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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,434
    Where did the delete button go?

    That was pish wot I just posted.

    Must learn to read FB updates properly...
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  • Moomaloid
    Moomaloid Posts: 2,040
    Pilot Pete wrote:
    Ride of the day by Wiggins. I reckon Tony Martin's 58 tooth ring was fashioned from lead.... :P

    PP

    For me the ride of the day is Teejay.. He's gonna be one to watch here i think.
  • thegreatdivide
    thegreatdivide Posts: 5,807
    Moomaloid wrote:
    Pilot Pete wrote:
    Ride of the day by Wiggins. I reckon Tony Martin's 58 tooth ring was fashioned from lead.... :P

    PP

    For me the ride of the day is Teejay.. He's gonna be one to watch here i think.

    Van Garderen did it in the dry and came home 4th. Wiggo did it in the rain, took it easy round the corners and came in in second place, 1 second behind Larsson. Deffo ride of the day.
  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    Only 17 weeks to the Tour.
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    thegreatdivide wrote:

    Van Garderen did it in the dry and came home 4th. Wiggo did it in the rain, took it easy round the corners and came in in second place, 1 second behind Larsson. Deffo ride of the day.

    I think TvG rode some of it in the rain. I think he came in after Basso and he was certainly seeing some rain

    Good ride by Wiggns. Not sure on the wisdom of taking risks but he knows what he's doing.
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  • heavy_rat
    heavy_rat Posts: 264
    thegreatdivide wrote:
    Moomaloid wrote:
    Pilot Pete wrote:
    Ride of the day by Wiggins. I reckon Tony Martin's 58 tooth ring was fashioned from lead.... :P

    PP

    For me the ride of the day is Teejay.. He's gonna be one to watch here i think.

    Van Garderen did it in the dry and came home 4th. Wiggo did it in the rain, took it easy round the corners and came in in second place, 1 second behind Larsson. Deffo ride of the day.

    Agree, super ride from brad considering the rain and how slow he had to take the bends.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    iainf72 wrote:
    thegreatdivide wrote:

    Van Garderen did it in the dry and came home 4th. Wiggo did it in the rain, took it easy round the corners and came in in second place, 1 second behind Larsson. Deffo ride of the day.

    I think TvG rode some of it in the rain. I think he came in after Basso and he was certainly seeing some rain

    Good ride by Wiggns. Not sure on the wisdom of taking risks but he knows what he's doing.

    He's a bit "holle of stilstaan" (running of standing still).

    His mentality seems to be he's either all out for it or not at all.
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  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    iainf72 wrote:
    thegreatdivide wrote:

    Van Garderen did it in the dry and came home 4th. Wiggo did it in the rain, took it easy round the corners and came in in second place, 1 second behind Larsson. Deffo ride of the day.

    I think TvG rode some of it in the rain. I think he came in after Basso and he was certainly seeing some rain

    Good ride by Wiggns. Not sure on the wisdom of taking risks but he knows what he's doing.

    Why would it be unwise to take risks? He wants to win this race, never mind what happens in June
  • finchy
    finchy Posts: 6,686
    TakeTheHighRoad wrote:
    iainf72 wrote:
    thegreatdivide wrote:

    Van Garderen did it in the dry and came home 4th. Wiggo did it in the rain, took it easy round the corners and came in in second place, 1 second behind Larsson. Deffo ride of the day.

    I think TvG rode some of it in the rain. I think he came in after Basso and he was certainly seeing some rain

    Good ride by Wiggns. Not sure on the wisdom of taking risks but he knows what he's doing.

    Why would it be unwise to take risks? He wants to win this race, never mind what happens in June

    +1. I think that Wiggins would do very, very well to aim for races like Paris-Nice, he could build himself quite a nice palmares on road by aiming for the week-long stage races.
  • ratsbeyfus
    ratsbeyfus Posts: 2,841
    It sounds as if he didn't take too many risks - probably would have won it by a few seconds / crashed and screwed up his season if he did.
    "I didn't take any risks in the corners but I knew in a straight line I was flying,” Wiggins told the BBC.

    "I wasn't willing to find out whether it was slippery so I never really pushed it as hard as I could have done in the corners," added Wiggins.

    "I'd already slipped on the ramp coming off the start, so straight away I had one mind on safety in the corners. Fortunately there weren't so many corners so it wasn't as decisive."
    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/wiggins-cautious-in-paris-nice-opener

    I had one of them red bikes but I don't any more. Sad face.

    @ratsbey
  • AndyRubio
    AndyRubio Posts: 880
    Moomaloid wrote:
    For me the ride of the day is Teejay.. He's gonna be one to watch here i think.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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    https://twitter.com/#!/Greghenderson1/s ... 96/photo/1
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    ^ That's interesting that...I though I noticed that a lot of the Radioshack riders seemed to be alot higher on the bars than others (Kloden looked like he was riding a DH bike!). I wonder if that was just me seeing things that are nt there or if Trek/Bruneel (sp?) are making some mistakes in their wind tunnel?

    Or if they re saying you have to have the bars higher becasue that's what Lance did [/conspiracy]
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  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    saying in FB that nuyens has quit after a crash yesterday.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    De Cauwer's saying there's cross winds from the right and a headwind for the finish for stage two.
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  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Wiggo:

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    Larsen:

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    Wet and dry....great ride from Wiggins. Strong, but careful.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    Them's mirrored visors make for great photos......
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    De Cauwer's saying there's cross winds from the right and a headwind for the finish for stage two.


    Wind's picking up too apparently.

    If this continues, we should expect the stronger sprinters to come through and the purer sprinters to drift away.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Andy Schleck, The Inferior, has never ridden this race.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Andy Schleck, The Inferior, has never ridden this race.

    Really?

    Surprised by that.

    Anyone know why Boonen's going P-N over T-A?

    Does trust his bike handling skills in Italy?
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    [Chavanel], two-time Paris-Nice stage winner has finished on the top three overall before (2009) and has vowed to "be in the mix and defend a placing in the general classification, why not. I will be on the attack in certain stages," according to Eurosport. "Paris-Nice is a race that I have always liked, and in which I have made a name for myself. And I have a revenge to take with regard to last year." Indeed, Chavanel was unable to finish the event in 2011 as he fell ill with bronchitis.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Indeed, top 10 yesterday.

    QS look good, with LL in there (*groan*) and Boonen in some reasonable form.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    edited March 2012
    ddraver wrote:
    Them's mirrored visors make for great photos......

    Sure do.
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  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    frenchfighter wrote:
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    https://twitter.com/#!/Greghenderson1/s ... 96/photo/1
    My first thought was that as their heads are the same height, presumably this wouldn't make much of a difference. Looking more carefully Wiggins' bars are actually higher up, which presumably means a smaller frontal area for his body compared to Schleck's.

    When Future launched Triathlon Plus they did a preview mini episode 0 in C+. It had an interview with Chris Boardman where he talked about the perfect TT position. It included a diagram to illustrate it, which looked virtually identical to Wiggins' position in the above picture.
  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    Graeme_S wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    AnLID5-CQAIJfJw.jpg

    https://twitter.com/#!/Greghenderson1/s ... 96/photo/1
    My first thought was that as their heads are the same height, presumably this wouldn't make much of a difference. Looking more carefully Wiggins' bars are actually higher up, which presumably means a smaller frontal area for his body compared to Schleck's.

    When Future launched Triathlon Plus they did a preview mini episode 0 in C+. It had an interview with Chris Boardman where he talked about the perfect TT position. It included a diagram to illustrate it, which looked virtually identical to Wiggins' position in the above picture.

    Could be a slight difficulty witrh the pic, but the Pinnarello's bottom bracket does look quite a bit higher than the Trek. Brad's saddle looks higher despite both riders looking the same size. Higher saddle/bb means Brad gets lower whilst Shrek is always going to be on a losing battle to get low (tops of his arms look very long - could be down to jersey's playing tricks but his arms do look longer). Looks like Radioshak need to go back to the shop to sort bikes and positions out.
  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    Wiggins is a couple of inches taller than Schleck, which would explain the difference in saddle height.

    The wheels on both bikes look the same size, which would suggest the scale is correct.
  • ermintrude
    ermintrude Posts: 514
    Wiggins is poetry in motion on a TT bike
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Cross winds split it up with 29 riders in the first group.

    Leipheimer's with 'em.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Duff post.
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