Anybody surprised by BMC's TTT result.

morstar
morstar Posts: 6,190
edited July 2011 in Pro race
The batteries in seat tubes are back!

"battery is tucked safely away in a pocket inside the seat tube"

http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/tour-de-france-tech-new-aero-kit-at-team-time-trial-30863






It's actually just the Di2 battery but why let that spoil a bit of sensationalism?

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  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    I'm not that surprised. You don't necessarily need to have a team of TT specialists to do well at a TTT, especially a relatively short one. BMC have a lot of very strong Rouleurs (Hincapie, Quinziato, Burghardt) plus Evans and Bookwalter who are very strong TTers.
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  • Bronzie
    Bronzie Posts: 4,927
    inkyfingers wrote:
    BMC have a lot of very strong Rouleurs
    Not to mention a dodgy soigneur. Sorry, ex-soigneur.
    It's a Lifestyle! -+-+- Coggan Training Levels
  • dougzz
    dougzz Posts: 1,833
    Nope, agree with inky. Boadman did a piece about how in the TTT it's very much about the man on the front riding and positioning himself for the 8 behind (4 behind in the case of Euskaltel :D ) rather than just riding a TT for himself
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    I was slightly surprised but not in a suspicious way - Leopard were more of a surprise considering the number of passengers being pulled by the Cancellara express.
  • finchy
    finchy Posts: 6,686
    I'm surprised whenever BMC win anything. They're so anonymous I bet their DS makes them wear badges so he doesn't forget their names.

    (Evans aside, of course)

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