Carnage today. Riders abandoning all over the shop.
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Carnage today. Riders abandoning all over the shop.
Black Belt Jones
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Cyclocross season starts tomorrow in the NW - yes lad! Tubs have been glued, bearings replaced, plus we've had a decent amount of rain so might get some proper cross racing from the get go.
Disgruntledgoat
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Carnage today. Riders abandoning all over the shop.
That photo is from a few years ago... Giant Alpecin, Cannondale in green, IAM still there, Bora in their Pro Conti days...
Disgruntledgoat
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Sep Vanmarcke won a world tour race yesterday! That's one of the signs of the apocalypse!
You're right. Well spotted.
EF deserve a bit of luck to be fair. They've had a rotten time of it with crashes.
Disgruntledgoat
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He was the rider of the day in the Ronde too, buried himself for Bettiol when his own move got caught with about 30 to go. I wasn't working the race for the first time in 4 years this year so watched on the Koppenberg... He absolutely monstered it.
Seems the Vuelta has paid homage to @Black Belt Jones and included a cyclocross section yesterday. No wonder a few had a tumble.
Black Belt Jones
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It tanked down with rain yesterday morning so drove to cross with high hopes - unfortunately the field was like a magic sponge, really well draining, so the race ended up being very dry. As a result I got a bit of a pasting from a bunch of roadies with 60psi in their tyres. Once the nights draw in and the real mud comes they'll all slink off to their turbos.
Have to say it was brutal - I've not done much volume but have been regularly time trialling and going pretty well, relatively speaking. A bike race is just different gravy to a time trial, though - apples and oranges with the type of effort and the mental approach.
Have to say it was brutal - I've not done much volume but have been regularly time trialling and going pretty well, relatively speaking. A bike race is just different gravy to a time trial, though - apples and oranges with the type of effort and the mental approach.
Black Belt Jones
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I think Mathieu van der Poel will be racing the Tour of Britain, which should draw some crowds - prep for the World Champs road race in Yorkshire. Final stage goes over a few hills near me in Manchester so be good to see the pros crush them.
Another shot here, showing the moment Roglic hit the deck
Looks grim I have to say. Gravel road in a monsoon going down a mountain
Looks grim I have to say. Gravel road in a monsoon going down a mountain
lichfieldblue
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Second time this year I has a massive speed wobble on a very similar road to last time - both on Cannock Chase (100 mile sportive yesterday which was good fun). Got a new bike in January so not sure if it's linked to that or "user error".
Either way was pretty terrifying - at 40mph the oscillations literally took me all over both sides of the road. I've always been more or a climber to a descender (though that's giving myself more credit than I deserve ), but stuff like this doesn't half dent my confidence.
Any tips or experiences welcome.
Either way was pretty terrifying - at 40mph the oscillations literally took me all over both sides of the road. I've always been more or a climber to a descender (though that's giving myself more credit than I deserve ), but stuff like this doesn't half dent my confidence.
Any tips or experiences welcome.
Black Belt Jones
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I've never experienced one, thank God - would be terrifying. I've heard people say you should try and get low and grip the frame with your thighs if it happens - sounds sensible but have no idea if it actually works.
Any full monty descent on the road bike I just try and focus on the road and sort of switch my brain off, not look at the garmin - it can feel very calm. I also find it easier with bends, perhaps counter intuitively, helps the focus and adjusting your speed helps. A massive straight descent can be a bit of a bottle job and also mean huge brake action at the end.
Following someone skilled and smooth on a descent can help confidence, show you the line. Never follow someone slow and bad on the downs, your eye is drawn to their wheel and it'll have you riding a horrible line.
Confirmation of the Quintana and Carapaz transfers. It's hard not to think that Movistar's strange tactics have led to them punching below their weight in recent years, so it'll be interesting to see if Quintana can regain his earlier promise in a team designed to revolve around him. Equally interesting to see how Ineos juggle 4 grand tour riders. This year has shown that they perhaps aren't as strong as we think, with their Giro and Vuelta teams very poor, and obviously both Froome and Thomas are nearer the end of their careers than the beginning...
lichfieldblue
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Got to think anyone supporting Froome will be on a promise that they'll be supported in 2021.
Thomas is the one who I can't see where he fits in.
Other dynamic is the super domestiques - is there enough to be shared around for there to be something in it for them?
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