Cycling thread 2015

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I still want Wiggins to win but he has started to do my head in with his saying one thing, then saying another.
I fancy someone like Betancour to be a defent dark horse here, but I still think the winner will come from Wiggins or Nibali.
 

sbbefc said:
Put montirolo, angliru and all the other uber climbs to one side, they're still climbing at a decent rate of 20-25km up most of the alpine climbs, even if aerodynamics is a fraction of the factor it is on the flat its still enough to make a difference.
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I had a look into this a few weeks back when people were having a pop at the Sky mountain train.

http://www.voler.com/connect/detail/li/RelationshipBetweenDraftingandClimbing has some science on it. They reckon if you're doing 16/17km/hr then any aero advantage is non-existent.

The pros are climbing Alps d'Huez at around the 20km/hr mark, so it might make a tiny difference but nothing really to turn an average climber into a great one. In other words, I don't think if someone pops it would be enough to let them sit on a wheel and be sucked up the climb much faster than they would on their own.

There is the mental side though of course, but that's a wee bit harder to actually quantify. I know personally it's always easier to climb when you're overtaking people. When you're going backwards that's hard to take.

Either way, should be a cracking race. Nibali looks in superb form. We haven't seen much at all from Wiggins this season.
 
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Didn't see any today, did Cavendesh win? He looks good in pink, this is the only sprint really isn't it?
 


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