Spanish Circle... aka La Vuelta + plus off topic bollox
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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.
Think I go up it though. Oops!
Doubt Spanish TV companies use Lynx helicopters though.
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.0 -
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.0 -
Garry H wrote:Don't worry, I got the Lynx joke first time round.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.0 -
Garry H wrote: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.0 -
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.0 -
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.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.0 -
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...0 -
Simply Red Jersey, or was that holding back the yearsI'm sorry you don't believe in miracles0
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SloppySchleckonds wrote:Simply Red Jersey, or was that holding back the years
I just got that. Chapeau!!0 -
It's getting better this Vuelta. I've caught up now. Oh to climb like M A Lopez...seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
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Pinno wrote:It's getting better this Vuelta. I've caught up now. Oh to climb like M A Lopez...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.0 -
PBlakeney wrote:Pinno wrote:It's getting better this Vuelta. I've caught up now. Oh to climb like M A Lopez...
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!0 -
Pinno wrote:PBlakeney wrote:Pinno wrote:It's getting better this Vuelta. I've caught up now. Oh to climb like M A Lopez...
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.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.0 -
PBlakeney wrote:Pinno wrote:It's getting better this Vuelta. I've caught up now. Oh to climb like M A Lopez...
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.0 -
Nah, saturday will be the decider.0
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bobmcstuff wrote:PBlakeney wrote:Pinno wrote:It's getting better this Vuelta. I've caught up now. Oh to climb like M A Lopez...
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!0 -
3 Cat 3 climbs in the Tour of Brittania tomorrow, hope they are spaced outI'm sorry you don't believe in miracles0
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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.0 -
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SloppySchleckonds wrote:
To be fair that doesn't only apply to cycling.0 -
bobmcstuff wrote:SloppySchleckonds wrote:
To be fair that doesn't only apply to cycling.
I no longer subscribe to the pipe smokers forumI'm sorry you don't believe in miracles0 -
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?0
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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.0 -
Saturday will decide it.
(Or it will be a completely damp squib)0 -
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 miracles0