TDF 2023: Stage 16:- Passy to Combloux, 22.4km ITT ***Spoilers***

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  • larkim
    larkim Posts: 2,485
    ddraver said:

    larkim said:

    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    DSM Lanterne rouge candidates cheating by arriving late for their starts

    If they miss their slot, does the actual time start only when they cross a timing beam anyway?
    Certainly not in the past. If it changed it was done very quietly
    If so, feels a bit unfair that they are timed to the nearest 100th of a second, and yet are started by a be-blazered bloke with a finger pattern? I know with skiiing the beep-beep-beep-go signal is the time until they can start, but the actual start is triggered by the bar they push out of the way. Would be surprised if the grand tour ITTs were less sophisticated than that?
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    Cavagna fastest at check 1. We should get a better idea of expected times from him
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  • poweredbyidris
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    larkim said:

    ddraver said:

    larkim said:

    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    DSM Lanterne rouge candidates cheating by arriving late for their starts

    If they miss their slot, does the actual time start only when they cross a timing beam anyway?
    Certainly not in the past. If it changed it was done very quietly
    If so, feels a bit unfair that they are timed to the nearest 100th of a second, and yet are started by a be-blazered bloke with a finger pattern? I know with skiiing the beep-beep-beep-go signal is the time until they can start, but the actual start is triggered by the bar they push out of the way. Would be surprised if the grand tour ITTs were less sophisticated than that?

    You must be new to the workings of the UCI :D
  • blazing_saddles
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    Mads motoring
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  • larkim
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    poweredbyidris said:


    You must be new to the workings of the UCI :D

    LOL, fair!
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  • pangolin
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    It’s not only in aiding accelerations that Syncros believes its new wheels will give riders an advantage. The one-piece construction is said to also allow faster cornering and better handling through stiffness optimisation.

    They must be chuffed with this advertising
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 26,970
    How many are actually going for the win? Even Cavagna in the hot seat said he could have done better. Most are just getting through the day in prep for tomorrow.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,790
    Some people thinking late rain might get a surprise early start winner
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,647
    mididoctors said:

    Some people thinking late rain might get a surprise early start winner

    It's pretty rare to get a wet TT without someone on the deck.

    High risk of that with the final two if it's wet.
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  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,033
    Only just turned on ITV4 streaming, are others descending off the aero bars like Latour did until the gradient flattened out?
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,647
    N0bodyOfTheGoat said:

    Only just turned on ITV4 streaming, are others descending off the aero bars like Latour did until the gradient flattened out?

    Yes. Most of them pedalled it unlike, LaTour.
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  • poweredbyidris
    poweredbyidris Posts: 848
    "The weather's a bit grim here in London" says CK

    *looks out window*

    Erm....
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,156
    How French was Lafay’s reaction to that crash?
  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 2,293
    edited July 2023
    Watching without sound (have the womens cricket on) WTF happened to Lafay? Was it just hitting the road markings?
  • poweredbyidris
    poweredbyidris Posts: 848
    JimD666 said:

    Watching without sound (have the womens cricket on) WTF happened to Lafay? Was it just hitting the road markings?

    Chain jammed I think
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,647
    Campenaerts trying to garner attention by riding incredibly overgeared.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,156
    Genuinely thought they were showing Campenaerts in slow motion then until I saw people clapping at normal speed.
  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,033
    Seems a bit odd Powless is targetting the KOM time, done the whole course on a road frame, but with TT wheels.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,647
    So Kung went for the bike change.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,704
    rick_chasey said:

    So Kung went for the bike change.

    Better than Ciccone's kit change.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,647
    Didn't work out for him.
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  • poweredbyidris
    poweredbyidris Posts: 848
    Wout's out (of the start gate)
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,790
    Will he won't he WvA
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,790
    poweredbyidris said:

    JimD666 said:

    Watching without sound (have the womens cricket on) WTF happened to Lafay? Was it just hitting the road markings?

    Chain jammed I think
    Ear piece or radio cable fell out into mech

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  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,033
    edited July 2023
    WvA sets off... Is he going to try and set a competitive time, or just safely get inside the cut off, to leave him fresher for tomorrow's brutal stage?
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,647
    N0bodyOfTheGoat said:

    WvA sets off... Is he going to try and set a competitive time, or just safely get inside the cut off, to leave him fresher for tomorrow's brutal stage?

    He's 100% going for the stage win.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,647
    We'll get a good clue from Wout if Vingers is gonna bike change.
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  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,787
    Is there a rule that prevents them sticking some aero bar extentions on a road bike?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,647
    No moto on WvA? come on lads.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,790
    mrb123 said:

    Is there a rule that prevents them sticking some aero bar extentions on a road bike?

    Don't think so as long as it doesn't break tt position rules
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