Laurens ten Dam on Strava

Daz555
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edited July 2013 in Pro race
Not sure if this has been posted but Laurens ten Dam is on Strava and is uploading his TdF rides.

Profile:
http://www.strava.com/pros/186522

Last Saturday's stage.:
http://app.strava.com/activities/65157191
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  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Daz555 wrote:
    Not asure if this has been posted but Laurens ten Dam is on Strava and is uploading his TdF rides.

    Profile:
    http://www.strava.com/pros/186522

    Last Saturday's stage.:
    http://app.strava.com/activities/65157191

    Yeah, they're cool. He has been doing it for a year or so. The only pro I think (?) who uses it in races.

    Wednesday's stage: 61 km/h average on 4 km run in to St Malo 8)

    Wonder whether he'll still do it next year at Sky. Dombrowski, Swift, Uran, and Boswell use it only in training
  • goonz
    goonz Posts: 3,106
    Would be great to see smoe other pros using it. Right now he holds pretty much all the KOM everywhere they race.
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,887
    I was persuaded (by Alan A I think) on account of his Strava posting and general all round style to support tem Dam to be the top Dutchie at the tour. He's losing at the moment, but I have faith.

    Separately, I struggle to interpret the Strava data. I know it's all there somehow, but I find it hard.
  • term1te
    term1te Posts: 1,462
    One of my proudest cycling moments was sending Laurens the "Look out" email http://app.strava.com/segments/894741
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  • alan_a
    alan_a Posts: 1,587
    Term1te wrote:
    One of my proudest cycling moments was sending Laurens the "Look out" email http://app.strava.com/segments/894741

    If you are Mark H then CHAPPEAU young man.

    Jeremy Roy http://app.strava.com/athletes/1655561 is also uploading his data. It's good fun comparing Laurens and him.

    Are any other riders uploading their TdF data?
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  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Term1te wrote:
    One of my proudest cycling moments was sending Laurens the "Look out" email http://app.strava.com/segments/894741

    Have that.

    I nabbed a few places off Rab Wardell on Cathkin Braes, but I rekcon being on a cross bike probably skews it a bit.
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  • alan_a
    alan_a Posts: 1,587
    Also, if you are said athlete, what were you winning on Alpe D'Huez?
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  • alan_a
    alan_a Posts: 1,587
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    Term1te wrote:
    One of my proudest cycling moments was sending Laurens the "Look out" email http://app.strava.com/segments/894741

    Have that.

    I nabbed a few places off Rab Wardell on Cathkin Braes, but I rekcon being on a cross bike probably skews it a bit.

    The narrowing down of disgruntledgoat's true identity.

    Will you be at the MTB champs next weekend?
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  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Alan A wrote:
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    Term1te wrote:
    One of my proudest cycling moments was sending Laurens the "Look out" email http://app.strava.com/segments/894741

    Have that.

    I nabbed a few places off Rab Wardell on Cathkin Braes, but I rekcon being on a cross bike probably skews it a bit.

    The narrowing down of disgruntledgoat's true identity.

    Will you be at the MTB champs next weekend?

    I know a couple of guys who are coming up for the Vets race, but I have a cross in Cumbria that day.

    That and I don't own an MTB :oops:
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  • markhewitt1978
    markhewitt1978 Posts: 7,614
    He's getting KOM on most of them , but by no means all.

    There's a lack of segments for the length of rides they are doing, sometimes in 100 miles there's only a handful, whereas if I did a 100 mile ride here there would be pages and pages of segments. I wonder if it's because they are on main roads away from the normal cycling routes.
  • ridgerider
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    I am led to believe Alex Dowsett is on it, Giro and all...
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  • ContrelaMontre
    ContrelaMontre Posts: 3,027
    markhewitt1978 wrote:
    He's getting KOM on most of them , but by no means all.

    There's a lack of segments for the length of rides they are doing, sometimes in 100 miles there's only a handful, whereas if I did a 100 mile ride here there would be pages and pages of segments. I wonder if it's because they are on main roads away from the normal cycling routes.

    That's because there is a ridiculous proliferation of short pointless segments in the UK.
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  • lostboysaint
    lostboysaint Posts: 4,250
    ContrelaMontre wrote:
    markhewitt1978 wrote:
    He's getting KOM on most of them , but by no means all.

    There's a lack of segments for the length of rides they are doing, sometimes in 100 miles there's only a handful, whereas if I did a 100 mile ride here there would be pages and pages of segments. I wonder if it's because they are on main roads away from the normal cycling routes.

    That's because there is a ridiculous proliferation of short pointless segments in the UK.

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  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    Happy to be corrected, but I don't get the sense that Strava has taken off in France the way it has in the UK... cycling around there I was suprised how few riders there were going up the segments (and how unrealistically high I was)
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    dish_dash wrote:
    Happy to be corrected, but I don't get the sense that Strava has taken off in France the way it has in the UK... cycling around there I was suprised how few riders there were going up the segments (and how unrealistically high I was)
    True, also my experience in France. In Holland on the other hand the segment-density is very high; Kings of the Mountains everywhere :o
  • TimB34
    TimB34 Posts: 316
    Absolutely correct. I live in France and have been on Strava for about a month.

    There aren't that many other people using it round here - nothing compared to the UK. Have a look at this for a very clear visual representation of segment densities:
    http://raceshape.com/heatmap/

    I am of course currently exploiting this to get unrealistically high up on segment leaderboards.
  • markhewitt1978
    markhewitt1978 Posts: 7,614
    When you look at that in terms of area, the UK is a bigger user of Strava than the entire USA.
  • mikeeye
    mikeeye Posts: 162
    I've followed Laurens on Strava for a long time now and I find it very interesting to see his traces from pro races.
    However, I actually think it's a shame that Strava doesn't have separate leader boards for segments ridden during races. Peloton assisted KOMs seem to me to just be spoiling it for local riders doing those segments on their own. And let's be honest, it seems unlikely that Laurens is really the fastest of the peloton on all of the segments he gets KOMs on.

    I guess I might have a different view if I'd managed to take a KOM off him (big congrats for that Term1te) ;-)
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  • prawny
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    I'm above Dan Fleeman on the road by my house, but I have a sneaking suspicion he wasn't trying very hard.
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  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Alan A wrote:
    Are any other riders uploading their TdF data?
    Thibau Pinot is also on Strava, although he doesn't appear to be posting his TdF rides yet: http://app.strava.com/athletes/1603067
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    TimB34 wrote:
    Absolutely correct. I live in France and have been on Strava for about a month.

    There aren't that many other people using it round here - nothing compared to the UK. Have a look at this for a very clear visual representation of segment densities:
    http://raceshape.com/heatmap/

    I am of course currently exploiting this to get unrealistically high up on segment leaderboards.

    That's interesting. i think i know the guy who's created all the segments in Moscow!
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  • term1te
    term1te Posts: 1,462
    Alan A wrote:
    Also, if you are said athlete, what were you winning on Alpe D'Huez?

    That was at the end of a reconnaissance ride a couple of days before the Marmotte. Just getting to the top was worth celebrating. Pre-owning a Garmin days unfortunately, so no Strava bragging rights (but I'd be just outside the top 5% to the TdF finish, I still have the photo of my old bike computer, but that doesn't really count)

    It is a pity the pros don't record/publish their performances on Strave for some of the classic climbs. But why set themselves up to be shot down, we'd just spend our time analysing the data to prove our particular beliefs about a given rider.
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  • markwb79
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    adr82 wrote:
    Alan A wrote:
    Are any other riders uploading their TdF data?
    Thibau Pinot is also on Strava, although he doesn't appear to be posting his TdF rides yet: http://app.strava.com/athletes/1603067

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  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    Ridgerider wrote:
    I am led to believe Alex Dowsett is on it, Giro and all...
    Yeah, I follow Alex on there, he's a local lad so I like to see him decimate some of the KOM times on there. Thankfully he doesn't do that many as I don't think anyone, ever will beat his North Hill time! I'm one second off one of his times on a local evil hill but I very much doubt he was trying!
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  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    inseine wrote:
    TimB34 wrote:
    Absolutely correct. I live in France and have been on Strava for about a month.

    There aren't that many other people using it round here - nothing compared to the UK. Have a look at this for a very clear visual representation of segment densities:
    http://raceshape.com/heatmap/

    I am of course currently exploiting this to get unrealistically high up on segment leaderboards.

    That's interesting. i think i know the guy who's created all the segments in Moscow!
    Looks like the UK is the country most obsessed with strava! I do love it even though I've only got a few KOMs it's excellent for motivation. Nice when you can see just how pants you are compared to the pros too!
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  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    Taylor Phinney used to post regularly to Strava but not so much recently. I also follow Pinotti, Dombrowski, Demare and Vichot although all are selective about what they post.
  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    did you check out ten dams KoM's from today - 26mph up hill for one of them, the whole race at an av of 29.something - he better pull his socks up, slacker :lol:
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  • Paul 8v
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    I dream of a 26mph average on the flat!
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  • Routier
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    Ted King's on there too, along with a load of people who post inane comments on his rides.

    http://app.strava.com/pros/8758
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,820
    adr82 wrote:
    Alan A wrote:
    Are any other riders uploading their TdF data?
    Thibau Pinot is also on Strava, although he doesn't appear to be posting his TdF rides yet: http://app.strava.com/athletes/1603067

    What's his highest speed *chortle*

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