La Vuelta a Espana
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johnxjsc1985 said:
another cracking Vuelta stage Wow what a ride by Tom D cant remember someone attacking like that for a generation.
hugely impressive considering his speciality. Was great to see Froome going for it at the end.I'd expect Tom D to fall back on stage 11. Looks utterly brutal, was also suprised to see valverde lose time yesterday - maybe because he crashed...
Echo those comments about the vuelta, really amazing racing. The format somehow works so well.
A few years ago (when I was at my fittest), I did a 150 mile ride with 7500 ft of climbing - and was properly knackered. I can't imagine how fit you'd have to do to cover the same distance with double the climb - even slowly. The fitness to do that at race pace is just beyond my comprehension, these lads are pretty amazing.
Some Gump said:
A few years ago (when I was at my fittest), I did a 150 mile ride with 7500 ft of climbing - and was properly knackered. I can't imagine how fit you'd have to do to cover the same distance with double the climb - even slowly. The fitness to do that at race pace is just beyond my comprehension, these lads are pretty amazing.
Those are KM, not miles. Some Gump said:
A few years ago (when I was at my fittest), I did a 150 mile ride with 7500 ft of climbing - and was properly knackered. I can't imagine how fit you'd have to do to cover the same distance with double the climb - even slowly. The fitness to do that at race pace is just beyond my comprehension, these lads are pretty amazing.
Its 85 mile stage today, a tough one for sure, though. Its got similar elevation gain to the Marmotte or very similar, but I guess it being spain they're likely steeper!Leithen said:
There's a risk that the lead GC contenders will all be too defensive and seek safety on each other's wheels. Only takes one brave madman though to change all that.
Interesting point; all too aware that huge amounts of time could be gained or lost, so ultimately every GC contender will be covering every GC contender. Will be interesting though, even if that's what happens!TonyHetherington said:
Leithen said:
There's a risk that the lead GC contenders will all be too defensive and seek safety on each other's wheels. Only takes one brave madman though to change all that.
Interesting point; all too aware that huge amounts of time could be gained or lost, so ultimately every GC contender will be covering every GC contender. Will be interesting though, even if that's what happens!I think Millar was spot on with his comments - a day like today might be too hard really in a multi stage race. He is probably right that, really, the peloton can't race a route like that: I think he worded it something like that 'the race disintegrates from the back rather than by attacks from the front'
Whilst I wouldn't advocate a 20+ stage race have 20+ equal stages, having one stage that has the potential to distort the overall result so much in favour of (a) climber(s) doesn't feel 100% right either
It was a good stage to watch though
Whilst I wouldn't advocate a 20+ stage race have 20+ equal stages, having one stage that has the potential to distort the overall result so much in favour of (a) climber(s) doesn't feel 100% right either
It was a good stage to watch though
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