Tour de Romandie 24 _29th April *SPOILERS*
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Fabro now leads by 25 seconds.
After yesterday's efforts, de Gendt only manages to go into second place.
Durasek takes over the lead by 13 seconds"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Interesting stage. Looks like could be a day for the unknowns.
Matteo Fabbro just took 26" out of storers time
Edit: too slow posting
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Rick Chasey wrote:mididoctors wrote:
that day on the giro up the Stevilo was great. I suspect his top end potential on the climbs is not good enough if he rode with the lead group. he has to get out of the bunch and diesel off
It really was.
You're right, he's a one pace sort of rider. In hindsight, they feel like a rarer breed than they once were; the guy who would slowly strangle you by riding 0.5kph faster than you could really go.
He can obviously take on a lot of work though; being in the break day-in-day-out is pretty full on.
Then again, he then also has days where he's 15 minutes behind. I presume that's a mental thing rather than physical.
I used to get really excited about the Ulrich/Pantani/90's "keep-riding-until-everyone-is-off-your-wheel" rides.
The 90s were great for that, with perhaps the ultimate being Indurain's ride to La Plagne. Brutal. He dropped a field that included a Marco Pantani who would set the (then) record for d'Huez the following day. He got some stick for being boring, but those three stages he destroyed the field to Liege, destroyed them in the TT, and then rode them off his wheel to La Plagne.0 -
Will we get a sub 26.30" from the specialist climbers?0
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phreak wrote:Rick Chasey wrote:mididoctors wrote:
that day on the giro up the Stevilo was great. I suspect his top end potential on the climbs is not good enough if he rode with the lead group. he has to get out of the bunch and diesel off
It really was.
You're right, he's a one pace sort of rider. In hindsight, they feel like a rarer breed than they once were; the guy who would slowly strangle you by riding 0.5kph faster than you could really go.
He can obviously take on a lot of work though; being in the break day-in-day-out is pretty full on.
Then again, he then also has days where he's 15 minutes behind. I presume that's a mental thing rather than physical.
I used to get really excited about the Ulrich/Pantani/90's "keep-riding-until-everyone-is-off-your-wheel" rides.
The 90s were great for that, with perhaps the ultimate being Indurain's ride to La Plagne. Brutal. He dropped a field that included a Marco Pantani who would set the (then) record for d'Huez the following day. He got some stick for being boring, but those three stages he destroyed the field to Liege, destroyed them in the TT, and then rode them off his wheel to La Plagne.
IIRC it was alex zulle who solo'd for the win to la Plagne that day"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
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Fuglsang takes the lead but Spilak absolutely murders the first CP time."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0
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Dan Martin takes the lead but Kruijswijk is up next0
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Kruisjwijk wow."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0
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Crikey 42" ahead of Martin for Kruijswijk 25'58"0
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22.8kph average "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0
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porte drilling it."If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0
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inseine wrote:lets see how the tri bars work for Porte
So far, Porte 26 seconds faster than Jumbo Steve at the check."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
I like this. Better than the flat ITT's by far0
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Philippa York thought they'd be at 28 to 30 minutes. They're smashing that. supposed to be a tail wind which must help the stronger riders.0
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inseine wrote:G on bar extensions too. Not many people using them so far?
seems to be used by the guys going for the win."If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
ouff porte 30 secs to the good"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0
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