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		By: Pali65		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2016 07:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-915081&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@chris&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-915027&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@1860&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-915016&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@Buck Rogers&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-914893&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@Rick&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-914864&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@ChrisO&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;Before we leave the Worlds behind, have they also produced a nominee for Anti-V Moment of the year in John Degenkolb for his bottle-squirting tantrum?

That guy in the Red Hook crit smashing &lt;strong&gt;his&lt;/strong&gt; bike must also be in the judges’ consideration. Hard for a pro to take such a prestigious prize but it was a strong showing.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Just to make the moment a bit more Anti-V, that was his friends bike that he smashed. He had borrowed the steed for the race.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Ohhhhh, that’s even worse! I did not know that. I saw the vid but it was his buddy’s bike??? Ouch!&lt;/blockquote&gt;
And to top off the anti-V on this video which I can’t bear to watch anymore, that idiot had put eye black under his eyes like a football player. Wish the Badger was around to give him what he deserved.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
The Red Hook guy wins the Anti-v hands down. He’s subsequently claimed that he wasn’t entirely with it as a result of a crash in which the bike was broken. However, despite being a bit woozy he managed to position himself perfectly in front of a camera for his little tantrum. Not to mention that, presumably somewhere between crash and tantrum, he’d manage to unzip his skinsuit to an indecent point.

I’d say that he new exactly what he was doing and was looking to go “viral”.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Dude is a fashion model, to boot, so he knows where a camera is and what to do in front of one.  Google the name and click on images; you have been warned.]]></description>
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<blockquote><p>Before we leave the Worlds behind, have they also produced a nominee for Anti-V Moment of the year in John Degenkolb for his bottle-squirting tantrum?</p>
<p>That guy in the Red Hook crit smashing <strong>his</strong> bike must also be in the judges’ consideration. Hard for a pro to take such a prestigious prize but it was a strong showing.</p></blockquote>
<p>Just to make the moment a bit more Anti-V, that was his friends bike that he smashed. He had borrowed the steed for the race.</p></blockquote>
<p>Ohhhhh, that’s even worse! I did not know that. I saw the vid but it was his buddy’s bike??? Ouch!</p></blockquote>
<p>And to top off the anti-V on this video which I can’t bear to watch anymore, that idiot had put eye black under his eyes like a football player. Wish the Badger was around to give him what he deserved.</p></blockquote>
<p>The Red Hook guy wins the Anti-v hands down. He’s subsequently claimed that he wasn’t entirely with it as a result of a crash in which the bike was broken. However, despite being a bit woozy he managed to position himself perfectly in front of a camera for his little tantrum. Not to mention that, presumably somewhere between crash and tantrum, he’d manage to unzip his skinsuit to an indecent point.</p>
<p>I’d say that he new exactly what he was doing and was looking to go “viral”.</p></blockquote>
<p>Dude is a fashion model, to boot, so he knows where a camera is and what to do in front of one.  Google the name and click on images; you have been warned.</p>
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		By: Teocalli		</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2016 18:50:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2016 12:26:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;a class=&quot;comment-author-reply&quot; href=&quot;#comment-915083&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@RobSandy&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;comment-author-reply vm_anchor&quot; href=&quot;#comment-915078&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@ChrisO&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.velominati.com/members/robsandy/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@RobSandy&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;comment-author-reply vm_anchor vm_anchor vm_anchor&quot; href=&quot;#comment-915020&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@Steve Trice&lt;/a&gt;

I quite like getting in another team’s pace line when they are trying to chase (if I’ve got team mates in the break) then subtly soft pedalling when I get to the front. Often takes them quite a while to realise I’m not actually working.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
I once had a bit of a bust up over something like that.

It was us doing the chasing but instead of going to the front and just soft-pedalling or pulling through this guy from another team (who I thought was a bit of a douche anyway) came to the front and actually braked. I got a bit pissed off with this so I came up and started leaning into him to push him out of the way.

Unfortunately I pushed him off, and I came off too. We nearly had a fight. His bike was unable to go on but I remounted and continued – it was a lap race so he stood by the side and spat on me as I went past next time.

I apologised at the end and I was genuinely sorry for escalating it, but I still maintain it was his dick move in the first place.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Yes, that’s crossing the line. I tend to think ill of anyone who brakes in that sort of race, for any reason. It’s always what causes crashing.

My aim in that scenario is to make the chasing team wonder if I’m helping or not – going at a speed just fast enough they might think I’m trying, but that it might take them a few seconds to register what team I’m in and give my buddies in the break a bit more distance. It worked though – the time I was thinking of there was a break of 4 away (2 Ajax) who managed to lap the field while everyone else was messing around.

Bad you both ended up on the deck, but going to the front and braking is just fucking stupid. I’d take your side on that one!&lt;/blockquote&gt;
It&#039;s one thing getting accidentally spat on in a paceline or group ride but deliberately?

Chapeau, coz I&#039;m not so sure I&#039;d have been quire so calm about the situation.]]></description>
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<p>I quite like getting in another team’s pace line when they are trying to chase (if I’ve got team mates in the break) then subtly soft pedalling when I get to the front. Often takes them quite a while to realise I’m not actually working.</p></blockquote>
<p>I once had a bit of a bust up over something like that.</p>
<p>It was us doing the chasing but instead of going to the front and just soft-pedalling or pulling through this guy from another team (who I thought was a bit of a douche anyway) came to the front and actually braked. I got a bit pissed off with this so I came up and started leaning into him to push him out of the way.</p>
<p>Unfortunately I pushed him off, and I came off too. We nearly had a fight. His bike was unable to go on but I remounted and continued – it was a lap race so he stood by the side and spat on me as I went past next time.</p>
<p>I apologised at the end and I was genuinely sorry for escalating it, but I still maintain it was his dick move in the first place.</p></blockquote>
<p>Yes, that’s crossing the line. I tend to think ill of anyone who brakes in that sort of race, for any reason. It’s always what causes crashing.</p>
<p>My aim in that scenario is to make the chasing team wonder if I’m helping or not – going at a speed just fast enough they might think I’m trying, but that it might take them a few seconds to register what team I’m in and give my buddies in the break a bit more distance. It worked though – the time I was thinking of there was a break of 4 away (2 Ajax) who managed to lap the field while everyone else was messing around.</p>
<p>Bad you both ended up on the deck, but going to the front and braking is just fucking stupid. I’d take your side on that one!</p></blockquote>
<p>It&#8217;s one thing getting accidentally spat on in a paceline or group ride but deliberately?</p>
<p>Chapeau, coz I&#8217;m not so sure I&#8217;d have been quire so calm about the situation.</p>
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		By: RobSandy		</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2016 12:07:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;a class=&quot;comment-author-reply&quot; href=&quot;#comment-915078&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@ChrisO&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;a href=&#039;http://www.velominati.com/members/robsandy/&#039; rel=&#039;nofollow&#039;&gt;@RobSandy&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;comment-author-reply vm_anchor vm_anchor&quot; href=&quot;#comment-915020&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@Steve Trice&lt;/a&gt;

I quite like getting in another team’s pace line when they are trying to chase (if I’ve got team mates in the break) then subtly soft pedalling when I get to the front. Often takes them quite a while to realise I’m not actually working.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
I once had a bit of a bust up over something like that.

It was us doing the chasing but instead of going to the front and just soft-pedalling or pulling through this guy from another team (who I thought was a bit of a douche anyway) came to the front and actually braked. I got a bit pissed off with this so I came up and started leaning into him to push him out of the way.

Unfortunately I pushed him off, and I came off too. We nearly had a fight. His bike was unable to go on but I remounted and continued – it was a lap race so he stood by the side and spat on me as I went past next time.

I apologised at the end and I was genuinely sorry for escalating it, but I still maintain it was his dick move in the first place.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Yes, that&#039;s crossing the line. I tend to think ill of anyone who brakes in that sort of race, for any reason. It&#039;s always what causes crashing.

My aim in that scenario is to make the chasing team wonder if I&#039;m helping or not - going at a speed just fast enough they might think I&#039;m trying, but that it might take them a few seconds to register what team I&#039;m in and give my buddies in the break a bit more distance. It worked though - the time I was thinking of there was a break of 4 away (2 Ajax) who managed to lap the field while everyone else was messing around.

Bad you both ended up on the deck, but going to the front and braking is just fucking stupid. I&#039;d take your side on that one!]]></description>
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<p>I quite like getting in another team’s pace line when they are trying to chase (if I’ve got team mates in the break) then subtly soft pedalling when I get to the front. Often takes them quite a while to realise I’m not actually working.</p></blockquote>
<p>I once had a bit of a bust up over something like that.</p>
<p>It was us doing the chasing but instead of going to the front and just soft-pedalling or pulling through this guy from another team (who I thought was a bit of a douche anyway) came to the front and actually braked. I got a bit pissed off with this so I came up and started leaning into him to push him out of the way.</p>
<p>Unfortunately I pushed him off, and I came off too. We nearly had a fight. His bike was unable to go on but I remounted and continued – it was a lap race so he stood by the side and spat on me as I went past next time.</p>
<p>I apologised at the end and I was genuinely sorry for escalating it, but I still maintain it was his dick move in the first place.</p></blockquote>
<p>Yes, that&#8217;s crossing the line. I tend to think ill of anyone who brakes in that sort of race, for any reason. It&#8217;s always what causes crashing.</p>
<p>My aim in that scenario is to make the chasing team wonder if I&#8217;m helping or not &#8211; going at a speed just fast enough they might think I&#8217;m trying, but that it might take them a few seconds to register what team I&#8217;m in and give my buddies in the break a bit more distance. It worked though &#8211; the time I was thinking of there was a break of 4 away (2 Ajax) who managed to lap the field while everyone else was messing around.</p>
<p>Bad you both ended up on the deck, but going to the front and braking is just fucking stupid. I&#8217;d take your side on that one!</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2016 12:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;a class=&quot;comment-author-reply&quot; href=&quot;#comment-915027&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@1860&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;comment-author-reply vm_anchor&quot; href=&quot;#comment-915016&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@Buck Rogers&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;blockquote&gt;Before we leave the Worlds behind, have they also produced a nominee for Anti-V Moment of the year in John Degenkolb for his bottle-squirting tantrum?

That guy in the Red Hook crit smashing &lt;strong&gt;his&lt;/strong&gt; bike must also be in the judges’ consideration. Hard for a pro to take such a prestigious prize but it was a strong showing.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Just to make the moment a bit more Anti-V, that was his friends bike that he smashed. He had borrowed the steed for the race.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Ohhhhh, that’s even worse! I did not know that. I saw the vid but it was his buddy’s bike??? Ouch!&lt;/blockquote&gt;
And to top off the anti-V on this video which I can’t bear to watch anymore, that idiot had put eye black under his eyes like a football player. Wish the Badger was around to give him what he deserved.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
The Red Hook guy wins the Anti-v hands down. He&#039;s subsequently claimed that he wasn&#039;t entirely with it as a result of a crash in which the bike was broken. However, despite being a bit woozy he managed to position himself perfectly in front of a camera for his little tantrum. Not to mention that, presumably somewhere between crash and tantrum, he&#039;d manage to unzip his skinsuit to an indecent point.

I&#039;d say that he new exactly what he was doing and was looking to go &quot;viral&quot;.]]></description>
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<blockquote><p>Before we leave the Worlds behind, have they also produced a nominee for Anti-V Moment of the year in John Degenkolb for his bottle-squirting tantrum?</p>
<p>That guy in the Red Hook crit smashing <strong>his</strong> bike must also be in the judges’ consideration. Hard for a pro to take such a prestigious prize but it was a strong showing.</p></blockquote>
<p>Just to make the moment a bit more Anti-V, that was his friends bike that he smashed. He had borrowed the steed for the race.</p></blockquote>
<p>Ohhhhh, that’s even worse! I did not know that. I saw the vid but it was his buddy’s bike??? Ouch!</p></blockquote>
<p>And to top off the anti-V on this video which I can’t bear to watch anymore, that idiot had put eye black under his eyes like a football player. Wish the Badger was around to give him what he deserved.</p></blockquote>
<p>The Red Hook guy wins the Anti-v hands down. He&#8217;s subsequently claimed that he wasn&#8217;t entirely with it as a result of a crash in which the bike was broken. However, despite being a bit woozy he managed to position himself perfectly in front of a camera for his little tantrum. Not to mention that, presumably somewhere between crash and tantrum, he&#8217;d manage to unzip his skinsuit to an indecent point.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d say that he new exactly what he was doing and was looking to go &#8220;viral&#8221;.</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2016 11:59:46 +0000</pubDate>
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&lt;blockquote&gt;The most amazing thing, for me, about the Degenkolb squirting incident was just how calm Debusschere was about it. I suspect this may have infuriated JD even more. Wonder how things would have played out if you swapped the Belgian element for, say, the Italians?&lt;/blockquote&gt;
If I were the domestique in Debusschere’s role (which I have been in the odd crit) I’d have been laughing behind my shades. In any sport, if you annoy your opponent that much by doing something completely fair within the rules, you’ve won.

I quite like getting in another team’s pace line when they are trying to chase (if I’ve got team mates in the break) then subtly soft pedalling when I get to the front. Often takes them quite a while to realise I’m not actually working.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
I once had a bit of a bust up over something like that.

It was us doing the chasing but instead of going to the front and just soft-pedalling or pulling through this guy from another team (who I thought was a bit of a douche anyway) came to the front and actually braked. I got a bit pissed off with this so I came up and started leaning into him to push him out of the way.

Unfortunately I pushed him off, and I came off too. We nearly had a fight. His bike was unable to go on but I remounted and continued - it was a lap race so he stood by the side and spat on me as I went past next time.

I apologised at the end and I was genuinely sorry for escalating it, but I still maintain it was his dick move in the first place.]]></description>
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<blockquote><p>The most amazing thing, for me, about the Degenkolb squirting incident was just how calm Debusschere was about it. I suspect this may have infuriated JD even more. Wonder how things would have played out if you swapped the Belgian element for, say, the Italians?</p></blockquote>
<p>If I were the domestique in Debusschere’s role (which I have been in the odd crit) I’d have been laughing behind my shades. In any sport, if you annoy your opponent that much by doing something completely fair within the rules, you’ve won.</p>
<p>I quite like getting in another team’s pace line when they are trying to chase (if I’ve got team mates in the break) then subtly soft pedalling when I get to the front. Often takes them quite a while to realise I’m not actually working.</p></blockquote>
<p>I once had a bit of a bust up over something like that.</p>
<p>It was us doing the chasing but instead of going to the front and just soft-pedalling or pulling through this guy from another team (who I thought was a bit of a douche anyway) came to the front and actually braked. I got a bit pissed off with this so I came up and started leaning into him to push him out of the way.</p>
<p>Unfortunately I pushed him off, and I came off too. We nearly had a fight. His bike was unable to go on but I remounted and continued &#8211; it was a lap race so he stood by the side and spat on me as I went past next time.</p>
<p>I apologised at the end and I was genuinely sorry for escalating it, but I still maintain it was his dick move in the first place.</p>
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&lt;blockquote&gt;The most amazing thing, for me, about the Degenkolb squirting incident was just how calm Debusschere was about it. I suspect this may have infuriated JD even more. Wonder how things would have played out if you swapped the Belgian element for, say, the Italians?&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Ha! Right! He’d probably have woken up the next morning with his bike’s severed cockpit lying next to him in bed surrounded with chain grease!&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Also, in that heat, having water sprayed in your face would probably be quite pleasant...]]></description>
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<blockquote><p>The most amazing thing, for me, about the Degenkolb squirting incident was just how calm Debusschere was about it. I suspect this may have infuriated JD even more. Wonder how things would have played out if you swapped the Belgian element for, say, the Italians?</p></blockquote>
<p>Ha! Right! He’d probably have woken up the next morning with his bike’s severed cockpit lying next to him in bed surrounded with chain grease!</p></blockquote>
<p>Also, in that heat, having water sprayed in your face would probably be quite pleasant&#8230;</p>
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&lt;blockquote&gt;In any sport, if you annoy your opponent that much by doing something completely fair within the rules, you’ve won&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Absolutely, one of the great joys.

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<blockquote><p>In any sport, if you annoy your opponent that much by doing something completely fair within the rules, you’ve won</p></blockquote>
<p>Absolutely, one of the great joys.</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2016 10:39:56 +0000</pubDate>
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&lt;blockquote&gt;The most amazing thing, for me, about the Degenkolb squirting incident was just how calm Debusschere was about it. I suspect this may have infuriated JD even more. Wonder how things would have played out if you swapped the Belgian element for, say, the Italians?&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Ha!  Right!  He&#039;d probably have woken up the next morning with his bike&#039;s severed cockpit lying next to him in bed surrounded with chain grease!]]></description>
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<blockquote><p>The most amazing thing, for me, about the Degenkolb squirting incident was just how calm Debusschere was about it. I suspect this may have infuriated JD even more. Wonder how things would have played out if you swapped the Belgian element for, say, the Italians?</p></blockquote>
<p>Ha!  Right!  He&#8217;d probably have woken up the next morning with his bike&#8217;s severed cockpit lying next to him in bed surrounded with chain grease!</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2016 09:06:13 +0000</pubDate>
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&lt;blockquote&gt;The most amazing thing, for me, about the Degenkolb squirting incident was just how calm Debusschere was about it. I suspect this may have infuriated JD even more. Wonder how things would have played out if you swapped the Belgian element for, say, the Italians?&lt;/blockquote&gt;
If I were the domestique in Debusschere&#039;s role (which I have been in the odd crit) I&#039;d have been laughing behind my shades. In any sport, if you annoy your opponent that much by doing something completely fair within the rules, you&#039;ve won.

I quite like getting in another team&#039;s pace line when they are trying to chase (if I&#039;ve got team mates in the break) then subtly soft pedalling when I get to the front. Often takes them quite a while to realise I&#039;m not actually working.]]></description>
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<blockquote><p>The most amazing thing, for me, about the Degenkolb squirting incident was just how calm Debusschere was about it. I suspect this may have infuriated JD even more. Wonder how things would have played out if you swapped the Belgian element for, say, the Italians?</p></blockquote>
<p>If I were the domestique in Debusschere&#8217;s role (which I have been in the odd crit) I&#8217;d have been laughing behind my shades. In any sport, if you annoy your opponent that much by doing something completely fair within the rules, you&#8217;ve won.</p>
<p>I quite like getting in another team&#8217;s pace line when they are trying to chase (if I&#8217;ve got team mates in the break) then subtly soft pedalling when I get to the front. Often takes them quite a while to realise I&#8217;m not actually working.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;a class=&quot;comment-author-reply&quot; href=&quot;#comment-915016&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@Buck Rogers&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;blockquote&gt;Before we leave the Worlds behind, have they also produced a nominee for Anti-V Moment of the year in John Degenkolb for his bottle-squirting tantrum?

That guy in the Red Hook crit smashing &lt;strong&gt;his&lt;/strong&gt; bike must also be in the judges’ consideration. Hard for a pro to take such a prestigious prize but it was a strong showing.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Just to make the moment a bit more Anti-V, that was his friends bike that he smashed. He had borrowed the steed for the race.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Ohhhhh, that’s even worse! I did not know that. I saw the vid but it was his buddy’s bike??? Ouch!&lt;/blockquote&gt;
And to top off the anti-V on this video which I can&#039;t bear to watch anymore, that idiot had put eye black under his eyes like a football player. Wish the Badger was around to give him what he deserved.]]></description>
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<blockquote><p><a class="comment-author-reply vm_anchor vm_anchor" href="#comment-914864" rel="nofollow">@ChrisO</a></p>
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<blockquote><p>Before we leave the Worlds behind, have they also produced a nominee for Anti-V Moment of the year in John Degenkolb for his bottle-squirting tantrum?</p>
<p>That guy in the Red Hook crit smashing <strong>his</strong> bike must also be in the judges’ consideration. Hard for a pro to take such a prestigious prize but it was a strong showing.</p></blockquote>
<p>Just to make the moment a bit more Anti-V, that was his friends bike that he smashed. He had borrowed the steed for the race.</p></blockquote>
<p>Ohhhhh, that’s even worse! I did not know that. I saw the vid but it was his buddy’s bike??? Ouch!</p></blockquote>
<p>And to top off the anti-V on this video which I can&#8217;t bear to watch anymore, that idiot had put eye black under his eyes like a football player. Wish the Badger was around to give him what he deserved.</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2016 06:49:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2016 06:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;a class=&quot;comment-author-reply&quot; href=&quot;#comment-914893&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@Rick&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;comment-author-reply vm_anchor&quot; href=&quot;#comment-914864&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@ChrisO&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;a class=&quot;comment-author-reply vm_anchor&quot; href=&quot;#comment-914864&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@ChrisO&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;Before we leave the Worlds behind, have they also produced a nominee for Anti-V Moment of the year in John Degenkolb for his bottle-squirting tantrum?

That guy in the Red Hook crit smashing &lt;strong&gt;his&lt;/strong&gt; bike must also be in the judges’ consideration. Hard for a pro to take such a prestigious prize but it was a strong showing.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Just to make the moment a bit more Anti-V, that was his friends bike that he smashed. He had borrowed the steed for the race.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Ohhhhh, that&#039;s even worse!  I did not know that.  I saw the vid but it was his buddy&#039;s bike???  Ouch!]]></description>
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<blockquote><p>Before we leave the Worlds behind, have they also produced a nominee for Anti-V Moment of the year in John Degenkolb for his bottle-squirting tantrum?</p>
<p>That guy in the Red Hook crit smashing <strong>his</strong> bike must also be in the judges’ consideration. Hard for a pro to take such a prestigious prize but it was a strong showing.</p></blockquote>
<p>Just to make the moment a bit more Anti-V, that was his friends bike that he smashed. He had borrowed the steed for the race.</p></blockquote>
<p>Ohhhhh, that&#8217;s even worse!  I did not know that.  I saw the vid but it was his buddy&#8217;s bike???  Ouch!</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2016 23:47:47 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Hahaha!!</p>
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&lt;blockquote&gt;Anyone out there? Fellominati, NO traffic on this site yesterday all day????&lt;/blockquote&gt;
maybe we were all riding our bikes?]]></description>
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<blockquote><p>Anyone out there? Fellominati, NO traffic on this site yesterday all day????</p></blockquote>
<p>maybe we were all riding our bikes?</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2016 17:05:29 +0000</pubDate>
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&lt;a class=&quot;comment-author-reply&quot; href=&quot;#comment-914864&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@ChrisO&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;Before we leave the Worlds behind, have they also produced a nominee for Anti-V Moment of the year in John Degenkolb for his bottle-squirting tantrum?

That guy in the Red Hook crit smashing &lt;strong&gt;his&lt;/strong&gt; bike must also be in the judges’ consideration. Hard for a pro to take such a prestigious prize but it was a strong showing.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Just to make the moment a bit more Anti-V, that was his friends bike that he smashed. He had borrowed the steed for the race.]]></description>
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<p><a class="comment-author-reply" href="#comment-914864" rel="nofollow">@ChrisO</a></p>
<blockquote><p>Before we leave the Worlds behind, have they also produced a nominee for Anti-V Moment of the year in John Degenkolb for his bottle-squirting tantrum?</p>
<p>That guy in the Red Hook crit smashing <strong>his</strong> bike must also be in the judges’ consideration. Hard for a pro to take such a prestigious prize but it was a strong showing.</p></blockquote>
<p>Just to make the moment a bit more Anti-V, that was his friends bike that he smashed. He had borrowed the steed for the race.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[Before we leave the Worlds behind, have they also produced a nominee for Anti-V Moment of the year in John Degenkolb for his bottle-squirting tantrum?

That guy in the Red Hook crit smashing his bike must also be in the judges&#039; consideration. Hard for a pro to take such a prestigious prize but it was a strong showing.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Before we leave the Worlds behind, have they also produced a nominee for Anti-V Moment of the year in John Degenkolb for his bottle-squirting tantrum?</p>
<p>That guy in the Red Hook crit smashing his bike must also be in the judges&#8217; consideration. Hard for a pro to take such a prestigious prize but it was a strong showing.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[My and the rest of the PEZ Crew&#039;s take on the Worlds. Including guest commentary from  US and LottoNl-Jumbo’s Alexey Vermeulen who rode the time trial and the road race in the desert of Qatar. http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/features/worlds16-what-the-pez-crew-think/#.WAi5VHqR7eY]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2016 13:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
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So let&#039;s hope for him that him becoming Sagain did not lead to Schagrain when he saw the bill (or Sagrain or Chagrain...whatever....)]]></description>
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<p>So let&#8217;s hope for him that him becoming Sagain did not lead to Schagrain when he saw the bill (or Sagrain or Chagrain&#8230;whatever&#8230;.)</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2016 11:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;a class=&quot;comment-author-reply&quot; href=&quot;#comment-914832&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@Pali65&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;comment-author-reply vm_anchor&quot; href=&quot;#comment-914137&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@Rick&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;comment-author-reply vm_anchor vm_anchor&quot; href=&quot;#comment-914127&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@Pali65&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;Here in Slovakia the whole country is celebrating. After second title we call him Sagain…&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Just a guess here but I bet that Slovacks know how to celebrate properly :) Congrats to one of your own (Sagain).&lt;/blockquote&gt;
I’ve just read a story that Sagain invited all Slovak fans who attended the race to dinner party that day I am sure it was not few (he paid the bill). Many our countrymen work in Emirates and about 40 members of his fan club from his native city Žilina made a trip to Doha.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
That is incredible. Good for him! It is great to see a celebrity who appreciates his fans.]]></description>
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<blockquote><p>Here in Slovakia the whole country is celebrating. After second title we call him Sagain…</p></blockquote>
<p>Just a guess here but I bet that Slovacks know how to celebrate properly :) Congrats to one of your own (Sagain).</p></blockquote>
<p>I’ve just read a story that Sagain invited all Slovak fans who attended the race to dinner party that day I am sure it was not few (he paid the bill). Many our countrymen work in Emirates and about 40 members of his fan club from his native city Žilina made a trip to Doha.</p></blockquote>
<p>That is incredible. Good for him! It is great to see a celebrity who appreciates his fans.</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2016 11:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
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&lt;blockquote&gt;Here in Slovakia the whole country is celebrating. After second title we call him Sagain…&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Just a guess here but I bet that Slovacks know how to celebrate properly :) Congrats to one of your own (Sagain).&lt;/blockquote&gt;
I&#039;ve just read a story that Sagain invited all Slovak fans who attended the race to dinner party that day I am sure it was not few (he paid the bill). Many our countrymen work in Emirates and about 40 members of his fan club from his native city Žilina made a trip to Doha.]]></description>
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<blockquote><p>Here in Slovakia the whole country is celebrating. After second title we call him Sagain…</p></blockquote>
<p>Just a guess here but I bet that Slovacks know how to celebrate properly :) Congrats to one of your own (Sagain).</p></blockquote>
<p>I&#8217;ve just read a story that Sagain invited all Slovak fans who attended the race to dinner party that day I am sure it was not few (he paid the bill). Many our countrymen work in Emirates and about 40 members of his fan club from his native city Žilina made a trip to Doha.</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2016 11:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2016 11:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2016 10:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;a class=&quot;comment-author-reply&quot; href=&quot;#comment-914795&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@KogaLover&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;Anyone out there? Fellominati, NO traffic on this site yesterday all day????&lt;/blockquote&gt;
I&#039;m still here...genuinely busy at work though]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a class="comment-author-reply" href="#comment-914795" rel="nofollow">@KogaLover</a></p>
<blockquote><p>Anyone out there? Fellominati, NO traffic on this site yesterday all day????</p></blockquote>
<p>I&#8217;m still here&#8230;genuinely busy at work though</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[KogaLover]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2016 09:34:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;a class=&quot;comment-author-reply&quot; href=&quot;#comment-914809&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@RobSandy&lt;/a&gt;

Did you see Robin Williams&#039; bikes for sale? Almost all bikes are portrayed with an EPMS. They really made an effort to ensure they&#039;re on.

Guess I finally will need to start writing this article I have been thinking about, ranting about black decals on black bikes.]]></description>
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<p>Did you see Robin Williams&#8217; bikes for sale? Almost all bikes are portrayed with an EPMS. They really made an effort to ensure they&#8217;re on.</p>
<p>Guess I finally will need to start writing this article I have been thinking about, ranting about black decals on black bikes.</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2016 09:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;a class=&quot;comment-author-reply&quot; href=&quot;#comment-914802&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@Teocalli&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;vm_anchor&quot; href=&quot;#comment-914795&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@KogaLover&lt;/a&gt;

Too darned busy at work. Bike time looks bleak for a few weeks too.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
quick, get Brett to write another article about saddlebags!]]></description>
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<blockquote><p><a class="vm_anchor" href="#comment-914795" rel="nofollow">@KogaLover</a></p>
<p>Too darned busy at work. Bike time looks bleak for a few weeks too.</p></blockquote>
<p>quick, get Brett to write another article about saddlebags!</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2016 08:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
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Too darned busy at work.  Bike time looks bleak for a few weeks too.]]></description>
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<p>Too darned busy at work.  Bike time looks bleak for a few weeks too.</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2016 08:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Anyone out there? Fellominati, NO traffic on this site yesterday all day????]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2016 01:25:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;a class=&quot;comment-author-reply&quot; href=&quot;#comment-914451&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@ChrisO&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;comment-author-reply vm_anchor&quot; href=&quot;#comment-914445&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@Buck Rogers&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;comment-author-reply vm_anchor vm_anchor&quot; href=&quot;#comment-914437&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@verytallguy&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;vm_anchor vm_anchor vm_anchor&quot; href=&quot;#comment-914422&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@RobSandy&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;And the water – all the surface water you saw was being pumped from underground aquifers which are running out.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Indeed.

Amazingly, aquifer depletion can be measured by “weighing” the aquifer via its gravitational pull. A pair of satellites called GRACE orbit us 200km apart and measure the distance between them to ten microns. Changes in gravity are measured by changes in relative acceleration of the satellites.

The Arabian aquifer system turns out to be one of the most affected.

&lt;a class=&quot;vm_linkablecontent vm_linkablecontent vm_linkablecontent&quot; href=&quot;http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4626&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4626&lt;/a&gt;

Back to cycling, Yorkshire 2019 is rather less likely to have water shortage issues…&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Holy Fuck! That is the coolest thing I have read in ages and to think that we have Trump in a neck and cut-throat race for the White House. WTF? God help us all.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
It is very true that the groundwater has been sucked out at an alarming rate.

Not all the water comes from there, although it doesn’t improve the story… the Gulf states have invested heavily in water desalination plants. These are very energy-intensive but when you’re sitting on all that oil and gas, who cares.

The other effect is that the Arabian Gulf (or Persian Gulf as you prefer) is growing increasingly salty with all the heavily concentrated brine which is pumped back in.

Because it’s fairly shallow and has a narrow outlet it’s more like a lake than a sea so it gets more and more concentrated, which requires more and more energy to desalinate and so on…

In 100 years the oligarchy will have decamped to the bits of the world they’ve bought in the meantime, and whoever is left will be back to riding camels and living in tents.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Gents, cold fusion is just around the corner. You think the internet changed the world? Unlimited low energy desalinization would only be some icing on the bigger cake provided by cold fusion. CO2 emissions and global warming? Bahhh… Old news. $21 trillion in US debt? Bahhh… chump change. It&#039;s gonna be invented soon enough by a bunch of kids that today are collaborating around the world 24-7 to build their minecraft worlds on line in ways we can hardly understand. No worries. Cheers all.]]></description>
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<blockquote><p><a class="comment-author-reply vm_anchor" href="#comment-914445" rel="nofollow">@Buck Rogers</a></p>
<blockquote><p><a class="comment-author-reply vm_anchor vm_anchor" href="#comment-914437" rel="nofollow">@verytallguy</a></p>
<blockquote><p><a class="vm_anchor vm_anchor vm_anchor" href="#comment-914422" rel="nofollow">@RobSandy</a></p>
<blockquote><p>And the water – all the surface water you saw was being pumped from underground aquifers which are running out.</p></blockquote>
<p>Indeed.</p>
<p>Amazingly, aquifer depletion can be measured by “weighing” the aquifer via its gravitational pull. A pair of satellites called GRACE orbit us 200km apart and measure the distance between them to ten microns. Changes in gravity are measured by changes in relative acceleration of the satellites.</p>
<p>The Arabian aquifer system turns out to be one of the most affected.</p>
<p><a class="vm_linkablecontent vm_linkablecontent vm_linkablecontent" href="http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4626" rel="nofollow">http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4626</a></p>
<p>Back to cycling, Yorkshire 2019 is rather less likely to have water shortage issues…</p></blockquote>
<p>Holy Fuck! That is the coolest thing I have read in ages and to think that we have Trump in a neck and cut-throat race for the White House. WTF? God help us all.</p></blockquote>
<p>It is very true that the groundwater has been sucked out at an alarming rate.</p>
<p>Not all the water comes from there, although it doesn’t improve the story… the Gulf states have invested heavily in water desalination plants. These are very energy-intensive but when you’re sitting on all that oil and gas, who cares.</p>
<p>The other effect is that the Arabian Gulf (or Persian Gulf as you prefer) is growing increasingly salty with all the heavily concentrated brine which is pumped back in.</p>
<p>Because it’s fairly shallow and has a narrow outlet it’s more like a lake than a sea so it gets more and more concentrated, which requires more and more energy to desalinate and so on…</p>
<p>In 100 years the oligarchy will have decamped to the bits of the world they’ve bought in the meantime, and whoever is left will be back to riding camels and living in tents.</p></blockquote>
<p>Gents, cold fusion is just around the corner. You think the internet changed the world? Unlimited low energy desalinization would only be some icing on the bigger cake provided by cold fusion. CO2 emissions and global warming? Bahhh… Old news. $21 trillion in US debt? Bahhh… chump change. It&#8217;s gonna be invented soon enough by a bunch of kids that today are collaborating around the world 24-7 to build their minecraft worlds on line in ways we can hardly understand. No worries. Cheers all.</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2016 20:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The women&#039;s results have been posted already and cannot imagine &lt;a href=&#039;http://www.velominati.com/members/frank/&#039; rel=&#039;nofollow&#039;&gt;@Frank&lt;/a&gt;&#039;s IT skills so bad that the system does not know how to add up with the speed of light.

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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2016 18:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
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Unless I am mistaken, I think we might still be waiting for the Women&#039;s world championship results to be posted and added in to the totals.]]></description>
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<p>Unless I am mistaken, I think we might still be waiting for the Women&#8217;s world championship results to be posted and added in to the totals.</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2016 16:31:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Congrats to &lt;a href=&#039;http://www.velominati.com/members/dancollins/&#039; rel=&#039;nofollow&#039;&gt;@Dancollins&lt;/a&gt;! If I see things correctly, you won the VSP again. Remind me next year to simply cast my votes like you did and then I might end up with a nice pair of rims.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2016 16:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;a class=&quot;comment-author-reply&quot; href=&quot;#comment-914291&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@Ron&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;What the hell was Degenkolb doing?! You finish the race then you pop your front wheel out and smash him with it! Gosh, he should know better.

If I ever go bald, no shaved head for me. Only Mr. Clean looks good like that. All else should have the short fuzz/stubble.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
He had the shits because the Belgians were hammering the front and disrupting the chase.

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<blockquote><p>What the hell was Degenkolb doing?! You finish the race then you pop your front wheel out and smash him with it! Gosh, he should know better.</p>
<p>If I ever go bald, no shaved head for me. Only Mr. Clean looks good like that. All else should have the short fuzz/stubble.</p></blockquote>
<p>He had the shits because the Belgians were hammering the front and disrupting the chase.</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2016 15:07:59 +0000</pubDate>
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&lt;blockquote&gt;Bah! 2017 Tour route announced. Only 36 kms against the clock. Pathetic.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
I understand the 13K ITT to begin the race but what is the point of a 23K ITT  on the penultimate day? That distance hardly seems worth the logistical efforts.]]></description>
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<blockquote><p>Bah! 2017 Tour route announced. Only 36 kms against the clock. Pathetic.</p></blockquote>
<p>I understand the 13K ITT to begin the race but what is the point of a 23K ITT  on the penultimate day? That distance hardly seems worth the logistical efforts.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bah! 2017 Tour route announced. Only 36 kms against the clock. Pathetic.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2016 14:21:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;a class=&quot;comment-author-reply&quot; href=&quot;#comment-914445&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@Buck Rogers&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;comment-author-reply vm_anchor&quot; href=&quot;#comment-914437&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@verytallguy&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;vm_anchor vm_anchor&quot; href=&quot;#comment-914422&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@RobSandy&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;And the water – all the surface water you saw was being pumped from underground aquifers which are running out.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Indeed.

Amazingly, aquifer depletion can be measured by “weighing” the aquifer via its gravitational pull. A pair of satellites called GRACE orbit us 200km apart and measure the distance between them to ten microns. Changes in gravity are measured by changes in relative acceleration of the satellites.

The Arabian aquifer system turns out to be one of the most affected.

&lt;a class=&quot;vm_linkablecontent vm_linkablecontent&quot; href=&quot;http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4626&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4626&lt;/a&gt;

Back to cycling, Yorkshire 2019 is rather less likely to have water shortage issues…&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Holy Fuck! That is the coolest thing I have read in ages and to think that we have Trump in a neck and cut-throat race for the White House. WTF? God help us all.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
It is very true that the groundwater has been sucked out at an alarming rate.

Not all the water comes from there, although it doesn&#039;t improve the story... the Gulf states have invested heavily in water desalination plants. These are very energy-intensive but when you&#039;re sitting on all that oil and gas, who cares.

The other effect is that the Arabian Gulf (or Persian Gulf as you prefer) is growing increasingly salty with all the heavily concentrated brine which is pumped back in.

Because it&#039;s fairly shallow and has a narrow outlet it&#039;s more like a lake than a sea so it gets more and more concentrated, which requires more and more energy to desalinate and so on...

In 100 years the oligarchy will have decamped to the bits of the world they&#039;ve bought in the meantime, and whoever is left will be back to riding camels and living in tents.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a class="comment-author-reply" href="#comment-914445" rel="nofollow">@Buck Rogers</a></p>
<blockquote><p><a class="comment-author-reply vm_anchor" href="#comment-914437" rel="nofollow">@verytallguy</a></p>
<blockquote><p><a class="vm_anchor vm_anchor" href="#comment-914422" rel="nofollow">@RobSandy</a></p>
<blockquote><p>And the water – all the surface water you saw was being pumped from underground aquifers which are running out.</p></blockquote>
<p>Indeed.</p>
<p>Amazingly, aquifer depletion can be measured by “weighing” the aquifer via its gravitational pull. A pair of satellites called GRACE orbit us 200km apart and measure the distance between them to ten microns. Changes in gravity are measured by changes in relative acceleration of the satellites.</p>
<p>The Arabian aquifer system turns out to be one of the most affected.</p>
<p><a class="vm_linkablecontent vm_linkablecontent" href="http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4626" rel="nofollow">http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4626</a></p>
<p>Back to cycling, Yorkshire 2019 is rather less likely to have water shortage issues…</p></blockquote>
<p>Holy Fuck! That is the coolest thing I have read in ages and to think that we have Trump in a neck and cut-throat race for the White House. WTF? God help us all.</p></blockquote>
<p>It is very true that the groundwater has been sucked out at an alarming rate.</p>
<p>Not all the water comes from there, although it doesn&#8217;t improve the story&#8230; the Gulf states have invested heavily in water desalination plants. These are very energy-intensive but when you&#8217;re sitting on all that oil and gas, who cares.</p>
<p>The other effect is that the Arabian Gulf (or Persian Gulf as you prefer) is growing increasingly salty with all the heavily concentrated brine which is pumped back in.</p>
<p>Because it&#8217;s fairly shallow and has a narrow outlet it&#8217;s more like a lake than a sea so it gets more and more concentrated, which requires more and more energy to desalinate and so on&#8230;</p>
<p>In 100 years the oligarchy will have decamped to the bits of the world they&#8217;ve bought in the meantime, and whoever is left will be back to riding camels and living in tents.</p>
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		By: Buck Rogers		</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2016 12:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;a class=&quot;comment-author-reply&quot; href=&quot;#comment-914437&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@verytallguy&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;vm_anchor&quot; href=&quot;#comment-914422&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@RobSandy&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;And the water – all the surface water you saw was being pumped from underground aquifers which are running out.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Indeed.

Amazingly, aquifer depletion can be measured by “weighing” the aquifer via its gravitational pull. A pair of satellites called GRACE orbit us 200km apart and measure the distance between them to ten microns. Changes in gravity are measured by changes in relative acceleration of the satellites.

The Arabian aquifer system turns out to be one of the most affected.

&lt;a class=&quot;vm_linkablecontent&quot; href=&quot;http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4626&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4626&lt;/a&gt;

Back to cycling, Yorkshire 2019 is rather less likely to have water shortage issues…&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Holy Fuck!  That is the coolest thing I have read in ages and to think that we have Trump in a neck and cut-throat race for the White House.  WTF?  God help us all.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a class="comment-author-reply" href="#comment-914437" rel="nofollow">@verytallguy</a></p>
<blockquote><p><a class="vm_anchor" href="#comment-914422" rel="nofollow">@RobSandy</a></p>
<blockquote><p>And the water – all the surface water you saw was being pumped from underground aquifers which are running out.</p></blockquote>
<p>Indeed.</p>
<p>Amazingly, aquifer depletion can be measured by “weighing” the aquifer via its gravitational pull. A pair of satellites called GRACE orbit us 200km apart and measure the distance between them to ten microns. Changes in gravity are measured by changes in relative acceleration of the satellites.</p>
<p>The Arabian aquifer system turns out to be one of the most affected.</p>
<p><a class="vm_linkablecontent" href="http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4626" rel="nofollow">http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4626</a></p>
<p>Back to cycling, Yorkshire 2019 is rather less likely to have water shortage issues…</p></blockquote>
<p>Holy Fuck!  That is the coolest thing I have read in ages and to think that we have Trump in a neck and cut-throat race for the White House.  WTF?  God help us all.</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2016 11:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-914422&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@RobSandy&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&#160;

And the water – all the surface water you saw was being pumped from underground aquifers which are running out.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&#160;

Indeed.

Amazingly, aquifer depletion can be measured by &quot;weighing&quot; the aquifer via its gravitational pull.  A pair of satellites called GRACE orbit us 200km apart and measure the distance between them to ten microns.  Changes in gravity are measured by changes in relative acceleration of the satellites.

The Arabian aquifer system turns out to be one of the most affected.

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4626

Back to cycling, Yorkshire 2019 is rather less likely to have water shortage issues...]]></description>
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<blockquote><p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>And the water – all the surface water you saw was being pumped from underground aquifers which are running out.</p></blockquote>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Indeed.</p>
<p>Amazingly, aquifer depletion can be measured by &#8220;weighing&#8221; the aquifer via its gravitational pull.  A pair of satellites called GRACE orbit us 200km apart and measure the distance between them to ten microns.  Changes in gravity are measured by changes in relative acceleration of the satellites.</p>
<p>The Arabian aquifer system turns out to be one of the most affected.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4626" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4626</a></p>
<p>Back to cycling, Yorkshire 2019 is rather less likely to have water shortage issues&#8230;</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2016 09:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;a class=&quot;comment-author-reply&quot; href=&quot;#comment-914302&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@paolo&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;comment-author-reply vm_anchor&quot; href=&quot;#comment-914278&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@fignons barber&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;Wow. Glad that’s over. There are many many things that don’t sit well with me regarding this event. I applaud the riders for enduring a 6 hour crit, and hope the UCI folks each enjoy the payoff money they took for selling out cycling.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
I’m afraid it’s only going to get worse and not just in cycling. Everybody wants a slice of Middle East money. Better get it before the oil runs out….&lt;/blockquote&gt;
And the water - all the surface water you saw was being pumped from underground aquifers which are running out.]]></description>
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<blockquote><p><a class="comment-author-reply vm_anchor" href="#comment-914278" rel="nofollow">@fignons barber</a></p>
<blockquote><p>Wow. Glad that’s over. There are many many things that don’t sit well with me regarding this event. I applaud the riders for enduring a 6 hour crit, and hope the UCI folks each enjoy the payoff money they took for selling out cycling.</p></blockquote>
<p>I’m afraid it’s only going to get worse and not just in cycling. Everybody wants a slice of Middle East money. Better get it before the oil runs out….</p></blockquote>
<p>And the water &#8211; all the surface water you saw was being pumped from underground aquifers which are running out.</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2016 18:53:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;a class=&quot;comment-author-reply&quot; href=&quot;#comment-914301&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@Ron&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;Just saw this in a comments section NOT my own data bank memory.

The closest ever before this year was 1981, when the podium was the 76 and 81 champion Maertens, Saronni who would win the following year (82) and Hinault who had won the previous year (80).&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Excellent!  Thanks, Mate!

I did not realize that a repeat champion had happened so many times in the past (five times prior to Sagain doing it) and that one of them was NOT The Prophet.  Although the Rik Van Brothers (Steenbergen and Looy) were among them.]]></description>
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<blockquote><p>Just saw this in a comments section NOT my own data bank memory.</p>
<p>The closest ever before this year was 1981, when the podium was the 76 and 81 champion Maertens, Saronni who would win the following year (82) and Hinault who had won the previous year (80).</p></blockquote>
<p>Excellent!  Thanks, Mate!</p>
<p>I did not realize that a repeat champion had happened so many times in the past (five times prior to Sagain doing it) and that one of them was NOT The Prophet.  Although the Rik Van Brothers (Steenbergen and Looy) were among them.</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2016 16:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Great finish! Personally I would have been happier with a Boonen, Cav, Sagan podium, but hey, it was well-deserved by Pinchy and Cav coulda, shoulda, woulda won if he hadn&#039;t bolloxed up his sprint and been interrupted by Bling. That&#039;s the way the sprinting cookie crumbles I guess. I think both Cav and Boonen realized that this was their last realistic shot at wearing the bands.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great finish! Personally I would have been happier with a Boonen, Cav, Sagan podium, but hey, it was well-deserved by Pinchy and Cav coulda, shoulda, woulda won if he hadn&#8217;t bolloxed up his sprint and been interrupted by Bling. That&#8217;s the way the sprinting cookie crumbles I guess. I think both Cav and Boonen realized that this was their last realistic shot at wearing the bands.</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2016 15:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;a class=&quot;comment-author-reply&quot; href=&quot;#comment-914278&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@fignons barber&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;Wow. Glad that’s over. There are many many things that don’t sit well with me regarding this event. I applaud the riders for enduring a 6 hour crit, and hope the UCI folks each enjoy the payoff money they took for selling out cycling.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
I&#039;m afraid it&#039;s only going to get worse and not just in cycling. Everybody wants a slice of Middle East money.  Better get it before the oil runs out....]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a class="comment-author-reply" href="#comment-914278" rel="nofollow">@fignons barber</a></p>
<blockquote><p>Wow. Glad that’s over. There are many many things that don’t sit well with me regarding this event. I applaud the riders for enduring a 6 hour crit, and hope the UCI folks each enjoy the payoff money they took for selling out cycling.</p></blockquote>
<p>I&#8217;m afraid it&#8217;s only going to get worse and not just in cycling. Everybody wants a slice of Middle East money.  Better get it before the oil runs out&#8230;.</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2016 15:42:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Just saw this in a comments section NOT my own data bank memory.

&lt;span style=&quot;color: #2a2e2e; font-family: &#039;Helvetica Neue&#039;, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;&quot;&gt;The closest ever before this year was 1981, when the podium was the 76 and 81 champion Maertens, Saronni who would win the following year (82) and Hinault who had won the previous year (80).&lt;/span&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just saw this in a comments section NOT my own data bank memory.</p>
<p><span style="color: #2a2e2e; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">The closest ever before this year was 1981, when the podium was the 76 and 81 champion Maertens, Saronni who would win the following year (82) and Hinault who had won the previous year (80).</span></p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2016 15:13:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I just wish Sagan was riding something like a Pegoretti for the upcoming season, not a Specialized.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2016 14:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What the hell was Degenkolb doing?! You finish the race then you pop your front wheel out and smash him with it! Gosh, he should know better.

If I ever go bald, no shaved head for me. Only Mr. Clean looks good like that. All else should have the short fuzz/stubble.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What the hell was Degenkolb doing?! You finish the race then you pop your front wheel out and smash him with it! Gosh, he should know better.</p>
<p>If I ever go bald, no shaved head for me. Only Mr. Clean looks good like that. All else should have the short fuzz/stubble.</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2016 12:22:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wow. Glad that&#039;s over. There are many many things that don&#039;t sit well with me regarding this event. I applaud the riders for enduring a 6 hour crit, and hope the UCI folks each enjoy the payoff money they took for selling out cycling.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow. Glad that&#8217;s over. There are many many things that don&#8217;t sit well with me regarding this event. I applaud the riders for enduring a 6 hour crit, and hope the UCI folks each enjoy the payoff money they took for selling out cycling.</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2016 10:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;In all fairness, none were more worthy to take the rainbow bands than Sagan. He has been phenomenal this year, and such a joy to watch. We are/have been witnessing a legend in the making.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Roll on 2017&lt;/p&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: left;">In all fairness, none were more worthy to take the rainbow bands than Sagan. He has been phenomenal this year, and such a joy to watch. We are/have been witnessing a legend in the making.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Roll on 2017</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2016 09:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
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&lt;blockquote&gt;Degenkolb not a happy bunny!&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Hehe, hell no!]]></description>
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<blockquote><p>Degenkolb not a happy bunny!</p></blockquote>
<p>Hehe, hell no!</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[I think Sagan and Cav must have been thrilled with the tactics of the Belgian, Italian and Norwegian teams. Keep the pace high so no-one can go off the front, and drag the two best sprinters to the line.

Sagan totally deserved that - spotted the best line and went through it like a freight train. Would have been closer if Cav hadn&#039;t been boxed by Matthews-  but that&#039;s sprinting.

And we get to see Sags in the rainbows again for another whole year. Sweet.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think Sagan and Cav must have been thrilled with the tactics of the Belgian, Italian and Norwegian teams. Keep the pace high so no-one can go off the front, and drag the two best sprinters to the line.</p>
<p>Sagan totally deserved that &#8211; spotted the best line and went through it like a freight train. Would have been closer if Cav hadn&#8217;t been boxed by Matthews-  but that&#8217;s sprinting.</p>
<p>And we get to see Sags in the rainbows again for another whole year. Sweet.</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2016 06:42:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[when i get off work this morning, i&#039;m going to watch this race again.  not as cool as last year&#039;s race, but damn the finish was KILLER.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2016 06:09:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sagain!]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2016 06:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;a class=&quot;comment-author-reply&quot; href=&quot;#comment-914167&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@Cary&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;for all the bullshit that got tossed around about the poor quality of the Qatar course, this race certainly produced a quality podium! Sagan, Cav, and Tommeke? that is some RARE company, a fucking Mount Rushmore of the 21st century peloton.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Yes!  The podium was composed of all formers winners of the WCRR (and the previous year&#039;s winner).

I wonder of that has ever happened before???  (Oli???)

Just so perfetto!!!

I cannot wait to watch PR in person next year and see Sagain go by in the Rainbow jersey on the pave&#039;!!!]]></description>
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<blockquote><p>for all the bullshit that got tossed around about the poor quality of the Qatar course, this race certainly produced a quality podium! Sagan, Cav, and Tommeke? that is some RARE company, a fucking Mount Rushmore of the 21st century peloton.</p></blockquote>
<p>Yes!  The podium was composed of all formers winners of the WCRR (and the previous year&#8217;s winner).</p>
<p>I wonder of that has ever happened before???  (Oli???)</p>
<p>Just so perfetto!!!</p>
<p>I cannot wait to watch PR in person next year and see Sagain go by in the Rainbow jersey on the pave&#8217;!!!</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2016 01:58:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[christ.  a flopper.  looks like me after my first kilo TT.  this was one of the best races of the year, regardless.]]></description>
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		By: Mikael Liddy		</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2016 01:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;a class=&quot;comment-author-reply&quot; href=&quot;#comment-914167&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@Cary&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;for all the bullshit that got tossed around about the poor quality of the Qatar course, this race certainly produced a quality podium! Sagan, Cav, and Tommeke? that is some RARE company, a fucking Mount Rushmore of the 21st century peloton.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
To be fair, the actual course itself was only part of the issue with where the race was held.

When you consider the ethical concerns that surround the Qatari government, the fact that they appear to have paid way over the odds to host the event, and of course the riding conditions that resulted in things like this - &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/TimvanDijk1991/status/786924033791107072&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://twitter.com/TimvanDijk1991/status/786924033791107072&lt;/a&gt; - perhaps some of the &quot;bullshit&quot; was justified.]]></description>
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<blockquote><p>for all the bullshit that got tossed around about the poor quality of the Qatar course, this race certainly produced a quality podium! Sagan, Cav, and Tommeke? that is some RARE company, a fucking Mount Rushmore of the 21st century peloton.</p></blockquote>
<p>To be fair, the actual course itself was only part of the issue with where the race was held.</p>
<p>When you consider the ethical concerns that surround the Qatari government, the fact that they appear to have paid way over the odds to host the event, and of course the riding conditions that resulted in things like this &#8211; <a href="https://twitter.com/TimvanDijk1991/status/786924033791107072" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/TimvanDijk1991/status/786924033791107072</a> &#8211; perhaps some of the &#8220;bullshit&#8221; was justified.</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2016 00:29:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;a class=&quot;comment-author-reply&quot; href=&quot;#comment-914185&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@Mikael Liddy&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;comment-author-reply vm_anchor&quot; href=&quot;#comment-914137&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@Rick&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;comment-author-reply vm_anchor vm_anchor&quot; href=&quot;#comment-914127&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@Pali65&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;Here in Slovakia the whole country is celebrating. After second title we call him &lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sagain&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;…&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Just a guess here but I bet that Slovacks know how to celebrate properly :) Congrats to one of your own (Sagain).&lt;/blockquote&gt;
In the post race interview Sagain mentioned that he was disappointed last year because the Americans closed everything at midnight, but he was concerned it would be worse here…&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;a href=&#039;http://www.velominati.com/members/frank/&#039; rel=&#039;nofollow&#039;&gt;@frank&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;a href=&#039;http://www.velominati.com/members/brett/&#039; rel=&#039;nofollow&#039;&gt;@brett&lt;/a&gt; @Gianni  - one for the Lexicon right there I reckon !!]]></description>
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<blockquote><p><a class="comment-author-reply vm_anchor" href="#comment-914137" rel="nofollow">@Rick</a></p>
<blockquote><p><a class="comment-author-reply vm_anchor vm_anchor" href="#comment-914127" rel="nofollow">@Pali65</a></p>
<blockquote><p>Here in Slovakia the whole country is celebrating. After second title we call him <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Sagain</strong></span>…</p></blockquote>
<p>Just a guess here but I bet that Slovacks know how to celebrate properly :) Congrats to one of your own (Sagain).</p></blockquote>
<p>In the post race interview Sagain mentioned that he was disappointed last year because the Americans closed everything at midnight, but he was concerned it would be worse here…</p></blockquote>
<p><a href='http://www.velominati.com/members/frank/' rel='nofollow'>@frank</a>  <a href='http://www.velominati.com/members/brett/' rel='nofollow'>@brett</a> @Gianni  &#8211; one for the Lexicon right there I reckon !!</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2016 00:22:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;a class=&quot;comment-author-reply&quot; href=&quot;#comment-914137&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@Rick&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;comment-author-reply vm_anchor&quot; href=&quot;#comment-914127&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@Pali65&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;Here in Slovakia the whole country is celebrating. After second title we call him Sagain…&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Just a guess here but I bet that Slovacks know how to celebrate properly :) Congrats to one of your own (Sagain).&lt;/blockquote&gt;
In the post race interview Sagain mentioned that he was disappointed last year because the Americans closed everything at midnight, but he was concerned it would be worse here...]]></description>
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<blockquote><p><a class="comment-author-reply vm_anchor" href="#comment-914127" rel="nofollow">@Pali65</a></p>
<blockquote><p>Here in Slovakia the whole country is celebrating. After second title we call him Sagain…</p></blockquote>
<p>Just a guess here but I bet that Slovacks know how to celebrate properly :) Congrats to one of your own (Sagain).</p></blockquote>
<p>In the post race interview Sagain mentioned that he was disappointed last year because the Americans closed everything at midnight, but he was concerned it would be worse here&#8230;</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2016 00:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Great race, and a super win by Sagan. Chapeau!]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2016 22:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Well… That was all right. Looking at the circuit course on a map it does look like a crit but at 10 miles it was stretched out. And I digged catching it right at the selection in the desert. Anywho, Sagain… so awesome that the, his best bud and his bro&#039; got to race and win the worlds together and man, talk about having the world right now in your hands. Those three are in for some good times, and not sure they could find a place to celebrate in Quatar? And Tommeke on the podium?!? That sunuvagun makes me think I&#039;m fat. And I&#039;m not but dang he just looks like he&#039;s built to crush a bike. What a cool cat. Cav ? Oh he looked pissed at the end didn&#039;t he? Was that Matthews he got hung up behind? Uhhh, the Germans? Cool for sure to see Haymen in the group at the end. And a sneaky little attack from Leezer at the end made it interesting. Ohhh to see Sagan at PR next year !!! And I&#039;m sure I&#039;ll &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; watch the tour of Quatar next year… again.

Cheers all]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well… That was all right. Looking at the circuit course on a map it does look like a crit but at 10 miles it was stretched out. And I digged catching it right at the selection in the desert. Anywho, Sagain… so awesome that the, his best bud and his bro&#8217; got to race and win the worlds together and man, talk about having the world right now in your hands. Those three are in for some good times, and not sure they could find a place to celebrate in Quatar? And Tommeke on the podium?!? That sunuvagun makes me think I&#8217;m fat. And I&#8217;m not but dang he just looks like he&#8217;s built to crush a bike. What a cool cat. Cav ? Oh he looked pissed at the end didn&#8217;t he? Was that Matthews he got hung up behind? Uhhh, the Germans? Cool for sure to see Haymen in the group at the end. And a sneaky little attack from Leezer at the end made it interesting. Ohhh to see Sagan at PR next year !!! And I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ll <em>not</em> watch the tour of Quatar next year… again.</p>
<p>Cheers all</p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2016 22:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[...and of COURSE the Belgians forced the split.  Boonen said two days ago this wouldn&#039;t come down to a bunch gallop, due to crosswinds.  i suppose he would know!]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2016 22:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;for all the bullshit that got tossed around about the poor quality of the Qatar course, this race certainly produced a quality podium!  Sagan, Cav, and Tommeke?  that is some RARE company, a fucking Mount Rushmore of the 21st century peloton.&lt;/p&gt;]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2016 17:53:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;a class=&quot;comment-author-reply&quot; href=&quot;#comment-914131&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@Buck Rogers&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;comment-author-reply vm_anchor&quot; href=&quot;#comment-914087&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@xyxax&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;And I arrive home from a ride to see Degenkolb squirting Debusschere in the face for stalling the chase.

And Demare in the group over 6 minutes back. The French Foreign Legion weeps from the grave.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Fucking love it! That’s the way a teammate is supposed to do it. Degenkolb looked so fucking classless and Debusschere just wiped it off. Guess that was a Degenswab, eh???&lt;/blockquote&gt;
If you listen carefully, Degenkolb says: &quot;He is your team mate.&quot; Presumably referring to Greipel and Debusshere being trade team mates on Lotto Soudal. I always wonder how much trade team dynamics can influence World Championship and Olympic races.]]></description>
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<blockquote><p><a class="comment-author-reply vm_anchor" href="#comment-914087" rel="nofollow">@xyxax</a></p>
<blockquote><p>And I arrive home from a ride to see Degenkolb squirting Debusschere in the face for stalling the chase.</p>
<p>And Demare in the group over 6 minutes back. The French Foreign Legion weeps from the grave.</p></blockquote>
<p>Fucking love it! That’s the way a teammate is supposed to do it. Degenkolb looked so fucking classless and Debusschere just wiped it off. Guess that was a Degenswab, eh???</p></blockquote>
<p>If you listen carefully, Degenkolb says: &#8220;He is your team mate.&#8221; Presumably referring to Greipel and Debusshere being trade team mates on Lotto Soudal. I always wonder how much trade team dynamics can influence World Championship and Olympic races.</p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2016 17:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
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&lt;blockquote&gt;Here in Slovakia the whole country is celebrating. After second title we call him Sagain…&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Just a guess here but I bet that Slovacks know how to celebrate properly :) Congrats to one of your own (Sagain).]]></description>
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<blockquote><p>Here in Slovakia the whole country is celebrating. After second title we call him Sagain…</p></blockquote>
<p>Just a guess here but I bet that Slovacks know how to celebrate properly :) Congrats to one of your own (Sagain).</p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2016 17:45:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;a class=&quot;comment-author-reply&quot; href=&quot;#comment-914131&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@Buck Rogers&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;comment-author-reply vm_anchor&quot; href=&quot;#comment-914087&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@xyxax&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;And I arrive home from a ride to see Degenkolb squirting Debusschere in the face for stalling the chase.

And Demare in the group over 6 minutes back. The French Foreign Legion weeps from the grave.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Fucking love it! That’s the way a teammate is supposed to do it. Degenkolb looked so fucking classless and Debusschere just wiped it off. Guess that was a Degenswab, eh???&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Absolutely.  He should have squirted those behind who let a Belgian have that wheel (confidently pretending to know what I&#039;m talking about).  EVERYONE knew that a split was possible going in and the Germans and French got distracted by our respective recent arrivals.  Shoulda known.]]></description>
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<blockquote><p><a class="comment-author-reply vm_anchor" href="#comment-914087" rel="nofollow">@xyxax</a></p>
<blockquote><p>And I arrive home from a ride to see Degenkolb squirting Debusschere in the face for stalling the chase.</p>
<p>And Demare in the group over 6 minutes back. The French Foreign Legion weeps from the grave.</p></blockquote>
<p>Fucking love it! That’s the way a teammate is supposed to do it. Degenkolb looked so fucking classless and Debusschere just wiped it off. Guess that was a Degenswab, eh???</p></blockquote>
<p>Absolutely.  He should have squirted those behind who let a Belgian have that wheel (confidently pretending to know what I&#8217;m talking about).  EVERYONE knew that a split was possible going in and the Germans and French got distracted by our respective recent arrivals.  Shoulda known.</p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2016 17:39:04 +0000</pubDate>
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Totally agree, I&#039;ve always liked Degenkolb but he went down in my estimation there. I could imagine Debuscherre saying &quot;I&#039;m just doing my job, better than you lot are doing yours, so suck it up fella&quot;]]></description>
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<p>Totally agree, I&#8217;ve always liked Degenkolb but he went down in my estimation there. I could imagine Debuscherre saying &#8220;I&#8217;m just doing my job, better than you lot are doing yours, so suck it up fella&#8221;</p>
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&lt;blockquote&gt;Here in Slovakia the whole country is celebrating. After second title we call him Sagain…&lt;/blockquote&gt;
This is great!  Fucking Sagan truly is Sagain and he is still awesome!!!  Best thing for road cycling in years!!!]]></description>
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<blockquote><p>Here in Slovakia the whole country is celebrating. After second title we call him Sagain…</p></blockquote>
<p>This is great!  Fucking Sagan truly is Sagain and he is still awesome!!!  Best thing for road cycling in years!!!</p>
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		By: Geraint		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2016 17:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Watched the whole thing live on BBC Red Button. Glued to it throughout, to be honest I expected it to be crap, but found it gripping. One wheel relinquished at a critical point blew the whole thing apart. Disappointed to see the likes of Stannard &#038; Thomas distanced so early but it wasn&#039;t bad compared with some countries&#039; efforts. Surprised that the Belgians didn&#039;t try to break it up a bit more at the end, I personally didn&#039;t think Boonen would beat Cav, Kristoff, Sagan or even Viviani in a bunch sprint, but he obviously thought he would. I so wanted Cav to win but he just got unlucky in the sprint. Credit to Sagan though, he&#039;s done the jersey proud over the last year and no doubt will do the same again. Chapeau Sir.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Watched the whole thing live on BBC Red Button. Glued to it throughout, to be honest I expected it to be crap, but found it gripping. One wheel relinquished at a critical point blew the whole thing apart. Disappointed to see the likes of Stannard &amp; Thomas distanced so early but it wasn&#8217;t bad compared with some countries&#8217; efforts. Surprised that the Belgians didn&#8217;t try to break it up a bit more at the end, I personally didn&#8217;t think Boonen would beat Cav, Kristoff, Sagan or even Viviani in a bunch sprint, but he obviously thought he would. I so wanted Cav to win but he just got unlucky in the sprint. Credit to Sagan though, he&#8217;s done the jersey proud over the last year and no doubt will do the same again. Chapeau Sir.</p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2016 17:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
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&lt;blockquote&gt;And I arrive home from a ride to see Degenkolb squirting Debusschere in the face for stalling the chase.

And Demare in the group over 6 minutes back. The French Foreign Legion weeps from the grave.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Fucking love it!  That&#039;s the way a teammate is supposed to do it.  Degenkolb looked so fucking classless and Debusschere just wiped it off.  Guess that was a Degenswab, eh???]]></description>
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<blockquote><p>And I arrive home from a ride to see Degenkolb squirting Debusschere in the face for stalling the chase.</p>
<p>And Demare in the group over 6 minutes back. The French Foreign Legion weeps from the grave.</p></blockquote>
<p>Fucking love it!  That&#8217;s the way a teammate is supposed to do it.  Degenkolb looked so fucking classless and Debusschere just wiped it off.  Guess that was a Degenswab, eh???</p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2016 17:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
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&lt;blockquote&gt;The King is dead, long live the King!&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Brilliant!]]></description>
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<blockquote><p>The King is dead, long live the King!</p></blockquote>
<p>Brilliant!</p>
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		By: Pali65		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2016 17:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here in Slovakia the whole country is celebrating. After second title we call him Sagain...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2016 16:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;a class=&quot;comment-author-reply&quot; href=&quot;#comment-914123&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@Ron&lt;/a&gt;

As a matter of practice, I always check the NBC sports ap/website first for US feeds. The women&#039;s and men&#039;s elite races were shown live.]]></description>
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<p>As a matter of practice, I always check the NBC sports ap/website first for US feeds. The women&#8217;s and men&#8217;s elite races were shown live.</p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2016 16:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thanks for the links, gents. I found it with 7 K to go on a French feed.

Damn, Sagan!!! My wife was a month pregnant last year, the little guy is 5 months old this year...I said he&#039;s Sagan&#039;s good luck charm!

I&#039;d have been happy with anyone on the podium winning. Sagan seemed so happy he actually spoke in full sentences, not single words, post race. Jeez, what a savvy racer.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the links, gents. I found it with 7 K to go on a French feed.</p>
<p>Damn, Sagan!!! My wife was a month pregnant last year, the little guy is 5 months old this year&#8230;I said he&#8217;s Sagan&#8217;s good luck charm!</p>
<p>I&#8217;d have been happy with anyone on the podium winning. Sagan seemed so happy he actually spoke in full sentences, not single words, post race. Jeez, what a savvy racer.</p>
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		By: The Grande Fondue		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2016 16:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Great race, credit to the Belgians for making it.

Sagan is amazing.

Boonen in 3rd was a surprise to me. A little surprised GvA didn&#039;t try something, but it was a long race.

Boasson Hagen beat Kristoff for 6th/7th, after doing a lot of work for him during the race. Not a great year for Kristoff, who we all thought might be the person to challenge Sagan.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great race, credit to the Belgians for making it.</p>
<p>Sagan is amazing.</p>
<p>Boonen in 3rd was a surprise to me. A little surprised GvA didn&#8217;t try something, but it was a long race.</p>
<p>Boasson Hagen beat Kristoff for 6th/7th, after doing a lot of work for him during the race. Not a great year for Kristoff, who we all thought might be the person to challenge Sagan.</p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2016 13:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My wife sent me out to get ice with 13K left. I made it back at 1.5K left. Great race!]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2016 13:47:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The King is dead, long live the King!]]></description>
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		By: Kevin		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2016 13:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Holy Shit! What a bike race! Sagan is amazing. Wow!]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2016 13:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Where did Sagan come from?.........again!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Where did Sagan come from?&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;again!</p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2016 13:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;a class=&quot;comment-author-reply&quot; href=&quot;#comment-914095&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@Ron&lt;/a&gt;

Try NBC sports app]]></description>
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<p>Try NBC sports app</p>
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		By: Pali65		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2016 13:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;a class=&quot;comment-author-reply&quot; href=&quot;#comment-914095&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@Ron&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;Does anyone have a link to a fucking live feed that works? I’m in the U.S. and can’t goddamn find one. FUCK!!!!!!!&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Try this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g-PKcggpnk

In Slovakia we have it on state TV.]]></description>
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<blockquote><p>Does anyone have a link to a fucking live feed that works? I’m in the U.S. and can’t goddamn find one. FUCK!!!!!!!</p></blockquote>
<p>Try this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g-PKcggpnk</p>
<p>In Slovakia we have it on state TV.</p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2016 13:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Does anyone have a link to a fucking live feed that works? I&#039;m in the U.S. and can&#039;t goddamn find one. FUCK!!!!!!!]]></description>
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		By: Pali65		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2016 12:57:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Germans used to speak about Stalingrad, but from now on they may use also &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;Doha&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; instead.

I saw the Prophet driving in a car during race with some sheikh on his side, I wonder if they talked about &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.velominati.com/the-rules/&quot;&gt;Rules&lt;/a&gt; as a proposed legislation for the Emirate...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Germans used to speak about Stalingrad, but from now on they may use also <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Doha</span></strong> instead.</p>
<p>I saw the Prophet driving in a car during race with some sheikh on his side, I wonder if they talked about <a href="http://www.velominati.com/the-rules/">Rules</a> as a proposed legislation for the Emirate&#8230;</p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2016 12:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[And I arrive home from a ride to see Degenkolb squirting Debusschere in the face for stalling the chase.

And Demare in the group over 6 minutes back.  The French Foreign Legion weeps from the grave.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And I arrive home from a ride to see Degenkolb squirting Debusschere in the face for stalling the chase.</p>
<p>And Demare in the group over 6 minutes back.  The French Foreign Legion weeps from the grave.</p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2016 12:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Degenkolb not a happy bunny!

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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2016 11:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I flipped open the laptop at 175km (what timing) and was thinking, dang, already it&#039;s full gas in the peloton spread across the road in middle of desert??? And they made a right turn and KABOOM… I saw why… Belgians are classic. Can imagine the Germans I guess can still come together w/the front group in the circuit though.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I flipped open the laptop at 175km (what timing) and was thinking, dang, already it&#8217;s full gas in the peloton spread across the road in middle of desert??? And they made a right turn and KABOOM… I saw why… Belgians are classic. Can imagine the Germans I guess can still come together w/the front group in the circuit though.</p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2016 10:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Kittel having a temper tantrum at missing out on the break. Threw his water bottle at a passing team car !

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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2016 10:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;!-- VSP PICKS ed50adb4-a6d6-24d6-2c20-6bebdb6d245e --&gt;

&lt;b&gt;VSP PICKS:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cavendish&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Sagan&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Matthews&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Bouhanni&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Gaviria&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;]]></description>
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<p><b>VSP PICKS:</b></p>
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<li>Cavendish</li>
<li>Sagan</li>
<li>Matthews</li>
<li>Bouhanni</li>
<li>Gaviria</li>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2016 09:48:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[One more tweak.

&lt;!-- VSP PICKS 87429c89-b8dd-4196-c90b-a09c034bc7e3 --&gt;

&lt;b&gt;VSP PICKS:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Mark Cavendish&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Andre Greipel&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Peter Sagan&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Fernando Gaviria&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Nacer Bouhanni&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;]]></description>
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<p><!-- VSP PICKS 87429c89-b8dd-4196-c90b-a09c034bc7e3 --></p>
<p><b>VSP PICKS:</b></p>
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<li>Mark Cavendish</li>
<li>Andre Greipel</li>
<li>Peter Sagan</li>
<li>Fernando Gaviria</li>
<li>Nacer Bouhanni</li>
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		By: CanuckChuck		</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/vsp/velominati-super-prestige-mens-world-championship-road-race-2016/comment-page-3/#comment-914063</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[CanuckChuck]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2016 09:38:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;!-- VSP PICKS 0e6860f9-fb07-f671-b009-8ba2abe723f5 --&gt;

&lt;b&gt;VSP PICKS:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Mark Cavendish&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Andre Greipel&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Peter Sagan&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Fernando Gaviria&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Marcel Kittel&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><!-- VSP PICKS 0e6860f9-fb07-f671-b009-8ba2abe723f5 --></p>
<p><b>VSP PICKS:</b></p>
<ol>
<li>Mark Cavendish</li>
<li>Andre Greipel</li>
<li>Peter Sagan</li>
<li>Fernando Gaviria</li>
<li>Marcel Kittel</li>
</ol>
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		<title>
		By: xyxax		</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/vsp/velominati-super-prestige-mens-world-championship-road-race-2016/comment-page-3/#comment-914055</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[xyxax]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2016 08:49:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The French used to be good in the desert.  May it be so again.

&lt;!-- VSP PICKS b7746531-8ec6-bfbf-9297-4702a2d345b4 --&gt;

&lt;b&gt;VSP PICKS:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Demare&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Geipel&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Sagan&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cavendish&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Kristoff&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The French used to be good in the desert.  May it be so again.</p>
<p><!-- VSP PICKS b7746531-8ec6-bfbf-9297-4702a2d345b4 --></p>
<p><b>VSP PICKS:</b></p>
<ol>
<li>Demare</li>
<li>Geipel</li>
<li>Sagan</li>
<li>Cavendish</li>
<li>Kristoff</li>
</ol>
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		<title>
		By: Minnesota Expat		</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/vsp/velominati-super-prestige-mens-world-championship-road-race-2016/comment-page-2/#comment-914053</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Minnesota Expat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2016 08:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;!-- VSP PICKS 18b0e85f-ccc5-7a7b-9bc5-8a0949666953 --&gt;

&lt;b&gt;VSP PICKS:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Andre Greipel&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Mark Cavendish&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Fernando Gaviria&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Nacer Bouhanni&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Arnaud Demare&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><!-- VSP PICKS 18b0e85f-ccc5-7a7b-9bc5-8a0949666953 --></p>
<p><b>VSP PICKS:</b></p>
<ol>
<li>Andre Greipel</li>
<li>Mark Cavendish</li>
<li>Fernando Gaviria</li>
<li>Nacer Bouhanni</li>
<li>Arnaud Demare</li>
</ol>
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		<title>
		By: Harminator		</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/vsp/velominati-super-prestige-mens-world-championship-road-race-2016/comment-page-2/#comment-914046</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Harminator]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2016 07:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;!-- VSP PICKS 970575d0-dfcd-cd18-6c92-aa242f62989e --&gt;

&lt;b&gt;VSP PICKS:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Gaviria&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cav&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Greipel&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Kristoff&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Matthews&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><!-- VSP PICKS 970575d0-dfcd-cd18-6c92-aa242f62989e --></p>
<p><b>VSP PICKS:</b></p>
<ol>
<li>Gaviria</li>
<li>Cav</li>
<li>Greipel</li>
<li>Kristoff</li>
<li>Matthews</li>
</ol>
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		<title>
		By: Tom Mc		</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/vsp/velominati-super-prestige-mens-world-championship-road-race-2016/comment-page-2/#comment-914017</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Mc]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2016 03:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;!-- VSP PICKS 3a2095e8-687b-ec83-15be-f9643c9c6ee2 --&gt;

&lt;b&gt;VSP PICKS:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Bouhanni&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Gaviria&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cavendish&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Greipel&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Sagan&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><!-- VSP PICKS 3a2095e8-687b-ec83-15be-f9643c9c6ee2 --></p>
<p><b>VSP PICKS:</b></p>
<ol>
<li>Bouhanni</li>
<li>Gaviria</li>
<li>Cavendish</li>
<li>Greipel</li>
<li>Sagan</li>
</ol>
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		<title>
		By: Lebowski Achiever		</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/vsp/velominati-super-prestige-mens-world-championship-road-race-2016/comment-page-2/#comment-914014</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lebowski Achiever]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2016 03:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;!-- VSP PICKS 989a1a42-77b7-faaf-8aa8-5436f7f1df5d --&gt;

&lt;b&gt;VSP PICKS:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Kristoff&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Greipel&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Sagan&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cavendish&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Bouhanni&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><!-- VSP PICKS 989a1a42-77b7-faaf-8aa8-5436f7f1df5d --></p>
<p><b>VSP PICKS:</b></p>
<ol>
<li>Kristoff</li>
<li>Greipel</li>
<li>Sagan</li>
<li>Cavendish</li>
<li>Bouhanni</li>
</ol>
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		<title>
		By: Lukas		</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/vsp/velominati-super-prestige-mens-world-championship-road-race-2016/comment-page-2/#comment-914012</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lukas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2016 02:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fingers crossed.

&lt;!-- VSP PICKS 81000428-632c-c538-0771-fc4369941203 --&gt;

&lt;b&gt;VSP PICKS:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Peter Sagan&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Andre Greipel&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Mark Cavendish&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Niki Terpstra&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Greg Van Avermaet&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fingers crossed.</p>
<p><!-- VSP PICKS 81000428-632c-c538-0771-fc4369941203 --></p>
<p><b>VSP PICKS:</b></p>
<ol>
<li>Peter Sagan</li>
<li>Andre Greipel</li>
<li>Mark Cavendish</li>
<li>Niki Terpstra</li>
<li>Greg Van Avermaet</li>
</ol>
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		<title>
		By: il muro di manayunk		</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/vsp/velominati-super-prestige-mens-world-championship-road-race-2016/comment-page-2/#comment-914011</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[il muro di manayunk]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2016 02:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;!-- VSP PICKS 42b00805-df93-5612-6682-d98c8fdd1af9 --&gt;

&lt;b&gt;VSP PICKS:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cavendish&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Greipel&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Gaviria&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Bouhanni&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Kristoff&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><!-- VSP PICKS 42b00805-df93-5612-6682-d98c8fdd1af9 --></p>
<p><b>VSP PICKS:</b></p>
<ol>
<li>Cavendish</li>
<li>Greipel</li>
<li>Gaviria</li>
<li>Bouhanni</li>
<li>Kristoff</li>
</ol>
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		<title>
		By: MikeK		</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/vsp/velominati-super-prestige-mens-world-championship-road-race-2016/comment-page-2/#comment-914007</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[MikeK]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2016 01:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;!-- VSP PICKS 11cb4f0c-4804-2ef0-a2b2-04153be67e69 --&gt;

&lt;b&gt;VSP PICKS:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Peter Sagan&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Nacer Bouhanni&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Mark Cavendish&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Michael Matthews&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Tom Boonen&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><!-- VSP PICKS 11cb4f0c-4804-2ef0-a2b2-04153be67e69 --></p>
<p><b>VSP PICKS:</b></p>
<ol>
<li>Peter Sagan</li>
<li>Nacer Bouhanni</li>
<li>Mark Cavendish</li>
<li>Michael Matthews</li>
<li>Tom Boonen</li>
</ol>
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		<title>
		By: Jay		</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/vsp/velominati-super-prestige-mens-world-championship-road-race-2016/comment-page-2/#comment-914005</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jay]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2016 01:23:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;!-- VSP PICKS 058dcee8-ebcb-5a5e-0dd4-1f888bb40eee --&gt;

&lt;b&gt;VSP PICKS:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Peter Sagan&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cavendish&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Greipel&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Viviani&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Van Avermaet&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><!-- VSP PICKS 058dcee8-ebcb-5a5e-0dd4-1f888bb40eee --></p>
<p><b>VSP PICKS:</b></p>
<ol>
<li>Peter Sagan</li>
<li>Cavendish</li>
<li>Greipel</li>
<li>Viviani</li>
<li>Van Avermaet</li>
</ol>
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		<title>
		By: dancollins		</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/vsp/velominati-super-prestige-mens-world-championship-road-race-2016/comment-page-2/#comment-914001</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[dancollins]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2016 00:49:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;!-- VSP PICKS 6fea816f-7591-eaa0-ae54-67ecd8be048f --&gt;

&lt;b&gt;VSP PICKS:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cavendish&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Greipel&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;P. Sagan&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;F. Gavaria&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Kittel&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><!-- VSP PICKS 6fea816f-7591-eaa0-ae54-67ecd8be048f --></p>
<p><b>VSP PICKS:</b></p>
<ol>
<li>Cavendish</li>
<li>Greipel</li>
<li>P. Sagan</li>
<li>F. Gavaria</li>
<li>Kittel</li>
</ol>
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		<title>
		By: Randy C		</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/vsp/velominati-super-prestige-mens-world-championship-road-race-2016/comment-page-2/#comment-913996</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Randy C]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2016 23:38:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Mr Gaviria&#039;s win at Paris Tours was flat out bad a**. I can&#039;t help but think it&#039;ll carry over. Cheers all

&lt;!-- VSP PICKS d3c680a8-8367-d4a3-9acd-6720a63d029c --&gt;

&lt;b&gt;VSP PICKS:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;GAVIRIA Fernando&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;CAVENDISH Mark&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;BENNETT Sam&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;GREIPEL Andre&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;SAGAN Peter&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mr Gaviria&#8217;s win at Paris Tours was flat out bad a**. I can&#8217;t help but think it&#8217;ll carry over. Cheers all</p>
<p><!-- VSP PICKS d3c680a8-8367-d4a3-9acd-6720a63d029c --></p>
<p><b>VSP PICKS:</b></p>
<ol>
<li>GAVIRIA Fernando</li>
<li>CAVENDISH Mark</li>
<li>BENNETT Sam</li>
<li>GREIPEL Andre</li>
<li>SAGAN Peter</li>
</ol>
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