TotallyFreaked
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Well done Stat Bro in organising this and can you add me for one of the hats in true NSC Cycling Geeks comaraderie. I hope this is going to fit ok on top of my cycling helmet
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Well done Stat Bro in organising this and can you add me for one of the hats in true NSC Cycling Geeks comaraderie. I hope this is going to fit ok on top of my cycling helmet
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Cranky
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Top work Stat Brother if only I had of followed your Rohan Dennis tip I would have been able to pay for half my cap already!!!
If we can put it inside the [/quote] to maintain the list.#fusspot-tastic.
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Each Tour organising committee/company has it's own TV deal. ITV basically have access to anything ASO organise, so quite a lot of races really. I'm sure they would have picked up the Giro if they could have, but the Giro TV deal went to some very strange companies (outside of Eurosport, who are pretty strange themselves). Basically read this: watching-the-races Explains it better than I will ever be able to.
Oh, and be thankful we do not live in the US, it seems like a nightmare out there getting race coverage.
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Me please. Superb stuff on potentially organising this.
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They all just look like TT bikes, which are all ugly, malformed, runts of the bike world. I don't care how much wind tunnel testing and super design tech have gone in to them, they just look weird. If I had my way they would ban them, and make the riders TT on normal bikes.
Either you lot are easily pleased or you no read
We still need side panel writing, any suggestions?
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Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
Either you lot are easily pleased or you no read
We still need side panel writing, any suggestions?
A simple 'Sussex by the Sea' perhaps...
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My final post of a frenetic morning of opinion giving.
In the midst of all our Dennis credit giving we did not really chat about the appalling efforts from:
53. Valverde +3:29 (+2:37)
54. Jurgen Van Den Broek +3:30 (+2:38)
61. Alberto Contador +3:37 (+2:45)
70. Joaquin Rodriguez +3:48 (+2:56)
The time in brackets is how much time they lost to Froome. If these guys are to have any chance in the Tour then they have to do better than that. There are two 30km+ time trials in the Tour, which are admittedly lumpier than yesterday's course, especially the second one. With this form and extrapolating generously in the Spaniards favour, that means losing four minutes to Froome in the time trials. Can they really put that much time in to him in the mountains vs the strength of the Sky train? Can't see it myself, I think we may have to see the Spaniards teaming up to attack Froome to make this Tour anything other than another Sky led procession.
This week really is a dry run for the Tour from a fantasy point of view too. Gone are the Giro days of being able to pick within budget virtually the entire top 10 for every mountain stage. I picked really poorly during the Giro and finished 7th (?) in our league but still managed stage scores of 166, 222, 175, 155 and 176. Now we have a choice on the mountain stages of one of the 40 credit riders with a mix of the 15 to 30 point riders. Or going all out with two 40 credit riders and a serious bunch of three credit riders. The breakaway days are going to be huge in this competition, as will having the correct 40 credit rider on the correct stage. Factor in the riders who are not in this competition and we could be looking at 40 credits for Cavendish, Evans and Sagan on top of the four we have already. Plus the fact everyone has the best team out, hence the most expensive riders. It is going to be low scoring throughout, I think.
In the midst of all our Dennis credit giving we did not really chat about the appalling efforts from:
53. Valverde +3:29 (+2:37)
54. Jurgen Van Den Broek +3:30 (+2:38)
61. Alberto Contador +3:37 (+2:45)
70. Joaquin Rodriguez +3:48 (+2:56)
The time in brackets is how much time they lost to Froome. If these guys are to have any chance in the Tour then they have to do better than that. There are two 30km+ time trials in the Tour, which are admittedly lumpier than yesterday's course, especially the second one. With this form and extrapolating generously in the Spaniards favour, that means losing four minutes to Froome in the time trials. Can they really put that much time in to him in the mountains vs the strength of the Sky train? Can't see it myself, I think we may have to see the Spaniards teaming up to attack Froome to make this Tour anything other than another Sky led procession.
This week really is a dry run for the Tour from a fantasy point of view too. Gone are the Giro days of being able to pick within budget virtually the entire top 10 for every mountain stage. I picked really poorly during the Giro and finished 7th (?) in our league but still managed stage scores of 166, 222, 175, 155 and 176. Now we have a choice on the mountain stages of one of the 40 credit riders with a mix of the 15 to 30 point riders. Or going all out with two 40 credit riders and a serious bunch of three credit riders. The breakaway days are going to be huge in this competition, as will having the correct 40 credit rider on the correct stage. Factor in the riders who are not in this competition and we could be looking at 40 credits for Cavendish, Evans and Sagan on top of the four we have already. Plus the fact everyone has the best team out, hence the most expensive riders. It is going to be low scoring throughout, I think.
The spirit of Henri Desgrange is strong in this one. There's probably a job for you at the UCI...
'Ride or fall'.
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The spirit of Henri Desgrange is strong in this one. There's probably a job for you at the UCI...
To be honest, I don't even see why they are allowed gears. They got by back in the day.
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
Hang on, wasn't going to as I feel like ploppy, but I'll have a look.
Kirri-wotsit is just a beast.
You just know he's going to go longer than the equally beastly Stannard.
You just know he's going to go longer than the equally beastly Stannard.