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Skjelmose describes having to be carried off his bike at Flèche Wallonne
This is nuts!
Check out 'X' post/vid lower on link/page. https://www.stickybottle.com/latest-...allonne-video/
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I suggest not watching the X video post. It's terrifying. Just read the description, no need to watch someone in such a state of suffering. I've never had it quite that bad, but have been in similar situations and it's, to use the word again, terrifying.
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I don’t understand the clothing choices. The race winner was wearing full winter kit - insulated jacket, looked like insulate tights, etc. Half the peloton looked like it was in gilets and bare lower legs. Did the weather not match the forecast? I understand heat management is critical, but that goes both ways.
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Only 44 finished I read..
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Horrid
I was watching and riders couldn't even put on jackets etc. Every weather imaginable. What a sport. |
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Obviously in retrospect, get dropped to get a jacket is a better decision than keep racing until you dnf with hypothermia, but these are really tough calls to make in real time.
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You'd think the teams might keep in reserve some old style shell type jackets that are much easier to put on for when things are so diabolical that survival in the race, and not aero, is the primary consideration.
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It says it dropped to 33 degrees and rain.. what was it at the starting line?
That is soft shell winter cycling jacket + thermal tights + wool socks territory + winter gloves and ideally a helmet cover and/or neoprene booties. If it dropped from 50 degrees you're talking pulling over and it takes 5-10 minutes to change clothes to put that level of winter clothes on. The coverage just isn't that great.. I don't see any articles saying just how much it dropped. The decision to wear clothes that warm at the beginning would have been tricky or totally obvious depending on the starting temperature and forecast. Whoever is responsible for carrying emergency clothes in the car on some of these teams must be getting reamed out. There is basically no excuse for this when other teams were prepared. |
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If you watch the replay (it's on Peacock), at about 125k to go, it still looks nice. By 110k to go, it's looking overcast, and at about 105k to go, it's dark and dumping rain and hail.
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It also doesn't help that all these riders are likely under 5% body fat.
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Well, if you can survive in a race like last week's FW, when a lot of other riders and teams are pulling out, a team can hoover up some good points that will come in handy in ensuring that it won't get relegated when the next three year cycle is up.
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