mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
According to P&P, the road had become a glacier or something... (hi @Marmion)
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smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
Can someone tell me why Niki Terpstra isn't at the Tour? I know he withdrew from the Dauphine before the finish, but I don't know why - was it a crash or just feeling a bit poorly? He seems to have recovered well enough to win the Dutch national road race but obviously wasn't deemed fit enough to make the EQS Tour squad. Would have been handy in Cav's leadout on a day like today.
Dayvo
just passin' through
- Location
- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
Kristoff I feel.
Dayvo
just passin' through
- Location
- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
What a finish!
MisterStan
Label Required
- Location
- Out there somewhere
Greipel seems unstoppable at present.
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
Cav is definitely not as fast as he used to be.
the_craig
Veteran
- Location
- Lanarkshire
Big Andre is immense and is bossing the sprints.
Although when you see replays, look out for Sagan on the left. It looks like he is in a different race.
Although when you see replays, look out for Sagan on the left. It looks like he is in a different race.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
http://cyclingquotes.com/news/terpstra_to_skip_the_tour/ suggests he's aiming at the Worlds this year and didn't feel he could do both.
A race that ends 10m later...
SWSteve
Guru
- Location
- Bristol...ish
Sagan will hopefully get that stage win. He's doing everything else at the moment.
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
And yet Boom can manage to do both despite his ongoing health problems!
Thanks for the clarification, but that story doesn't add up. Why would riding the Tour in July be a problem for the Worlds in September?
Flying_Monkey
Recyclist
- Location
- Odawa
He's a much better all-round rider, though. I think that as he's slowed, he's been getting stronger in other areas, as we saw in the British Road Race Championship this year. When this started to happen a couple of years ago he resisted the change, but I think he'll have to do some serious thinking in the off-season about how he directs his training effort, part of which is going to be to accept the fact that he's no longer the superstar sprinter he was. Unlike some ex-pure sprinters, I don't think he can settle into being a lead-out man - he's fast in all the wrong ways needed for that role. I think he can, however, move towards being a fast-finishing classics rider.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Maybe Terpstra is getting different medical advice to Boom? Anyone like to comment on how Quickstep's and Astana's doctors compare?
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
Maybe Terpstra is getting different medical advice to Boom? Anyone like to comment on how Quickstep's and Astana's doctors compare?
You do have to wonder why Astana's doctors weren't aware of Boom's cortisol problem. Perhaps if they'd caught it themselves, the team could have quietly dropped him before it became public knowledge.
Not that I'm suggesting this has any relevance to the Terpstra situation, you understand.
Flying_Monkey
Recyclist
- Location
- Odawa
Some of the coverage was odd today, talking about riders being 'caught behind' as if the teams and riders concerned really cared. So far as I can tell, none of the GC or sprint favourites were in the second group that was split as a result of the wind, so there was no-one really 'caught behind'. It was basically a load of domestiques who sat back and cruised home after the split happened, and why not? They all want to save their energy for supporting their teams' contenders in the harder days to follow next week.
