TDF 2022:- Stage 20: Lacapelle Marival - Rocamadour, 40.7Km ***Spoilers***

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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Hard to see anyone else push the downhills and corners to beat that
    "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 pm
  • thejimmymethod
    thejimmymethod Posts: 458
    Just 41s quicker for Wout
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,728
    The Martians have landed.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Vingers looks a bit Contador like on his TT bike.


    Also hating the black shoe covers.
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  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,601
    What are JV are doing differently to everyone else? Sky took care of the low hanging fruit; proper training instead of just riding bikes, altitude training, provide beds the riders are used to at grand tours, extra helpers and taking their own chefs.
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,057
    rick_chasey said:

    Casual 25kph up a 7% incline

    And that's why aero trumps weight for these guys up steeper inclines that us mortals, insane speed for such a relatively steep incline. :o
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  • mrfpb
    mrfpb Posts: 4,569
    G only 1" down at first check
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Thomas flying
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    N0bodyOfTheGoat said:

    rick_chasey said:

    Casual 25kph up a 7% incline

    And that's why aero trumps weight for these guys up steeper inclines that us mortals, insane speed for such a relatively steep incline. :o
    Yup, F1 cars need spoilers, my polo needs two fewer passengers.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,728
    rick_chasey said:

    Thomas flying

    Not as fast as Vingegaard though.
    He’s faster than WVA
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    As is Pog
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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,334
    Pogacar goes fastest at T1
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Vingers 7s faster than Pog
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,728
    Vingegaard 7 seconds faster than Pogacar
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  • mrfpb
    mrfpb Posts: 4,569
    Lanterne_Rogue said:

    Pogacar goes fastest at T1

    Then beaten by Vinnny
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,236
    Getting interesting...
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,656
    Jonas fastest at first check
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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,334
    Vin quicker still. Game on...
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Not holding back any of them
    "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 pm
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,656
    Note: Jonas normally goes out fast, not a big - ve split rider
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  • mrfpb
    mrfpb Posts: 4,569
    Does Vinny have a consistent TT pace, or does he get slower as he goes?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Wouldn’t count Thomas out too.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    mididoctors said:

    Hard to see anyone else push the downhills and corners to beat that

    That aged quickly
    "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 pm
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Is it me or is Thomas sitting skew wiff on his bike?
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    Note: Jonas normally goes out fast, not a big - ve split rider

    Sure but lad is in yellow by right - he’s gonna be there or there abouts
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  • mrfpb
    mrfpb Posts: 4,569
    The race graphic seems to show Thomas catching up with Gaudu
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,656
    mrfpb said:

    Does Vinny have a consistent TT pace, or does he get slower as he goes?

    Fast starter, usually.
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  • amrushton
    amrushton Posts: 1,312
    gsk82 said:

    What are JV are doing differently to everyone else? Sky took care of the low hanging fruit; proper training instead of just riding bikes, altitude training, provide beds the riders are used to at grand tours, extra helpers and taking their own chefs.

    Maybe a team where everyone is at their best and the science takes good riders and makes them better. LaPorte was with Cofidis 8 yrs and won v.little. Now he has big wins. The cynic in me says they have some magic formula that is undetectable but wouldnt everyone else have it? WvA is just gifted in the ways a generational rider is. Merckx,Hinault, Roche,Kelly, Boonen, Cancellara etc all were above the rest

  • commuterlegs
    commuterlegs Posts: 271
    rick_chasey said:

    Is it me or is Thomas sitting skew wiff on his bike?

    Still trying to look around Ving & Pog?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    edited July 2022
    Wout wins super combative prize
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