2024 TDF Stage 1:- Florence - Rimini 206km ***Spoilers***

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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908

    Looking tough for him

    "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: 14,655

    Nairo

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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    edited June 29

    Nairo

    "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
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908

    Got to be like 3 k for cav

    "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
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908

    He must be over heating or ill

    "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
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908


    "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
  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,057

    Quite a hilly and hot first stage, wasn't it ~37C at the stage start and forecast to be ~30C at finish?

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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,655

    Izagirre takes the KoM sprint, Madouas second, Abrahamsen 3rd

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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,655

    A lot of riders were talking about the heat today - pretty nobody has had a chance to any heat acclimatisation this season

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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,165
    edited June 29

    Time limit should be about 45 minutes, right?

  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,655

    Cav gets over the climb 3 mins behind the peloton. I think this is going to be a long day for him, but not OTL long

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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908

    Cut of maybe as high As 40 min+ ......

    "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
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908

    I hope it doesn't wreck him ....he is suffering big time .

    "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
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908

    Csv throwing up.wayrr

    "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
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463

    Minus 37 isn’t hot 😉

    I genuinely don’t know how they did it, I did a fell race in 27 degrees on Tuesday and my HR went higher than it has in 25 years whilst going downhill at a fairly moderate pace (I had to stop and walk)

  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,726

    It won’t stop Kirby for naming him as a potential stage winner!🤣

    He’s clearly unwell.

    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Jezyboy
    Jezyboy Posts: 3,612

    Well that's taken the jam out of my doughnut.

  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,655

    Cav still losing time on the descent :-(

    EF are at the front trying to keep the break catchable without having to blow up on climbs

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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,698

    😭

    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,057
    edited June 29

    Going out on the bike on my usual rolling routes when it was ~32C was far less suffering when I was 73-80Kg, but it's absolute torture since I went 90-95Kg in last year or so, if I go out at all it's a sub hour pancake route at very gentle pace.


    Racing in this sort of heat, even with support, madness!

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661

    If I was a sprint team id be going as fast as my sprinter could handle.

  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,655

    Only if you've got someone who can legit finish this stage off. I don't think you'd win any mates in the peloton by riding to put Cav out today.

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  • Jezyboy
    Jezyboy Posts: 3,612

    I don't think there's any need. You'd also make a lot of enemies

  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,726

    Over 4 minutes now, but according to Robbie Mc it’s going to be around 48 minutes cut off.

    Brother Ion wins the second KoM as well.

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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,655

    No, I'd just value relations with many of the other teams / riders more than you. There are so many ways being a bit of a dick can come back to bite you

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  • Jezyboy
    Jezyboy Posts: 3,612

    I also think given how hard the first few stages are, as a sprinters team you'd be looking to take it easy

  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463

    He’s having issues hanging onto his own teammates. Hope whatever the issue is isn’t a long term thing, surviving one day is tough but doing it for a few days will really take its toll.

  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,165
    edited June 29