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snake911 · 03-07-2021, 11:57 AM

Yeah, not surprising at all. Plus, its a % of total time and Kittle spends many many more minutes climbing those mountains, and is still in Zone 4/5 the whole time.

In other news, freaking incredible final hour of Strade Bianche yesterday. MvdP is going to be a force in the classics for many years.

drakan · 03-14-2021, 02:27 PM

Paris-Nice.

snake911 · 03-15-2021, 12:39 PM

Roglic looks to be on great form.

drakan · 03-15-2021, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by snake911

Roglic looks to be on great form.

What stage are you on?

snake911 · 03-16-2021, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by drakan

What stage are you on?

All done. Crash is a bummer, but doesnt really change the level of fitness hes showing this early in the season.

drakan · 03-16-2021, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by snake911

All done. Crash is a bummer, but doesnt really change the level of fitness hes showing this early in the season.

Dude doesn't want to win a race in France.

snake911 · 03-16-2021, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by drakan

Dude doesn't want to win a race in France.

. Poor guy, and on the final stage too. Maybe its intentional? He's like "screw that county, they call fermented cows milk 'fromage'. Savages!"

drakan · 03-18-2021, 11:24 AM

Yeah he's looked great but crashing twice and almost a 3rd time won't do anything for that. Is he racing the Tour?

snake911 · 03-18-2021, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by drakan

Yeah he's looked great but crashing twice and almost a 3rd time won't do anything for that. Is he racing the Tour?

I would assume so. I know Bernal is focused on the Giro, but would guess that Roglic wants another head to head with Pogacar. Sounds like Roglic dislocated the shoulder in the first crash, which probably affected his handling causing the second crash and nearly a third.

drakan · 03-18-2021, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by snake911

I would assume so. I know Bernal is focused on the Giro, but would guess that Roglic wants another head to head with Pogacar. Sounds like Roglic dislocated the shoulder in the first crash, which probably affected his handling causing the second crash and nearly a third.

Would like to see Bernal at the Tour.

snake911 · 03-26-2021, 03:05 PM

Goddamn, Ineos is just slaughtering everyone at the Volta a Catalunya. Back to being a dominant powerhouse after last years slip, maybe?

And Froome looking predictably terrible. Cant even stay in the Peloton on stages. That team vastly overpaid for him. Pro cycling is historically unkind to aging.

drakan · 03-26-2021, 04:03 PM

http://www.steephill.tv/volta-a-catalunya/

Who is Ineos leader there?

snake911 · 03-28-2021, 10:03 PM

I was assuming it was a combo of Yates and Thomas, and letting it work itself out on the road. I don't see them using Porte as a GC guy, he's 36 so I would guess more of a super-domestique who may win a stage or two. Taking all 3 podium spots is a nice statement that last years implosion in the Tour was just a blip.

I love seeing all the CX riders doing incredibly well in the classics, hoping we get a hotly contested Paris-Roubaix this year.

snake911 · 04-21-2021, 10:05 PM

Chris Horner is a terrible play by play announcer. He makes some reference to a "5 star" something a dozen times each 5k. And Bob Roll really needs someone better to keep him in check. Those two together almost make we want to not watch races.

drakan · 04-23-2021, 01:33 PM

http://www.steephill.tv/classics/fleche-wallonne/

Spoiler title on youtube vid below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUFiXZqYqLI

drakan · 04-23-2021, 04:06 PM

I miss the tour of California.

snake911 · 04-23-2021, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by drakan

http://www.steephill.tv/classics/fleche-wallonne/

Spoiler title on youtube vid below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUFiXZqYqLI

Watched it live, Alaphilippe doing that rainbow jersey justice. Bummer that Pidcock had a mechanical inside 10k to go, that kid is incredible. Would have been fun to see if he could hold onto Alaphilippe.

And yeah, I miss Tour of Cali. Saw Sagan win a stage several years back about a quarter mile from my house.

drakan · 04-23-2021, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by snake911

Watched it live, Alaphilippe doing that rainbow jersey justice. Bummer that Pidcock had a mechanical inside 10k to go, that kid is incredible. Would have been fun to see if he could hold onto Alaphilippe.

And yeah, I miss Tour of Cali. Saw Sagan win a stage several years back about a quarter mile from my house.

Oh now that is awesome.

drakan · 05-26-2021, 07:20 PM

TDF starts in 1 month!

Odds:

https://www.oddschecker.com/us/cycling/tour-de-france

Rodey · 05-26-2021, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by drakan

TDF starts in 1 month!

Odds:

https://www.oddschecker.com/us/cycling/tour-de-france

No Bernal sucks, but oh well.

drakan · 05-26-2021, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Rodey

No Bernal sucks, but oh well.

Apparently his back his hurt but he was smashing the Giro but had a really bad day and dropped off.

Rodey · 05-27-2021, 07:08 AM

Bardet might be my sneaky pick for the Tour de France. He's having a good Giro.

snake911 · 05-27-2021, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Rodey

Bardet might be my sneaky pick for the Tour de France. He's having a good Giro.

good dark horse pick, he looks to be back on great form this year. finally.

drakan · 05-27-2021, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Rodey

Bardet might be my sneaky pick for the Tour de France. He's having a good Giro.

He is anywhere from +10,000 to +30,000...

If the two favorites don't win it's going to be wild because everyone else is like at least 10/1. I don't gamble but like to check the odds.

drakan · 05-31-2021, 06:47 PM

Dauphine is on after midnight(every night?) on NBCSN.

snake911 · 06-21-2021, 08:34 PM

Major bummer for Sam Bennett, but having Cavendish back for one more go could be fun. His form has been pretty good this year for a 36 year old sprinter.

The overall looks to be a pretty straight battle between Roglic and Pogachar, and just to hedge my bets I'll take David Gaudu as my darkhorse pick this year. I hope Pogachar has been working on his ITT form as this year there is no uphill time trial. But UAE has also massively beefed up the support around him this year so... should be a very fun tour to see play out on the road.

drakan · 06-22-2021, 11:52 AM

http://www.steephill.tv/tour-de-france/

Great site.

snake911 · 06-23-2021, 11:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rodey

Bardet might be my sneaky pick for the Tour de France. He's having a good Giro.

And it now sounds like hes skipping the Tour, and Olympics, to focus on the Vuelta and Worlds. Bummer, France needs their top riders in the home race.

Rodey · 06-23-2021, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by snake911

And it now sounds like hes skipping the Tour, and Olympics, to focus on the Vuelta and Worlds. Bummer, France needs their top riders in the home race.

Interesting. Must have been a recent decision.

Rodey · 06-26-2021, 08:04 AM

Good lord, what a pile up.

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03-07-2021, 11:57 AM	#391
snake911 Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,265 Shows Seen: 27 DMB Hub Stubs: 13 My Tour Central Stats	Re: Tour De France Yeah, not surprising at all. Plus, its a % of total time and Kittle spends many many more minutes climbing those mountains, and is still in Zone 4/5 the whole time. In other news, freaking incredible final hour of Strade Bianche yesterday. MvdP is going to be a force in the classics for many years.

03-15-2021, 12:39 PM	#393
snake911 Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,265 Shows Seen: 27 DMB Hub Stubs: 13 My Tour Central Stats	Re: Tour De France Roglic looks to be on great form.

03-26-2021, 03:05 PM	#401
snake911 Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,265 Shows Seen: 27 DMB Hub Stubs: 13 My Tour Central Stats	Re: Tour De France Goddamn, Ineos is just slaughtering everyone at the Volta a Catalunya. Back to being a dominant powerhouse after last years slip, maybe? And Froome looking predictably terrible. Cant even stay in the Peloton on stages. That team vastly overpaid for him. Pro cycling is historically unkind to aging.

03-28-2021, 10:03 PM	#403
snake911 Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,265 Shows Seen: 27 DMB Hub Stubs: 13 My Tour Central Stats	Re: Tour De France I was assuming it was a combo of Yates and Thomas, and letting it work itself out on the road. I don't see them using Porte as a GC guy, he's 36 so I would guess more of a super-domestique who may win a stage or two. Taking all 3 podium spots is a nice statement that last years implosion in the Tour was just a blip. I love seeing all the CX riders doing incredibly well in the classics, hoping we get a hotly contested Paris-Roubaix this year.

04-21-2021, 10:05 PM	#404
snake911 Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,265 Shows Seen: 27 DMB Hub Stubs: 13 My Tour Central Stats	Re: Tour De France Chris Horner is a terrible play by play announcer. He makes some reference to a "5 star" something a dozen times each 5k. And Bob Roll really needs someone better to keep him in check. Those two together almost make we want to not watch races.

05-27-2021, 07:08 AM	#412
Rodey Fiesta, Forever Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 85,222 Shows Seen: 16 DMB Hub Stubs: 10 My Tour Central Stats	Re: Tour De France Bardet might be my sneaky pick for the Tour de France. He's having a good Giro. __________________ Jordan "I'll tell you what: I'm never eating at Benihana again. I don't care whose birthday it is."

06-21-2021, 08:34 PM	#416
snake911 Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,265 Shows Seen: 27 DMB Hub Stubs: 13 My Tour Central Stats	Re: Tour De France Major bummer for Sam Bennett, but having Cavendish back for one more go could be fun. His form has been pretty good this year for a 36 year old sprinter. The overall looks to be a pretty straight battle between Roglic and Pogachar, and just to hedge my bets I'll take David Gaudu as my darkhorse pick this year. I hope Pogachar has been working on his ITT form as this year there is no uphill time trial. But UAE has also massively beefed up the support around him this year so... should be a very fun tour to see play out on the road.

06-26-2021, 08:04 AM	#420
Rodey Fiesta, Forever Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 85,222 Shows Seen: 16 DMB Hub Stubs: 10 My Tour Central Stats	Re: Tour De France Good lord, what a pile up. __________________ Jordan "I'll tell you what: I'm never eating at Benihana again. I don't care whose birthday it is."

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