La Vuelta SPOILERS.

[rich p]

More about positioning and where you collected your jackets.Got caught out yesterday and paid for it.
Saying that Carapaz looks on form.In my heart id like Hugh Carthy,Dan Martin to be up there...but I think Carapaz will win this Vuelta.Hes looked good since the last week of the Tour.

I'd love Hugh Carthy to do well.
He makes Chris Froome look elegant on a bike

 

[Adam4868]

working with the conditions has to be something to plan for when racing this late into the year
I didn’t see yesterday’s incident but the one in the Giro was bonkers. Getting both arms in then doing up the zip was impossible when wearing full finger gloves.

maybe remove your gloves to put the jacket on. It’s all about the marginal gains.

Tactics....Movistar,Ineos were zipped up 2k from the top of the climb.Be prepared !

 

[rich p]

Put the jacket on back to front and don't bother zipping it up😄

 

[Adam4868]

I'd love Hugh Carthy to do well.
He makes Chris Froome look elegant on a bike

You sound like Sir Dave...new look Ineos is all about style and panache

 

[Adam4868]

Put the jacket on back to front and don't bother zipping it up😄

Bet you have your gloves on a piece of strong aswell.Tactical genius

 

[rich p]

My favourite under-achiever, Tejay van Garderen, has managed to lose over an hour already and lies in 102nd place...

...poised to plunge even further down the rankings!

 

[nickyboy]

My favourite under-achiever, Tejay van Garderen, has managed to lose over an hour already and lies in 102nd place...

...poised to plunge even further down the rankings!

Whenever anyone refers to "TJV" I somehow think they're on about him. I didn't know he was still riding his bike to be honest

 

[mjr]

maybe remove your gloves to put the jacket on. It’s all about the marginal gains.

If you do that, then you have faff about pulling the cuffs down over the gloves which is even worse. Or you let your gloves fill up with water that's run down your arms.

Zip quality does make a difference. I've some waterproofs 5 years old with zips on their way out (coming apart when zipped up, that sort of nonsense which is annoying when touring, let alone racing!), while good quality zips on 15-year-old waterproofs still run fine.

 

[Beebo]

Here is the new Assos winter jacket. Only £575!!!!
Will it be easy to put on?
Who on earth pays that for a jacket?
https://www.assos.com/EQUIPE-RS-Winter-Jacket?gender=M&color=113

 

[Adam4868]

Here is the new Assos winter jacket. Only £575!!!!
Will it be easy to put on?
Who on earth pays that for a jacket?
https://www.assos.com/EQUIPE-RS-Winter-Jacket?gender=M&color=113

Do you get a bike with it ?

 

[Mike_P]

My favourite under-achiever, Tejay van Garderen, has managed to lose over an hour already and lies in 102nd place...

...poised to plunge even further down the rankings!

Look for the positives, only a minute behind Froome with two weeks to go

 

[ColinJ]

or giving the riders a jacket that’s a size too big so it’s easier to get on. I expect that Ineos have looked into this sort of thing.

The trouble with that is that they flap horribly which would create an enormous amount of drag on high speed descents. It happens to me round here - I have jackets which were a snug fit when I weighed 25+ kg more than at present. They feel like parachutes at 80+ km/hr now!

Zip quality does make a difference. I've some waterproofs 5 years old with zips on their way out (coming apart when zipped up, that sort of nonsense which is annoying when touring, let alone racing!), while good quality zips on 15-year-old waterproofs still run fine.

I have a comfy gilet which has a really annoying zip. It is almost impossible to do up or undo one-handed because it has a strip of material behind the zip (to windproof it) which constantly gets jammed in the teeth. It makes me think that the company never actually tested the garment properly. Done up, fine. Unzipped, fine. The transition either way, a total bloody faff.

 

[Adam4868]

Look for the positives, only a minute behind Froome with two weeks to go

He hit his peak coming second to Froome at the Dauphine in 2015....maybe he'll go to Israel cycling where the over 30s go to be put out to pasture.
Sorry Dan ! were behind you here.☘

 

[SWSteve]

Has Froome gone to ISN as a Domestique for Dan Martin? Abbé not originally, but probably the case, right?

 

[Adam4868]

Has Froome gone to ISN as a Domestique for Dan Martin? Abbé not originally, but probably the case, right?

Not according to Dan.
Martin said he expects Froome to come out stronger from this Vuelta, and be a factor in 2021.
“The fact that he is even on a bike this year after his crash is amazing, and I think this Vuelta will do him the world of good,” Martin said Monday. “I can’t wait to race on the same team as him. His whole presence is just going to inspire everybody and lift everybody up again next year.”