KGF, aha, aha, aha, aha

Maurice Thepity
Maurice Thepity Posts: 75
edited November 2017 in Pro race
A new approach to the team pursuit very nearly caught France out in the ride off for the bronze over the weekend.

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  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    Youtube video? Race report? Photos? Maybe a short dance to convey your feelings about this?

    What happened?
  • Can't find anything on YouTube but once the team is up to speed Jonny Wale the kilo rider does a massive turn on the front before peeling off and leaving the three remaining riders to hold their advantage.
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/41926332
  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    Thanks for that - great tactic. Have they regularly been doing that, or did they surprise the French with it?
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    It was cool, and nice to see the minows coming up with a new tactic, though in the end the three riders were out there too long. Possibly thier only chance and it was a crowd pleaser.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    Always good to have 25 year old dance music references on the forum
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • RichN95 wrote:
    Always good to have 25 year old dance music references on the forum
    I was also think of KGF is gonna shock ya. This could run and run.
  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,108
    A couple of these boys have put some incredible times in on our evening 10, nice to see a direct comparison between class acts and mortals like yourself.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Beeeep booop. Boop beeep.
  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,613
    RichN95 wrote:
    Always good to have 25 year old dance music references on the forum

    EMF or KLF. We should be told....
    Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    Gweeds wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Always good to have 25 year old dance music references on the forum

    EMF or KLF. We should be told....
    KLF - specifically the intro to 3am Eternal.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,613
    *disappears down Spotify wormhole*
    Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    RichN95 wrote:
    Gweeds wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Always good to have 25 year old dance music references on the forum

    EMF or KLF. We should be told....
    KLF - specifically the intro to 3am Eternal.

    h0D449MmZ4I.jpg

    Unbelievable KLF was confused with EMF ;).
  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,451
    Really interesting watching them challenge the orthodoxy of the team pursuit. As well as having man 2 do a huge turn and then drop out they also have man 1 drop into the man 3 position after his initial stint (man 3 is the most aerodynamically beneficial position)

    https://twitter.com/DanBiggles22/status ... 6448528386
  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,613

    Unbelievable KLF was confused with EMF ;).

    You say to me I don't talk enough
    Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    It's all the brainchild of a sports scientist and ex-rower called Mehdi Kordi (KGF, not the KLF)
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • Gweeds wrote:

    Unbelievable KLF was confused with EMF ;).

    You say to me I don't talk enough

    Yeah, but when you do...
  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,613
    Hat
    Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.
  • Great set of lads. Hope they pull off a win some day soon.
    "A cyclist has nothing to lose but his chain"

    PTP Runner Up 2015
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,576
    Bit more about them from Will Fotheringham;

    https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/ ... -world-cup

    Love what they're doing, both in funding themselves and changing tactics in what is, fundamentally, a very conservative discipline.
  • poppit
    poppit Posts: 926
    They had to do something different to protect Tipper as he’s not quite up to their level at the moment, he’ll get there though.
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