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• #5827
Dat accent
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• #5828
Just seen tirreno. What was the tinkoff Bennati guys issue?
Good win.
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• #5829
Classy move by Stybar, his form is building nicely for Holy Week.
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• #5830
thanks! Would have been awful it that has gone uncorrected!
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• #5831
^ ha! dunno about that, but sorry in case I came across as a nitpicker.
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• #5832
Srs question.
Why would one use Ventoux in the first half of a stage?
I guess it'll be interesting to see how much time gets put into the stragglers...
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• #5833
To accumulate the effects.
Raging tailwind at the start, so it'll be a fast start.
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• #5834
Will it have a big impact?
I guess that's the question that leads one to put it early in the stage...
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• #5835
PR, it gets attention, riders don't have to do the whole thing this early in the year, the Tour is going there so there may be a commercial element, a buy-one-get-one-free with the local government, or just a practice run.
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• #5836
Unlikely. They're only going as high as Chalet Reynard.
Theuns in the break nine minutes up the road though, so could get interesting.
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• #5837
Only.
The hardest part of the climb is the 10 km section to Chalet Reynard.
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• #5838
Ha, yes. I did think about putting the only in quotes. Through the forest, turn off to Sault. No biggie.
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• #5839
Commentary today is woeful.
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• #5840
Not interested in shaving?
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• #5841
Looking at the composition of the break, I imaging Rob Hatch is finding as many excuses as he can to say "Jesus Herrada Lopez" in slightly different, increasingly flamboyant ways.
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• #5842
Hardest section of any of the Ventoux climbs IMO.
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• #5843
How long do you need to spend in the wattage cottage for this, the hardest, climb of Ventoux?
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• #5844
Pfft, Ventoux. I rode up with a melon, a pack of fags, and a few beers in a pannier, and I'm hardly a specimen of physical endurance.
Although it took me a couple of hours, compared to the 45 minutes the pros did it in later in the day.
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• #5845
How's Gaviria not knackered from the world track champs?
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• #5846
Yeah, even I've made it up Ventoux, other than the heat after you leave the trees it's pretty doable.
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• #5847
Hood sprint!
^^Would have been like doing intervals for a week, lots of quality not alot of quantity; few days rest and you'd feel like a champ.
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• #5848
Any vaguely fit person can ride up Ventoux, it's doing it quickly which is the tricky part.
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• #5849
what a sprint in T-A, Gaviria seems to have digested the track worlds just fine
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• #5850
Poor effort, C-.
Summary of todays paris nice stage.
How do you forget to sign on as a pro? They have to do it every race, no?