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Old 02-17-2019, 05:35 PM
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Tour of Colombia SPOILER

Final stage.
Complete pandemonium last 5k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55laxi1R4s4

Yesterday stage (5) - also quite exciting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKPWPBAo6f4
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Old 02-17-2019, 06:07 PM
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I don't know what's in the water there. Complete insanity. I love it!

(Except for the jack-asses on the side of the road.)
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Old 02-17-2019, 06:25 PM
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What a finish! Colombia should have a longer tour in the calendar - wonderful country, fantastic people, totally in love with cycling. I've been there to ride five times over the last 10 years and would move there if I could. One of these guys must win the tour at some stage. It's also nice to see these riders so good at young ages - Bernal, Sosa, Lopez, Martinez. No more of this pack fodder domestiques turned into tour contenders overnight....that has always been too close to the 90s for me.

Bocadillo de Guayaba!
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Old 02-17-2019, 06:40 PM
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This race and the ones related to it are always like knife fights.

Colombia has long been a secret training for Europeans. Jalabert, Virenque and that crew used to go there for these races (I guess tipped off by Rincon and crew), would race like crazy and would come back to Tour of Med and Paris-Nice with real fitness.
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Old 02-17-2019, 07:19 PM
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https://youtu.be/MYNYo3fnO1g

1995 World Championship in Colombia!
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Old 02-17-2019, 10:01 PM
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Holy crap that was exciting!
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Old 02-18-2019, 01:51 AM
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That was awesome - thanks for sharing!
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Old 02-18-2019, 06:38 AM
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had the chance to be a couple hundred meters below the summit of stage 6.

this race had larger crowds than the tour. the future of road racing lies in colombia's hands.







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Old 02-18-2019, 07:45 AM
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That was awesome. Stage 5 was quite exciting as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKPWPBAo6f4&app=desktop
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Old 02-18-2019, 07:47 AM
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Those are some great images. You can feel the energy.

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had the chance to be a couple hundred meters below the summit of stage 6.

this race had larger crowds than the tour. the future of road racing lies in colombia's hands.







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Old 02-18-2019, 07:59 AM
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Those are some great images. You can feel the energy.
yes, i was thinking the same thing. very cool stuff here. cycling is alive and well!
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Old 02-18-2019, 08:55 AM
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https://youtu.be/MYNYo3fnO1g

1995 World Championship in Colombia!
Awesome clip too!

Loves the steel bikes, Olano's rear flat tubular, Pantani vs Indurain etc
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Old 02-18-2019, 08:56 AM
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1995 World Championship in Colombia!
One of the best WCs. I wore out a VHS tape of the final five hours of that race.
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Old 02-18-2019, 08:59 AM
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One of the best WCs. I wore out a VHS tape of the final five hours of that race.
I have "digitized" it.
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Old 02-18-2019, 05:20 PM
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That was fun to watch but the spectators still piss me off and stress me out and I'm sitting on my couch. I'll never understand the appeal or the tolerance of it.
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