Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle > Espelette 28/07/2018 - 31 km - Individual time-trial *Spoilers*

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Ok, a theory:

    Chris Boardman’s prominence in U.K. pro cycling coverage creates a U.K. cycling culture excessively focused on kit.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    They'd have struggled to get the Jalab in on the left side of the road.

    They should have just gone for Merckx.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    VULTURES!
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  • effillo
    effillo Posts: 257
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    I just tuned into ITV, apparently there has been something about Dumoulin's kit? They brought the wrong shoes or something?

    Happy that Craddock has made it round and has the Lanterne Rouge to boot!

    Can' he just wear what he wore during the TTT?
    I don't know, I just tuned in and Boulting was going on about how he couldn't believe what had happened with Dumoulin's kit.

    Said his specially made skin suit went missing. Had all of the kit for third week delivered rather than drag it around for the whole tour and it didn't turn up. Apparently the company delivered him.a new one so no real dramas.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    Some nasty cross-chaining from Sagan there. Probably costing him a couple of watts :lol:
  • lucan
    lucan Posts: 339
    effillo wrote:
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    I just tuned into ITV, apparently there has been something about Dumoulin's kit? They brought the wrong shoes or something?

    Happy that Craddock has made it round and has the Lanterne Rouge to boot!

    Can' he just wear what he wore during the TTT?
    I don't know, I just tuned in and Boulting was going on about how he couldn't believe what had happened with Dumoulin's kit.

    Said his specially made skin suit went missing. Had all of the kit for third week delivered rather than drag it around for the whole tour and it didn't turn up. Apparently the company delivered him.a new one so no real dramas.

    No, he said that rather than carry his skinsuit around for three weeks it went into one of the trucks, and it's gone missing, so they had a new one made overnight and shipped out to him this morning.

    I blame Wiggle
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    Bodnar not having a good ride apparently
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Dear Tom,

    Thank you for shopping with us.

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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    I just tuned into ITV, apparently there has been something about Dumoulin's kit? They brought the wrong shoes or something?

    Happy that Craddock has made it round and has the Lanterne Rouge to boot!

    Can' he just wear what he wore during the TTT?
    I don't know, I just tuned in and Boulting was going on about how he couldn't believe what had happened with Dumoulin's kit.

    He lost his skinsuit.

    https://www.1limburg.nl/paniek-bij-team ... ulin-kwijt

    I guess he has to have the rainbow on and even if it wasn't mandatory his sponsors would blow a gasket if he didn't
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,459
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    To be fair a crudely drawn willy is more imaginative than the doping innuendo.
    And never ceases to be amusing.

    I liked that Boonen one from a few years ago where the oo was the balls. Had a good chuckle.

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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    Is that Magnus Cort wearing aviators??
  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,486
    mamil314 wrote:
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    The bookies chainrings rating:

    threerings.jpg Roglic
    tworings.jpg Dumoulin, Thomas
    onering.jpg Froome, Kung, Kwiatkowski, Bodnar

    G down around 4/1, Roglic is the clear favourite approaching evens at most places, then Dumoulin not too far behind with odds in the 6/4 to 17/10 sort of range (1.25/1 to 1.7/1). Thomas is between 3/1 and 5/1.

    This compares to the Inrng ratings:

    threerings.jpg Primož Roglič, Geraint Thomas
    tworings.jpg Tom Dumoulin
    onering.jpg Froome, Küng, Latour

    Pretty similar but Inrng reverses G and Dumoulin. Inrng says Thomas has already ridden the course 3 times and it was his pre-race target, but I guess the question is how easy he might take it. As he has noticeably longer odds than Roglic and Dumoulin he should be a reasonably safe E/W bet for OK returns, given what Inrng and other pundits are saying.

    Not too sure if Kwia's odds are justified.

    Kwiato and Landa improved their TT a lot while at Sky
    Kwiatkowski is a very good TT'ist. Polish champion last year and lost last years Tour TT (Stage 20) by just 1 second to Bodnar.
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    Soren Kragh just came in comfortably in the hotseat, by 30s

    Kwiato apparently having a decent ride and might go faster.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    Kwiato leads by 1.35s...
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    MY MAN in the top spot!
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Vultures!
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  • poppit
    poppit Posts: 926
    I think Bernal is going to go well on this course
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  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    If the back wheel was made like a vinyl record and a stylus fitted to the stay, they could play music when they went along. Hills and flats would be a nice sound contrast.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    Yates went through C1 3 seconds faster than anyone else
  • onyourright
    onyourright Posts: 509
    Yates said he was targeting this TT as practice for a day when it matters.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    My guess is Yates needs to work on his pacing strategy.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    My guess is Yates needs to work on his pacing strategy.

    13" slower at second check
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    adr82 wrote:
    Seems the locals aren't Froome fans: ht95BLB.jpg

    They missed Valverde off this.
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  • onyourright
    onyourright Posts: 509
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    My guess is Yates needs to work on his pacing strategy.
    Probably. Though he’s always going to be relatively quicker up those early (and final) climbs than the more rolling terrain in the middle.
  • BelgianBeerGeek
    BelgianBeerGeek Posts: 5,226
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Vultures!
    Griffon vultures? magnificent and slightly ominous.
    Love this kind of stage because the TV team have to work extra hard for things of interest.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Zakarin's helmet strap is not very aero.
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  • BelgianBeerGeek
    BelgianBeerGeek Posts: 5,226
    Above The Cows wrote:
    adr82 wrote:
    Seems the locals aren't Froome fans: ht95BLB.jpg

    They missed Valverde off this.
    Quite.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    My guess is Yates needs to work on his pacing strategy.

    Definitely.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    OnYourRight wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    My guess is Yates needs to work on his pacing strategy.
    Probably. Though he’s always going to be relatively quicker up those early (and final) climbs than the more rolling terrain in the middle.

    Finishes 36" down.
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  • onyourright
    onyourright Posts: 509
    Yates 36 seconds down on Kwiatkowski at the finish line. Good job.

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