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Fignon's Ponytail
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Saw this earlier - had completely passed me by and hadn't seen any word of it at all, anywhere.
Chapeau Phil on a great career....Chapeau.
Chapeau Phil on a great career....Chapeau.
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
Vuelta starts this Saturday
Pogue Mahone
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- Apr 30, 2011
- 10,938
Blimey, page 14!
The Vuelta has been brilliant, hasn’t it? Some superb stages, especially this last week.
It finishes today with a 24km Time Trial in Madrid.
Looks like Roglic will make it a Slovenian clean sweep of Grand Tours this year after Pogacar won the others. He has 2 minutes in hand, and only a bout of the illness that has raged through his team could stop him.
Plenty of scope for movement in the rest of the top ten though!
On Eurosport now for those interested.
The Vuelta has been brilliant, hasn’t it? Some superb stages, especially this last week.
It finishes today with a 24km Time Trial in Madrid.
Looks like Roglic will make it a Slovenian clean sweep of Grand Tours this year after Pogacar won the others. He has 2 minutes in hand, and only a bout of the illness that has raged through his team could stop him.
Plenty of scope for movement in the rest of the top ten though!
On Eurosport now for those interested.
Wes Tupper
Active member
- Feb 27, 2024
- 110
Good luck to Glenn Murphy who is currently on day six of the Ride Across Britain. Today’s stage is from Carlisle to Edinburgh.
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
End of a magnificent career
Mark Cavendish to retire after Tour de France Criterium in Singapore on Sunday
Britain's Mark Cavendish, the most successful sprinter in cycling history, will retire after racing in the Tour de France Criterium in Singapore.
www.bbc.co.uk
Fignon's Ponytail
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First time out on the bike for 2+ months yesterday. Didn't really think about the route Id planned as its one I've done countless times before, but with a quick blast through Abbotts Wood added on. Bloody hell it almost killed me. Got to Arlington tea rooms feeling OK, but by the time Id got to Ringmer, via Muddles Wood / Chiddingly, I was blown to smithereens. Limped home down the river to Peacehaven, barely turning the pedals. Still aching today. It was less than 50 miles 
Motogull
Todd Warrior
- Sep 16, 2005
- 10,442
Yeah I feel I am rehab riding too.First time out on the bike for 2+ months yesterday. Didn't really think about the route Id planned as its one I've done countless times before, but with a quick blast through Abbotts Wood added on. Bloody hell it almost killed me. Got to Arlington tea rooms feeling OK, but by the time Id got to Ringmer, via Muddles Wood / Chiddingly, I was blown to smithereens. Limped home down the river to Peacehaven, barely turning the pedals. Still aching today. It was less than 50 miles
I can feel it coming back mind.
Fignon's Ponytail
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Ive set my road bike up on the turbo too, so hoping I can get some sort of fitness back over the winter months using that...
1066familyman
Radio User
- Jan 15, 2008
- 15,233
I feel your pain.First time out on the bike for 2+ months yesterday. Didn't really think about the route Id planned as its one I've done countless times before, but with a quick blast through Abbotts Wood added on. Bloody hell it almost killed me. Got to Arlington tea rooms feeling OK, but by the time Id got to Ringmer, via Muddles Wood / Chiddingly, I was blown to smithereens. Limped home down the river to Peacehaven, barely turning the pedals. Still aching today. It was less than 50 miles
I went up for Newcastle away the other week, and rode the NCR 1 from Alnwick to Berwick Upon Tweed whilst up there. Setting out from Wooler, it would have been a day ride back in the day, but instead I had to split it into two days. On day two, I suffered!, even at the snails pace I now ride at.
I'm very happy though, as I was off the bike for two years due to health issues, so just being back riding again is a blessing, for which I'm very very grateful! Riding in different parts of the country is really refreshing too.
BrightonCottager
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I'm intending to do hills around Brighton at night this winter. I've got a short 4 mile circuit near me with 600ft of climbing, but there are longer hills all over the place. Peacock Lane is my current bette noire.