TDF 2013 Stage 16 **Spoilers** Vaison-la-Romaine - Gap
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DeadCalm wrote:
Bakelants surely.TheBigBean wrote:
Well this year is a bit tricky as there haven't been many breaks, so it might also be in Froome's wardrobe, but I'm open to suggestions. In years gone by it would have been won by Dekker, Voigt etc
You're right. That's why there should be a jersey, so I don't need to rely on my memory!0 -
frenchfighter wrote:Nutrition expert Rob van der Werf of Argos: Preferably they guys are drinking 1 or 2 bottles per hour especially with these kind of weather conditions where it is really warm making it important to drink well. So during a day like this the riders drink between 35-40 litres all together.
So a rider has close on 80 bottles. Multiply that by the number of riders in the race. I`m guessing the real number of bottles is somewhat below that. But still - an incredible amount of bottles that litter the route.
The other day on ES they stated approx 60,000 bidons are used per tour.0 -
Look at that towering mountain! :shock:
Sorry I live in a very flat place.Correlation is not causation.0 -
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TheBigBean wrote:Runtothehills wrote:This also applies to any other
similar situation (drawbridges, obstacle on the
road...).
I want to see the drawbridge stage.
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frenchfighter wrote:Nutrition expert Rob van der Werf of Argos: Preferably they guys are drinking 1 or 2 bottles per hour especially with these kind of weather conditions where it is really warm making it important to drink well. So during a day like this the riders drink between 35-40 litres all together.
So a rider has close on 80 bottles. Multiply that by the number of riders in the race. I`m guessing the real number of bottles is somewhat below that. But still - an incredible amount of bottles that litter the route.
2 x hour (say 5) x 9 riders = 90 bottles = roughly your 40 ltrs.
I think when he says 'the riders drink between 35-40 litres all together' he means the whole team.
If a rider drunk 40 litres he'd spend the whole stage p1ssing.0 -
Illuminated overhead road sign saying "Tour de Frunce"
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Random things you like about watching the tour:
1. The jingling sound as they go along
2. They look like a stream of ants on overhead roundabout shots0 -
YorkshireRaw wrote:frenchfighter wrote:Nutrition expert Rob van der Werf of Argos: Preferably they guys are drinking 1 or 2 bottles per hour especially with these kind of weather conditions where it is really warm making it important to drink well. So during a day like this the riders drink between 35-40 litres all together.
So a rider has close on 80 bottles. Multiply that by the number of riders in the race. I`m guessing the real number of bottles is somewhat below that. But still - an incredible amount of bottles that litter the route.
2 x hour (say 5) x 9 riders = 90 bottles = roughly your 40 ltrs.
I think when he says 'the riders drink between 35-40 litres all together' he means the whole team.
If a rider drunk 40 litres he'd spend the whole stage p1ssing.
And be dead."In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"
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YorkshireRaw wrote:
If a rider drunk 40 litres he'd spend the whole stage p1ssing.
No, he'd be dead. Too much water = dead.0 -
frenchfighter wrote:Nutrition expert Rob van der Werf of Argos: Preferably they guys are drinking 1 or 2 bottles per hour especially with these kind of weather conditions where it is really warm making it important to drink well. So during a day like this the riders drink between 35-40 litres all together.
So a rider has close on 80 bottles. Multiply that by the number of riders in the race. I`m guessing the real number of bottles is somewhat below that. But still - an incredible amount of bottles that litter the route.
Oh that gave me a good laugh, cheers FF0 -
Isn't it more like 40 litres per team?
If nothing else how the hell would you fit 700 plus bidons in the team cars?
EDIT - Yes it's per team, the relevant quote being "So during a day like this the riders drink between 35-40 litres all together." All together the riders i.e. the whole team drink 35-40 litres not 35-40 litres per individual.Correlation is not causation.0 -
Another TT tomorrow. Why?
The course looks horrible too.0 -
Lichtblick wrote:Random things you like about watching the tour:
1. The jingling sound as they go along
2. They look like a stream of ants on overhead roundabout shots
People going about their business regardless.0 -
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Lichtblick wrote:Another TT tomorrow. Why?
The course looks horrible too.
So that the evil Froomebeast can grind the rest further into the ground0 -
They had two last year as well... it's not a rule that you can only have one. With two Cat 2 climbs it's a route that will likely favour people who can TT+climb over people like Tony Martin, so it won't be a rerun of the previous stage either.Lichtblick wrote:Another TT tomorrow. Why?
The course looks horrible too.0 -
Break has 9 mins 30 seconds with 49km to go in case anyone is interested0
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kleinstroker wrote:Lichtblick wrote:Random things you like about watching the tour:
1. The jingling sound as they go along
2. They look like a stream of ants on overhead roundabout shots
People going about their business regardless.
Hi ! Thanks for joining in.
3. Feed zone. They never show us enough of Feed Zones.
4. Riders sitting up at top of climb, zipping up jersey before descent, all superfast.0 -
Lichtblick wrote:YorkshireRaw wrote:
If a rider drunk 40 litres he'd spend the whole stage p1ssing.
No, he'd be dead. Too much water = dead.
I did think that was probably the case also. There is a medical term for it - hyponatremia (from google)
Didn't Marco Pinotti (maybe in a 2R interview?) suggest that Landis took on something like 60 bottles during his famous breakaway in '06 - was pouring most of them over his head. Pinotti speculated that a 3 second 'sticky hand' on each bottle could have gained Landis 3 minutes lead.0 -
YorkshireRaw wrote:Lichtblick wrote:YorkshireRaw wrote:
If a rider drunk 40 litres he'd spend the whole stage p1ssing.
No, he'd be dead. Too much water = dead.
I did think that was probably the case also. There is a medical term for it - hyponatremia (from google)
Didn't Marco Pinotti (maybe in a 2R interview?) suggest that Landis took on something like 60 bottles during his famous breakaway in '06 - was pouring most of them over his head. Pinotti speculated that a 3 second 'sticky hand' on each bottle could have gained Landis 3 minutes lead.
That was an Allan Lim inspired effort to regulate core temperature, in the least comfortable way imaginable."In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"
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€1,500 for the first across the line in an intermediate sprint!!!
Seems a lot. Or is it?0 -
Lichtblick wrote:kleinstroker wrote:Lichtblick wrote:Random things you like about watching the tour:
1. The jingling sound as they go along
2. They look like a stream of ants on overhead roundabout shots
People going about their business regardless.
Hi ! Thanks for joining in.
3. Feed zone. They never show us enough of Feed Zones.
4. Riders sitting up at top of climb, zipping up jersey before descent, all superfast.
5. When two breakaway riders get caught right at the end and they shake hands before they sit up - or preferably one sits up and the other goes all kamikaze.0 -
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TheBigBean wrote:Break has 9 mins 30 seconds with 49km to go in case anyone is interested
Jeez what a boring stage, why don't they just hire a mini-bus and get it over and done with?'Performance analysis and Froome not being clean was a media driven story. I haven’t heard one guy in the peloton say a negative thing about Froome, and I haven’t heard a single person in the peloton suggest Froome isn’t clean.' TSP0 -
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Lichtblick wrote:€1,500 for the first across the line in an intermediate sprint!!!
Seems a lot. Or is it?
Not once the French tax system has had it's wicked way with it"In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"
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