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  • piedwagtail
    piedwagtail Posts: 42
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    piedwagtail wrote:
    Ironic that Wiggo hasn't been looking to confident cornering so far in the Giro, but he prefers to ride mechanical, consequently having to change gears with one hand off the bull horns before he goes into corners

    He rides mechanical because it allows longer aerobars. There is a maximum length allowed, but it is measured differently with the mechanical and electric shifters.

    Yeah I know there's a good reason for it, just find it a bit shame, as the multiple shift points for TT seems to me like one of the good/best bits of Di2
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Wiggins really isn't comfortable with those corners. So slow.
  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    Supermurph09 wrote:

    Yes, I'm sure that was foremost on his mind.
    Well apparently not - which is why I said muppet.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    The surface of this descent Wiggo's on is not nice.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • powerbookboy
    powerbookboy Posts: 241
    ThomThom wrote:
    Wiggins really isn't comfortable with those corners. So slow.

    It's actually painful to watch. I could corner faster. He's going to lose this race to the "marginal gains" others are making by just seeming to want it more. I am the only one who thinks he's treating this as prep for the Tour?
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    piedwagtail wrote:
    Yeah I know there's a good reason for it, just find it a bit shame, as the multiple shift points for TT seems to me like one of the good/best bits of Di2

    Oh I agree, but isn't having a better position on the bike more important?
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    According to RAI and Sporza, Wiggins crashed prior to bike change.
    Might explain why he is cornering like a brick.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    oldwelshman wrote:
    emadden wrote:
    Wiggins = muppet.

    Does he even think about the damage that could be done to the launch of that new bike by a major sponsor by that action
    Why = muppet?
    Given the amount of adrenalin he must have flowing currently and the fact this is his chance to gain time, I am surprised he only threw it gently!! He needs to have confidence in the bike at the speeds he will be oing and these are not the most stable down hill. What do you think he should do, brake slowly, then park it gently?

    I think he shouldnt throw the bike. Simple.
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  • piedwagtail
    piedwagtail Posts: 42
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    piedwagtail wrote:
    Yeah I know there's a good reason for it, just find it a bit shame, as the multiple shift points for TT seems to me like one of the good/best bits of Di2

    Oh I agree, but isn't having a better position on the bike more important?

    Yeah the positions more important. Especially when its the same one you've been used to for a decade or so!!
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Oh dear, oh dear.
    Only 7th at the CP.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • BR 1979
    BR 1979 Posts: 296
    emadden wrote:
    oldwelshman wrote:
    emadden wrote:
    Wiggins = muppet.

    Does he even think about the damage that could be done to the launch of that new bike by a major sponsor by that action
    Why = muppet?
    Given the amount of adrenalin he must have flowing currently and the fact this is his chance to gain time, I am surprised he only threw it gently!! He needs to have confidence in the bike at the speeds he will be oing and these are not the most stable down hill. What do you think he should do, brake slowly, then park it gently?

    I think he shouldnt throw the bike. Simple.
    I think we haven't got a clue. I don't know about you, I've not ridden a grand tour, but have felt under pressure at work - One's not always a picture of calm.
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    Wiggins way down?
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    emadden wrote:
    Supermurph09 wrote:

    Yes, I'm sure that was foremost on his mind.
    Well apparently not - which is why I said muppet.

    But seriously what was he supposed to do, find a bike rack and slot the front wheel in nicely? He's in a Time Trial. He had a flat, he needed to change bikes. He dropped the bike in the hedge. If he'd waited to hand it to the mechanic he'd have lost more time as the mechanic's first job was to hand him his new bike. He wasn't going to hand the old bike to the mechanic and then wait while the mechanic then took it back to the car and bring him his new bike.

    I'm not a Wiggins' super-fan, I think he can be a bit of a muppet some times, but really the poor man just cannot catch a break with some people.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Uran faster than Wiggins
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  • piedwagtail
    piedwagtail Posts: 42
    Cadel almost goes into a wall!!
  • gingermagician
    gingermagician Posts: 326
    Crap coverage, but nearly a minute down on Dowsett. Uran faster...
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Looks like Wiggins is going to have to put a shit load in on the flat section now.
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  • BR 1979
    BR 1979 Posts: 296
    piedwagtail wrote:
    Cadel almost goes into a wall!!
    That was bloody close!
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    ES coverage is pants!!!!
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    According to RAI and Sporza, Wiggins crashed prior to bike change.
    Might explain why he is cornering like a brick.

    It would also explain why his radio seems to have slipped around to the left of his back.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • oneof1982
    oneof1982 Posts: 703
    It isn't happening for Wiggins.
  • kleinstroker
    kleinstroker Posts: 2,133
    Shocked Wiggo was 52" down at the split
  • woody1545
    woody1545 Posts: 322
    52 seconds down on Dowsett! :oops:
  • gingermagician
    gingermagician Posts: 326
    Going for the mother of all negative splits? Clutching at straws, I feel...
  • mooro
    mooro Posts: 483
    cadel going from it from the start. bit surprising for brad, maybe going to drill it in the second section, or maybe just hasnt got it today. doesnt look that wet on the road.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    DeadCalm wrote:
    ES coverage is pants!!!!

    It really is.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • alihisgreat
    alihisgreat Posts: 3,872
    woody1545 wrote:
    52 seconds down on Dowsett! :oops:

    Dowsett is no slouch lets not forget...
  • durhamwasp
    durhamwasp Posts: 1,247
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Oh dear, oh dear.
    Only 7th at the CP.
    52secs back on Dowsett isn't too bad given his bike change. If he ramps things up second half then I can see him putting 3mins into Nibali
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  • BR 1979
    BR 1979 Posts: 296
    We need to know more about this "crash".
  • oneof1982
    oneof1982 Posts: 703
    ES and Quigley finally catch up on Wiggo's split time.

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