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it seems like the Giro opening TTT is on some kind of narrow MUP. what happens when the team follow garmin rolls into the narrow space after garmin crashes?
Giro's team time trial leaves little room for error - VeloNews.com
Giro's team time trial leaves little room for error - VeloNews.com
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Those mid-level pro races must be the scariest; so many guys looking to make it to the next level, taking all kinds of risks to get there...
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Exactly! When I saw that and their lines converging with the other guys lines I thought for sure "here we go, huge pileup time!" but no.
Those mid-level pro races must be the scariest; so many guys looking to make it to the next level, taking all kinds of risks to get there...
Those mid-level pro races must be the scariest; so many guys looking to make it to the next level, taking all kinds of risks to get there...
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it seems like the Giro opening TTT is on some kind of narrow MUP. what happens when the team follow garmin rolls into the narrow space after garmin crashes?
Giro's team time trial leaves little room for error - VeloNews.com
Giro's team time trial leaves little room for error - VeloNews.com
dang... I guess they've had budget cuts, can't afford a full road closure
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Amgen Tour of California took place just down the road. Still sick, so watched it from the couch. Was cool to see the event take on local roads, but the race itself was kind of dull with a prescriptive finish. Would have been cool to see some of the early stuff like the attacks, break get away, the gravel section, etc. Nonetheless, fun to see some big guns shred strava KOMs.
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I wonder what MTN's strategy was in these first couple stages. They have worked to pull back the break, and I was assuming Farrar would be a lead out guy for Ciolek (or Theo Bos). Instead Farrar is the only one near the front with a couple 8th places. Maybe Ciolek was caught in the crash today or otherwise derailed?
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High point of getting up early to ride the trainer. Split, split again, then again, then more stuff. Best GT stage I've seen in a long time. I'm usually one to just watch the highlights or the last 10k or whatever, today I watched the last 60k and was into it the whole time. Also cool to see the young guy come away with it
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if you want to do some big miles this saturday starting in frederick at an hour only a senior citizen would contemplate, pm me.
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My "dream" car is the following
would love to go ride, but driving up to NJ this week (and possibly doing Wilmington, depending on weather)
yeah, but unless you have VPN to Belgium, the feeds royally suck
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two TVs side by side. none of this picture and picture crap. the stage is too good. not quite rain/cobbles of last year's TDF....but really really good.
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don't diss the stationwagon (though yours really could use a few more horsepowers under the hood). I'd totally buy the TSX wagon had Honda put a real powerplant (220+ HP with 220+ Nm of torque) in that car. A pity the powers might be canned the car.
My "dream" car is the following
would love to go ride, but driving up to NJ this week (and possibly doing Wilmington, depending on weather)
yeah, but unless you have VPN to Belgium, the feeds royally suck
My "dream" car is the following
would love to go ride, but driving up to NJ this week (and possibly doing Wilmington, depending on weather)
yeah, but unless you have VPN to Belgium, the feeds royally suck
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Freakin' great ride in the ToC today. And I love it that Tinkoff came in 2nd, again because they didn't have the horsepower to pull back a kid on a development team. I like Sagan, and I shouldn't dis anyone that wants to put money into bike racing, but I'm awfully tired of Tinkoff. He is a whiner.