Two in a row for Peter Sagan!

IanH
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edited April 2016 in Sports #1

Peter Sagan has just won the Tour of Flanders. If you don't know, this is a rock-hard race, including fearsome climbs and stretches of cobbles.

It is one of The Monuments of cycling - these are 5 old established races that are now legendary.

His win follows a win last week in the Ghent-Wevelgem, another Belgian Classic race.

What a rider he's shaping up to be!

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  • Runrig
    Runrig Forum Participant Posts: 186
    edited April 2016 #2

    It was great to see him win the World Championship last year after a poor season results wise. Yes he is maturing nicely.

    I got a great picture of Sagan in Kettlewell on the 2014 Tour de France, wish I could post It on here.

    chapau to Lizzie Armistead too, for winning the womens Flanders

  • IanH
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    edited April 2016 #3

    I do wish that the BBC would get over their current fad for building up women's sports. It was reported by them today that Lizzie Armisted had won the Tour of Flanders. What she actually won was a very watered down version of
    the real thing.

  • Runrig
    Runrig Forum Participant Posts: 186
    edited April 2016 #4

    I don't disagree, re the stature of the womens races, but good to see a local lass doing well.

    i don't wish to sound un PC, but how many people actually watch womens cricket or football, or disabled sport for that matter. The coverage is completely disproportionate.

    i had to laugh watching a clip of womens cricket in the week. There was no one in the stadium, it looked completely empty.

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited April 2016 #5

    Sagan is superb, a great all rounder and a real entertainer. 

    We have been to a lot of British Cycling events, and I can assure you that the womens events are very well supported, just as exciting as the men's races. We went to Manchester velodrome to see a round of indoor racing. Biggest star of the night was Laura
    Trott, won both her races, easily, is by far the most likely GB cycling contender to come home with a medal, as is Lizzie Armistead. They are just as talented, driven, competitive and brave as the men. What they don't get is the support and sponsorship that
    the men do. Hence fewer races, shorter races, and let's not forget that some of the countries where cycling is big are not exactly female friendly when it comes to a level sporting playing field. Twenty years on from some of the greats of Tennis, Navratilova
    etc.. And the women are still fighting for parity in a male dominated sports world.

  • IanH
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    edited April 2016 #6

    Take your point TtDA although I know nothing about track cycling.

    My point was though that this is one of the oldest established and toughest races on the professional circuit and was celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.

    The women's event has only been going a few years, covers about half the distance and excludes the toughest climbs.

    So when the (female) sports reporter for the BBC said this morning that Lizzie had "won the Tour of Flanders" and then, almost as an after-thought, mentioned that Peter Sagan had won "the men's version of the race"!!!!!.......makes my blood boil!

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