July 13, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, Litig8r said: What climb is that? The last climb on stage 11, Col du Granon. Just watched Lance and Hincapie's comments and Lance was saying they never even went up Col du Granon when he was on the tour even though they are right there at Alpe de Huez because that climb is so freakin' hard. Especially after Galibier. Anyway, Lance and George don't understand what Pogacar was doing on earlier stages when he wasted so much energy chasing one or two seconds, maybe, saying that eats into your reserves over time. 9.2% for 12 kilometers at the end of a stage like today is only for the beastliest of men. Edited July 13, 20223 yr by Hornius Emeritus
July 13, 20223 yr On 7/8/2022 at 2:59 PM, Horn Dogg said: Not including Pogacar, the UAE team got kind of exposed today, they were all burnt up. With Roglic looking pretty good, I’m thinking that when they get to the alps, Jumbo will start sending Roglic on the attack kind of early, like on the second to last mountain. Not that Roglic will beat Pogacar, but with only 2 minutes and change, Pogacar can’t afford to let him go. Pogacar’s team doesn’t seem good enough to chase down multiple attacks on long climbs, so Pogacar has to do it himself. Jonas can just sit in Pogacar’s wheel and then attack him on the final long climb in the heat. Probably won’t work because Pogacar is so strong, but there’s a chance that it could on a longer climb and Jonas could take over. If that happens, Pogacar can just limit his losses and win the time trial, but at least this race still has some potential to be entertaining. Holy Crap ... that is some totally on-point soothsaying. Do you have any stocks you can recommend?
July 13, 20223 yr I have to say that I really love Lance's and Hincapie's take on Bardet and Gerain Thomas. It begins here. Hincapie is so good. After Lance points out that he was doing well in the Giro until he got sick, Hincapie points out that might be the best thing that could have happened.
July 14, 20223 yr 2 hours ago, Hornius Emeritus said: The last climb on stage 11, Col du Granon. Just watched Lance and Hincapie's comments and Lance was saying they never even went up Col du Granon when he was on the tour even though they are right there at Alpe de Huez because that climb is so freakin' hard. Especially after Galibier. Anyway, Lance and George don't understand what Pogacar was doing on earlier stages when he wasted so much energy chasing one or two seconds, maybe, saying that eats into your reserves over time. 9.2% for 12 kilometers at the end of a stage like today is only for the beastliest of men. No that's Lacets de Montvernier. The Granon has only been used once before, in 1986. I actually remember it because Greg LeMond took the yellow jersey off Hinault there, and Hinault never wore it again.
July 14, 20223 yr It's so goddamn inspiring watching these motherfuckers fly up the mountain, makes me want to hop on a bike. Then I remember they're doing this 20 minutes deep into a 10% climb after 5 hours on the bike, and I get winded the first 50m of a local hill.
July 14, 20223 yr I use a VPN and Eurosport which is like 10 bucks a month, but I also watch a shitload of cycling But TIz cycling for streams
July 14, 20223 yr Here we go on climb 3. I know these guys are drenched but this Alps portion really helps take me away from it being 100 degrees here.
July 14, 20223 yr 6 minutes may be enough for these guys depending on how much Pog tries to blow this up.
July 14, 20223 yr I'm amazed Froomey is hanging on Just now, G650 said: I'm amazed Froomey is hanging on Nevermind
July 14, 20223 yr Just now, Captain Ron said: Froome is hanging on, he might be able to do this. I would not count him out yet. God he is so painful to watch. He is definitely pacing better, Pidcock is accelerating too much.
July 14, 20223 yr 4 minutes ago, G650 said: God he is so painful to watch. He is definitely pacing better, Pidcock is accelerating too much. Yeah, I think Pidcock has this. His gap just keeps going up.
July 14, 20223 yr Really weird place to go on the Alpe. The hardest slopes are down low. The gaps after attacking here won't be that huge
July 14, 20223 yr The yellow jersey group is about to catch Froome. Never mind - misread the live tracker. Edited July 14, 20223 yr by Captain Ron
July 14, 20223 yr 1 minute ago, Whitewater Horn said: That was an incredible attack! Love this shit. I guess. These are like the most pointless attacks I may have ever witnessed. Oh and fuck Tom Pidcocks cunt ass
July 14, 20223 yr 1 minute ago, G650 said: Oh shit my main man Bardet closed it down a bit I don't think it matters, I think Thomas displaced him.
July 14, 20223 yr Just now, Captain Ron said: I don't think it matters, I think Thomas displaced him. Eh, don't care. Bardet is my boy.
July 15, 20223 yr 15 hours ago, G650 said: I guess. These are like the most pointless attacks I may have ever witnessed. Oh and fuck Tom Pidcocks cunt ass why?
July 15, 20223 yr Dude is a clown, perfect INEOS rider. Was a raging dick to all sorts of people on his way up, super arrogant. Only reason anyone even knows his name is Wout and MVdP took a bunch of time of Cross the past couple years.
July 15, 20223 yr I didnt know that about pidcock but the ineos thing makes sense. outside of kwiatkowski and bernal though, theyre decent dudes
July 15, 20223 yr 58 minutes ago, 52-80 said: I didnt know that about pidcock but the ineos thing makes sense. outside of kwiatkowski and bernal though, theyre decent dudes It's Geraint Thomas and then a pile of fucking psychopaths. I guess Pippo Ganna is ok.
July 16, 20223 yr Always wondered where they get the special jerseys to award. Are they premanufactured for each team just in case one of their riders win them.
July 16, 20223 yr 2 hours ago, 52-80 said: Always wondered where they get the special jerseys to award. Are they premanufactured for each team just in case one of their riders win them. I believe they just do a heat transfer logo
July 16, 20223 yr Always wondered where they get the special jerseys to award. Are they premanufactured for each team just in case one of their riders win them. G650 is right. They have a sublimation printing machine near the podiums and print the jerseys as needed when they change hands. They may even print a new one at the end of each stage anyway. Those machines are pretty damn cool. I believe that all jerseys start as plain white and all the color and emblems are transferred into the fabric during the process.
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