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    Bruce Wayne replied to the thread Cycling thread.
    I feel for Remco. He seems actually human. Has good days, has bad days. Pogacar just wins. He never has a bad day anymore.
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    Bruce Wayne replied to the thread Cycling thread.
    Blimey.
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    Bruce Wayne replied to the thread Cycling thread.
    What kind of riding are you thinking of doing? Bikes seem to have become extremely expensive in recent years, so whatever you go for, you might do well in the 2nd hand market.
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    Bruce Wayne reacted to davek's post in the thread Cycling thread with Haha Haha.
    Something's not right. It's 90's era ascent speed. He looks like he's yawning here after that ride yesterday. Anyway, I'm just off out for my Hautacam - Cleves Hill, Ormskirk...I'll let you know my VAM later.
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    Bruce Wayne replied to the thread Cycling thread.
    As a point of reference, Pantani's Alp d'Huez record had a VAM of 1829. Pogacar's ride yesterday was 1854. When he (and others) blitzed Pantani's record on Plateau de Beille last year, I think he had a VAM of 1875. Since Covid, it's noticeable...
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    Bruce Wayne replied to the thread Cycling thread.
    I suppose just try and do a good TT today and see the lay of the land after that. If they're another 90 seconds behind then there's not really much hope.
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    Bruce Wayne replied to the thread Cycling thread.
    My time for Hautacam - 1 hour Pogacar's time for Hautacam - 33.27 https://www.strava.com/segments/7731042 :lol: The saddest thing is, that was probably my fittest ever year, and I was thinking a VAM of over 1,000 for an hour is good going...
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    Bruce Wayne replied to the thread Cycling thread.
    That's the cool thing about the sport, isn't it? I went to a Giro stage start in Gardena last year and it's all so accessible. Plus, of course, you can ride all of these amazing climbs and literally follow in the pedal strokes of the greatest...
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    Bruce Wayne reacted to TheWinslowBoy's post in the thread Cycling thread with Like Like.
    The GC as a competition is virtually dead now.... But this race is something special. I was at the start in Auch this morning, and it was such a wonderful, joyous spectacle. Town centre jam packed at 9am, 4 hours before the start, a wonderful...
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    Bruce Wayne replied to the thread Cycling thread.
    Also interesting to note that they were 6kmh quicker for the stage today than when Vingegaard won in 2022.
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    Bruce Wayne replied to the thread Cycling thread.
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    Bruce Wayne replied to the thread Cycling thread.
    Sure he'll go for 5 in a row at Lombardia as well.
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    Bruce Wayne replied to the thread Cycling thread.
    Vingegaard at least looks like this is a hard mountain to ride up.
  • Bruce Wayne
    Bruce Wayne replied to the thread Cycling thread.
    34 minutes is Riis' time. That's going to be destroyed I think.
  • Bruce Wayne
    Bruce Wayne replied to the thread Cycling thread.
    2 minute gap. Blimey.
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