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peanut- posted:Just weather? It's got to be a lot warmer in Italy in September than March. Adriatic coast typically sees more winds in winter so could just be a calm day vs a headwind.
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https://twitter.com/laflammerouge16/status/1305476505099698176?s=20 https://twitter.com/laflammerouge16/status/1305506442347249665?s=20 Can't speak to how true that is
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Freshness has a part to it. Half of the guys smashing the records would have spent 4 months getting ruined by the classics. There was a joke post about Froomes dominance being more to do with the fact he raced like 20 days a year before the tour than doping and I think that has a lot to do with it. Might see a rash of GC riders taking 6 months off a year and spending that on Turbos instead.
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Yeah there's also the whole 'rider who got injured in the first week of the season but then on their first race back smashed it' thing that crops up more often than you'd think so there's prob something there. Doubt it will change much going forward though because sponsors are not going to be happy if the big names of a team only show up twice a year.
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Loving Africa Chaps posted:https://twitter.com/laflammerouge16/status/1305475906107052032?s=19 You could say that he was.............. ganning it
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Sep 14, 2020 17:41
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Tbf Ganna is a ludicrous level track rider whos been smashing world records left and right so Im not surprised by him.
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Vando posted:Yeah there's also the whole 'rider who got injured in the first week of the season but then on their first race back smashed it' thing that crops up more often than you'd think so there's prob something there. Doubt it will change much going forward though because sponsors are not going to be happy if the big names of a team only show up twice a year. OTOH sponsors love when you win the Tour. It's definitely why there's usually been a team reserving a rider for the Tour.
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Loving Africa Chaps posted:Cycling is crazy right now 4 riders broke cancellara's record for the course. Sky normalized it and now everyone has overtaken them. Gewiss-Ballan all over again.
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Sep 14, 2020 18:31
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I think a huge amount of this crazy riding has been the amount of training people have had without racing. People came in primed for the season and raced a few weeks then it's been a summer of solo training to escape lockdown.
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In a cleaner sport I'd expect Slovenes to dominate. They're just built different. Just look at Luka Doncic being the best player in the NBA and Goran Dragic carving up the Bucks
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peanut- posted:https://twitter.com/laflammerouge16/status/1305506442347249665?s=20 The aero part is true. If you make a back and forth ride with some steady wind, you'll go slower than if there were no wind at all.
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kimbo305 posted:The aero part is true. If you make a back and forth ride with some steady wind, you'll go slower than if there were no wind at all. What if you ride an even time split with more power into the headwind and lower power riding with the wind direction?
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TobinHatesYou posted:What if you ride an even time split with more power into the headwind and lower power riding with the wind direction? So for keeping same total time, is more energy used?
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kimbo305 posted:So for keeping same total time, is more energy used? Bike Calculator's mojo thinks I'd need 317W to TT 28mph on a calm day, 427W to ride 28mph against a 5mph wind and 226W for 28mph with a 5mph wind. So given an even split the averages would be 317W vs 326.5W. Makes sense I guess, since you're spending the same amount of time in one split with exponential aero losses. TobinHatesYou fucked around with this message at 06:35 on Sep 15, 2020 |
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Prudhomme is back in the car today because testing positive if you're rich and famous means nothing.
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He's probably been tested five times a day so they know whether they really should lock down the president's staff.
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"OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE: each of the 785 tests carried out returned negative results. " Hooray.
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It would be nice if the map of the course would show how many remaining km so I can match that up with the broadcast instead of having to remember how long the course is today and then do mental math
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Sep 15, 2020 12:24
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That's quite a break. No Sagan, I assumed Bora would just drill this to the intermediate.
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Julian has been swapping and fiddling with bikes a lot this tour. He's obviously not getting on with some aspect of the current set-up.
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Snoozer of a stage today. Everyones waiting for tomorrow.
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If Eurosport let Wiggins be a co-commentator regularly I'm gonna have to start finding a foreign language channel to watch this poo poo on
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Bernal going out the back again.
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serious gaylord posted:Alaphilippe lol Got that 10 second effort in then he’s done
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Wet fart of a GC stage but this might be an exciting finish.
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Kämna has been able to hang on to him so well and just accelerate. Great ride from him.
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Kämna giving the old fake out.
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Hoping Pogacar goes for it on the final climb but I reckon everyones sitting in for tomorrow.
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I don't see a single Ineos rider in the leader's group... wonder when that last happened in a grand tour.
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carborexic posted:I don't see a single Ineos rider in the leader's group... wonder when that last happened in a grand tour. Couple of Giros where Thomas/Porte have tried to win it. In fact the Giros in general over the last 5 years.
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serious gaylord posted:Couple of Giros where Thomas/Porte have tried to win it. In fact the Giros in general over the last 5 years. You're right, it just felt like a very unusual sight to see. Canny ride from Lenny here.
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