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He's actually slowing down right now, might drop down to 54.5
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Jun 7, 2015 19:15
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Was just about to say, hes slowing now.
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Jun 7, 2015 19:15
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He's ruining his straight line.
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Jun 7, 2015 19:18
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54.5 is looking a bit far now.
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Jun 7, 2015 19:19
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He might just hold on to it.
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Jun 7, 2015 19:24
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Jun 7, 2015 19:28
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He looks slightly unimpressed and he can still walk. I reckon he might try it again.
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Jun 7, 2015 19:31
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Production couldn't even stop the clock at one hour? Come on guys. Wiggo smashed the record but I don't think he put it out of reach. If Tony Martin decides to go for this and gets better luck with the air pressure then I think he could go faster.
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Jun 7, 2015 19:32
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goatface posted:He looks slightly unimpressed and he can still walk. If Tony Martin takes this on he'll probably break it. I think we'll see him and Dowsett have another go.
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Jun 7, 2015 19:34
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Martin and Cancellara will both smash the fraud Wiggins
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African AIDS cum posted:Martin and Cancellara will both smash the fraud Wiggins Have you ever considered not watching cycling if the majority of the main protagonists offend you to such a degree? Wouldn't mind if Martin beat it but Fabian "Luigi" Cancellara can do one. Also, I don't think either of them will do it without much more favourable air pressure.
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I don't think Cancellara is going to go for it, I recall that he went to do some track testing at one point in the offseason but he hasn't mentioned it since then so I'm guessing the numbers weren't right. 54.526km is Wiggo's official distance.
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54.526km is pretty impressive given the conditions.
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Jamsque posted:Weather is not helping him, there is a high pressure zone in London. I think he'll get the record but won't make it to 55km. Xavier Disley did a graph of modeled effect on hour distances per weather over the last several days: https://twitter.com/xavierdisley/status/606885690123689984 According to the model, Wiggins dropped pretty much half a km from ideal to worse case conditions.
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Jamsque posted:I don't think Cancellara is going to go for it, I recall that he went to do some track testing at one point in the offseason but he hasn't mentioned it since then so I'm guessing the numbers weren't right. He was motivated to do it with the old rules Merckx set his time under. When they changed it all of a sudden he was irl pissed and shelved his plans and this let Voigt use the resources set aside for his attempt.
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Crystael posted:Have you ever considered not watching cycling if the majority of the main protagonists offend you to such a degree? Link to me ever saying this? I just hate Team Sky and a few others. As all good cycling fans should.
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African AIDS cum posted:Link to me ever saying this? I just hate Team Sky and a few others. As all good cycling fans should. Hmm, and why is this? And what, in your definition, is a "good cycling fan"? EDIT: also assuming you didn't get my Cancellara Luigi reference. Google it.
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Crystael posted:Hmm, and why is this? And what, in your definition, is a "good cycling fan"? A good cycling fan is anyone that hates Sky. You're almost as bad at posting as AIDScum and Gaylord.
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Pocket posted:There is literally nothing wrong with that position, Contador is euro as gently caress, Sky are a bunch marginal gains try hards. Case in point, Alberto attempting the Giro - Tour double, a fear with massive glory and historical significance. Froome, away on a secluded training camp will hope to capitalize on a fatigued rival. I should also add Sky go to lengths to claim to be the clean team yet have no problems using a TUE to win Romandie last year rather than bench their rider. They associated themselves with one of the dirtiest doctors and only cut ties with him when the noise finally became too much. Froome beating old doper times up climbs, and still they claim to be clean with a straight face. They are just as dirty as any other World Tour team out there but they are so up their own arses and their fans so clueless seeing them flounder brings untold joy. Pocket fucked around with this message at 23:07 on Jun 7, 2015 |
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Crystael posted:Hmm, and why is this? And what, in your definition, is a "good cycling fan"? Someone who loves the sport but is realistically nice and jaded who isn't a Johnny come lately Sky fan (it was Lance/postal before) and/or thinks only non Anglophones dope etc I root for plenty of riders. Big Kwaitkowski fan. And I think everyone knows full well about the clasicomano Luigi thing.
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SKY also use jaguars as team cars which tells you all you really need to know. hour record attempts are like watching nascar only more boring and with less chance of death.
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Box Hill Strangler posted:SKY also use jaguars as team cars which tells you all you really need to know. The jags and rapha kit are their only redeeming feature
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African AIDS cum posted:And I think everyone knows full well about the clasicomano Luigi thing. I thought this was Thomas Dekker
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Pvt Dancer posted:I thought this was Thomas Dekker Get this. It was Juan Antonio Flecha.
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Jun 8, 2015 19:50
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The Dauphine has been pretty entertaining. Daniel Teklehaimanot riding himself into a nice raise after this. Team time trial tomorrow, when we watch all the French teams lose the entire race in one day.
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Jun 9, 2015 01:43
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Interesting Secret Pro article on the Giro today http://cyclingtips.com.au/2015/06/the-secret-pro-on-the-giro-there-were-days-when-youd-just-despair/
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clean ayers act posted:Interesting Secret Pro article on the Giro today That's pretty damning. Is it known who it is? He says enough specific stuff in these columns that it must be obvious by now.
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peanut- posted:That's pretty damning. Is it known who it is? He says enough specific stuff in these columns that it must be obvious by now. I've always suspected a Garmin rider. "I’ll try and talk the team bosses into letting me aim for the Tour of California instead. It’d make sense too as it’s a perfect platform for our team’s title sponsor. Really not sure what other team that would make sense for either. "He’s done it all: Olympics, the Tour and now the hour record. You have to take your cap off to him. I remember racing against him as a junior and knowing back then he was going places" It's vaughters isnt it. The bits about being in the race are just to throw people off 
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peanut- posted:That's pretty damning. Is it known who it is? He says enough specific stuff in these columns that it must be obvious by now. I had a look once at the starting lists for the races he claimed to have done. Iirc there wasn't anyone who had done them all. He probably inserts some lies in there to throw people off.
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peanut- posted:That's pretty damning. Is it known who it is? He says enough specific stuff in these columns that it must be obvious by now. Michael Rogers raced in Europe as a junior, he'd be my best bet.
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Premature ejacula- posted:Michael Rogers raced in Europe as a junior, he'd be my best bet. Uses the term "Bloody" Whinges about Australians getting short shrift. Talks about another Aussie rider. You might be onto something there. algebra testes fucked around with this message at 11:21 on Jun 9, 2015 |
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clean ayers act posted:Interesting Secret Pro article on the Giro today He certainly didnt mince words, did he?
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Did Tinkoff-Saxo have a particularly innocuous Giro?
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goatface posted:Did Tinkoff-Saxo have a particularly innocuous Giro? Everyone had an innocuous Giro compared to the Kazakhstan Postal Service Team.
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They've said that they re-write the columns once they get it from the author so that their idioms and such don't come across. I'd rather just enjoy that someone in the peloton is thinking what everyone on the outside is thinking. Yes, Secret Pro, we did notice that there were 6 Astana in the top 25.
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goatface posted:Did Tinkoff-Saxo have a particularly innocuous Giro? Kreuziger certainly did. No wonder they dropped the bio passport case.
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VacaGrande posted:They've said that they re-write the columns once they get it from the author so that their idioms and such don't come across. I'd rather just enjoy that someone in the peloton is thinking what everyone on the outside is thinking. Yes, Secret Pro, we did notice that there were 6 Astana in the top 25. A lot of these secret x things use several people too.
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It's obviously much easier to do behind a shroud of anonymity, but it's always good to hear someone state publicity how ridiculous a race was. Astana's dominance at the Giro was pretty mind-blowing - it made me think back to last year's TDF where you probably had a load of domestiques doped to the gills (Iglinksy definitely was, of course) working for a team leader who, quite possibly, was riding clean(ish).
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Crystael posted:It's obviously much easier to do behind a shroud of anonymity, but it's always good to hear someone state publicity how ridiculous a race was. Uhhhh.... Get out Sky apologist
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