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TimC

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Tour of Turkey 2021
« on: 12 April, 2021, 12:49:52 pm »
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Re: Tour of Turkey 2021
« Reply #1 on: 12 April, 2021, 12:54:54 pm »
 :thumbsup:
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Re: Tour of Turkey 2021
« Reply #2 on: 13 April, 2021, 08:58:45 am »
Heart warming result after such a difficult time. 
Sunshine approaching from the South.

First time in 1,000 years.

Re: Tour of Turkey 2021
« Reply #3 on: 13 April, 2021, 10:18:48 am »
Glad to see he still has something, and it must be great after all the stuff he's had to put up with the last few years.
Do you reckon Cav and Greipel will be racing Zimmer frames around the place in 40 years time? :)

Geriatricdolan

Re: Tour of Turkey 2021
« Reply #4 on: 13 April, 2021, 12:50:01 pm »
Glad to see he still has something, and it must be great after all the stuff he's had to put up with the last few years.
Do you reckon Cav and Greipel will be racing Zimmer frames around the place in 40 years time? :)

Rude  ;D, have you seen the hour record for the over 70? 43.2 km  I couldn't get anywhere near...

Re: Tour of Turkey 2021
« Reply #5 on: 13 April, 2021, 12:59:59 pm »
And again!  :thumbsup:
We are making a New World (Paul Nash, 1918)

Re: Tour of Turkey 2021
« Reply #6 on: 13 April, 2021, 02:12:21 pm »
Glad to see he still has something, and it must be great after all the stuff he's had to put up with the last few years.
Do you reckon Cav and Greipel will be racing Zimmer frames around the place in 40 years time? :)

Rude  ;D, have you seen the hour record for the over 70? 43.2 km  I couldn't get anywhere near...
I take your point, and there are some incredible older athletes around, but banging elbows is a bit different to the hour. :)

Re: Tour of Turkey 2021
« Reply #7 on: 13 April, 2021, 02:23:37 pm »
Glad to see he still has something, and it must be great after all the stuff he's had to put up with the last few years.
Do you reckon Cav and Greipel will be racing Zimmer frames around the place in 40 years time? :)

Rude  ;D, have you seen the hour record for the over 70? 43.2 km  I couldn't get anywhere near...

P, don't give up: you're still young and inexperienced.  By the time you are 70, the advances in medication should be tremendous!

Geriatricdolan

Re: Tour of Turkey 2021
« Reply #8 on: 13 April, 2021, 03:37:06 pm »
Glad to see he still has something, and it must be great after all the stuff he's had to put up with the last few years.
Do you reckon Cav and Greipel will be racing Zimmer frames around the place in 40 years time? :)

Rude  ;D, have you seen the hour record for the over 70? 43.2 km  I couldn't get anywhere near...
I take your point, and there are some incredible older athletes around, but banging elbows is a bit different to the hour. :)

Never say never, while the body deteriorates with age, you have more time to look after yourself and do remedial work once you can retire from work. There are many things you can do to slow down the process... like giving up drinking, stay fit and slim and so on.
But ultimately, it is a mind over matter, many people seem to pack up once kids go to Uni, which typically happens in the mid 40s to early 50s... it doesn't have to be like that. They start looking at cruises and retirement apartments... ::-)

Re: Tour of Turkey 2021
« Reply #9 on: 13 April, 2021, 06:31:55 pm »
Hmmm.  It's only mind over matter for a while.  Ultimately, it's definitely matter over mind.  A difficulty also is that exerting your mind over your body can both help AND hinder your heart, though it generally has a beneficial effect on other organs (except Hammonds - they tend to deteriorate with age).

What do organists like for breakfast?

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Re: Tour of Turkey 2021
« Reply #10 on: 14 April, 2021, 09:21:03 am »
Cav hat-trick?

I can't see a single stage date on the official tour website...  https://www.tourofturkey.org.tr  (so looked at wiki...)
Cycle and recycle.   SS Wilson

TimC

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Re: Tour of Turkey 2021
« Reply #11 on: 14 April, 2021, 12:43:15 pm »
This is getting silly!

Re: Tour of Turkey 2021
« Reply #12 on: 14 April, 2021, 12:45:52 pm »
Blimey, that's quite some comeback.
Rust never sleeps

Geriatricdolan

Re: Tour of Turkey 2021
« Reply #13 on: 14 April, 2021, 12:46:07 pm »
This is getting silly!

Sprinters' wins often come in bunches... they win every sprint for a month and then they disappear for two years

Re: Tour of Turkey 2021
« Reply #14 on: 14 April, 2021, 02:28:19 pm »
Sprinters' wins often come in bunches...
Is that why they are called "bunch sprints?".  ;)

Re: Tour of Turkey 2021
« Reply #15 on: 14 April, 2021, 03:11:32 pm »
 :thumbsup:
Cycle and recycle.   SS Wilson

Re: Tour of Turkey 2021
« Reply #16 on: 14 April, 2021, 04:01:02 pm »
It's a nice, or should I say, "delightful," touch that the leader's jersey in this race is turquoise.

Re: Tour of Turkey 2021
« Reply #17 on: 14 April, 2021, 05:08:24 pm »
Blimey. Just gets better.
Rust never sleeps

Re: Tour of Turkey 2021
« Reply #18 on: 14 April, 2021, 05:35:30 pm »
Blimey, that's quite some comeback.

Shane Stokes had a chat with Brian Holm at the Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali a few weeks back. The interview is worth a read because it probably goes some way to explain why Cav looks like he's getting (got?) his mojo back.

https://conquista.cc/blogs/blog/known-unknowns-part-7
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Re: Tour of Turkey 2021
« Reply #20 on: 14 April, 2021, 06:04:38 pm »
That's a good set of stage wins. Earlier this year it didn't look like he was going to get anywhere near his form of old.

However, let's see how he does against the best sprinters in due course (baffled by the DQT tactics at Scheldeprijs at the weekend).

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Re: Tour of Turkey 2021
« Reply #21 on: 14 April, 2021, 06:30:37 pm »
It's good to see Citoyen is back winning again  :thumbsup:

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Re: Tour of Turkey 2021
« Reply #22 on: 14 April, 2021, 07:52:35 pm »
The rare hat-trick.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/apr/14/mark-cavendish-records-third-straight-win-in-outstanding-week-at-tour-of-turkey-cycling
I must admit, I thought they'd be rarer!

Before Mark Cavendish sprinted into the finish in the Turkish resort of Kemer on Wednesday afternoon to win for the third day in a row, it was 18 months since any professional cyclist had done anything similar.
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