I have always thought hunger knock was a better name and describes it better. I remember reading a cycling mag last century and John Hererty riding one of the early season French races was explaining why he got dropped “ I got hunger knock” whilst at the same time stuffing great lumps of French bread in his mouth.
The modern man on a bike uses the word "bonk" far too often, without knowing what it means.
Too true, I've been pushed 20 miles to a cafe stop once and another somehow made it downhill to a petrol station despite weird hallucinations and promptly ate 3 or 4 Mars bars. Horrible!
To be fair, not many riders have won it when they're scarcely out of the jnr ranks. He has a LOT of time on his side.
We all thought that about Ullrich, IIRC ;-)
I'm putting this one down to probable illness until I hear otherwise. But someone (RichN95 I believe) once posited a theory that Colombians peak and then decline earlier than European riders, possibly due to having an advantage growing up at altitude that diminishes the longer they spend riding in Europe. I do think that theory has merit, I wouldn't be at all surprised if Bernal was a one-time winner of the Tour.
It looked to me like he just bonked or ran out of food or something.
Bonking is a possibility but would be downright amateur. Surely a team like Ineos (remember all the guff about their feeding strategy on the Froome wonder stage in the Giro) would never let that happen?
Froome bonked / nearly bonked on that stage where Porte?? got fined for going back to the car after the latest feed didn't he?
I was being facetious, making a little bit of fun out of the Ineos claim that they had so scientifically calculated Froome's calorific intake on that stage in the Giro.
Regardless of how you cut it, it would be a damning statement on a team that prides itself on marginal gains. That's as basic as it gets.
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.
To be fair, not many riders have won it when they're scarcely out of the jnr ranks. He has a LOT of time on his side.
We all thought that about Ullrich, IIRC ;-)
I'm putting this one down to probable illness until I hear otherwise. But someone (RichN95 I believe) once posited a theory that Colombians peak and then decline earlier than European riders, possibly due to having an advantage growing up at altitude that diminishes the longer they spend riding in Europe. I do think that theory has merit, I wouldn't be at all surprised if Bernal was a one-time winner of the Tour.
It looked to me like he just bonked or ran out of food or something.
Bonking is a possibility but would be downright amateur. Surely a team like Ineos (remember all the guff about their feeding strategy on the Froome wonder stage in the Giro) would never let that happen?
Froome bonked / nearly bonked on that stage where Porte?? got fined for going back to the car after the latest feed didn't he?
I was being facetious, making a little bit of fun out of the Ineos claim that they had so scientifically calculated Froome's calorific intake on that stage in the Giro.
Regardless of how you cut it, it would be a damning statement on a team that prides itself on marginal gains. That's as basic as it gets.
The problem that day was their lead car broke down and they couldn't get the second one up quick enough.
To be fair, not many riders have won it when they're scarcely out of the jnr ranks. He has a LOT of time on his side.
We all thought that about Ullrich, IIRC ;-)
I'm putting this one down to probable illness until I hear otherwise. But someone (RichN95 I believe) once posited a theory that Colombians peak and then decline earlier than European riders, possibly due to having an advantage growing up at altitude that diminishes the longer they spend riding in Europe. I do think that theory has merit, I wouldn't be at all surprised if Bernal was a one-time winner of the Tour.
It looked to me like he just bonked or ran out of food or something.
Bonking is a possibility but would be downright amateur. Surely a team like Ineos (remember all the guff about their feeding strategy on the Froome wonder stage in the Giro) would never let that happen?
Froome bonked / nearly bonked on that stage where Porte?? got fined for going back to the car after the latest feed didn't he?
I was being facetious, making a little bit of fun out of the Ineos claim that they had so scientifically calculated Froome's calorific intake on that stage in the Giro.
Regardless of how you cut it, it would be a damning statement on a team that prides itself on marginal gains. That's as basic as it gets.
The problem that day was their lead car broke down and they couldn't get the second one up quick enough.
...and we are back to basics again. I've never had a car less than 8 years old break down. Mercedes, Ford or Grenadier this time?
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.
To be fair, not many riders have won it when they're scarcely out of the jnr ranks. He has a LOT of time on his side.
We all thought that about Ullrich, IIRC ;-)
I'm putting this one down to probable illness until I hear otherwise. But someone (RichN95 I believe) once posited a theory that Colombians peak and then decline earlier than European riders, possibly due to having an advantage growing up at altitude that diminishes the longer they spend riding in Europe. I do think that theory has merit, I wouldn't be at all surprised if Bernal was a one-time winner of the Tour.
It looked to me like he just bonked or ran out of food or something.
Bonking is a possibility but would be downright amateur. Surely a team like Ineos (remember all the guff about their feeding strategy on the Froome wonder stage in the Giro) would never let that happen?
Froome bonked / nearly bonked on that stage where Porte?? got fined for going back to the car after the latest feed didn't he?
I was being facetious, making a little bit of fun out of the Ineos claim that they had so scientifically calculated Froome's calorific intake on that stage in the Giro.
Regardless of how you cut it, it would be a damning statement on a team that prides itself on marginal gains. That's as basic as it gets.
The problem that day was their lead car broke down and they couldn't get the second one up quick enough.
...and we are back to basics again. I've never had a car less than 8 years old break down. Mercedes, Ford or Grenadier this time?
Jaguar I think. The problem was they had a cool box in the boot filled with ice/water and for some reason it had tipped over and blown electrics.
To be fair, not many riders have won it when they're scarcely out of the jnr ranks. He has a LOT of time on his side.
We all thought that about Ullrich, IIRC ;-)
I'm putting this one down to probable illness until I hear otherwise. But someone (RichN95 I believe) once posited a theory that Colombians peak and then decline earlier than European riders, possibly due to having an advantage growing up at altitude that diminishes the longer they spend riding in Europe. I do think that theory has merit, I wouldn't be at all surprised if Bernal was a one-time winner of the Tour.
It looked to me like he just bonked or ran out of food or something.
Bonking is a possibility but would be downright amateur. Surely a team like Ineos (remember all the guff about their feeding strategy on the Froome wonder stage in the Giro) would never let that happen?
Froome bonked / nearly bonked on that stage where Porte?? got fined for going back to the car after the latest feed didn't he?
I was being facetious, making a little bit of fun out of the Ineos claim that they had so scientifically calculated Froome's calorific intake on that stage in the Giro.
Regardless of how you cut it, it would be a damning statement on a team that prides itself on marginal gains. That's as basic as it gets.
The problem that day was their lead car broke down and they couldn't get the second one up quick enough.
...and we are back to basics again. I've never had a car less than 8 years old break down. Mercedes, Ford or Grenadier this time?
Jaguar I think. The problem was they had a cool box in the boot filled with ice/water and for some reason it had tipped over and blown electrics.
Not good for Jaguar then. That'll learn them.
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.
To be fair, not many riders have won it when they're scarcely out of the jnr ranks. He has a LOT of time on his side.
We all thought that about Ullrich, IIRC ;-)
I'm putting this one down to probable illness until I hear otherwise. But someone (RichN95 I believe) once posited a theory that Colombians peak and then decline earlier than European riders, possibly due to having an advantage growing up at altitude that diminishes the longer they spend riding in Europe. I do think that theory has merit, I wouldn't be at all surprised if Bernal was a one-time winner of the Tour.
It looked to me like he just bonked or ran out of food or something.
Bonking is a possibility but would be downright amateur. Surely a team like Ineos (remember all the guff about their feeding strategy on the Froome wonder stage in the Giro) would never let that happen?
Froome bonked / nearly bonked on that stage where Porte?? got fined for going back to the car after the latest feed didn't he?
I was being facetious, making a little bit of fun out of the Ineos claim that they had so scientifically calculated Froome's calorific intake on that stage in the Giro.
Regardless of how you cut it, it would be a damning statement on a team that prides itself on marginal gains. That's as basic as it gets.
The problem that day was their lead car broke down and they couldn't get the second one up quick enough.
...and we are back to basics again. I've never had a car less than 8 years old break down. Mercedes, Ford or Grenadier this time?
Have you ever had a cool box full of water thrown through the window all over your instrumentation though?
"Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
Is it just me thinking that when the big guys of the classics drop the minute climbers up a mountain, then we are rewinding an old tape and it means there is a new drug in town?
Jaguar I think. The problem was they had a cool box in the boot filled with ice/water and for some reason it had tipped over and blown electrics.
Anyone designing an estate car (I assume) and not taking account of water spillage in the working area isn't thinking it through properly. Marginal gains/huge losses.
In any case, Bernal has now admitted that he literally isn't at the races.
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.
Is it just me thinking that when the big guys of the classics drop the minute climbers up a mountain, then we are rewinding an old tape and it means there is a new drug in town?
Or, maybe some bad test results to come?
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.
Is it just me thinking that when the big guys of the classics drop the minute climbers up a mountain, then we are rewinding an old tape and it means there is a new drug in town?
Or, maybe some bad test results to come?
It would be ironic if the team affected by Covid was the "marginal gains" one... I would have thought they would come to the Tour with specially designed air bubbles to live in
Is it just me thinking that when the big guys of the classics drop the minute climbers up a mountain, then we are rewinding an old tape and it means there is a new drug in town?
What? One that you feed to your domestiques but not team leaders? Seems highly unlikely. When the likes of Uran and Porte are up there everyday it suggests it just isn't as hard a pace as people are suggesting and that a few riders are badly out of form / ill. I wouldn't be surprised to see some Covid positives among the riders in today's results.
Is it just me thinking that when the big guys of the classics drop the minute climbers up a mountain, then we are rewinding an old tape and it means there is a new drug in town?
What? One that you feed to your domestiques but not team leaders? Seems highly unlikely. When the likes of Uran and Porte are up there everyday it suggests it just isn't as hard a pace as people are suggesting and that a few riders are badly out of form / ill. I wouldn't be surprised to see some Covid positives among the riders in today's results.
The pace was hard. What JV did was: - Make use of WvA his cyclocross expertise by setting a short super hard effort to get everybody tired (after that he went chilling on Bernal his wheel) - Then Tom Dumoulin as a time trail specialist than went on time trailing JV up the mountain to punish everyone their tired legs.
The reason why guys like Pogacar can deal with this, is because he is an excellent time trailist himself and can deal with these hard efforts. Richie Porte is also not bad in time trailing.
This was not a slow and steady climbing pace that suits Bernal what JV did.
Is it just me thinking that when the big guys of the classics drop the minute climbers up a mountain, then we are rewinding an old tape and it means there is a new drug in town?
What? One that you feed to your domestiques but not team leaders? Seems highly unlikely. When the likes of Uran and Porte are up there everyday it suggests it just isn't as hard a pace as people are suggesting and that a few riders are badly out of form / ill. I wouldn't be surprised to see some Covid positives among the riders in today's results.
The pace was hard. What JV did was: - Make use of WvA his cyclocross expertise by setting a short super hard effort to get everybody tired (after that he went chilling on Bernal his wheel) - Then Tom Dumoulin as a time trail specialist than went on time trailing JV up the mountain to punish everyone their tired legs.
The reason why guys like Pogacar can deal with this, is because he is an excellent time trailist himself and can deal with these hard efforts. Richie Porte is also not bad in time trailing.
This was not a slow and steady climbing pace that suits Bernal what JV did.
A 7km+ "short effort" from WvA!
They are in big trouble when he puts in along effort in that case!
To be fair, not many riders have won it when they're scarcely out of the jnr ranks. He has a LOT of time on his side.
We all thought that about Ullrich, IIRC ;-)
I'm putting this one down to probable illness until I hear otherwise. But someone (RichN95 I believe) once posited a theory that Colombians peak and then decline earlier than European riders, possibly due to having an advantage growing up at altitude that diminishes the longer they spend riding in Europe. I do think that theory has merit, I wouldn't be at all surprised if Bernal was a one-time winner of the Tour.
It looked to me like he just bonked or ran out of food or something.
Bonking is a possibility but would be downright amateur. Surely a team like Ineos (remember all the guff about their feeding strategy on the Froome wonder stage in the Giro) would never let that happen?
Froome bonked / nearly bonked on that stage where Porte?? got fined for going back to the car after the latest feed didn't he?
I was being facetious, making a little bit of fun out of the Ineos claim that they had so scientifically calculated Froome's calorific intake on that stage in the Giro.
Regardless of how you cut it, it would be a damning statement on a team that prides itself on marginal gains. That's as basic as it gets.
The problem that day was their lead car broke down and they couldn't get the second one up quick enough.
...and we are back to basics again. I've never had a car less than 8 years old break down. Mercedes, Ford or Grenadier this time?
Jaguar I think. The problem was they had a cool box in the boot filled with ice/water and for some reason it had tipped over and blown electrics.
Not good for Jaguar then. That'll learn them.
I thought it was the feral fans who threw a bucket of water in through drivers window , Sky where just being diplomatic ,
Is it just me thinking that when the big guys of the classics drop the minute climbers up a mountain, then we are rewinding an old tape and it means there is a new drug in town?
What? One that you feed to your domestiques but not team leaders? Seems highly unlikely. When the likes of Uran and Porte are up there everyday it suggests it just isn't as hard a pace as people are suggesting and that a few riders are badly out of form / ill. I wouldn't be surprised to see some Covid positives among the riders in today's results.
The pace was hard. What JV did was: - Make use of WvA his cyclocross expertise by setting a short super hard effort to get everybody tired (after that he went chilling on Bernal his wheel) - Then Tom Dumoulin as a time trail specialist than went on time trailing JV up the mountain to punish everyone their tired legs.
The reason why guys like Pogacar can deal with this, is because he is an excellent time trailist himself and can deal with these hard efforts. Richie Porte is also not bad in time trailing.
This was not a slow and steady climbing pace that suits Bernal what JV did.
Two of Bernal's own domestiques were sitting comfortably in the group still at the time Bernal got dropped. There will still quite a few second string GC riders left even at the end.
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You've made this sound like you're a virgin buying porno mags
There's a shop in a prominent place in central Cardiff that seems to still be there against all the odds
INEOS ARE QUITTING CYCLING AFTER POOR PERFORMANCE AT TOUR!!
https://www.planetf1.com/news/ineos-buy-mercedes/well, not really but that's the way Cycling News will report it...
- @ddraver
I am not sure. You have no chance.
The problem that day was their lead car broke down and they couldn't get the second one up quick enough.
I am not sure. You have no chance.
Jaguar I think. The problem was they had a cool box in the boot filled with ice/water and for some reason it had tipped over and blown electrics.
That'll learn them.
I am not sure. You have no chance.
Anyone designing an estate car (I assume) and not taking account of water spillage in the working area isn't thinking it through properly. Marginal gains/huge losses.
In any case, Bernal has now admitted that he literally isn't at the races.
I am not sure. You have no chance.
I am not sure. You have no chance.
A quick leg loosener and Covid test, then a lounge by the pool methinks.
- Make use of WvA his cyclocross expertise by setting a short super hard effort to get everybody tired (after that he went chilling on Bernal his wheel)
- Then Tom Dumoulin as a time trail specialist than went on time trailing JV up the mountain to punish everyone their tired legs.
The reason why guys like Pogacar can deal with this, is because he is an excellent time trailist himself and can deal with these hard efforts. Richie Porte is also not bad in time trailing.
This was not a slow and steady climbing pace that suits Bernal what JV did.
They are in big trouble when he puts in along effort in that case!
Sky where just being diplomatic ,