Show 10:13:38 +1:23:13 7 102 Enrique Alameda Jr Ages 0-34 27 M Show 10:29:01 +1:38:36 8 149 Hoss Hayati Ages 35-44 40 M Show 10:34:27 +1:44:02 8 515 Christopher Richards Ages 55+ 66 M Show 10:34:27 +1:44:02 10 228 James Porter Ages 45-54 50 M Show 10:34:28 +1:44:03 11 107 Allen Ibara Ages 35-44 38 M Show 10:34:29 +1:44:04 12 154 Ryosei Kaneko Ages 55+ 57 M Show 10:56:08 +2:05:43 13 162 Alexander Komlik Ages 55+ 56 M Show 10:58:44 +2:08:19 14 239 JB Buller Ages 0-34 27 M Show 11:05:07 +2:14:42 15 110 Jimmy Barboza Ages 35-44 39 M Show 11:17:14 +2:26:49 16 248 Jorge Vargas Ages 35-44 36 M Show 11:21:33 +2:31:08 17 184 Joseph Perrie III Ages 35-44 42 M Show 11:21:35 +2:31:10 18 518 Ivy Wang Ages 35-44 41 F Show 11:21:40 +2:31:15 19 519 Matthew Roghair Ages 35-44 42 M Show 11:21:43 +2:31:18 20 131 Christian Eager Ages 35-44 35 M Show 11:25:17 +2:34:52 21 193 Ernesto Rojas Ages 0-34 34 M Show 11:31:11 +2:40:46 22 172 Jim Lucido Ages 55+ 58 M Show 11:31:16 +2:40:51 23 150 Eric Henson Ages 45-54 45 M Show 11:43:34 +2:53:09 23 212 David Veneski Ages 45-54 52 M Show 11:43:34 +2:53:09 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaztecs Posted March 19 Author Share Posted March 19 The first stage of the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya was a cliff hanger. Nick Schultz attacked from on kilometer out and it looked as if he had stolen a march. Then Pogacar hit the gas with 300 meters to go and came within a bike length of catching him. The last 100 meters semed to take forever for Schultz to get to the line Post race, Schultz admitted that had he had to go three meters further, he would have lost. 1 Quote "We don't have evidence but, we have lot's of theories." Americans Mayor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaztecs Posted March 19 Author Share Posted March 19 Tomorrows stage will be a good first test for the GC boys. Quote "We don't have evidence but, we have lot's of theories." Americans Mayor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaztecs Posted March 19 Author Share Posted March 19 Quote "We don't have evidence but, we have lot's of theories." Americans Mayor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelawlorfaithful Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 On 3/12/2024 at 12:46 PM, Spaztecs said: I enjoy the Spring Classics, but Volta a Catalunya starts next week with three high mountain stages. I have only seen one partial startlist for Catalunya. Sepp Kuss, Tadej Pogacar, Joao Almeida, Simon Yates, Quinn Simmons, Christian Rodriguez, Andreas Kroon, are confirmed. The Stage 2 finish at Vallter Tadej unleashed the dragon all week. Bernal is set to get his first GC podium since his career altering crash 4 years ago. Quote We’re all sitting in the dugout. Thinking we should pitch. How you gonna throw a shutout when all you do is bitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaztecs Posted March 24 Author Share Posted March 24 Tadej was the dominator this week. It looks like Sepp is building form for the GT's. Quote "We don't have evidence but, we have lot's of theories." Americans Mayor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelawlorfaithful Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Boise’s own Matteo Jorgenson does it again! Normally I wouldn’t care about Dwars door Vlaanderan (which I think means something something Flanders). But an American just won this classic for the first time. After already winning Paris Nice the kid has a good shot at winning America’s first monument ever at Flanders next week. This is partly due to a horrible crash in the middle of the race. Many big names gunning for these spring classics were taken out including Matteo’s leader Wout Van Aert. Wout’s done for months. Visma has to scramble to find a new plan going forward. And Matteo is looking like the most likely candidate to lead in the spring classics. 1 Quote We’re all sitting in the dugout. Thinking we should pitch. How you gonna throw a shutout when all you do is bitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelawlorfaithful Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 On 3/24/2024 at 10:26 AM, Spaztecs said: Tadej was the dominator this week. It looks like Sepp is building form for the GT's. Sepp knows his role. July. He takes out Tadej for Jonas or dies trying. 1 Quote We’re all sitting in the dugout. Thinking we should pitch. How you gonna throw a shutout when all you do is bitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaztecs Posted March 30 Author Share Posted March 30 Good News for us Cycling fans. The Tour of the Basque Country is available on Max. It's my second favorite Stage Race of the season The quickest way to access their cycling content is to use the search feature and type in cycling. If you go through the Sports Menu, it is buried deep, deep within the belly of the earth. Apparently Max has a contract with Eurosport and they are carrying most of the Pro Series Races. Live and replay capabilities. GP Miguel Indurain, Volta Limburg, even replays of the RCS races. Upcoming live broadcasts of the Basque Country and Tour of the Alps. 1 Quote "We don't have evidence but, we have lot's of theories." Americans Mayor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelawlorfaithful Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 On 3/30/2024 at 11:22 AM, Spaztecs said: Good News for us Cycling fans. The Tour of the Basque Country is available on Max. It's my second favorite Stage Race of the season The quickest way to access their cycling content is to use the search feature and type in cycling. If you go through the Sports Menu, it is buried deep, deep within the belly of the earth. Apparently Max has a contract with Eurosport and they are carrying most of the Pro Series Races. Live and replay capabilities. GP Miguel Indurain, Volta Limburg, even replays of the RCS races. Upcoming live broadcasts of the Basque Country and Tour of the Alps. USA! USA! USA! McNulty wins the Indurain race against a pretty weak field. The Basque Country will field the first showdown between Jonas, Remco, and Roglic. It’s mountainous but there are no long decisive climbs that would favor Jonas. We’ll see if he can punch as well as he can lay the hammer down in July. 2 Quote We’re all sitting in the dugout. Thinking we should pitch. How you gonna throw a shutout when all you do is bitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaztecs Posted March 31 Author Share Posted March 31 I heard last week that Matthieu van der Poel signed a ten year contract extension with Canyon Bikes and a five year extension with Team Alpecin. He's set for life Quote "We don't have evidence but, we have lot's of theories." Americans Mayor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsu_alum9 Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 Anybody here bikepack? Stumbled across this race that sounded pretty fun. ~450 miles starts and ends in Boise going through some pretty sweet areas. Almost no pavement. Unsupported (no crew allowed) but stores for ressupply on the way. https://smokenfire420.wordpress.com/ https://bikepacking.com/routes/idaho-smoke-n-fire-400/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Someone Else Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 On 3/27/2024 at 1:24 PM, thelawlorfaithful said: Boise’s own Matteo Jorgenson does it again! Normally I wouldn’t care about Dwars door Vlaanderan (which I think means something something Flanders). But an American just won this classic for the first time. After already winning Paris Nice the kid has a good shot at winning America’s first monument ever at Flanders next week. This is partly due to a horrible crash in the middle of the race. Many big names gunning for these spring classics were taken out including Matteo’s leader Wout Van Aert. Wout’s done for months. Visma has to scramble to find a new plan going forward. And Matteo is looking like the most likely candidate to lead in the spring classics. Hard for me to root for the kid if he's from Boise... did he at least go to college somewhere else? (I kid, I kid.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelawlorfaithful Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 On 3/31/2024 at 8:13 PM, Someone Else said: Hard for me to root for the kid if he's from Boise... did he at least go to college somewhere else? (I kid, I kid.) Despite that defect Matteo always has this going for him. Quote We’re all sitting in the dugout. Thinking we should pitch. How you gonna throw a shutout when all you do is bitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelawlorfaithful Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 Mathieu Van der Poel crushes the field to tie the record of 3 wins at the Tour of Flanders. MVdP continued his spring rampage by going solo 40 km from the finish up the vaunted rain soaked Koppenberg. Amongst the leaders only three could get up it without dismounting. Matteo was the last that could follow but before long the leash snapped and the reigning World Champion disappeared from sight cementing his status as current king of the Spring Classics. Flanders is thought by many to be the best race of the year. The hills with awesome names combined with the cobblestones and bad weather always make for aggressive racing. The field wasn’t as strong as it should be due to the awful crash last week. But it was still exciting until MVdP put his foot down. Cycling Holy Week has begun. The eyes of the cycling world turn toward the showdown in the Basque Country and whether or not MVdP can pull off the double in Roubaix. Quote We’re all sitting in the dugout. Thinking we should pitch. How you gonna throw a shutout when all you do is bitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaztecs Posted April 1 Author Share Posted April 1 On 3/31/2024 at 11:06 PM, thelawlorfaithful said: Mathieu Van der Poel crushes the field to tie the record of 3 wins at the Tour of Flanders. MVdP continued his spring rampage by going solo 40 km from the finish up the vaunted rain soaked Koppenberg. Amongst the leaders only three could get up it without dismounting. Matteo was the last that could follow but before long the leash snapped and the reigning World Champion disappeared from sight cementing his status as current king of the Spring Classics. Flanders is thought by many to be the best race of the year. The hills with awesome names combined with the cobblestones and bad weather always make for aggressive racing. The field wasn’t as strong as it should be due to the awful crash last week. But it was still exciting until MVdP put his foot down. Cycling Holy Week has begun. The eyes of the cycling world turn toward the showdown in the Basque Country and whether or not MVdP can pull off the double in Roubaix. What service did you watch Flanders on ? Quote "We don't have evidence but, we have lot's of theories." Americans Mayor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelawlorfaithful Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 On 4/1/2024 at 11:27 AM, Spaztecs said: What service did you watch Flanders on ? Flobikes. It’s $30 a month and I only use it for the month of April. It has all the Spring classics. 1 Quote We’re all sitting in the dugout. Thinking we should pitch. How you gonna throw a shutout when all you do is bitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iam4wyo Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 On 3/12/2024 at 3:15 PM, thelawlorfaithful said: Pedal pedal pedal turn. Anything else to discuss? No. Remember, they own the road. And sidewalk. And trails, paths, tracks, walkways, lanes, alleys, promenades, esplanades, and others. Driving laws and courtesy simply do not apply to this elitist snobatorium of peddle pumpers. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
