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Thinking about things I might enjoy watching in a tour as well as TT’s which I do enjoy I’d say
-2 up TT just to see specialists smash their leaders and it’d have some tactics in who does what turns etc
-a long normal hilly stage but ridden as no draft Ironman style and people start at minute intervals maybe- so constant passing, catching etc. Probably wouldn’t work!- crits without the Paris stage 3 hour ride to the course, but maybe some novelty time bonus sprints, devil eliminations etc. Maybe you say the top 40 ride the crit and the rest get the same time and a day off- so teams with multiple riders do better potentially. Or the next group of 40 ride in a B race etc. Would be good to watch.
- Surely given how big gravel bike sales are it can’t be long before we have a full gravel stage or a gravel tt?
- crits without the Paris stage 3 hour ride to the course, but maybe some novelty time bonus sprints, devil eliminations etc. Maybe you say the top 40 ride the crit and the rest get the same time and a day off- so teams with multiple riders do better potentially. Or the next group of 40 ride in a B race etc. Would be good to watch.
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composite decking ? golf club thread >>>>
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Had a puncture. He didn't pay the protection money so there was no spare TT bike on the car.
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He had a puncture and had to swap bikes. Did fairly well to stay up.
Personally love a Stage 1 TT - great spectacle for the public and great to get a first GC and sometimes a nice insight into riders' fitness. Bit let down though at how it is not doing much to show off Turin!
Re the GCN app - love the fact it has no ads and the fact I can switch to Italian commentary when wanted/needed. Can't remember the price but would say definitely worth it. App is a bit clunky but does the job once you're casting.
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Pffff. He’s the pound shop @xavierdisley
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And @xavierdisley involved with the reigning individual pursuit champion.
Got to be a rather tense battle of sponsor (shimano/most/pinarello) vs boutique TT kit...
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I'd rather watch a TT where the GC contenders have something on the line than a long flat snooze fest which follows the same predictable format: minor teams get into a breakaway for the TV coverage, peloton plays ball and lets them go a decent distance, pulls them back without issue with 15-25km to go, then there's a sprint.
I also think TTs are a good test of a rider, and should be part of the mix for that reason; it's right that to win the Tour/Giro you should have to be able to TT, climb, and not get caught out on the rolling stages. That said, I'd have 1 TT, not 2, and I'd make it a long and reasonably hilly one.