This will be interesting. Very interesting.
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less ye forget, "10 minutes 41 seconds at the bottom, 35 seconds at the top"-Phil Ligget.
yeah, he did come in second but did he not beat ALL of wien's previous best after 4 years off and did you see how fat he was than compared to the ToC? common folk and folkettes, you may not want to believe it or rather i guess i'm the only one whom can see through it all but no one takes Lance, not unless he decides it's okay.
yeah, he did come in second but did he not beat ALL of wien's previous best after 4 years off and did you see how fat he was than compared to the ToC? common folk and folkettes, you may not want to believe it or rather i guess i'm the only one whom can see through it all but no one takes Lance, not unless he decides it's okay.
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Great race and a classic in every sense of the word except for the strict definition, which is mostly historical now and fudged by almost everyone.
I just thought folks would enjoy knowing the origin of the terms "classic" and "monument". The Challenge Desgrange Colombo was the combined efforts of sportswriters of newspapers from Wallonia, Flanders, Italy, and France; together they coined the words and defined them in 1948.
I just thought folks would enjoy knowing the origin of the terms "classic" and "monument". The Challenge Desgrange Colombo was the combined efforts of sportswriters of newspapers from Wallonia, Flanders, Italy, and France; together they coined the words and defined them in 1948.
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Great race and a classic in every sense of the word except for the strict definition, which is mostly historical now and fudged by almost everyone.
I just thought folks would enjoy knowing the origin of the terms "classic" and "monument". The Challenge Desgrange Colombo was the combined efforts of sportswriters of newspapers from Wallonia, Flanders, Italy, and France; together they coined the words and defined them in 1948.
I just thought folks would enjoy knowing the origin of the terms "classic" and "monument". The Challenge Desgrange Colombo was the combined efforts of sportswriters of newspapers from Wallonia, Flanders, Italy, and France; together they coined the words and defined them in 1948.
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i could further irritate the subject and run mental circles around the both of you all day long, even if you two had babies and clanned yourselves in white sheets screaming about nothing but out of respect for gary and this site which i quite thouroughly enjoy the most part of, i won't and you're welcome.
btw, name calling is never appropriate. now it's goodbye.
btw, name calling is never appropriate. now it's goodbye.
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I would miserably fail the RBR IQ entrance exam if it contained anything about Spain not covered in For Whom the Bell Tolls, the Sun Also Rises, or the 2003->2006 Vuelta.
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My take on the classics. Essentially any one day race that was on the old Super Prestige Pernod competition was considered a classic. Note Paris-Brussels got kicked off the Super Prestige at one stage due to poor organisation and lost huge amounts of prestige.
Monuments
Milan-San Remo
Tour of Flanders
Paris-Roubaix
Liege-Bastogne-Liege
Tour of Lombardy.
Classics
Paris-Tours
Amstel Gold
Fleche Wallonne
Gent-Wevelgem
Arguably Classics*, were Classics but have lost prestige**, defunct***
San Sebastian*
Paris-Brussels**
GP Suisse/Championship of Zurich**, ***?
Henninger Turm/GP of Frankfurt**, *** (who knows what the Germans are doing?)
Het Volk/Het Nueiwsblad (sp?) *
Bourdeax-Paris ***
Special mention
Vattenfal Classic/Hamburg Protour race. Not a classic. I don't care what anyone says.
Monuments
Milan-San Remo
Tour of Flanders
Paris-Roubaix
Liege-Bastogne-Liege
Tour of Lombardy.
Classics
Paris-Tours
Amstel Gold
Fleche Wallonne
Gent-Wevelgem
Arguably Classics*, were Classics but have lost prestige**, defunct***
San Sebastian*
Paris-Brussels**
GP Suisse/Championship of Zurich**, ***?
Henninger Turm/GP of Frankfurt**, *** (who knows what the Germans are doing?)
Het Volk/Het Nueiwsblad (sp?) *
Bourdeax-Paris ***
Special mention
Vattenfal Classic/Hamburg Protour race. Not a classic. I don't care what anyone says.
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