Spanish Circle... aka La Vuelta + plus off topic bollox

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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,419
    Pinno wrote:
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Helicopters should stay at an elevation high enough for good aerial shots.

    All those endless switchbacks in the last 20km's and seemingly identical (aside from left or right) not good enough for you?
    I dream of a descent like that.
    Well, I am planning an Alps trip next year which includes the Lacets de Montvernier.
    Think I go up it though. Oops! :lol:
    Doubt Spanish TV companies use Lynx helicopters though. :wink:
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    Edit:- My personal preference is for hairpins up, and fast smooth sweeping descents.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • Garry H
    Garry H Posts: 6,639
    Don't worry, I got the Lynx joke first time round.

    BTW I was out hillwalking with the boy one last Sunday and two Apaches and a Sikorsky flew overhead.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,419
    Garry H wrote:
    Don't worry, I got the Lynx joke first time round.
    Not so sure everyone else did. :wink:
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • Garry H
    Garry H Posts: 6,639
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Garry H wrote:
    Don't worry, I got the Lynx joke first time round.
    Not so sure anyone else did. :wink:

    FTFY

    Enjoying a bottle of porter. This is my Friday.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,720
    Pinno wrote:
    I dream of a descent
    That's the spirit.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,419
    Garry H wrote:
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Garry H wrote:
    Don't worry, I got the Lynx joke first time round.
    Not so sure anyone else did. :wink:

    FTFY

    Enjoying a bottle of porter. This is my Friday.
    Glenfiddich 12 here.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • Garry H
    Garry H Posts: 6,639
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Garry H wrote:
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Garry H wrote:
    Don't worry, I got the Lynx joke first time round.
    Not so sure anyone else did. :wink:

    FTFY

    Enjoying a bottle of porter. This is my Friday.
    Glenfiddich 12 here.
    That reminds me, need to stock up.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,419
    Old Bertie showed everyone what it takes to beat Sky.
    Let's hope some teams or riders have learned.
    Sitting on the wheel of someone who will beat you in a TT is not a tactic.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • Garry H
    Garry H Posts: 6,639
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Old Bertie showed everyone what it takes to beat Sky.
    Let's hope some teams or riders have learned.
    Sitting on the wheel of someone who will beat you in a TT is not a tactic.

    Still all too dependant on Froome having a mishap though.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,419
    Garry H wrote:
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Old Bertie showed everyone what it takes to beat Sky.
    Let's hope some teams or riders have learned.
    Sitting on the wheel of someone who will beat you in a TT is not a tactic.

    Still all too dependant on Froome having a mishap though.
    Bertie's attack led to Froome taking risks, and failing. IMO. His skills have shown to be lacking in the past so putting him under pressure seems a viable option. Possibly the only one.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,440
    Seems a bit out of character to me as Froome has been descending very well the last couple of years. Remarkable turnaround really.

    Contador really turning back the years...
  • sloppyschleckonds
    sloppyschleckonds Posts: 8,019
    Simply Red Jersey, or was that holding back the years
    I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles
  • Garry H
    Garry H Posts: 6,639
    SloppySchleckonds wrote:
    Simply Red Jersey, or was that holding back the years

    I just got that. Chapeau!!
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,449
    It's getting better this Vuelta. I've caught up now. Oh to climb like M A Lopez...
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,419
    Pinno wrote:
    It's getting better this Vuelta. I've caught up now. Oh to climb like M A Lopez...
    Unfortunately he got off to a slow start. Understandably. Froome to extend his lead on Tuesday at which point it will be over. Or, can Lopez TT? Fingers crossed.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,449
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    It's getting better this Vuelta. I've caught up now. Oh to climb like M A Lopez...
    Unfortunately he got off to a slow start. Understandably. Froome to extend his lead on Tuesday at which point it will be over. Or, can Lopez TT? Fingers crossed.

    To the tune of almost 4 minutes over 40km?

    There's a shed load of good Colombians coming through. Can we see NQ winning another GT? I'm not sure.
    I do like the articulate Mr Chavez.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,419
    Pinno wrote:
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    It's getting better this Vuelta. I've caught up now. Oh to climb like M A Lopez...
    Unfortunately he got off to a slow start. Understandably. Froome to extend his lead on Tuesday at which point it will be over. Or, can Lopez TT? Fingers crossed.

    To the tune of almost 4 minutes over 40km?

    There's a shed load of good Colombians coming through. Can we see NQ winning another GT? I'm not sure.
    I do like the articulate Mr Chavez.
    Not a chance of taking the lead. I just meant keeping the pressure on for the climbs to come. Mr. Chavez? Good bloke.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,440
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    It's getting better this Vuelta. I've caught up now. Oh to climb like M A Lopez...
    Unfortunately he got off to a slow start. Understandably. Froome to extend his lead on Tuesday at which point it will be over. Or, can Lopez TT? Fingers crossed.

    He did one good TT in Suisse but generally expected to lose a packet to Froome (like everyone else).

    Watching Yates go pop yesterday was amusing... He pretty much ground to a halt.
  • Garry H
    Garry H Posts: 6,639
    Nah, saturday will be the decider.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,449
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    It's getting better this Vuelta. I've caught up now. Oh to climb like M A Lopez...
    Unfortunately he got off to a slow start. Understandably. Froome to extend his lead on Tuesday at which point it will be over. Or, can Lopez TT? Fingers crossed.

    He did one good TT in Suisse but generally expected to lose a packet to Froome (like everyone else).

    Watching Yates go pop yesterday was amusing... He pretty much ground to a halt.

    How much of that was psychological after Lopez shot past like a ferret on fire? Had he had a better gap, maybe the adrenalin would have kicked in.
    However, he's always up there in the best young rider category and I think we can look forward to Yates' career. I do like him.
    Might be interesting times ahead given the Colombian talent, some rising French stars, Spanish riders with huge potential and 1 or two of 'our own'. (Inverted commas because I don't have any nationalistic tendencies in cycling. I think those years and tears of diddley squat from the Brits made me see the professional peloton and cyclists differently).
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • sloppyschleckonds
    sloppyschleckonds Posts: 8,019
    3 Cat 3 climbs in the Tour of Brittania tomorrow, hope they are spaced out
    I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles
  • mamil314
    mamil314 Posts: 1,103
    Pinno wrote:
    we can look forward to Yates' career. I do like him.

    You mean the clean one and not his evil twin?
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,440
    Pinno wrote:
    How much of that was psychological after Lopez shot past like a ferret on fire? Had he had a better gap, maybe the adrenalin would have kicked in.

    I reckon it was physical rather than psychological - he clearly slowed up when he heard Lopez was bridging, he jumped on Lopez' wheel when he came past and held it for a couple of hundred meters, then he'd had it.

    I think after his earlier efforts to get across and then to try and hold Lopez at altitude like that he was just cooked.
  • sloppyschleckonds
    sloppyschleckonds Posts: 8,019
    mamil314 wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    we can look forward to Yates' career. I do like him.

    You mean the clean one and not his evil twin?

    Taking drugs for Asthma is accepted as levelling the playing field in cycling
    I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,440
    SloppySchleckonds wrote:
    mamil314 wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    we can look forward to Yates' career. I do like him.

    You mean the clean one and not his evil twin?

    Taking drugs for Asthma is accepted as levelling the playing field in cycling

    To be fair that doesn't only apply to cycling.
  • sloppyschleckonds
    sloppyschleckonds Posts: 8,019
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    SloppySchleckonds wrote:
    mamil314 wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    we can look forward to Yates' career. I do like him.

    You mean the clean one and not his evil twin?

    Taking drugs for Asthma is accepted as levelling the playing field in cycling

    To be fair that doesn't only apply to cycling.

    I no longer subscribe to the pipe smokers forum
    I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles
  • hopkinb
    hopkinb Posts: 7,129
    Froome is strong isn't he? A few crazy steep gradients to come though. I enjoyed watching Bert give it a pop. Will he nick a podium? While twirling his moustache with an asthmatic dog in his jersey pocket?
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,419
    I think just heard a fat lady warming up.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • Garry H
    Garry H Posts: 6,639
    Saturday will decide it.





    (Or it will be a completely damp squib)
  • sloppyschleckonds
    sloppyschleckonds Posts: 8,019
    Froome will recharge his red blood cells tonight, and take another couple of minutes tomorrow.
    Then save his best for the last few days.
    I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles

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