death tribble Posted July 20, 2023 Report Share Posted July 20, 2023 I have seen a break almost get caught beforehand and that occasion was closer and was at the Giro but they were further ahead. Philipsen tried to stop one guy joining the break and annoyed the guy so much he went forward for it. The four of then rode as one each taking turns and the peloton could not bring them back although they tried and brought the gap down to under 10 seconds although Soudal's other riders particularly Alaphilippe played spoiler. Philippsen came in 4th but was aiming for a stage victory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 20, 2023 Report Share Posted July 20, 2023 New Zealand beat Norway in the first match of the Women's (soccer) World Cup 1-0 while Australia beat Ireland by the same score. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66241739 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted July 21, 2023 Report Share Posted July 21, 2023 On 7/9/2023 at 9:26 AM, death tribble said: Max Verstappen wins the British Grand Prix https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/66148503 Max has had two incredibly dominant seasons. It would take things best left uncontemplated by racing fans to prevent a second straight Drivers Championship and for Red Bull to be unable to ride his back to the Constructors title. It's been a historic run (borderline le4gendary). Unfortunately he has no rival, not even a fading Lewis Hamilton who has slipped out of that position. It helps that he is one of the best drivers at qualifying runs in the sport right now. Starting from the pole is about two-thirds of his races means that with the speed he is capable of he can leave opponents in the dust virtually effortlessly in the actual race. He still remains fast in those positions. And he still has that intensity and recklessness he has always possessed, although he is rarely in a position where it poses a problem. He is soi dominant that the screens of the TV concentrate on the duels "lower" in the field, which is where the excitement is. Max is brilliant but needs a rival of his generation, and right now we do not have such a driver. And that can't be good for F1 in the long run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 21, 2023 Report Share Posted July 21, 2023 (edited) Matej Mohoric wins stage 19 of the Tour de France. They had to get a photo as he and Asgreen crossed together. Very close. The 2nd day i a row that Philipsen has been denied. He was in the chase and came in 4th. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/66272014 Edited July 21, 2023 by death tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted July 21, 2023 Report Share Posted July 21, 2023 Big breakaway day, I noticed. The top 4 in the overall finished basically together...a full 13 minutes back. Didn't matter; no one in the breakaway was anywhere close for the GC. Not surprising at all that a large breakaway was let go, cuz this is tomorrow: The King of the Mountains is up for grabs. Those Cat 2 climbs offer 5-3-2-1 points; the Cat 1's offer 10-8-6-4-2-1. Ciccone leads with 88, Gall's big win saw him shoot up to 82. Vingegaard has 81. Drops down to Powless at 58, which is a lot of ground to try to make up. I doubt Vingegaard will push to grab points on the first 4 climbs, but he could make a move on the first Cat 1 or, quite likely, the second one. BUT, the yellow's sitting there waiting for him now, so he may just let a small breakaway take the points...and only drop the hammer to ice Pogacar. The green jersey is, I think, decided. Pretty sure there aren't enough points left for anyone to catch Philipsen, and I believe I saw that you don't have to finish the entire race, to win the points competition. Pogacar has the white jersey pretty much sewn up; he's got 4 minutes on Rodriguez Cano. Jumbo-Visma has the team competition in the bag...over 27 minutes ahead there. So tomorrow's pretty much KoM, and get ready to cruise into Paris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 21, 2023 Report Share Posted July 21, 2023 I heard talk that UAE may make a break for it on the basis that Pogacar has not won a stage and they could go for that. Several teams (11) have not had a win at all and Saturday and Sunday are their last chances. It will be interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 22, 2023 Report Share Posted July 22, 2023 (edited) Tadej Pogacar wins stage 20 of the Tour de France. Pinot had an army of supporters out waiting for him so he bolted out on the penultimate climb and rode through them to the delight of his fans. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/66278990 Edited July 22, 2023 by death tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 Jordi Meeus wins stage 21 of the Tour de France https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/66285026 Jonas Vingegaard won overall, Tadej Pogacar was 2nd and won the Young Rider category, Adam Yates was 3rd. Giulio Ciccone won the King of the Mountains, Jasper Philipsen won the Sprint Jersey and 4 stages of the Tour, Victor Campenaerts won the Combativity award and Jumbo Visma won the Team Category Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted July 27, 2023 Report Share Posted July 27, 2023 Prominent Racehorse Trainer Sentenced Over Drugging Scheme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted July 27, 2023 Report Share Posted July 27, 2023 1 hour ago, Cygnia said: Prominent Racehorse Trainer Sentenced Over Drugging Scheme Where there is money, there will be cheating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 30, 2023 Report Share Posted July 30, 2023 Max Verstappen wins Belgian Formula 1 Grand Prix https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/66354506 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 31, 2023 Report Share Posted July 31, 2023 Demi Vollering wins the Tour de France Femmes which was contested over 8 stages https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/66355480 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted August 1, 2023 Report Share Posted August 1, 2023 17 is too damn young https://www.npr.org/2023/07/31/1191096086/cyclist-magnus-white-17-dies-accident-car-boulder-colorado Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted August 1, 2023 Report Share Posted August 1, 2023 3 minutes ago, Cygnia said: 17 is too damn young https://www.npr.org/2023/07/31/1191096086/cyclist-magnus-white-17-dies-accident-car-boulder-colorado It is. From the story: Quote White was riding on the shoulder of Highway 119, known as the Diagonal, in Boulder on Saturday afternoon when he was hit by a 23-year-old woman driving a Toyota Matrix. The driver crossed from the right-hand lane onto the shoulder, striking White from behind before she crashed into a fence, according to an incident report from the Colorado State Patrol. White was transported to the hospital and pronounced dead. The car's driver was uninjured. That's a busy road connecting Boulder, Niwot, and Longmont. https://nfrmpo.org/wp-content/uploads/us287-inventory-chapter-8.pdf Traffic volumes and speeds are high. It's also commuter driving, so the risk there'll be drivers not paying attention/on their phone/paying more attention to oncoming traffic/navigating...is probably higher than many other situations. Perhaps it's because they get more reported, but this is by no means the first non-competition cyclist death I've seen. Related story:https://www.npr.org/2022/05/25/1099566472/more-cyclists-are-being-killed-by-cars-advocates-say-u-s-streets-are-the-problem Very sad, to be sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2023 (edited) USWNT needed a late shot to hit the post to draw with Portugal and back into the knockout round of the World Cup. Looks like they get Sweden early Sunday morning American time. . Edited August 2, 2023 by Pariah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted August 3, 2023 Report Share Posted August 3, 2023 The most amusing thing is the backlash against Carli Lloyd for calling out that they shouldn't be celebrating on the field. They escaped, nothing more. This has been a seriously underwhelming performance. Starlord 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 3, 2023 Report Share Posted August 3, 2023 Well the group stages of the Women's World Cup are over and the following teams qualify Colombia, Morocco, Sweden, South Africa, France, Jamaica, Netherlands, USA, England, Denmark, Japan, Spain, Australia, Nigeria, Switzerland, Norway Germany are out as are joint hosts New Zealand, Brazil and Italy. Switzerland play Spain and Japan play Norway on Saturday. I predict Spain and Japan to go through. Netherlands play South Africa and Sweden play USA on Sunday. I predict Netherlands and USA to go through England play Nigeria and Denmark play Australia on Monday. I predict England and Denmark to go through Colombia play Jamaica and France play Morocco on Tuesday. I predict Colombia and France to go through Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slikmar Posted August 3, 2023 Report Share Posted August 3, 2023 Just watched the ends of the Colombia/Morocco and Korea/Germany and props for Korea showing up. Round of 16, there might be better games but I bet the Colombia/Jamaica will be the most fun. USA will be without Lavelle for that game so am curious about how they play. Not sold on the coaching right now, they bunch up to much and their offense is one dimensional, or at least feels that way. also the 4321 setup seems to not work and they should switch back to a 433. Their Young speedsters in that setup are sitting too far back and having to dribble the ball too far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 5, 2023 Report Share Posted August 5, 2023 On 8/3/2023 at 4:40 PM, death tribble said: Switzerland play Spain and Japan play Norway on Saturday. I predict Spain and Japan to go through. Netherlands play South Africa and Sweden play USA on Sunday. I predict Netherlands and USA to go through England play Nigeria and Denmark play Australia on Monday. I predict England and Denmark to go through Colombia play Jamaica and France play Morocco on Tuesday. I predict Colombia and France to go through Spain won 5-1 and Japan won 3-1. So 25% prediction achieved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 6, 2023 Report Share Posted August 6, 2023 On 8/3/2023 at 4:40 PM, death tribble said: Switzerland play Spain and Japan play Norway on Saturday. I predict Spain and Japan to go through. Netherlands play South Africa and Sweden play USA on Sunday. I predict Netherlands and USA to go through England play Nigeria and Denmark play Australia on Monday. I predict England and Denmark to go through Colombia play Jamaica and France play Morocco on Tuesday. I predict Colombia and France to go through Netherlands beat South Africa 2-0 but the USA lose to Sweden on penalties after extra time left them 0-0. The ball was initially saved but then hit the post and went over the line. So I am 37.5% accurate on predictions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted August 6, 2023 Report Share Posted August 6, 2023 And let the backlash begin. If we discount the match against a Vietnam team that lost all 3 of theirs, by a combined 12-0, the USWNT scored 1 goal in 3 matches. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 6, 2023 Report Share Posted August 6, 2023 Mathieu Van Der Poel wins the Men's World Road Race with van Aert second and Pogacar third. There was a protest which held up the race for nearly an hour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 6, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2023 I guess this means that Americans can go back to not caring about soccer anymore. Shame that Megan Rapinoe had to go out this way, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slikmar Posted August 6, 2023 Report Share Posted August 6, 2023 Smith seemed to feel the worst missing hers, but 2 veterans, Rapinoe (a PK specialist) and O'Hara (seemingly subbed in to take a PK) both missed. I feel bad for Smith as she was our best player all tournament. Ertz retires from USWNT, Rapinoe already said retiring, wouldn't be surprised if O'Hara and Morgan not far behind, so let the next generation take full control. Rapinoe is clearly not the player she once was and even the announcers were trying not to say that they thought she was a bad sub. I would have put in Thompson for 15-20 mins and let her speed worry the back line of Sweden with Smith and Williams, then subbed Rapinoe in for Thompson if came to PKs, which it did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted August 6, 2023 Report Share Posted August 6, 2023 Gets to a classic problem...when do you move away from a legend? All too often, it's done a little too late. Not saying that's the case here, as I watched none of it, but one does see it all the time. Even if Rapinoe was a bad sub at the time, the team hadn't scored for, what, about 180 minutes, if your suggestion was followed in the second half? I do wonder if the generation gap had become excessive, that the Old Guard and the kiddies didn't mix. If Rapinoe isn't a force any more, well, it's not hard to project that the attention she got (that really tacky adidas superhero ad, for example) didn't sit well. It's just a thought... EDIT: news/commentary article about it, from the BBC:https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/66423211 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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