JTL

Remarkable

He has been racing in La Route du Sud this week. Finished 23rd yesterday on the stage in his first race back & first ride in the Pyrenees.

http://www.grassyknolltv.com/2012/route ... esults.pdf

Remarkable

Interview Before stage 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYX_NqqM ... re=related

LeicesterLad

Remarkable wrote:

Interview Before stage 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYX_NqqM ... re=related

Thanks for the link!

itisaboutthebike

When I was in Tenerife in late March/early Apr there was an Endura rider training with Wiggins and team Pie........looked like JTL - not sure tho.

I'd put money on not being R Downing.................

LeicesterLad

itisaboutthebike wrote:

When I was in Tenerife in late March/early Apr there was an Endura rider training with Wiggins and team Pie........looked like JTL - not sure tho.

I'd put money on not being R Downing.................

See here: http://www.inthegc.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/jonathan-tiernan-locke-trained-with.html

avoidingmyphd

Let's get this thread going again. JTL is currently riding the Tour Alsace. http://www.touralsace.fr/

Right now, he's in a group off the front setting himself up nicely on GC ahead of a difficult weekend in the mountains. http://live.touralsace.fr/etape_2_stras ... choffsheim

It might all come back together but these races are harder to control than the biggies. And the stages that matter are at the weekend. Still, it's nice to see him showing.

ddraver

LeicesterLad wrote:

Remarkable wrote:

Interview Before stage 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYX_NqqM ... re=related

Thanks for the link!

You ll be banned for posting porn like that!! Ok It's only porn for LL but still!

Turfle

And he wins!

2 up sprint with Pliuschin at the finish.

iainf72

Oh dear

If there is a Mrs LL she needs to get her endura jersey on and be ready for the best 4 seconds of her life

Pross

Taken the GC, KoM and combativity prize as well. I doubt LL will last long enough for her to get the Endura shirt on!

LeicesterLad

iainf72 wrote:

Oh dear

If there is a Mrs LL she needs to get her endura jersey on and be ready for the best 4 seconds of her life

Taken the GC, KoM and combativity prize

In the words of Frenchie: Heavyweight

avoidingmyphd

well, I said these races can be hard to control. The GC (!) now looks like this:
1 41 TIERNAN-LOCKE Jonathan EDR 7:10:40
2 54 PLIUSCHIN Alexandr LET 0:01
3 91 BARGUIL Warren * ETU 1:05
4 31 LE BOULCH Dimitri AUB 1:10
5 26 ZAKARIN Ilnur TIK 4:06
6 44 ROWSELL Erick * EDR 8:37

race over, I guess.

andyp

Some big names there.

Zakarin must be worth a shed load of points in Scrabble.

frenchfighter

avoidingmyphd wrote:

well, I said these races can be hard to control. The GC (!) now looks like this:
1 41 TIERNAN-LOCKE Jonathan EDR 7:10:40
2 54 PLIUSCHIN Alexandr LET 0:01
3 91 BARGUIL Warren * ETU 1:05
4 31 LE BOULCH Dimitri AUB 1:10
5 26 ZAKARIN Ilnur TIK 4:06
6 44 ROWSELL Erick * EDR 8:37

race over, I guess.

What a crazy game over....the riders behind failed majorly.
http://live.touralsace.fr/stages_2_classements

Roswell is 6th. That guy is good. Tore up the field like it was a game when he raced at Crystal Palace.

Nice work JTL.

timoid.

Ok at the risk of getting flamed. If JTL is so red hot why he is 27 years old without a pro-contract from a contiental or world tour team?

Genuine question. I know nothing about the chap.

symo

Go JTL,

MDCC in the house representing.

alanjay

Timoid. wrote:

Ok at the risk of getting flamed. If JTL is so red hot why he is 27 years old without a pro-contract from a contiental or world tour team?

Genuine question. I know nothing about the chap.

Ill for a long while, stopped completely for a couple of years went to Uni and got a job in a bike shop, started riding again and will no doubt be at Sky next year.

graeme_s-2

alanjay wrote:

Timoid. wrote:

Ok at the risk of getting flamed. If JTL is so red hot why he is 27 years old without a pro-contract from a contiental or world tour team?

Genuine question. I know nothing about the chap.

Ill for a long while, stopped completely for a couple of years went to Uni and got a job in a bike shop, started riding again and will no doubt be at Sky next year.

There's an article somewhere explaining the whole thing. He did ride for a French team at one point. The story in the article is that he was stood in the bike shop one day with the TdF on the TV when he saw one of his old team mates in a break. He knew he'd been better than the guy and realised that he might have made a terrible mistake.

LeicesterLad

alanjay wrote:

Timoid. wrote:

Ok at the risk of getting flamed. If JTL is so red hot why he is 27 years old without a pro-contract from a contiental or world tour team?

Genuine question. I know nothing about the chap.

Ill for a long while, stopped completely for a couple of years went to Uni and got a job in a bike shop, started riding again and will no doubt be at Sky next year.

Yep, had a good career as a top amature in France before Epstein-Barr virus wiped him out completely. Took 3 years off at Bristol Uni, got a job in a bike-shop where he caught the tail end of the Tour de France one year and fell back in love.

Spent some time earlier this year in Tenerif training with Sky. Would be surprised if he isn't protour next year, as he's had other offers, not just from Sky.

Brailsford has also hinted that he may ride the Worlds this year.

timoid.

Fair enough. Well let's hope he gets a nice fat contract from Rupe's troop and shows us what he can do with the big boys.

Pross

LeicesterLad wrote:

alanjay wrote:

Timoid. wrote:

Ok at the risk of getting flamed. If JTL is so red hot why he is 27 years old without a pro-contract from a contiental or world tour team?

Genuine question. I know nothing about the chap.

Ill for a long while, stopped completely for a couple of years went to Uni and got a job in a bike shop, started riding again and will no doubt be at Sky next year.

Yep, had a good career as a top amature in France before Epstein-Barr virus wiped him out completely. Took 3 years off at Bristol Uni, got a job in a bike-shop where he caught the tail end of the Tour de France one year and fell back in love.

Spent some time earlier this year in Tenerif training with Sky. Would be surprised if he isn't protour next year, as he's had other offers, not just from Sky.

Brailsford has also hinted that he may ride the Worlds this year.

The Tenerife part will get the tongues wagging Almost certain to be at Sky next season is my 'guess' especially as Endura are apparently dropping their sponsorship and currently don't have a replacement. It's a shame he missed such a big chunk of his career but still has 5 years or more at the top.

LeicesterLad

Pross wrote:

LeicesterLad wrote:

alanjay wrote:

Timoid. wrote:

Ok at the risk of getting flamed. If JTL is so red hot why he is 27 years old without a pro-contract from a contiental or world tour team?

Genuine question. I know nothing about the chap.

Ill for a long while, stopped completely for a couple of years went to Uni and got a job in a bike shop, started riding again and will no doubt be at Sky next year.

Yep, had a good career as a top amature in France before Epstein-Barr virus wiped him out completely. Took 3 years off at Bristol Uni, got a job in a bike-shop where he caught the tail end of the Tour de France one year and fell back in love.

Spent some time earlier this year in Tenerif training with Sky. Would be surprised if he isn't protour next year, as he's had other offers, not just from Sky.

Brailsford has also hinted that he may ride the Worlds this year.

The Tenerife part will get the tongues wagging Almost certain to be at Sky next season is my 'guess' especially as Endura are apparently dropping their sponsorship and currently don't have a replacement. It's a shame he missed such a big chunk of his career but still has 5 years or more at the top.

Yeah I was one of the first to report on the Sky thing and Spent time talking to Brian Smith obtaining the facts. Was a genuine case of teams helping eachother and fulfilling favours. See here http://www.inthegc.com/2012/04/jonathan-tiernan-locke-trained-with.html

Cycling Weekly reported it 2 weeks later, without any facts or interviews and made a bigger deal out of it.

Of course there is genuine Sky interest - he's talented and British, but there was interest from elsewhere also. From what ive heard he won't be making a decision for a couple of months yet, and Brian hasn't had any direct Negotiations with Sky or Brailsford yet.

avoidingmyphd

andyp wrote:

Some big names there.

Zakarin must be worth a shed load of points in Scrabble.

Why be snide? He can only beat the people who line up against him in the races he has access to. Chartrix scores the same as zakarin in scrabble, but also has the tdf kom on his palmares.

Richmond Racer

I was at a Q&A in April with Ned Boulting and Colin Lewis (JTL's mentor and former couch), and according to Colin, JTL's going to be at SKY next year - sounded like it was mainly a question of the price Brian Smith wanted for him.

symo

You all say bike shop, it was Colin Lewis Cycles in Paignton. Also known as the MDCC drop in centre for coffee.

Turfle

And he's only gone and won this morning's short MTF stage.

symo

Turfle wrote:

And he's only gone and won this morning's short MTF stage.

Awesome eh?

frenchfighter

Turfle wrote:

And he's only gone and won this morning's short MTF stage.

Haha, nice one!

LeicesterLad

Classy to win a stage like that in the leaders jersey

phreak

He doesn't really seem like a Sky rider does he? More unpredictable and exciting than a rider by numbers.