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Yes I think it's over. He'll win.

Martin is having a very unlucky season. Puncture and he looked very good today. Very unfortunate.
 
Bruce Wayne said:
Fair play to him, fortune should favour the brave, and this has got to be better than Valverde having his nose in the wind for about 10m all race.
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Valpiti, as he is referred to on some cycling forums - after the name of his pet dog he was labelling his blood bags with.

How is the form going with ye all? I have the Fred Whitton in 3 weeks; didn't turn a pedal all of Feb into March with illness and travel, so thought I may have to bail on it. Managed to pull myself together, though, and have put a solid month in [including going off the ale], so reckon I will get round OK on the day, albeit slowly.
 
Black Belt Jones said:
Valpiti, as he is referred to on some cycling forums - after the name of his pet dog he was labelling his blood bags with.

How is the form going with ye all? I have the Fred Whitton in 3 weeks; didn't turn a pedal all of Feb into March with illness and travel, so thought I may have to bail on it. Managed to pull myself together, though, and have put a solid month in [including going off the ale], so reckon I will get round OK on the day, albeit slowly.
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The Fred is a heck of an event to do when undercooked, but with your off road background I presume you'll be fitting a suitably low gear? Trying to grind up hill after hill at 50rpm can't be any fun at all. Hopefully it'll be a nice day for it :)

Jan and Feb this year were superb training wise, but I've had a few colds and stuff in Mar and April that have knocked things a bit. Few days off the bike here and there add up. Not really training for an event per se, but will be in Granada in June so will do Pico de Veleta, and will then hopefully have a few days riding in Vercors in August. Not sure I feel ready to climb for 3 hours or so at the moment, but hopefully by June things will be fine.
 
Bruce Wayne said:
The Fred is a heck of an event to do when undercooked, but with your off road background I presume you'll be fitting a suitably low gear? Trying to grind up hill after hill at 50rpm can't be any fun at all. Hopefully it'll be a nice day for it :)

Jan and Feb this year were superb training wise, but I've had a few colds and stuff in Mar and April that have knocked things a bit. Few days off the bike here and there add up. Not really training for an event per se, but will be in Granada in June so will do Pico de Veleta, and will then hopefully have a few days riding in Vercors in August. Not sure I feel ready to climb for 3 hours or so at the moment, but hopefully by June things will be fine.
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I'll be doing it on a CX bike so gearing will be generous at the low end. I actually had the opposite problem last year as I had a single 38 up front which was miles too spinny down the long valleys, so I've put a double on this time. I was up over Hardknott last week on a training run and by God that is some climb. I'd be confident of clearing it every time on a short ride, but with 90 miles in the legs it's a 50:50 proposition. Most of the field walk it - I think they see it looming down Eskdale and psychologically just quit.

I like training for an event and getting strong, but it can feel onerous at times. Be glad to get it done and then just ride the mountain bike for fun over the summer.
 
Black Belt Jones said:
I'll be doing it on a CX bike so gearing will be generous at the low end. I actually had the opposite problem last year as I had a single 38 up front which was miles too spinny down the long valleys, so I've put a double on this time. I was up over Hardknott last week on a training run and by God that is some climb. I'd be confident of clearing it every time on a short ride, but with 90 miles in the legs it's a 50:50 proposition. Most of the field walk it - I think they see it looming down Eskdale and psychologically just quit.

I like training for an event and getting strong, but it can feel onerous at times. Be glad to get it done and then just ride the mountain bike for fun over the summer.
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You'll probably be fine so long as no one stops in front of you. I imagine it's so steep that one foot down and you're done.
 
I recently saw a documentary about Bugno. I like him as a person now, very chilled.

He says he wasn't a great cyclist:

Palmares:

  • Milaan-Sanremo: 1990
  • Wincanton Classic: 1990
  • Wereldbeker: 1990
  • Clasica San Sebastian: 1991
  • Ronde van Vlaanderen: 1994
  • Wereldkampioenschap: 1991 en 1992
  • Italiaans kampioenschap: 1991 en 1995
  • Ronde van Italië: winnaar 1990 - 9 ritzeges
  • Ronde van Frankrijk: 2e in 1991 - 3e in 1992 - 4 ritzeges
  • Ronde van Spanje: 2 ritzeges
 

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