Paris-Nice Thursday--2nd LIVE Thread and Post-Stage Chatter
by majope on Mar 11, 2010 9:37 AM EST
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Here comes that hill!
Screenshot du jour: I call this one "Shut up legs!"
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hello hill
"well...you live in england so: you love the rain. loves the queen. hates cycling. based on mr bean had a tremendous amount of humour. all ride in a mini cooper. all getting drunk before the age of 12. getting drunk at least 3 times a day."- frinking, 7/9/09
5km before the bottom of the first climb
And it starts at 10% too
majope is thinking positive.
(naming this a post race thread)
"Awesome! is more about what gets fans excited than what’s harder to do." - Chris...
Peloton is on their heels
Let the battle begin !
by FrenchKheldar on Mar 11, 2010 9:43 AM EST up reply actions
+1
it’s maybe a good thing these computers don’t have the new flash player installed..
"well...you live in england so: you love the rain. loves the queen. hates cycling. based on mr bean had a tremendous amount of humour. all ride in a mini cooper. all getting drunk before the age of 12. getting drunk at least 3 times a day."- frinking, 7/9/09
removes the temptation
sadly
"well...you live in england so: you love the rain. loves the queen. hates cycling. based on mr bean had a tremendous amount of humour. all ride in a mini cooper. all getting drunk before the age of 12. getting drunk at least 3 times a day."- frinking, 7/9/09
Greipel for the leadout :)
Martin in his wheel
both Tirreno-A and Paris-N live,
AND I still have time to Cafe, boy really love you guys !
GOOD ! morning.
Good morning. Just in time.
"Awesome! is more about what gets fans excited than what’s harder to do." - Chris...
we'll be very quiet
"Awesome! is more about what gets fans excited than what’s harder to do." - Chris...
Hey Zoe--did you see my note to you in yesterday's Twitter thread?
Ben Swift’s Twitter address.
It's fun to beat Cancellara--Edvald Boasson Hagen
No. I didn't. Twitter is having issues I think.
"Awesome! is more about what gets fans excited than what’s harder to do." - Chris...
or did you mean here?
"Awesome! is more about what gets fans excited than what’s harder to do." - Chris...
I meant the Tweet of the day thread here--I'm not on Twitter.
It's fun to beat Cancellara--Edvald Boasson Hagen
I'll go get it after the race. Thank you!
"Awesome! is more about what gets fans excited than what’s harder to do." - Chris...
do you not sit next to anyone?!
i could never get away with this.
"well...you live in england so: you love the rain. loves the queen. hates cycling. based on mr bean had a tremendous amount of humour. all ride in a mini cooper. all getting drunk before the age of 12. getting drunk at least 3 times a day."- frinking, 7/9/09
back to you is always dangerous
"well...you live in england so: you love the rain. loves the queen. hates cycling. based on mr bean had a tremendous amount of humour. all ride in a mini cooper. all getting drunk before the age of 12. getting drunk at least 3 times a day."- frinking, 7/9/09
they better finish in the next 15 minutes
i have a meeting to go to.
"Ants don’t worry, they operate like a fantastic team, they accept obstacles and deal with them in a positive manner, they don’t complain and remain positive. An ant doesn’t work on emotion, is proactive and always chooses the ant role."
no chance...
"well...you live in england so: you love the rain. loves the queen. hates cycling. based on mr bean had a tremendous amount of humour. all ride in a mini cooper. all getting drunk before the age of 12. getting drunk at least 3 times a day."- frinking, 7/9/09
12 minutes
come on guys go faster!
"Ants don’t worry, they operate like a fantastic team, they accept obstacles and deal with them in a positive manner, they don’t complain and remain positive. An ant doesn’t work on emotion, is proactive and always chooses the ant role."
What are you watching?
Or afre you on the side of the road?
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
lol
cow more like ;)
"well...you live in england so: you love the rain. loves the queen. hates cycling. based on mr bean had a tremendous amount of humour. all ride in a mini cooper. all getting drunk before the age of 12. getting drunk at least 3 times a day."- frinking, 7/9/09
Navaro I think, not Bert.
Bert is almost unique in that he is wearing just shorts and no leg warmers
live ticker profile
http://www.letour.com/2010/PNC/LIVE/us/400/index.html
"Awesome! is more about what gets fans excited than what’s harder to do." - Chris...
watching Jens! climb
is like watching an offensive lineman play wide receiver
It shouldn’t be posible, and yet . . .
the frig
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
do tell...
"well...you live in england so: you love the rain. loves the queen. hates cycling. based on mr bean had a tremendous amount of humour. all ride in a mini cooper. all getting drunk before the age of 12. getting drunk at least 3 times a day."- frinking, 7/9/09
cheers
bit early for him to hold though..
"well...you live in england so: you love the rain. loves the queen. hates cycling. based on mr bean had a tremendous amount of humour. all ride in a mini cooper. all getting drunk before the age of 12. getting drunk at least 3 times a day."- frinking, 7/9/09
You're thinking of Fedrigo
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
No... but he's skeletally thin
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
one more climb
"Ants don’t worry, they operate like a fantastic team, they accept obstacles and deal with them in a positive manner, they don’t complain and remain positive. An ant doesn’t work on emotion, is proactive and always chooses the ant role."
Sad that it;s the only thing my countrymen can do...
by FrenchKheldar on Mar 11, 2010 9:55 AM EST up reply actions
are you stuck in French Will?
"Awesome! is more about what gets fans excited than what’s harder to do." - Chris...
Rolland caught, Feillu now ahead
Astana controls the pace
hi folks
we just had a small eartquake again (do you call them like replic?) I am getting used to them.
cold there ahn. are they already climbing?…live stream is not so stable here.
"Racing bikes is for the kids, the rest of us just want to feel like kids on our bikes" - Flying Dog
things okay for you tho, right?
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
+1
hope so
"well...you live in england so: you love the rain. loves the queen. hates cycling. based on mr bean had a tremendous amount of humour. all ride in a mini cooper. all getting drunk before the age of 12. getting drunk at least 3 times a day."- frinking, 7/9/09
right...
and I just had another replic. 2 in a row today.
"Racing bikes is for the kids, the rest of us just want to feel like kids on our bikes" - Flying Dog
+2
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
thanks folks.
2 aftershakes right now. building is moving….
But I am not loosing this “finale” :)
"Racing bikes is for the kids, the rest of us just want to feel like kids on our bikes" - Flying Dog
We're holding our collective breath for you..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
roundabouts... bah
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Is there a single Garmin in there?
You would think that a CVV or Dan Martin would want a go at this.
CVV is off form innit
broke his ankle. agreed on dan martin though
"well...you live in england so: you love the rain. loves the queen. hates cycling. based on mr bean had a tremendous amount of humour. all ride in a mini cooper. all getting drunk before the age of 12. getting drunk at least 3 times a day."- frinking, 7/9/09
thanks!
"well...you live in england so: you love the rain. loves the queen. hates cycling. based on mr bean had a tremendous amount of humour. all ride in a mini cooper. all getting drunk before the age of 12. getting drunk at least 3 times a day."- frinking, 7/9/09
something like that
it’s a half-remembered story…someone clarify?
"well...you live in england so: you love the rain. loves the queen. hates cycling. based on mr bean had a tremendous amount of humour. all ride in a mini cooper. all getting drunk before the age of 12. getting drunk at least 3 times a day."- frinking, 7/9/09
just under 6km
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
screen skipped
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
yeah, really moving now
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Tommy!
"Ants don’t worry, they operate like a fantastic team, they accept obstacles and deal with them in a positive manner, they don’t complain and remain positive. An ant doesn’t work on emotion, is proactive and always chooses the ant role."
really?
"well...you live in england so: you love the rain. loves the queen. hates cycling. based on mr bean had a tremendous amount of humour. all ride in a mini cooper. all getting drunk before the age of 12. getting drunk at least 3 times a day."- frinking, 7/9/09
ah
silly me
"well...you live in england so: you love the rain. loves the queen. hates cycling. based on mr bean had a tremendous amount of humour. all ride in a mini cooper. all getting drunk before the age of 12. getting drunk at least 3 times a day."- frinking, 7/9/09
i was saying voekler, but TD also
"Ants don’t worry, they operate like a fantastic team, they accept obstacles and deal with them in a positive manner, they don’t complain and remain positive. An ant doesn’t work on emotion, is proactive and always chooses the ant role."
lol
"well...you live in england so: you love the rain. loves the queen. hates cycling. based on mr bean had a tremendous amount of humour. all ride in a mini cooper. all getting drunk before the age of 12. getting drunk at least 3 times a day."- frinking, 7/9/09
lampre leading... no sign of conta
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
here he comes
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
2 km to go. on the final climb
"Awesome! is more about what gets fans excited than what’s harder to do." - Chris...
by ZoeRochelle on Mar 11, 2010 10:02 AM EST up reply actions
He's talking to himself
“Shut up legs”
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
definitely telegraphing
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
by umwolverine on Mar 11, 2010 10:01 AM EST up reply actions
sorta boxed in tho
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
by umwolverine on Mar 11, 2010 10:01 AM EST up reply actions
come on, someone... do something
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
under 2km... someone go already
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
lovely
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
by umwolverine on Mar 11, 2010 10:03 AM EST up reply actions
go zoom now
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
here we go
"Ants don’t worry, they operate like a fantastic team, they accept obstacles and deal with them in a positive manner, they don’t complain and remain positive. An ant doesn’t work on emotion, is proactive and always chooses the ant role."
is av...
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
by umwolverine on Mar 11, 2010 10:04 AM EST up reply actions
so, any guesses who'll take this stage in july?
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
lol
"well...you live in england so: you love the rain. loves the queen. hates cycling. based on mr bean had a tremendous amount of humour. all ride in a mini cooper. all getting drunk before the age of 12. getting drunk at least 3 times a day."- frinking, 7/9/09
suffer, jens!, suffer...
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
he is obeying!
"Awesome! is more about what gets fans excited than what’s harder to do." - Chris...
by ZoeRochelle on Mar 11, 2010 10:04 AM EST up reply actions
shut up, legs
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
by umwolverine on Mar 11, 2010 10:05 AM EST up reply actions
Poor Jens!
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Conta just looks so floaty when he goes
so pretty.
who's 3rd?
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
it does flatten a little bit at the top
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
by umwolverine on Mar 11, 2010 10:05 AM EST up reply actions
tnx...
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
by umwolverine on Mar 11, 2010 10:06 AM EST up reply actions
good question. I can't even see him in the RS jersey. Looks like a CDE guy
"Awesome! is more about what gets fans excited than what’s harder to do." - Chris...
by ZoeRochelle on Mar 11, 2010 10:08 AM EST up reply actions
zoom... conta gets second wind
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
well played
"well...you live in england so: you love the rain. loves the queen. hates cycling. based on mr bean had a tremendous amount of humour. all ride in a mini cooper. all getting drunk before the age of 12. getting drunk at least 3 times a day."- frinking, 7/9/09
1.03 to jens
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
by umwolverine on Mar 11, 2010 10:08 AM EST up reply actions
av on jrod's wheel
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
drop him jrod!
"well...you live in england so: you love the rain. loves the queen. hates cycling. based on mr bean had a tremendous amount of humour. all ride in a mini cooper. all getting drunk before the age of 12. getting drunk at least 3 times a day."- frinking, 7/9/09
jrod gone? av on samu's wheel?
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Impressive: Voigt and Voeckler
"Awesome! is more about what gets fans excited than what’s harder to do." - Chris...
Absolutely!
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
didn't ride 2008,but he won here in 2007
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
by umwolverine on Mar 11, 2010 10:14 AM EST up reply actions
cheers dude
"well...you live in england so: you love the rain. loves the queen. hates cycling. based on mr bean had a tremendous amount of humour. all ride in a mini cooper. all getting drunk before the age of 12. getting drunk at least 3 times a day."- frinking, 7/9/09
Sunday is going to be fun!!!!
BAH!!!!....Cavendish?! Double BAH!!! Sky!!
TLP 7.0 Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent
no work for me today....
"well...you live in england so: you love the rain. loves the queen. hates cycling. based on mr bean had a tremendous amount of humour. all ride in a mini cooper. all getting drunk before the age of 12. getting drunk at least 3 times a day."- frinking, 7/9/09
Thank you for the company this morning. Housework calling my name. Bye for now.
"Awesome! is more about what gets fans excited than what’s harder to do." - Chris...
outstanding
"well...you live in england so: you love the rain. loves the queen. hates cycling. based on mr bean had a tremendous amount of humour. all ride in a mini cooper. all getting drunk before the age of 12. getting drunk at least 3 times a day."- frinking, 7/9/09
definitely
i might have to print this out you know
"well...you live in england so: you love the rain. loves the queen. hates cycling. based on mr bean had a tremendous amount of humour. all ride in a mini cooper. all getting drunk before the age of 12. getting drunk at least 3 times a day."- frinking, 7/9/09
It's the international sign for bonging on
Apparently Bert likes a puff when not training
Well that was fun
To me that testy finish marks the beggining of the season – about time
Question
If one was to record one hour of TV (via the decoder) onto a hard drive…how many gigs would it be…
BAH!!!!....Cavendish?! Double BAH!!! Sky!!
TLP 7.0 Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent
really, that little....cool
BAH!!!!....Cavendish?! Double BAH!!! Sky!!
TLP 7.0 Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent
by bradBordeaux on Mar 11, 2010 10:25 AM EST up reply actions
it depends. are you recording it as data? or as video?
data is based on file size. video is based on time/length
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
by umwolverine on Mar 11, 2010 10:29 AM EST up reply actions
it also depends on the quality of the video feed.... the higher the res the larger the file
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
by umwolverine on Mar 11, 2010 10:30 AM EST up reply actions
Are we going to watch T-A pseudo-live next...
BAH!!!!....Cavendish?! Double BAH!!! Sky!!
TLP 7.0 Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent
O/T
‘Cool Runnings’ in French is called ‘Rasta Rockett’….
BAH!!!!....Cavendish?! Double BAH!!! Sky!!
TLP 7.0 Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent
Followed by Liverpool V Lille in the Europa
Gotta love not working fridays
Only one team left with zero points now
“Enough Already” http://www.podiumcafevds.com/teams.php?id=36
Its riders should be picking up points later, though. (Maybe not Nys, haha. Sorry. I do admire putting him on your team.)
Really did you?
because last time I checked Paris-Nice still hasn’t been relocated to California.
March 14, 2010: The great one returns!
Though it's easily done
Paris, California – Nice, California
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
by TheFigurehead on Mar 11, 2010 3:34 PM EST up reply actions
Nice one Figure!
But ti elaborate just a bit, I figured pre-race that Levi was at least a stalking horse for Lance/The Shack in that he could be somewhat near Bert on the climbs and time trial. Then cam the prologue and, yes, Levi was right there with Bert making me think he had some form.
Then today’s stage and right before the final climb Levi was right there lurking with all the other climby guys…and that was the last we saw of him as he went straight backwards, finishing 1:09 in back of Bert and well behind all sorts of guys who shouldn’t ever outperform Levi on such a climb. And it looks like Brajkovic was pacing him to the top too. It doesn’t make sense to me, not after the prologue. Yeah, Levi is looking to peak at California but that was one pathetic effort by Levi. He should have a better base than that.
Now Frank Schleck was also on the same time as Levi, which is also disappointing. Maybe he was just using the race to get in shape?
Saxo DS Kim Andersen says
Fränk is badly affected by the weather. That may well go for some other less chunky riders. Jani and his 0,0004% bodyfat comes to mind.
Yeah......no
I can see that to some degree but it wasn’t like we saw Bert’s or A’s or Samu’s etc. A-games out there today. Plus last I looked none of them are fatsos like Barbie Barbie is.
Dude, look at the conditions they are racing in
I don’t know if it’s all sunshine and balmy weather all the time in Orey-gon but it is just silly to dismiss the effects the weather has. There are riders who’s performances are affected even by normal warm/cold/rain variation and what we are seeing is way beyond normal. Look at the comments that are coming out of this race. 95 % don’t give a shit about the results they just want to know to keep their hands warm enough to hang on to the handlebars the whole stage. It’s not a videogame, it’s real people we are talking about.
Another factor is motivation. If this is an important race to you, it’s likely that you will go to greater lenghts to overcome the conditions. If you are a good rider who is just hoping to get a good results if things go well, you are more likely to shut down and not care so much.
Then there is the illness factor. People want to avoid exposing themselves to the extent that they come down with cold and illness that will affect their spring season. Guys like Conta and SamSan can say “fuck it, my next goal is in July” while other want to do well in the Ardennes and in May and can’t afford to take risks in this part of the season. Of course that is going to affect how they race.
I do hear you. Really I do.
And I read that motivation is a key in dealing with the cold or any other tough weather such as was at KBK. Where does that motivation come from for the riders or to put it in a Jens!-ian way as Cosmo graphically designed it this winter with his Jens! Factor poster, what is the attitude of the riders?
Sating that say Schleck is saving himself for the Ardennes doesn’t hold up much when Bert or Samu (and a few others at P-N) are gunning for the earlier Pais Vasco and is so more vulnerable to having his spring messed up from catching a cold than any rider looking at the Ardennes. The same with Chavanel and his cobbles campaign. None of these guys is in top shape and the weather is making it all the harder. Yet some have the ’tude to push on and other just want to survive.
But I am not calling Schleck or Levi wimps even if they have a very different attitude than Jens! They just have a much tighter focus in races that they care about: 1) Tour, 2) Tour, 3) Tour, 4) California (Levi) and Ardennes (Schleck) 5) Tour. This kind of focus is not new obviously but it would be interesting to compare these two philosophical camps in terms of which group tends to best meet their goals in a season. Obviously both groups have their very successful champions. Plus there are some riders (and teams) that have a hard time setting realistic agendas (Cunego for example). I have no answers here, except with some older riders such as Levi one has to always be wondering if we are starting to see them losing their forms for good.
Well ok then
I just see this race as an outlier, the conditions make it useless for drawing any conclusions about anyone in the same maner that K-B-K with it’s loony weather was useless for evaluating anyones cobbles-form – nobody really believes Bobbie Traksel and Ian Stannard will be forces to recon with or that Boonen /Devolder are on a downward trajectory based on that Sunday.
As for Bert and Samu “gunning” for Pais Vasco, I don’t really believe anyone “guns” for PV. Sure they’d love to do well there but if they got a slight case of the snuffles or something came up like a hairdressers-appointment or whatever, they could gladly skip it without it being any sort of blow to their season.
I was joking
I agree, focusing on only two races a year is weak sauce but apparently what Levi is doing. Compare that to Bert who has already won a stage race and is going and all out here and definitely at Pais Vasco(we’ll see about Catalunya). The Tour is in July and it isn’t time to take it easy for it yet and I don’t care if it’s your home town race, doing 3 months of prep for a 2.HC race is dumb.
March 14, 2010: The great one returns!
And as for Levi
He did decently at Algarve. This is a step back.
Sigh. I guess some riders are more affected by the cold, but I am surprised how much. As we see in the picture of Jens this is all attitude and to me a rider who lets the cold slow him down a lot more than his peers is not so mentally tough. But then we knew that about Levi and now we know it about Frank. Everyone struggled today in the same cold. But some fought through it.
I think that the obvious is missing here...
Jens! is motivated for this. In his career, and at this stage in his career this win would have been huge. The Frank Schlecks etc may have other fish to fry. That said, we laugh about cold and heat here and dismiss them. For me, working outside in the cold is excruciating, whilst others feel the same way about heat or humidity. It’s ingenuous to dismiss the weather.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
thing is everyone has to do deal with the same cold
it definitely slows everyone down. But if a skinny little spaniard can deal with it …. Actually several skinny little spaniards dealt with it yesterday – and Caisse has been racing hard all race in these conditions.
I'm not apologising or excusing anyone, but we react differently to heat and cold
irrespective of our weight. And I believe motivation-such as the motivation i believe Jens! has at the moment – makes a difference. The same motivation seems to exist for Levi at ToC.
The psychology of racing matters too I think…
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I'm with Seahorse here
and I think that beyond motivation, how we react to weather is totally individual. Individuals just handle different types of weather differently.
The most public and odd example is the “chunky” northener Ullrich and the trimmed texan Armstrong. One would expect the former to melt and suffer in the sun and the southener Armstrong to suffer in the cold and rain. The exact opposite was true.
I think you really should let the first live threads go to 400 a 500 comments...
It makes the result thread better readable… And… Can we please get the Post race/result thread back?
If I may reply for others
1) Yeah we can have the threads go longer. However there are natural breaks where it feels right to start a new thread and today was at the bottom of the next to last climb which is what majope did.
2) And right after the stage was done several of us including me and majope had other things to do. Like work. We had no time to put up another thread. That’s the way it goes sometimes. Note that there have been post race threads this week so it’s not like we have gotten rid of them.
There was no you.. More generally spoken...
But previous results had also the top 5 of the race…(So now it should have TA and PN par example) Perfect to get a quick update and reminder etc..
Sorry man.
All I can say is that post race threads will vary a bit due to the nature of the races and the time we Eds have for writing them.
As someone who has tried planning when to split the threads
I can say it’s damn near impossible to predict how many more comments will come at any given point in the stages. Since a lot of people, due to bandwidth, type of computer and whatnot, experience sluggishness in the threads at about 300 comments (when the posting is relatively intense) that’s when we try to jump.
Stage 2 question
Can anybody explain why the riders that crashed at the end of the second stage came in 2 plus minutes down and were not given the same time as the pack?
Martin, MArtin and Casper?
They were.. Only in the results they finished 158,159 an 160. But in the same time as the peloton
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