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Congrats Richard Carapaz, a glorious win for him and Equador - team of one in the race!

Good Lord that was a brutal hard race, men crying with the pain when Wout drove the chase group back. Mega distance and elevation in raging heat and humidity. Good to see him and Pog make the podium.
Adam Yates top ten very strong ride.
 
Bruce Wayne said:
Great ride by Kiesenhofer to win the road race. So good to see the Dutch get their cumuppence.
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Was simultaneously the best, most fairytale display of bike riding combined with the worst, most inept display of bike racing I think I've ever seen - one for the history books, a truly memorable race. Was always going to take something incredible for a Dutch rider not to win that and that's what happened.

Poor display of sportwomenship at the end I thought? You only get the one TV perspective but it looked awkward AF to see the race winner standing around like she'd just finished a sportive and everyone ignoring her.
Granted, if you thought you won Olympic gold and just realised no you didn't because you can't count to three then that's a bit of a meteor strike. Total deflation. But you still need to show some character - Dutch riders ignored Kiesenhofer and only the Danish rider Cecile Uttrup had the class to congratulate her.
 
Massive chance for Pidcock here in the mountain bike race, MvdP just had a huge over the bars crash. TP sitting second and looking great.
vdP still in the race about a minute back though - it would be over for anyone else but. Be properly banged up after that crash mind.
 
Pidcock looks a different level, just riding away from the field. Swiss guy Fluekiger is hanging on but then there's a big gap.

Looks like he has it barring a crash. Brutal course, the drop vdP went down on is something you'd see on an enduro course.
 
Great performance, just bossed it - started quite deep on the grid as well.
Incredible rider - threw down the final sprint with Wout at Amstel Gold and got beat by a mm, and now gold on a mega tech XC course.

Absolutely gutting for vdP - showed a lot of heart to keep going in a lot of pain. Doubtful whether he would have beaten Pidcock anyhow, imho - in that form on that course with a lot of sharp climbing
 
Men's TT in the morning, big hitters stacked towards the back end around 8 am.
Ganna the thoroughbred tester but it's a hilly beast of a course at 850m climbing over 44 k, might be too much. Wout would prob be fav going into this regardless, going in with MASSIVE legs from the Tour then he's definitely the man to beat.
Can't rule out Dennis from pulling a big performance out, despite the shithousery of swerving the men's road race (which you're not allowed to do strictly speaking).
 
Wow Roglic torched the field there - different class. Course right up his street but the crash in the Tour looked like it had wiped out his top form - evidently not.

Great ride from Dumoulin for silver - nice comeback after taking a break to clear the head, and Dennis did indeed sneak on to the podium for bronze.
 
Katie Compton - face of US cyclocross with 15 straight national titles, just failed a drugs test (steroid). She's at the end of her career (she's 42), so not the send off she will have had in mind. She has been vociferous in condemning the length of bans served by other riders - her own statement in this instance is the usual supplements nonsense.

She got done by carbon isotope testing, which is now apparently routine for testosterone. Makes something that was previously very very easy to abuse far harder to get away with.

Katie Compton banned four years for anti-doping rule violation

Katie Compton has received a four-year suspension after she 'tested positive for an anabolic agent' in September of 2020.
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Black Belt Jones said:
Tow bar (ie hitch in your dialect) rack is best, just that most vehicles don't come with a tow bar so it's also the biggest outlay if you need one fitted.

I've had both types of towbar rack you describe and the lower ones that the bike stands in are the best - they're the most stable for the bike, bikes stay in place, number plate and lights are integrated into the rack. They're also far more expensive than the other type that you hang your bikes off (last I checked). I have this type now and it is fine, but the bikes do move around more so there is risk of cosmetic damage with two rubbing together. Plus you need to hang a number board off the back somehow - it's not as clean and tidy a solution.

I think you're right that you just need to forget about the expense if you know you're going to be transporting the bikes a lot - it's essential to be able to do this safely and with the least amount of hassle possible. If it's something you're only going to be doing now and again you're prob best looking at a detachable boot rack (clips onto the back of the car), you can get some pretty good ones now for not much outlay.
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Found a Kuat Sherpa used and I think I'm going to really enjoy it but missing a locking pin and at the moment talking to Kuat's acclaimed customer support.
 

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