Cycling thread

[Bruce Wayne]

I cycled the Grossglockner High Alpine Road the other day. Pretty tough climb. 19km at 9%

Awesome stuff. That's on my 'to ride' list. Quite pretty I hear?

 

[tommye]

Lying on the couch watching the Tour de France.

Summer is finally here

 

[degsy]

Lying on the couch watching the Tour de France.

Summer is finally here

Yay, nice scenic pictures of France to act as visual wallpaper...with a sprint and the odd crash at the end

 

[tommye]

Yay, nice scenic pictures of France to act as visual wallpaper...with a sprint and the odd crash at the end

Good for the soul

 

[sbbefc]

Awesome stuff. That's on my 'to ride' list. Quite pretty I hear?

It was pretty cloudy unfortunately, so I only got glimpses of the mountains when the clouds broke. I was in the area for a week though and that part of the world is stunning. The climb is a brute, 19km at 9% but the last 13km is at almost 10% and the final 1.5km to Edelweißspitze (200m higher than the col) is cobbled and at over 11%.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

It was pretty cloudy unfortunately, so I only got glimpses of the mountains when the clouds broke. I was in the area for a week though and that part of the world is stunning. The climb is a brute, 19km at 9% but the last 13km is at almost 10% and the final 1.5km to Edelweißspitze (200m higher than the col) is cobbled and at over 11%.

Impressive, congrats for scaling it.

 

[Stav1985]

Impressive, congrats for scaling it.

I’d love to scale you Bruce x

 

[sbbefc]

Having watched today's stage I'm actually annoyed Cav hasn't made the tour. He might have been nowhere but he still adds a bit of interest to these sprint stages.

 

[sbbefc]

And from a purely commercial point of view he should have been selected for that alone. Who else actually races for them?

 

[summerisle]

 

[Eggs]

....never been into cycling but really enjoy watching the Tour. I’d never have a bike, though.

 

[lichfieldblue]

All aboard the Thibaut Pinot love train

PS: Did I mention I'm going to the final 2 Alp stages. You might hear more about that...

Was planning to put some money on Pinot each way. He was 20-1 this morning and I waited as I assumed his odds would drift after today. He's 14s now which doesn't look great value any more.

I have a vested interest, of course, because the final 2 Alpine stages will be mental if he's still in the running.

 

[blue to the bone]

The team time trial in the tour de France should be scrapped I think. It Is ultimately an individual competition but the team trial plays a major part in the overall result

 

[lichfieldblue]

The team time trial in the tour de France should be scrapped I think. It Is ultimately an individual competition but the team trial plays a major part in the overall result

Should we also ban team trains, because I guarantee the time gained by drafting on mountain stages are worth a lot more than the seconds gained yesterday?

 

[spectateur]

The team time trial in the tour de France should be scrapped I think. It Is ultimately an individual competition but the team trial plays a major part in the overall result

Riding fast in a small group is one of the disciplines of road racing, in a break or chasing
The relative few seconds gained or lost by a GC contender is nothing compared with the potential losses in the mountains.