He’s coming home to a British team 
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Don’t think he will be coming home to his real home up the road from me. Not if he’s got any sense 
One of them flew past me at Christmas while we were in the pissing down rain on a real 1/10 quality road, more dangerous than boneshaking.
He must have been counting the days to go back to Andorra or wherever!
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Yeah, they’re from Bury, right?
I saw Ethan Hayter and most of the other U23 team shivering under the canopy at Sainsbury’s last Thursday being bundled into two Team GB cars.
They did not look like happy bunnies!
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The glamorous life of a professional sportsman 
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Knew world champs were soon but didn’t realise they were this weekend. Just turned on with 2 minutes to go, those guys must be flogged post-TdF. Mr Longevity in 8th as well, quick recovery.
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Woo Hoo!!!
That was a real slow burner, to the point where half way through I went out for a bike ride as it was clear it was going to be a war of attrition followed by 2 laps of attack after attack.
I love the style of the winner. I am SO pleased he made it today. Amazing story line!
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Yeah, enjoyed that too.
AWESOME PODIUM 
The best three were on that step.
Brilliant work.
Such a joy to see
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This mental season just goes on and on and I suspect many of us will miss big races just because of lack of coverage rather than the usual thing of life getting in the way.
I heard that on the 25th October they’ll be having the final day sprint in the Giro, Paris-Roubaix and day 5 of the Vuelta all on the same day. Eurosport will have to pick 1…
It is entirely a coincidence that we’ve cancelled our holiday plans for that weekend/ week!
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PR!
Yesterday was definitely a good result for cycling fans.
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I’m finding this year’s cycling calender really difficult to keep track of!
I hadn’t realised that it was LBL yesterday, until I flicked onto it on Eurosport with about 4km to go.
Stella breakaway group in the finale - Alaphilippe, Roglic, Pogacar and Hirschi. Nightmare finish for Alaphilippe, first taking out Hirschi and Pogacar by swerving into them and then celebrating the “win” too early and getting pipped by Roglic on the line.
The only saving grace for him was that at least he only lost 2nd place and not the win win he was relegated to 5th for his swerve
The Eurosport coverage was a bit poor, cutting the transmission without warning to go to motorbike racing when it still wasn’t clear whether Roglic had nicked it on the line
I’m glad that was the outcome. As much as he is great, and I loved his worlds win, he is a very erratic rider, and that was really dangerous. Deceuninck – Quick-Step have form with this, as Jungels did similar to take Higuita out of the TdF. Plus the Roglic/Pogacar incident. You’d think pro riders would be more aware of the risks of not holding their line.
Being relegated is also a very unfair punishment. Akin to a rescinded red card after a football match. It does very little to compensate the offended person / team. Hirschi lost his chance at victory because of that act.
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Paris-Roubaix cancelled 
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on a selfish basis this is great news as I had been booked out for Mrs S’ birthday lunch
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Gutted
Cav broke down today in front of a reporter after wevelgum (sp?), said that may be the last race of his career.
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Not really a surprise. He’s nowhere near the sharp end anymore and I can’t see him wanting to be a lead out for anyone.
Really sad to see. He should maybe have retired a few years ago.
Still one of the best ever sprinters.
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Really like Cav, but he can’t compete with the youngsters coming through.
Hope we see / hear him in the commentary box.
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yep agree with both points above. He was waning and then that Eppstein Barr thing just shaved that top end off completely for him. He’s clearly incredibly passionate about cycle racing so as you say, would give great insight in a commentary/highlights type programme. He probably still knows of most of the peloton as well which i think always adds that bit more depth of analysis.
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