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Good. They’re 6 inches away with no masks on screaming in their face.
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# ? Sep 11, 2020 23:28 |
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# ? Apr 25, 2024 23:38 |
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They have to, it would be cramped as gently caress.
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# ? Sep 11, 2020 23:32 |
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https://twitter.com/ammattipyoraily/status/1304515485342539776?s=19 Is this the highest VAM ever? Must be up there with contadors famous attack of Armstrong. I'd be more sus but legs are fresher and there was a group of 3 including Porte who weren't that far behind.
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# ? Sep 12, 2020 09:00 |
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Bernal said he didn’t crack at all, he was putting out his best ever numbers but just being left behind. If that’s true it’s pretty incredible that Porte and Landa rode away from him, never mind the two Slovenians. Weird Tour.
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# ? Sep 12, 2020 09:06 |
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It would also fit with EF being adamant Uran could win the tour, he's putting out bernal numbers but that's not enough this year.
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# ? Sep 12, 2020 09:19 |
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Yeah the performances are a bit this year, similar to the EPO years with all these attacks My theory: Skineos are still on the level they've always been, but now everyone else is on some new synthetic EPO-like compound and overtaking them
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# ? Sep 12, 2020 10:10 |
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tbf Bernal dropped time on the ultra-steep ramp finishes in the Pyrenees last year and made gains on the big multiple mountain days in the Alps. It’s clearly where he’s vulnerable. But it is hard to completely disregard that testing was almost entirely stopped during lockdown.
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# ? Sep 12, 2020 10:42 |
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Loving Africa Chaps posted:https://twitter.com/ammattipyoraily/status/1304515485342539776?s=19 Contador did ~1900VAM for 21min up Verbier in 2009, which is a 7% average. That’s honestly a lot more suspect than ~2150VAM For 7.5min up 13%. The latter numbers line up with Andy Coggan’s power curve...Contador’s were off the charts. TobinHatesYou fucked around with this message at 11:47 on Sep 12, 2020 |
# ? Sep 12, 2020 11:22 |
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peanut- posted:tbf Bernal dropped time on the ultra-steep ramp finishes in the Pyrenees last year and made gains on the big multiple mountain days in the Alps. It’s clearly where he’s vulnerable. Bernal looked awful at the Dauphine and he couldn’t even keep pace with Richie Porte. Let’s not pretend he’s “in peak form” when he was making excuses about back problems last month. It’s pretty clear Ineos dropped the ball on a coherent training schedule during the pandemic with all their GC contenders, including Froome, Thomas and Carapaz.
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# ? Sep 12, 2020 11:52 |
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I have a bad feeling about today's stage. I rate that group, but it's waaaaaaay too small e: OK, at least we're getting some galaxy brain strategerizing from Team Sunweb
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# ? Sep 12, 2020 12:39 |
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Smirr posted:I have a bad feeling about today's stage. I rate that group, but it's waaaaaaay too small how do you rate them op?
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# ? Sep 12, 2020 12:40 |
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https://twitter.com/BORAhansgrohe/status/1304748060828991488?s=19 Lol
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# ? Sep 12, 2020 12:47 |
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Bennett looked like me after giving up trying to hang on to the A group
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# ? Sep 12, 2020 15:41 |
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Richie Porte strikes again.
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# ? Sep 12, 2020 16:37 |
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Let's ban spectators from the finish line *routes the race through downtown Lyon for the final 15 km*
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# ? Sep 12, 2020 16:40 |
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This is good
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# ? Sep 12, 2020 16:41 |
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I think he's got it
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# ? Sep 12, 2020 16:45 |
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Bit weird at the end that, felt like they just let him ride off
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# ? Sep 12, 2020 16:46 |
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peanut- posted:Bit weird at the end that, felt like they just let him ride off They did, I think. Sagan was gassed from chasing down Hirschi, Jumbo Visma didn't really have a horse in the race at any point, and CCC were probably entirely focused on GVA, who also did some uphill chasing. Plus every sprinter was only in that group for the points.
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# ? Sep 12, 2020 16:49 |
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peanut- posted:Bit weird at the end that, felt like they just let him ride off The ones hunting sprint points were all gassed from the flurry of attacks and counters. If you notice in the replay, they are all sprinting seated at the end.
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# ? Sep 12, 2020 17:04 |
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peanut- posted:Bernal said he didn’t crack at all, he was putting out his best ever numbers but just being left behind. Bardet said the same thing. He was putting out numbers higher than his 2nd place finish Tour and just getting left behind.
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# ? Sep 12, 2020 22:51 |
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Maybe the real strength of Froome was his habit of not showing up to other races.
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# ? Sep 12, 2020 22:53 |
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From what I hear, this years top climbers (mostly from two countries, hmm) are beating KOMs that have been around for decades. The peyresourde has been in the tour forever and pogacar bettered the fastest time by 45 seconds or something.
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# ? Sep 12, 2020 23:51 |
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I'm sure nobody took advantage of the lockdown in any untoward ways.
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# ? Sep 13, 2020 03:00 |
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https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/mpcc-signals-alarming-rise-in-doping-cases-in-cycling/quote:The Movement For Credible Cycling (MPCC) has signaled a sharp rise in the number of doping cases in cycling during 2019 compared to the previous six years. The organisation used its credibility barometer to determine that the number of cases have almost doubled in one year and has issued a warning. https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/operation-aderlass-investigators-discover-new-doping-product/ quote:German and Austrian police in charge of the Operation Aderlass anti-doping investigation have uncovered a new doping product, a synthetic blood substitute reportedly already used in the peloton despite not being available on the market. https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/romain-bardet-this-is-the-highest-level-tour-de-france-of-my-career/ quote:“I think I’m participating in the highest level Tour of my career, the level is really impressive,” Bardet said. “I’m doing performances that I’ve never done in the past. I’m breaking records, so the form is very good, but the level is just ultra-high. All the top players are here, with only one or two exceptions. It’s really a race of a very high level and I like it when there’s a battle like that.” Yeah, just lmao at this tour.
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# ? Sep 13, 2020 08:59 |
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Hmm, Austrian and Croatian interests in the new wave of doping you say? Wonder what country is near... ah. I see.
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# ? Sep 13, 2020 09:58 |
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serious gaylord posted:
This has been disproven, at least in Bernal's case. There is nothing extraordinary about 7.2-7.3w/kg over 7m21s for top world tour climbers. On the other hand 6.7w/kg for 7m59s isn't a TdF winning performance.
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# ? Sep 13, 2020 10:36 |
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Vando posted:Hmm, Austrian and Croatian interests in the new wave of doping you say? Wonder what country is near... ah. I see.
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# ? Sep 13, 2020 11:22 |
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bobby jungels murdering higuita.
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# ? Sep 13, 2020 12:04 |
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Is Higuita abandoning or are they pulling him? That was heartbreaking to watch.
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# ? Sep 13, 2020 12:36 |
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HappyCamperGL posted:bobby jungels murdering higuita. He’s fully dead now.
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# ? Sep 13, 2020 12:36 |
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They should be testing these abandons straight away for the covid.
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# ? Sep 13, 2020 12:42 |
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I like Dan Lloyd as a co-commentator.
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# ? Sep 13, 2020 13:10 |
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Froome has said the tour is between Roglic and Pogacar lmao.
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# ? Sep 13, 2020 13:22 |
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H7379 powder is £261 for 10g from Sigma-Aldrich if anyone wants to experiment. I'm not sure how much you'd need to make a difference.
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# ? Sep 13, 2020 13:35 |
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I'm here to keep the gap constant at 4:30 all by myself, and to have my lower lip flap in the wind... and the gap is VERY constant
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# ? Sep 13, 2020 13:40 |
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Smirr posted:I'm here to keep the gap constant at 4:30 all by myself, and to have my lower lip flap in the wind... and the gap is VERY constant Roglic wants a stage win then.
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# ? Sep 13, 2020 13:46 |
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He wants the dots as well. Greedy fucker.
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# ? Sep 13, 2020 13:50 |
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Love a fully unzipped jersey with no chest strap, feels liberating
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# ? Sep 13, 2020 13:50 |
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serious gaylord posted:Roglic wants a stage win then. Yeah. When the group went, Jens Voigt predicted that they'd have 15-20 minutes by the start of the first climb (i.e. now). I just hope Roglic doesn't wait until the final climb.
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# ? Sep 13, 2020 13:52 |