While that may all be the case I find the analysis decent enough with the Belgian co-host. The move podcast is getting rather mediocre because Armstrong doesn't even pretend to care anymore. The podcast would probably be better focusing on Hincapie and Bryuneel. Bruyneel's podcast on the same channel is better.
The amount of advertising minutes on The Move is rather grating at times as well.
For me it's currently: 1. Lanterne Rouge 2. The Move preview Bruyneel podcast 3. The Move Armstrong 4. Rest
I wish Cosmo Catalano did more in the format. His 'How the race was won' videos are still the gold standard.
Lance Armstrong brings suprisingly little to that podcast and doesn't do his research. He also acts like a child ('that w"nker Contador') I could listen to Bruyneel all day.
While that may all be the case I find the analysis decent enough with the Belgian co-host. The move podcast is getting rather mediocre because Armstrong doesn't even pretend to care anymore. The podcast would probably be better focusing on Hincapie and Bryuneel. Bruyneel's podcast on the same channel is better.
The amount of advertising minutes on The Move is rather grating at times as well.
For me it's currently: 1. Lanterne Rouge 2. The Move preview Bruyneel podcast 3. The Move Armstrong 4. Rest
I wish Cosmo Catalano did more in the format. His 'How the race was won' videos are still the gold standard.
Lance Armstrong brings suprisingly little to that podcast and doesn't do his research. He also acts like a child ('that w"nker Contador') I could listen to Bruyneel all day.
His attitude towards other riders is amazingly basic. If they beat him, they're [email protected], if they lost to him, they're real good guys really.
While that may all be the case I find the analysis decent enough with the Belgian co-host. The move podcast is getting rather mediocre because Armstrong doesn't even pretend to care anymore. The podcast would probably be better focusing on Hincapie and Bryuneel. Bruyneel's podcast on the same channel is better.
The amount of advertising minutes on The Move is rather grating at times as well.
For me it's currently: 1. Lanterne Rouge 2. The Move preview Bruyneel podcast 3. The Move Armstrong 4. Rest
I wish Cosmo Catalano did more in the format. His 'How the race was won' videos are still the gold standard.
Lance Armstrong brings suprisingly little to that podcast and doesn't do his research. He also acts like a child ('that w"nker Contador') I could listen to Bruyneel all day.
His attitude towards other riders is amazingly basic. If they beat him, they're [email protected], if they lost to him, they're real good guys really.
Well he was an a$$hole then and he's no different now.
Agreed, went and watched a TT the other night and the sock height was off the scale, I genuinely think one rider had his arm warmers on his legs with about a 2" gap from his shorts
Have we had this one yet ? The Tour should scrap the yellow jersey.
Scrap it and until a genuine GC contender gets established in the lead nobody has such an incentive to control the race just to keep "the jersey" - and that makes the racing less predictable which is generally seen as a good thing.
Another flaw in this is when would you consider someone a "genuine contender"? We could have had most on the 1990 Tour without a yellow jersey and up until Stage 19 in both 2011 and 2019. In 1991 would it have been awarded to Lemond then stopped again when Delgado's domestique took it over and held it until the end?
I wouldn't have a yellow jersey - it's not that I'd wait til a genuine contender took the lead to award one I just wouldn't have it at all so that isn't a flaw... let alone "another" !
Of course like anyone else I'm attached to the tradition of the jersey it's just when you look at it dispassionately you can at least make a good argument that it can have a negative affect on the racing. I'd probably test it out in the Vuelta first though.
They should run the Tour the 'wrong way round' periodically, with the big mountains first followed by lumpy/windy stuff in the last week.
Half agree - I'd have some early mountains but a flattish last week is going to mean the GC battle is done and dusted early even if it's still close. I suppose we might get some genuinely decisive crosswind stages or some very tense run ins to sprints .
Have we had this one yet ? The Tour should scrap the yellow jersey.
Scrap it and until a genuine GC contender gets established in the lead nobody has such an incentive to control the race just to keep "the jersey" - and that makes the racing less predictable which is generally seen as a good thing.
Another flaw in this is when would you consider someone a "genuine contender"? We could have had most on the 1990 Tour without a yellow jersey and up until Stage 19 in both 2011 and 2019. In 1991 would it have been awarded to Lemond then stopped again when Delgado's domestique took it over and held it until the end?
I wouldn't have a yellow jersey - it's not that I'd wait til a genuine contender took the lead to award one I just wouldn't have it at all so that isn't a flaw... let alone "another" !
Of course like anyone else I'm attached to the tradition of the jersey it's just when you look at it dispassionately you can at least make a good argument that it can have a negative affect on the racing. I'd probably test it out in the Vuelta first though.
Looking back, I think I misread what you'd said. I read "Scrap it and until.... " and "Scrap it until....". I still think it would make it less exciting if anything as, in the early stages, you get riders racing hard for the opportunity to wear yellow which in many cases will be a once in a lifetime opportunity. I think the teams of the many contenders don't really bother defending the lead against someone who isn't an overall threat and in many cases they'll be happy to lose the jersey for a day or two. Occasionally they miscalculate and end up under pressure late in the race (like with Alaphilippe last year, Vockler back in 2011 and Lemond in 1990) which in itself adds to the race. I don't think too many teams put in too much effort to defend the jersey when they've got a 'place holder' wearing it unless it is their team leader.
Punters obsess over rim brakes vs disc brakes because most people came to proper road riding after they learned to drive and are pansies, thus over-preoccupied with how to slow down rather than go downhill faster.
*awaits nerd saying yeah but if you can brake later you can go downhill faster* > I can assure you, the folks worrying about which braking system they have are not concerned about eeking out an extra 10m going at 70kph before hurtling into a hairpin.
Punters obsess over rim brakes vs disc brakes because most people came to proper road riding after they learned to drive and are pansies, thus over-preoccupied with how to slow down rather than go downhill faster.
*awaits nerd saying yeah but if you can brake later you can go downhill faster* > I can assure you, the folks worrying about which braking system they have are not concerned about eeking out an extra 10m going at 70kph before hurtling into a hairpin.
Agree with this. Pro's are riding disks because they have to for Sponsors etc, the ones who have. a choice are using rim brakes.
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With the odd exception mountains all look the same to me.
Is reachable from here.
Believe in miracles
And cures and healing wells
Aye, is it.
Is reachable from here.
Believe in miracles
And cures and healing wells
It seems no matter who runs the mountain trains, it just kills the excitement.
(In the largish group I was riding with pre-covid there was a strong correlation between the riders' sock length and age.)
"I'd have won if only I had a ....".
I am not sure. You have no chance.
Of course like anyone else I'm attached to the tradition of the jersey it's just when you look at it dispassionately you can at least make a good argument that it can have a negative affect on the racing. I'd probably test it out in the Vuelta first though.
*awaits nerd saying yeah but if you can brake later you can go downhill faster* > I can assure you, the folks worrying about which braking system they have are not concerned about eeking out an extra 10m going at 70kph before hurtling into a hairpin.
Cobbles are OK once every few years, but gravel belongs in a garden centre
Trek Crockett 4
Canyon Grand Canyon 8.0
Yes, because gravel is a cutting edge modern road surface
- @ddraver
Cobbles take a particular skill to ride though. Gravel is just a bad road.