Tour de France 2020

[LMT]

There is a reason for a continuously variable QR and a barrel adjuster.

True that.

A thru axle is a solution to a problem that does not exist to the extent which its made too imo.

Anything to get the marketing peeps to do thier thing and talk up the next best thing.

[basset]

I found it quite amusing that the winner yesterday was on a none disc Cervelo , but yet they Only sell (as far as I know) disc brakes to us mere mortals  :-

[Peter]

Yes, I liked that, too.  I guess the French refer to elephants, where we might use pigs!

Jumbo --> Dumbo.  Who just has to believe he can fly.

Ah, thanks, Roger - I've never read that story (or seen the film)!

[JonBuoy]

Pavel Sivakov chips in on the brake debate after yesterday's fall:  https://streamable.com/k1ot69

Warning: contains rude words!

[Hot Flatus]

Pavel Sivakov chips in on the brake debate after yesterday's fall:  https://streamable.com/k1ot69

Warning: contains rude words!

 

Obviously Sivakov is just a bleating Sheep responding to marketing 

[andyoxon]

What on earth was he doing with his brakes then? Jabbing them on too hard?

[Hot Flatus]

Dunno. Rim braking on carbon rims is pretty shite, and in the wet is unbelievably shite. (Poor power and poor modulation).

Did he go over the bars? (Snatchy brakes)

[T42]

Pavel Sivakov chips in on the brake debate after yesterday's fall:  https://streamable.com/k1ot69

Warning: contains rude words!

Being half Russian, he knows the full name of the FSB.

[Hot Flatus]

Oh my god this is going to be close 

[Hot Flatus]

7 secs @ 3k

I almost cant watch

[αdαmsκι]

Unbelievable.

[T42]

Bloody hell.  And not that close.

[T42]

His bikes are going to be reduced to spare parts before he has his dinner.

[Mr Larrington]

 

[drgannet]

Unbelievable.

Spot on.

[Hot Flatus]

Amazing that he managed to go so hard on the entire course to take 2 minutes out of Roglic, win the stage,  AND still go up the climb faster than polka-dot jersey wearer, Carapaz, who took it easy on the flat section.

Quite remarkable, especially for a rider who has never won a TT before.

EDIT: when I say remarkable, what I really mean is ridiculous.

[fd3]

Unbelievable.

Spot on.

Indeed.  I am not sure I can suspend my disbelief anymore.
The question in my mind is the rider numbers: is it that some have basically not been able to train, making those that managed to train well look like superhumans?  Or is it really obvious cheating to a level that would make [political statement removed as we are not in POBI].

[Hot Flatus]

He set a record time on the climb.

And that was after 40 minutes of Tour winning ITT.

 

[Mr Larrington]

Amazing that he managed to go so hard on the entire course to take 2 minutes out of Roglic, win the stage,  AND still go up the climb faster than polka-dot jersey wearer, Carapaz, who took it easy on the flat section.

Quite remarkable, especially for a rider who has never won a TT before.

EDIT: when I say remarkable, what I really mean is ridiculous.

He's been Slovenian national TT champion two years running.

[fd3]

Which makes him a likely international TT winner?  Didn't realise Slovakia were a big player in the world cycling scene.

[Hot Flatus]

Amazing that he managed to go so hard on the entire course to take 2 minutes out of Roglic, win the stage,  AND still go up the climb faster than polka-dot jersey wearer, Carapaz, who took it easy on the flat section.

Quite remarkable, especially for a rider who has never won a TT before.

EDIT: when I say remarkable, what I really mean is ridiculous.

He's been Slovenian national TT champion two years running.

Yeah, I know. I'm talking about WT level.

[Hot Flatus]

Which makes him a likely international TT winner?  Didn't realise Slovakia were a big player in the world cycling scene.

In a way, they are...

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/roglic-and-nibali-left-to-face-questions-over-milan-erzen-and-his-links-to-operation-aderlass/

[rogerzilla]

Is the new Merckx, I wonder?  He could have five or six in him.

[Hot Flatus]

Yeah he might be, for a few weeks.

[ElyDave]

That was a bit exciting wasn't it. From seeing them 1km apart on the road and then watch Roglic going backwards was a bit unexpected.