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It threatened to excite but then it didnt. I think the only memorable moment was the peloton detonating all over the road.
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Apr 26, 2015 17:48
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fuckin world tour comin through killing my strava rankings today  Also lol BMC lost a man on that bump, it's a good one to drop tired friends on 
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Apr 28, 2015 16:21
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Some old gently caress won on a mountain in turkey today. From an early move too.
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http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-introduces-new-sanctions-against-motorised-doping Good one guys. This is definitely the thing to be focussing on and making new rules for.
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Apr 29, 2015 12:47
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Has anyone ever been caught with an electric motor in their bike? I thought it was all just silly rumours from journalists who needed a story for the week
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I forget which cycling website it was, but they did an interview with a company that developed small motors that can be hidden fairly well in the seat post. Said batteries and power can be hidden in a similar way. From afar the bikes where the engine was attached was indiscernible. They report it gives you about 100 watts over what your body is doing. Can't remember anyone actually getting caught though for this.
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Apr 29, 2015 19:13
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Skarsnik posted:Has anyone ever been caught with an electric motor in their bike? No, no-one has ever been caught and no bike has ever been scanned that has one of these things in.
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They probably have been some tip offs but I bet the vast majority of them are masters riders and I don't think anyone is willing to spend money on fixing that poo poo show.
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Apr 29, 2015 19:39
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I think they got some intel on the bike motors in CIRC because they are really doubling down
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I think fundamentally the rule is in place so they can launch surprise inspections not just on the bike the rider finishes on, but on those that had 'mechanicals' mid race that are now on the team car. There's some suggestions that the sprinters are swapping to bikes below the weight limit to get over the medium mountain stages and then finishing on a proper bike just in case of inspection.
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Apr 29, 2015 20:35
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I can't ever see anybody on the pro level using one of these things, but you bet somebody in those goofy rear end Gran Fondos (which the UCI regulates in Europe) and those random continental teams in asia/south america is thinking about these things real seriously.
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Loved romandie carrying on the latest craze of 'cars killing cyclists' except cranking it up a notch with the loving medical car dooring a guy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seOOdwuerC0 
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Apr 30, 2015 06:48
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Good grief. You'd expect people working in an official capacity would know to check their blind spots before they open their doors, but I guess everyone makes mistakes. God that has to hurt.
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Apr 30, 2015 13:56
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The Giro will be Adam Hansen's 11th consecutive GT, insane.
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May 1, 2015 05:33
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Bet that guy doesn't remember what it's like to wake up with legs that don't hurt.
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May 1, 2015 05:38
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Premature ejacula- posted:The Giro will be Adam Hansen's 11th consecutive GT, insane. Is he still wearing his diy weight weenie shoes?
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Loving Africa Chaps posted:Is he still wearing his diy weight weenie shoes? Yeah. Grabbed a stage win last year as well didn't he? What are the chances that you don't have a single bad crash that takes you out of the race in all those years?
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May 1, 2015 08:59
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He also says that he enjoys the grand tours so much because they're relaxing and racing keeps him sane.
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May 1, 2015 09:43
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 Because why cant polar bears enjoy a stage race too?
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It's GT time so I am interested in cycling again. How are all the main players who I haven't thought of since last years Tour?
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Which reminds me: What is Alessandro De Marchi up to these days? He was quite entertaining last summer.
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MacDougall posted:It's GT time so I am interested in cycling again. How are all the main players who I haven't thought of since last years Tour? What's wrong with you? The GTs are the worst time of the year.
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Gibbo posted:What's wrong with you? The GTs are the worst time of the year. True
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Gibbo posted:What's wrong with you? The GTs are the worst time of the year. I. for one, am looking forward to SKY Pro Cycling Team strangling the gently caress out of at least 2 GTs this year through innovations such as 'marginal gains', and techniques such as 'not using the seat at all when the gradient is above 6%'. But to answer the question. Astana: still dodgy. SKY: still boring. Froome: still dumb as a box of hammers. Wiggins and Evans: dead or something idk. Valverde: still winning stuff thats not a GT. Contador and Qintana: still our only hopes. Frenchmen: still overrated. Rodriguez: Still cool as gently caress and I will fight you if you disagree, but still wont win a GT because he is purito Rodriguez.
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Box Hill Strangler posted:
Same except I have several more riders in the Rodriguez category; cool as gently caress but not GT winners.
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serious gaylord posted:The tour de romandie isn't on eurosport wtf Impressive, I wonder what Wiggins or Martin might be capable of.
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Premature ejacula- posted:Impressive, I wonder what Wiggins or Martin might be capable of. Wiggins is having a go in a month, you'll find out then.
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serious gaylord posted:The tour de romandie isn't on eurosport wtf http://www.rts.ch/play/tv/rts-deux-en-direct/video/rts-deux-en-direct?id=3608517 I think it is locked to Switzerland but you should be able to get around it.
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This descent looks fun.
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May 2, 2015 15:49
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It is good fun, from the very top of the Forclaz it's 1000m vertical descent with about 4-5 hairpins so you can go flat out for nearly all of it.
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May 2, 2015 16:00
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Pocket, I don't speak french very well. Were they just making fun of Chris Froome? It sounded like it.
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They were just saying they couldn't spot him in the lead group. This is a right bastard of a climb btw, no rest ever. Edit: just saw how long ago you posted. They were discussing how he said he wasn't feeling 100% today at the start and how it's odd not to have any teams mates, that others can capitalise on this. Pocket fucked around with this message at 16:11 on May 2, 2015 |
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Pocket posted:They were just saying they couldn't spot him in the lead group. This is a right bastard of a climb btw, no rest ever. I saw on the descent that he just disappeared off the back as soon as Martin gave it the gas and they were talking about him alot. I imagine because hes poo poo at descending.
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Don't think I was paying attention for that part.
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So I didn't bother checking the ITT route before, just saw a run through on FB. It's not an easy one, they've got them doing some steep cobbled climbs in Lausanne (a city built on hills upon hills) on a horribly wet day. Not much to fear as these are civilised cobbles, probably get a 1 or 2 star at a push rating in PR but they aren't fun individually in the dry. Wish I was able to go but I've exams all next week to study for
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Yeah, the Petit-Chêne is nasty as gently caress. It starts out steep and just gets steeper as you get closer to the top.
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Swiss tv already asking "with the Russian connection, is the win credible".
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Sounds like they're butthurt.
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