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brommers
Years beyond my wisdom
- Location
- Clacton-on-Sea
Two consecutive good stages and I think tomorrow should be too.
Tour de France 2017 ***SPOILERS***
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MasterDabber
Über Member
- Location
- Surrey and the Lot in France
Today's stage it was a 1 second gap. Great awareness by Froome.
There was a brief interview with Luke Rowe on the ITV coverage. He said they'd expected and planned for gaps at the finish and that Aru might get isolated given the weakness of his team, so probably more chapeaux to Team Sky's strategy and planning than Froome alone. But in the end Froome and the team had to deliver on the plan, so respect for that.
Bonus
Veteran
- Location
- Ainsa, Spain
Fight.The.Power
Well-Known Member
It is absolute BS from Aru that 'it could happen to anyone'.
Today was the greatest degree of tactical ineptitude that I have ever seen from the Maillot Jaune.
Today was the greatest degree of tactical ineptitude that I have ever seen from the Maillot Jaune.
SWSteve
Guru
- Location
- Bristol...ish
I thought that 'this is what happens in racing' was a poor answer, why not just say 'I was in the wrong position at the boottom of the climb'
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
It was piss poor, wasn't it.
Some people are proclaiming Sky as tactical geniuses but I don't think you need to read Sun Tzu to work out that treating the Tour de France like it's a bike race is a good idea.
Fight.The.Power
Well-Known Member
He should not have been in that position even at 5k out where at which point I agree he was already fooked. Everyone knows the peloton accelerates 'into' a finish like that. He should have been up at the front, stuck to Froome's wheel, way before 5k to go.
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
Marginal gains?
400bhp
Guru
Just musing.. there seems more deadlock on long climbs but more difference on short steep sections.
I'm thinking the power to weight thesis has been changed and could change stage racing forever.
Perhaps we are at an asymptotic limit for FTP per kilo but not for watts/kilo for times under a minute for the same cohort of riders.
Hence we may see more pointy stuff in the future?
I'm thinking the power to weight thesis has been changed and could change stage racing forever.
Perhaps we are at an asymptotic limit for FTP per kilo but not for watts/kilo for times under a minute for the same cohort of riders.
Hence we may see more pointy stuff in the future?
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400bhp
Guru
Top tactics...
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
I hope not. We don't need two Vueltas a year.
