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Hegay
Jun 29, 2012

loving TTT

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Hegay
Jun 29, 2012

Astana is poo poo, almost dropping 3 at once

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
Might only lose 2. Looks like someone hosed it up.

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.
Nibali looks in a bit of difficulty.

Hegay
Jun 29, 2012

Quintana setting a way tooo high pace and no one seemed to notice how many got riders got dropped off

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
Movistar getting crowded a bit tight and now loving their line.

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.
Movistar just detonated on a short climb. Idiots.

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
Were they sitting up to yell at the fans or each other?

Hegay
Jun 29, 2012

goatface posted:

Were they sitting up to yell at the fans or each other?

At those in front, that's why they were honking like maniacs as well

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
Need to get some aerodynamic wing mirrors.

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
Maybe a HUD in their aero-glasses linked to a camera on the back of the bike. And another linked to one on the front. Then Froome can do the whole race looking at the floor.

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.

goatface posted:

Were they sitting up to yell at the fans or each other?

They were yelling at their team car to tell them to knock it off on the front. Seems he was in a bit of a day dream though and didnt say slow down for ages.

Either way they just hit the afterburners for the climb, great time.

Hegay
Jun 29, 2012

goatface posted:

Maybe a HUD in their aero-glasses linked to a camera on the back of the bike. And another linked to one on the front. Then Froome can do the whole race looking at the floor.

Froome does whole races just looking at his SRM anyways

ukle
Nov 28, 2005
This is really showing which teams are a joke, and is bizarrely better watching than the past few days of stages due to how some of them are loving it up.

Smirr
Jun 28, 2012

Look at Sky go, jesus

Hegay
Jun 29, 2012

Lmao at Sky, such blatant bullshit

algebra testes
Mar 5, 2011


Lipstick Apathy
Unbelievable.

Smirr
Jun 28, 2012

0,62 seconds woot woot

Hegay
Jun 29, 2012

Yes yes, after being poo poo at TTT all season, Sky is 0.62 seconds behindthe World TTT champions and would have won if it wasn't for Nicolas Roche

ukle
Nov 28, 2005
Graphically illustrates how rampant doping is given there was only 40 seconds between first and the 8th team.

Pocket
Aug 27, 2006

I'd be really sad if it turns out the Yates brothers were doping. They just seem like seriously chill but endlessly positive guys.

Ted Ed Fred
May 4, 2004

fuck this band
Richie Porte is such a boring gently caress. BMC and Sky both rode a good race, was definitely a more interesting stage than the previous ones. Bring on the mountains!

peanut-
Feb 17, 2004
Fun Shoe
Quintana took a bunch of time out of Froome during week 3 in 2013 right? And that was with a time trial. I think he's flying under the radar a bit right now - only being two minutes down at the end of the first week seems like the best position he could have hoped for.

King Hong Kong
Nov 6, 2009

For we'll fight with a vim
that is dead sure to win.

Any discussion of that stage deserves to be quarantined in CyclingNews's "The Clinic" forum.

African AIDS cum
Feb 29, 2012


Welcome back, welcome back, welcome baaaack
Yeah this is ridiculous and I don't think I'm gonna watch anymore. Something has to be done about Froome.

Hegay
Jun 29, 2012

It'll be Sky train from here and Froome crushing everyone while seated

Pocket
Aug 27, 2006

tapping the brakes to get around corners

Macasaurus
Oct 12, 2012

Shouldn't the number of riders needed to cross the line just be a percentage or fraction of the number of riders that start the stage? So if teams lose riders they could still burn one or two guys? Maybe they'd still not stand a chance against 9 man teams

Macasaurus fucked around with this message at 19:02 on Jul 12, 2015

dema
Aug 13, 2006

African AIDS cum posted:

Yeah this is ridiculous and I don't think I'm gonna watch anymore. Something has to be done about Froome.

I'm praying we get a couple days in the mountains with really heinous weather.

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer

Macasaurus posted:

Shouldn't the number of riders needed to cross the line just be a percentage or fraction of the number of riders that start the stage? So if teams lose riders they could still burn one or two guys? Maybe they'd still not stand a chance against 9 man teams

That could be a fun game. Teams deciding if they kill a guy in the days before the TTT because they think they can get a faster time with four than five.

Russian Bear
Dec 26, 2007


I'm still up for a 3rd week TTT one of these years.

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.

Russian Bear posted:

I'm still up for a 3rd week TTT one of these years.

Only if its 40km+

Vando
Oct 26, 2007

stoats about

serious gaylord posted:

Only if its 40km+

And up Ventoux.

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
40k mountain stage TTT would probably kill a dude, especially if it had a few good, fast descents in it.

They should do that.

African AIDS cum
Feb 29, 2012


Welcome back, welcome back, welcome baaaack

dema posted:

I'm praying we get a couple days in the mountains with really heinous weather.

Yeah we need cold weather and rain it always seems to sink these rail thin AICAR frauds.

Loving Africa Chaps
Dec 3, 2007


We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

Apparently the reason sky can maintain power at such low weights are the revolutionary, never been tried before, ideas of a dietician and smoothies.

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.
I bet they're gluten free.

Pocket
Aug 27, 2006

Not my find.

Box Hill Strangler
Jun 27, 2007

Frozen peas are on special at Woolies! Bargain!
gently caress froome

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African AIDS cum
Feb 29, 2012


Welcome back, welcome back, welcome baaaack

Box Hill Strangler posted:

gently caress froome

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