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Sounds like he's been struggling with it for a while - Thor Hushovd retired with glandular fever as well.

One of the greats, no doubt. #1 is out of reach, as there will never be another Beryl, but best sprinter Britain's ever produced. Did it all from quite a low power base, compared to the monsters he was competing with - all technique and fearlessness.
 
Black Belt Jones said:
Sounds like he's been struggling with it for a while - Thor Hushovd retired with glandular fever as well.

One of the greats, no doubt. #1 is out of reach, as there will never be another Beryl, but best sprinter Britain's ever produced. Did it all from quite a low power base, compared to the monsters he was competing with - all technique and fearlessness.
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It will be interesting to see if someone will give him a new contract. He himself wants to go to Emirates and apparently they are talking.
 
Anyone got any events planned for the winter? The NW cyclocross league starts this weekend for me. Pretty out of shape for it, and currently trying to ditch a mild chest infection, so think I'll be mincing round near the back for most of September. Once the weather comes in Oct / Nov and the roadies all cry off I can hopefully start to show my class :)
Need to glue some CX tubs up this week in preparation - a sacred ritual.
 
Black Belt Jones said:
Anyone got any events planned for the winter? The NW cyclocross league starts this weekend for me. Pretty out of shape for it, and currently trying to ditch a mild chest infection, so think I'll be mincing round near the back for most of September. Once the weather comes in Oct / Nov and the roadies all cry off I can hopefully start to show my class :)
Need to glue some CX tubs up this week in preparation - a sacred ritual.
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Done a bit of riding in France, with some cracking balcony roads.

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Am heading out again for a long weekend later this month, and have the Maratona booked for next summer so will start thinking about that. Autumn is the busiest time for work though so it's a case of fitting in training when possible.
 
Rachel Atherton won the downhill world champs yesterday, for the fifth time, to go with the overall world cup win this year (sixth time). Probably the most dominant British cyclist of any discipline in recent years.

She won by 10 secs on a 3 min 15 secs run, which is just in a different time zone to the rest of the field. Yet she still gets nerves to the point of throwing up each race day - tough sport.

 
Black Belt Jones said:
Rachel Atherton won the downhill world champs yesterday, for the fifth time, to go with the overall world cup win this year (sixth time). Probably the most dominant British cyclist of any discipline in recent years.

She won by 10 secs on a 3 min 15 secs run, which is just in a different time zone to the rest of the field. Yet she still gets nerves to the point of throwing up each race day - tough sport.

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The wife and I were out for a hike in Vercors last month and were heading down a track not dissimilar to that she's ridden down in that video. Looked utterly impossible to ride down, but some bloke whizzed past us nonetheless. I mean it just jagged rocks down what must have been a 10-15% descent. Bonkers. Impressive like, but still bonkers.
 
Bruce Wayne said:
The wife and I were out for a hike in Vercors last month and were heading down a track not dissimilar to that she's ridden down in that video. Looked utterly impossible to ride down, but some bloke whizzed past us nonetheless. I mean it just jagged rocks down what must have been a 10-15% descent. Bonkers. Impressive like, but still bonkers.
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Video never gives a true impression of how steep it is, either - like it looks rocky, and she's going very fast, but gradient seems reasonable. Reality is it's crazy, sphincter-loosening steep and takes huge nerve to ride it full on.
 
Black Belt Jones said:
Video never gives a true impression of how steep it is, either - like it looks rocky, and she's going very fast, but gradient seems reasonable. Reality is it's crazy, sphincter-loosening steep and takes huge nerve to ride it full on.
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Aye. I mean I'm sure the bikes themselves are incredible bits of kit, but still, the skill level involved is really something else. I wonder if they almost need to memorise the course, as the terrain makes things hard enough, but the speed with which you have to make decisions must make reacting as you go very difficult.
 
Bar anything dreadful happening today, it looks like Yates will win the Vuelta. Quite remarkable to have had all GTs won by 3 different Brits, and the last 5 GTs won by British riders. I grew up when getting the odd stage win was a real triumph and you'd have to borrow Brits like Max Sciandri. Heady days. He'll be the leader of the squad at the worlds as well. I wonder if he can carry his form into that? With Froome and Thomas not riding, there aren't many climbers that you'd put as a favourite in Innsbruck that aren't at the Vuelta.
 

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