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I quite liked that the TDU had decent highlights on youtube. The bigger tours could learn from that.
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Hey the big races do make an effort, the Giro shut cycloscosm down.
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Pocket posted:Maybe if it was at viewable hours for Europe and I could get a reliable feed I'd pay more attention. Mentally the season starts with the classics. Yeah same here. Just couldn't be arsed. By the way, speaking of new threads, anyone hear from Mr.Nice recently? He should probably get to make this season's thread(s) too unless he doesn't want to, but he hasn't posted since August, so if he's lying dead in a French ditch somewhere it's a moot point anyway.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/30981609 Armstrong has given his first tv interview since Oprah. Hes actually very honest in some parts, slimy as poo poo in others.
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Jan 26, 2015 21:50
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vikingstrike posted:Porte not Froome.
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Jan 27, 2015 14:18
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Bobridge's hour record attempt: https://twitter.com/xavierdisley/status/561456543481470978
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Bobridge was all over the place, didnt settle into a rhythm at all.
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Jan 31, 2015 11:44
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I hadn't seen Jensie's splits til now, and man does he live up to the "SHUT UP LEG" reputation. No other hour record has had that kind of acceleration in the back half.
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Jan 31, 2015 12:03
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drat that's how you do a time trial. I usually do the Bobridge version.
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He's just much more experienced. He knew what pace to go to beat it, and had enough in the tank to finish stronger. The latest 2, while quicker than him have all gone way too quick and died at the end. I'd be really interested in what Tony Martin, Cancellara and Wiggins will do.
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Wiggins will probably do a negative split style like Jens. Brändle went comfortably further than Jens when you take into account the disadvantage he overcame on the shorter Aigle track. The record is ripe for the picking and Bobridge missed a trick here. Also the hour record is really boring without a serious TTer attempting it.
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I disagree, I enjoyed Jens' attempt. There's a lot to like about him, and I like TT bikes. That said, I'm interested to see Wiggo and the Panzerwagon take a shot at it.
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Jan 31, 2015 18:37
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Pocket posted:Also the hour record is really boring without a serious TTer attempting it. The fact that Bobridge failed it instead of eeking one over Brandle makes it more interesting than less, in that it builds up the aura of the modern record a tiny bit more while acknowledging people want to go after it.
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The feed I got had no info graphics. Voigt was awesome and Brämble was cool. Bobridge is where I started to feel watching a dude do laps isn't all that interesting to me. Defo got time for any of the top TTer attempts though.
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Jan 31, 2015 20:09
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I 'watched' them all but in reality just had them on in the background until the last 15 minutes or so while I was working. I know Dowsett has put his record attempt back after his collar bone break, but has Wiggins or Martin set a firm date yet?
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Watching the Cadel Great Ocean Race. Within 15 minutes I've seen: A guy in the break with a blonde curley mullet miss two bottles in the feed zone. A guy in the break crash taking a bottle from the car and abandon. A guy taking a piss rolling by an old lady in her driveway. A gaggle of dirt bikes doing wheelies and escorting the group for a bit. Good fun
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Feb 1, 2015 03:45
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Echelons ah fohming m8
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I find the fact mtn qhubeka have farrah, goss and ebh loving hilarious. Like someone said 'yeah, thats what we need. were dead certain to disappoint and come up short of victory all season long!'.
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Interesting race to watch, anyway, a few world teams mixing with locals (which are usually used to limited traffic control). I'm not sure this is the exact same route as the Worlds a few years back but the final circuit has an interesting profile.
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I unironically like all those dudes and I hope they almost win lots of races. Their kit is the worst thing ever. This race is good and crazy with 66k still to go.
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Can anyone else not get the stream on the official site to work? Where are you guys watching?
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I had to use Hola
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Paddyb posted:I had to use Hola Good shout, thank you.
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Lol go on Cadel
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That was a really fun race
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Felt a bit like a spring classic. Way better than any of the Dubai races. Hope it catches on.
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That one lane bridge is a bit  but generally I liked the course.I think the intent was to make the parcours resemble a good classic; there's a bit of debate about whether to push to make it a World Tour event (it's currently UCI 1.1) but the niche it's in isn't a bad one, you'll get a few World teams showing up for it since it sits neatly between the TDU and the Herald-Sun Tour but it also gives a good opportunity for continental and NRS teams to get some time in the spotlight as well. A broader issue is whether the Australian schedule is too early in the year for the major teams. The TDU is when it is because it's usually the last week of the Australian school holidays, which makes things a bit easier for travelling fans and traffic arrangements, but usually it's stupidly loving hot here in January (this year has been fairly unusual in that it wasn't so), so there's a bit of a dilemma about weighing up about moving things later so it's closer to the European spring classics. The Deadly Hume fucked around with this message at 08:15 on Feb 2, 2015 |
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I think theres a lot of space in the calender for difficult but not overly long one day races. I love that things like Paris Roubaix is so difficult because its such a long race and its a competition not just between each other, but who can push through the pain, but I do think shorter ones are ripe for far more attacking rides.
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http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/vinokourov-questions-bmc-and-team-skys-absence-from-mpcc I dont know Vino, maybe because the MPCC has done gently caress all to stop your team being up to their eyeballs? On a serious note he does have a point, but he really, really shouldnt be the one questioning other teams right now.
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11hrs til Rohan Dennis' hour attempt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1czalpk4j7E
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How about this pain face: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=4vGfySq5_1k#t=156
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kimbo305 posted:11hrs til Rohan Dennis' hour attempt: Why the hell am I still awake for this. I'm not even a big Rohan fan... holy poo poo I think Cadel has said more in this interview than he has his entire racing career. Gibbo fucked around with this message at 14:24 on Feb 8, 2015 |
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Well, he's killing this.
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Can't wait to see the lap chart for this. Some of his laps were within .010s of eachother, right before the clock started going backwards. drat good pacing. Pretty sure that shoddy facial hair cost him that last 9m
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He did it. 52.491km was (i think) what they said. e: I love how much UCI has embraced streaming. Being able to watch stuff like this live was impossible in the US just a few years ago. Cactus Ghost fucked around with this message at 15:09 on Feb 8, 2015 |
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Was there a counter on the live stream showing how many people were watching? It's clocking 50k views on the recorded version (which is the same url); I dunno if that includes people who watched live.
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Gibbo posted:Can't wait to see the lap chart for this. Some of his laps were within .010s of eachother, right before the clock started going backwards. drat good pacing. All from https://twitter.com/xavierdisley First, Bobridge's steady decline over the hour:  Dennis' fade in the last quarter:  And the overlays with the last few attempts: 
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Wow, Dennis and Voigt were basically mirror images, that's neat. Makes Bobridge's attempt look pretty awful by comparison...
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