Le Tour stage 2 tactical showdown
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After the prologue the puncheurs are going to be looking for the yellow jersey on stage 2 - I can see Movistar Orica and Lotto gunning it to get Valverde Gerrans etc to the bottom of the Brouwersdam near the front - it's going to be a proper mash-up with a hair-raising 6 m descent over the last 20 + km
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I expect Maxime Monfort to attack on the hill heading into his namesake's town. (well, excusing the extra O...and T.)0
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You won't be laughing if the wind blows.
Exactly what I was thinking. At least one GC contender to be out of the running.Team My Man 2018: David gaudu, Pierre Latour, Romain Bardet, Thibaut pinot, Alexandre Geniez, Florian Senechal, Warren Barguil, Benoit Cosnefroy0 -
You won't be laughing if the wind blows.
Exactly what I was thinking. At least one GC contender to be out of the running.
People need to watch stage 3 of the 2010 Giro.0 -
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Indeed, it will be very tactical if the wind comes and the echelons form. If a main contender gets stuck behind a split in the field then it makes it very difficult to get back.You won't be laughing if the wind blows.
Exactly what I was thinking. At least one GC contender to be out of the running.
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I expect Nibali to be near the front again.Indeed, it will be very tactical if the wind comes and the echelons form. If a main contender gets stuck behind a split in the field then it makes it very difficult to get back.Organiser, National Championship 50 mile Time Trial 19720 -
Surely stage 2 has sprint written all over it and stage 3 will be where the puncheurs will come to the fore? Whether they will take enough time to take yellow of TM is another matter.0
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Surely stage 2 has sprint written all over it and stage 3 will be where the puncheurs will come to the fore? Whether they will take enough time to take yellow of TM is another matter.
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You won't be laughing if the wind blows.
Trouble is the prevailing wind at this time of year is Westerly so if it does blow it will (likely) just be a block headwind...We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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You won't be laughing if the wind blows.
Trouble is the prevailing wind at this time of year is Westerly so if it does blow it will (likely) just be a block headwind...
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near the top of the climb
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[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19632364#p19632364]SpecialGuestStar[/url] wrote:You won't be laughing if the wind blows.
Trouble is the prevailing wind at this time of year is Westerly so if it does blow it will (likely) just be a block headwind...
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It's correct. A Westerly wind comes in from the West to the East.0 -
The route appears to go south in places though - especially in the final quarter of the stage - in which case a Westerly would give a cross wind just when you want it - later in the stage and next to the coast.[Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]0
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true but at that stage of the race in the second stage I suspect that all the GC guys will have enough energy to shut down a split and, more importantly, be all over front just in case anyway
It's quite a cool place to ride there - I didnt know that's where it went.We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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With all those RVs, the UCI can have a giant game of hide and seek with Chris Froome[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19632368#p19632368]SpecialGuestStar[/url] wrote:near the top of the climbTwitter: @RichN950 -
[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19632364#p19632364]SpecialGuestStar[/url] wrote:You won't be laughing if the wind blows.
Trouble is the prevailing wind at this time of year is Westerly so if it does blow it will (likely) just be a block headwind...
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It's correct. A Westerly wind comes in from the West to the East.
so if you are going generally south west it cant be en bloc0 -
Personally I'd like to congratulate them for resisting the urge to really rub salt in the wounds and change that intermediate sprint into a KoM summit on top of the Erasmusbrug.0
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33261281
I like the fact that they want a 'static peloton' to be seen across the world.. thanks mista policeman'Do not compare your bike to others, for always there will be greater and lesser bikes'0
