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I just found out this was the Hew Cyclassics, which I always thought was
filler between Tour and Vuelta. Wikipedia tells me that this race is considered a classic. When did this happen? Shouldn't anything with "cyclassics" in the name not be considered a classic? Gabe Brovedani Where's all the postings on Tour of Germany? Leipheimer blew the prologue, so it looks like Norcal racing won't become the spring training of choice for the pro peleton. |
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Gabe Brovedani wrote:
Where's all the postings on Tour of Germany? Leipheimer blew the prologue, so it looks like Norcal racing won't become the spring training of choice for the pro peleton. Nobody cares about American bike racers any more. |
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"Gabe Brovedani" wrote in message .. . I just found out this was the Hew Cyclassics, which I always thought was filler between Tour and Vuelta. Wikipedia tells me that this race is considered a classic. When did this happen? And Wikipedia says this about a classic: "A classic is an item that has become a ubiquitous and unique symbol or icon of a time gone by, mainly because of its inherent quality or its representative status" HEW's first addition was in 1996 as an event for both amateurs and pro's, riding the same course (160km or 100miles). The pro's did it in just over 3.5 hours. I felt good to have beaten the 4 hour mark, but what a difference! In fact the pro's had 4 man lead group most of the way I think, whereas I was just drafting the whole way. Once I lost the draft in the last 15km all I had was cramps... I don't know when it became a classic (maybe 2000), but I don't think it's considered a classic in the classic sense of the word... |
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Gabe Brovedani wrote:
I just found out this was the Hew Cyclassics, which I always thought was filler between Tour and Vuelta. Wikipedia tells me that this race is considered a classic. When did this happen? Shouldn't anything with "cyclassics" in the name not be considered a classic? Gabe Brovedani Where's all the postings on Tour of Germany? Leipheimer blew the prologue, so it looks like Norcal racing won't become the spring training of choice for the pro peleton. It is certainly not an orthodox "classic." Before the Protour it was part of the World Cup, to fill a spot on the calendar and give a WC race in Germany, but it isn't a classic in the sense that (for ex) Fleche Wallone, Gent-Wevelgem or Het Volk are classics, even though none were WC races. So it's filler, but filler that is important to the UCI. Although we are all busy right now applying testo patches and monitoring changes in our T/E levels in the name of science, even in a non-doping year there's not a lot of postings on the Tour of Germany. July takes a lot out of rbr and even with recovery drugs we're very blocked in August. On a related note, I have no idea how Leipheimer managed to lose 40 seconds in a 7 minute TT. Weather? |
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Gabe Brovedani wrote:
I just found out this was the Hew Cyclassics, which I always thought was filler between Tour and Vuelta. Wikipedia tells me that this race is considered a classic. When did this happen? Shouldn't anything with "cyclassics" in the name not be considered a classic? Unfortunatle a lot of newbies can't tell Classsics/semi classics from Worldcup/proitour events. The Classics: ------------- Milano San Remo Ronde Van Vlandern Paris Roubaix Liege Bastonge Liege Paris Tours Giro Lombardia Semi Classics: -------------- Gent Wevelgem Fleche Walonne Omloop Het Volk Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne Paris Bruxselles Coppa Sabbatini Grand Prix de Nation Paris-Bourges Giro dell'Emilia Coppa Agostoni Milano Torino etc. WorldCup/Pro Tour Events ------------------------ Amstel Gold Race* Meistershaft von Zürich* Classica San Sebastian Hamburg (or whatever they call it this year) Leeds/Wisconsin (the fromer brittish WC race) Rund um den Hemiger Turm Eindhoven TTT World Cup ITT (finnished the World cup season in the eighties) etc. * races that could sson be considered semi-classics. -- Morten Reippuert Knudsen :-) http://blog.reippuert.dk PowerMac G5: 1.6GHz, 1,25GB RAM, 300+300GB SATA, 16xDVD DL, Bluetooth mus+tastatur, R9600PRO, iSight, eyeTV200 & LaCie Photon18Vision TFT. |
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in 520037 20060802 001008 Morten Reippuert wrote:
wrote: Although we are all busy right now applying testo patches and monitoring changes in our T/E levels in the name of science, even in a non-doping year there's not a lot of postings on the Tour of Germany. July takes a lot out of rbr and even with recovery drugs we're very blocked in August. On a related note, I have no idea how Leipheimer managed to lose 40 seconds in a 7 minute TT. Weather? a rainstorm hit the first and the last riders. Did you see what Jan Ullrich had to ride through in the Tour de Suisse ITT? |
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Morten Reippuert Knudsen wrote:
a rainstorm hit the first and the last riders. Rainstorm Promotions ? |
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