Yates on beating Armstrong

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  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    pinerellopaul wrote:
    getting off subject slightly but
    dont knock toeclips and straps went to a talk last week on someone who competed and finished the RAAM and they did a load of testing with different pedal types and in the end went with toeclips as found to be the most comfortable and less likely to suffer from hotfoot with

    Getting way off subject but...

    I TOLD YOU ALL SO :P :P :P
    Any day now the NEW pedals and clips will be here.
  • paulcuthbert
    paulcuthbert Posts: 1,016
    DaveyL wrote:
    "Win the Alpe d'Huez stage and you always win the Tour" ???

    I think that's only been done 3 times....

    Plateau de Beille is the King-maker. Win there and you win the Tour. 4 out of 4 times it's happened I think...
    The most painful climb in Northern Ireland http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs200.snc1/6776_124247198694_548863694_2335754_8016178_n.jpg
  • pedro118118
    pedro118118 Posts: 1,102
    ...Yates said it was too early to know whether Sky would be in a position to challenge for this year’s Tour...

    Really?!
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    SecretSqirrel wrote:
    how you never shaved your legs during competition because the hair growing back would expend energy

    WTF???

    its an old cycling wives tale

    on heavy days in the mountains you see a lot of guys with stubble because they expect a hard day

    Indurain was one who followed this superstition
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • sampras38
    sampras38 Posts: 1,917
    Makes me laugh that SY is talking about strategies to beat Lance when there are other much more likely winners to worry about. I'm a big LA fan but surely people don't think he's gonna win it?
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    sampras38 wrote:
    Makes me laugh that SY is talking about strategies to beat Lance when there are other much more likely winners to worry about. I'm a big LA fan but surely people don't think he's gonna win it?

    Well, he is getting older but 3rd. last year has to put him in the running.
  • flix23
    flix23 Posts: 72
    LA is probbaly the only rider in the Tour most Telegraph readers have heard of. Got to remember this wasn't published in the cycling press. As it is Yates has got some good coverage for Team Sky in the mainstream media - job done I'd say.
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    sampras38 wrote:
    Makes me laugh that SY is talking about strategies to beat Lance when there are other much more likely winners to worry about. I'm a big LA fan but surely people don't think he's gonna win it?

    With next year's course, Wiggo, Lance will be seriously disadvantaged against Bertie, Andy & even in-form Sastre and Evans - let alone up and comers like Gesink, Nibali et al.

    This could be the most open Tour for years, as long as they all get over the cobbles or don't lose minutes in echelons. If Brad and LA finish comfortably in the top 10, I reckon they'll have done very well.
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  • sampras38
    sampras38 Posts: 1,917
    dennisn wrote:
    sampras38 wrote:
    Makes me laugh that SY is talking about strategies to beat Lance when there are other much more likely winners to worry about. I'm a big LA fan but surely people don't think he's gonna win it?

    Well, he is getting older but 3rd. last year has to put him in the running.

    Oh god yeah, and I was in france last year to witness first hand how good he was, I just think there are others far more likely to perform such as Schleck and bertie. Not sure Wiggo will repeat what he did last year but you never know.
  • pontarlier_pete
    pontarlier_pete Posts: 195
    If Wiggo is on the same level as last year, I reckon he'll come in somewhere between 10th and 5th. He has to improve to even match last year's position.

    For an open race, my perfect scenario is if Contador and Schleck get caught up on the cobbles and lose 2-3 minutes - then the sparks will fly for the rest of the race!
  • sampras38
    sampras38 Posts: 1,917
    Pontarlier Pete wrote:
    If Wiggo is on the same level as last year, I reckon he'll come in somewhere between 10th and 5th. He has to improve to even match last year's position.

    For an open race, my perfect scenario is if Contador and Schleck get caught up on the cobbles and lose 2-3 minutes - then the sparks will fly for the rest of the race!

    Yep, me too.

    Last year we were perched on the top of the Cole Du Colombiere when they came through and it was the first time I'd realised just how far off the pace the likes of sastre and Evans were. Before you saw them there was radio commentary being blasted out one of the media vans and they were saying Sastre was going to attack. It just never happened and he looked knackered when he came through. Hopefully this year they'll be a few more riders who are really up for it.

    Here's a couple of pics

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/9840520@N06/3783905113/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/9840520@N0 ... otostream/
  • le_patron
    le_patron Posts: 494
    As we are on the topic, I was about 100m below the summit, got this shot after LA had dropped Wiggo. He did look strong.
    Didn't look so healthy the next day in the TT though.

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    4287308201_9d17c11e07.jpg
  • sampras38
    sampras38 Posts: 1,917
    le patron wrote:
    As we are on the topic, I was about 100m below the summit, got this shot after LA had dropped Wiggo. He did look strong.
    Didn't look so healthy the next day in the TT though.

    4287308223_b4a0266429.jpg

    4287308201_9d17c11e07.jpg

    Nice pics, and that shot of Lance was pretty much exactly the view I had when he went past me.

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