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EBH Unleashing the Dragon

Posted on 15 May 20099 August 2018 by cosmo

Edvald Boasson Hagen is rapidly turning into one of the best riders of his generation, and I’ve gotta say, I love watching him win. Today’s Giro stage was a quality addition to his palmares, especially given the conditions and the presence of Robbie Hunter, one of the better sprinters in the pro peloton, in the final selection.



EBH played it cool, dropping the tempo to a crawl as he ended up on the front of the paceline, and then letting his breakaway companions chase down the inevitable attack. His jump at 120 meters to go was authoritative, giving him several bike lengths practically before the others could react.

Hunter might have given the Norweigan a run for his money, but he set up on what was obviously the wrong wheel. Not that I could have done any better in Hunter’s place, but it would have taken a lightning bolt to keep me off Boss Hogg’s wheel in the finale of this stage.

thoughts on “EBH Unleashing the Dragon”

  1. Russ says:
    15 May 2009 at 9:33 pm

    Good call on Boss Hogg’s tactics…….but I don’t think Hunter still qualifies as one of the best sprinters in the peleton anymore. Even with my antipodean bias, he was only ever a 2nd tier guy (IMHO) Keep up the good work. We are stuck with some guy called Paddy Agnew giving us garbled commentary in our 10 minute highlight show here in Oz.

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  2. matty says:
    17 May 2009 at 7:20 pm

    I liked EBH’s win, but I liked his victory salute even more – that awkward flapping of the arms in the air reminded me of one of those inflatable tubes-with-arms that you see in front of car dealerships. He looked young and joyous and unpretentious.

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Best known for his How The Race Was Won® video series, Cosmo Catalano began blogging about pro cycling from a bike shop in 2005. Between then and now, he's designed cycling infographics, built cycling web apps, and supplied cycling content to print and broadcast media, all in the name of backing up his near-endless criticism with proof that it can be done better. He complains about cycling on Twitter at @Cyclocosm.

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