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Old 09-22-2020, 10:02 PM
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Maybe JV should have replaced Pogacar's road bike for the switch with an old PX-10! Climb on that, Tadej!

Then it would have been a double dog switcheroo!!

how about an Eroica stage in next years tour? And we thought the bike switch was novel.


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Old 09-22-2020, 10:52 PM
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https://www.cyclingnews.com/features...e-peyresourde/

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Old 09-23-2020, 03:49 PM
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So who, then, was the strongest JV rider? If Roglic didn't have the legs to drop the challengers a'la Sky/Froome, why were they riding for him? Is Kuss too young or doesn't have grand tour GC pedigree? Dumo took to long to hit top form? And Kruijswiek left off TDF squad. If Roglic was indeed their best option, all things considered, it was only a matter of time.
Roglic was their strongest. Kruijswiek was not left off the team. He was injured in a crash at the Daphne.

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Old 09-23-2020, 03:57 PM
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https://www.cyclingnews.com/features...e-peyresourde/

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Yes, and me thinks there’s another reason to him not having “power” on final TT.
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Old 09-23-2020, 04:49 PM
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You mean power meter? I too was wondering about that, no meter means no interesting data.
OTH, it could also have been a weight saving measure.
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Old 09-23-2020, 04:51 PM
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Yup, hard to question nothing.
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Old 09-23-2020, 05:25 PM
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But if Roglic doesn't have the legs--which the Sepp Kuss incident certainly suggests--then that would expose Roglic, not protect him. So I'm back to my question: what was stupid about JV's strategy?
I don't think they were 'stupid', just could have been smarter. When Tadej lost, then gained back time on back to back days, that should have served notice that 'defending' the time diff may not be enough. Doumalin was the obvious choice to send on attacks as he was still sitting top 5 on stage 7 and a real threat whose moves would need to be covered. Instead he was put on the front trading work with Wout.
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Old 09-23-2020, 05:32 PM
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U got that right and i was wondering the same thing, send TD to get time back.
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Old 09-24-2020, 02:20 AM
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He beat Vino's record. What does that say?
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Old 09-24-2020, 02:27 AM
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how about an Eroica stage in next years tour? And we thought the bike switch was novel.


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Yes please, but an unsupported stage. Riders to carry everything they would need. No team cars. No radios. An homage to the past, and a tip to this new epoch of cycling. A short stage. 100km max. Gravel bikes only. Backpacks and hydration bladders allowed. ASO needs to get with it.
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Old 09-24-2020, 05:39 AM
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Yes please, but an unsupported stage. Riders to carry everything they would need. No team cars. No radios. An homage to the past, and a tip to this new epoch of cycling. A short stage. 100km max. Gravel bikes only. Backpacks and hydration bladders allowed. ASO needs to get with it.

Really? I would be ok with gravel sections, but don't need to see half the GC contenders taken out by a flat. And I don't need to see these guys with hydration packs on either. There are plenty of events for that. The Tour is the Tour. I don't understand why people think that power meters and radios are having that big of an impact on results. Roglic had a power meter, and a DS in his ear telling him he was losing time, but couldn't do anything about it. You still have to ride the bike.
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Old 09-24-2020, 06:25 AM
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He beat Vino's record. What does that say?
Clean as a whistle.....
The numbers are hard to believe...
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Old 09-24-2020, 07:40 AM
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Really? The Tour is the Tour.
The Tour was once the Tour, and then it became what we know it to be today. That's a process of change over time, and it should continue. Just one stage :-).

I thought tubeless sealant stopped flats.

No power meters for the L'Eroica stage.
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Old 09-24-2020, 07:42 AM
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Clean as a whistle.....
The numbers are hard to believe...
Yep. UAE must have a secret sauce, a blend of dates and camel milk.
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Old 09-24-2020, 07:51 AM
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He beat Vino's record. What does that say?
And so did Porte, Landa, Quintana and Roglič according to that article.
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