Why Boonen won and Sky couldn't catch him

kozzo
kozzo Posts: 182
edited April 2012 in Pro race
Boonen's top tube and Sky Team top tube
toptube.jpg

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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Lol
    Contador is the Greatest
  • BikingBernie
    BikingBernie Posts: 2,163
    Please, please please tell me this is not a spoof!
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Shouldn't Boonen have learnt this stuff by now? Tomorrow you won't see Tony McCoy with a list of the Grand National fences gaffer taped to his here's neck because he knows where he's going.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    RichN95 wrote:
    Shouldn't Boonen have learnt this stuff by now? Tomorrow you won't see Tony McCoy with a list of the Grand National fences gaffer taped to his here's neck because he knows where he's going.

    Is Tony McCoy in the saddle for 7hrs?

    He doesn't even propel the bloody thing.

    (anyway the route changes every year - slightly).
    _
  • MrTapir
    MrTapir Posts: 1,206
    RichN95 wrote:
    Shouldn't Boonen have learnt this stuff by now? Tomorrow you won't see Tony McCoy with a list of the Grand National fences gaffer taped to his here's neck because he knows where he's going.

    Thats because his horse can see where its going too.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    BikingBernie wrote:
    Please, please please tell me this is not a spoof!

    http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/04/ ... aix_212817
    Contador is the Greatest
  • kozzo
    kozzo Posts: 182
    BikingBernie wrote:
    Please, please please tell me this is not a spoof!
    Boonen, photo numer 5
    "Boonen's cheat sheet. All 27 pavé secteurs are listed, with their distance into the race and length in kilometers. Severity is color coded, with Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes - Famars, Arenberg, Mons-ev-Pevele and Carrefour de l'Arbre deemed the most important for Boonen."
    http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/04/gallery/pro-bike-gallery-boonens-new-specialized-roubaix_212817
    Sky Team, photo number 9
    "Team Sky riders have a constant reminder of the team's values on the top tube of each bike."
    http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/04/gallery/pro-bike-gallery-edvald-boasson-hagens-paris-roubaix-pinarello-dogma-k_212300
  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    what do those numbers mean?
    The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns
    momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Cleat Eastwood wrote:
    what do those numbers mean?

    Cobbled sector number.....distance into race.......length of sector
    Colour coded according to difficulty.

    Anyone know why Quick Step don't just use a radio like everyone else?
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • kozzo
    kozzo Posts: 182
    edited April 2012
    RichN95 wrote:
    Anyone know why Quick Step don't just use a radio like everyone else?

    Anyone know why Sky Team didn't use a radio like everyone else to organize themselves?

    A picture is worth a thousand words.
    In both cases. Even if you talk via radio...
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    RichN95 wrote:
    Anyone know why Quick Step don't just use a radio like everyone else?

    They do. But sometimes radios don't work. Also what about the riders who are maybe behind the front of the race, important for them to know what's coming up, the team can't be on the radios for them.
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    RichN95 wrote:
    Anyone know why Quick Step don't just use a radio like everyone else?

    Well, for one, Rick would have you believe Boonen is faster than radio waves, so it wouldn't work.
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    LangerDan wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Anyone know why Quick Step don't just use a radio like everyone else?

    Well, for one, Rick would have you believe Boonen is faster than radio waves, so it wouldn't work.

    Are you psychic?
    _
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    RichN95 wrote:

    Anyone know why Quick Step don't just use a radio like everyone else?

    They win it a lot. And if taping something to the top tube is what they do, I'm not going to argue.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • jgsi
    jgsi Posts: 5,062
    This must be pre race as I definitely saw him have the time to take his sharpie out and tick them off.
  • ms_tree
    ms_tree Posts: 1,405
    Dave Harmon mentioned Boonen's list on Sunday and the tv camera showed it as well. Of course some people don't watch the race as they are too busy tweeting about it!
    'Google can bring back a hundred thousand answers. A librarian can bring you back the right one.'
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  • Tom BB
    Tom BB Posts: 1,001
    http://www.bigringriding.com/post/20966 ... -fuck-yeah

    I'm not sure if this has already been posted, but if it hasn't then this ones for you Rick. Boonen's a fuckin animal!
  • kozzo
    kozzo Posts: 182
    Ms Tree wrote:
    Dave Harmon mentioned Boonen's list on Sunday and the tv camera showed it as well. Of course some people don't watch the race as they are too busy tweeting about it!

    Pity that they didn't show the Sky top tube... to busy, of course! (tweeting or what? :roll: )
  • Jez mon
    Jez mon Posts: 3,809
    Boson Hagen finished about 7 and a half minutes behind Boonen, a quick calculation puts the line between success and failure at approximately 5.5km.

    Think they might have trouble painting that on their top tube.
    You live and learn. At any rate, you live
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    iainf72 wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:

    Anyone know why Quick Step don't just use a radio like everyone else?

    They win it a lot. And if taping something to the top tube is what they do, I'm not going to argue.

    Marginal gains. Clearly.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    A lot of teams have those lists guys, it's far from uncommon for the classics, be it cobbles, bergs, climbs or whatever...Have a look at all the galleries that have been posted!

    The Sky malarky is an interesting thing though
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • kozzo
    kozzo Posts: 182
    ddraver wrote:
    A lot of teams have those lists guys, it's far from uncommon for the classics, be it cobbles, bergs, climbs or whatever...Have a look at all the galleries that have been posted!

    The Sky malarky is an interesting thing though

    Welll... It is not question of uncommon list but it is question of what is your goal in the race.
    To win it or to think about winning.
    One simple piece of paper (not original at all) that helps to win versus
    full list of propaganda (malarky as you said) that didn't work for four guys to organize chase to catch one.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    kozzo wrote:
    ddraver wrote:
    A lot of teams have those lists guys, it's far from uncommon for the classics, be it cobbles, bergs, climbs or whatever...Have a look at all the galleries that have been posted!

    The Sky malarky is an interesting thing though

    Welll... It is not question of uncommon list but it is question of what is your goal in the race.
    To win it or to think about winning.
    One simple piece of paper (not original at all) that helps to win versus
    full list of propaganda (malarky as you said) that didn't work for four guys to organize chase to catch one.

    No, I know. People were questioning why Boonen had it all written down as opposed to being told over radios. Basically, it's hard for a piece of paper to break. Radios can fail, run out of batteries, fly out of pockets, ear pieces can come out etc etc...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Thought this was going to be a Jose Ibarguren thread.

    That Sky "thin blue line" thing wasn't a new thing for Paris-Roubaix. It has been on their bikes, and on their jerseys all year. They couldn't catch Boonen because he's better than Matt Hayman.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    MrTapir wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Shouldn't Boonen have learnt this stuff by now? Tomorrow you won't see Tony McCoy with a list of the Grand National fences gaffer taped to his here's neck because he knows where he's going.

    Thats because his horse can see where its going too.
    Very sadly this was a non-fact

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