I was hoping he'd lose as punishment for his socks to be honest.
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I was hoping he'd lose as punishment for his socks to be honest.
spectateur
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Some good racing today with the GC contenders not interested.
That's been the story of the race really. The best action has been away from the GC.
lichfieldblue
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That side on shot of Anderson today was one of the iconic moments of the Tour for me. Burying himself at 60k, he doesn't believe he has a minute on the chase.
"What's the time? TIME??"
"What's the time? TIME??"
lichfieldblue
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I have a resting heart rate of 28 bpm. True story. Do I win?
I assume you it's not because I'm super fit. At all.
To be fair, I think they're just very fit. Doing 4-5 hour rides day after day is perfectly doable with the training these guys do. I remember a bog standard sportive I did a while back in Austria/Switzerland had two climbs (40km between them, one the Stelvio), but then a long flat section before the final climb up to the finish, and there was a group of maybe 20-30 of us on the flat section and we knocked out over 40km in an hour. The peleton draft effect is not to be underestimated, and they'll be doing z2 for most of those times. Their climbing speed, however, is quite remarkable, but again, they have the very best equipment, all the help needed to weigh as little as possible, and get to train on those climbs and at altitude all year round. I'm a 41 year old chugger, and can knock out a VAM of around 1,000 for an hour climb, so world class athletes in their prime doing 1,500 should very much be doable.
Black Belt Jones
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Great TT this, Wout laying down beast mode on le planche, currently in the chair.
Raging effort from Pog, took 25 secs out of Rog but climb still to go.
Raging effort from Pog, took 25 secs out of Rog but climb still to go.
Disgruntledgoat
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Getting close on GC here...
Disgruntledgoat
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Pogacar is gonna do this...
Black Belt Jones
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Reckon he might - absolutely bossing this and Roglic looking shakey.
Disgruntledgoat
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Dropped 20s by my info
Still a way to go on a climb. Still up for grabs if Pogacar has gone a bit far into the red.
Black Belt Jones
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Pog got this. Looks immense.
lichfieldblue
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Really hope this lad is genuine, because that was outrageous.
Fastest time ever up there with a bike change. How often is a 20 mile TT won by over a minute?
Fastest time ever up there with a bike change. How often is a 20 mile TT won by over a minute?