Tour de France 2011

touch said:
Team time trials are different from individual time trials tho. Having a very good time trialist like cancellara can actually be a disadvantage because he is so much stronger than the rest of the team that it disrupts their rythm. It's much more important to have a team of equal riders to do well in a ttt (HTC usually do very well and they dont really have any time trial specialists).
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Good point, it's unfortunate for them they can't just tie a rope to cancellara's bike :D
 
A spectator standing in the road took out an Astana rider and the rest of peleton went ploughing into the crash, 50+ riders held up with 7km to go.

Stupid spectator :mad:
 
Alberto Contador was one of them and then got into a 2nd crash it seems. What a start for him. (Hehehehe.) But yes, some gormless spectator was looking the other way and got knocked into a ditch. Serves him/her right.

I've been glued to it since midday. Very gripping stage.
 
Good win for Gilbert.

Didn't realise Andy Schleck was in the front group - he's 1m14s up from Contador which could turn out to be vert important. Glad Geraint Thomas had a good ride as well
 
I wish they had a geek zone documentary talking about the bikes and the tech they are using. I understand why they don't but it would be interesting.
 
Hamster said:
I wish they had a geek zone documentary talking about the bikes and the tech they are using. I understand why they don't but it would be interesting.
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Bike Radar has reviews of a lot of the bikes they are using.

http://www.bikeradar.com/news/artic...adjustable-seatposts-and-funky-graphics-30831

http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/pro-bike-andy-schlecks-trek-madone-69-ssl-tour-de-france-30814

http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/artic...ibalis-liquigas-cannondale-supersix-evo-30367
 
So that chap that was killed in Giro D'Italia, Wouter summat, would he have been in the Tour de France?
 
oli collett said:
Didn't realise Andy Schleck was in the front group - he's 1m14s up from Contador which could turn out to be vert important. Glad Geraint Thomas had a good ride as well
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Andy Schleck and Wiggins missed the 1st crash but they were held up by the 2nd crash. They both finished some 1 min+ back but because the 2nd crash happened within 3km of the finish those riders get the same finish time as the group they were in before the crash (+6 sec) - lucky for them but unlucky for Conty :/
 
So does anything happen to that woman that caused the crash? Does she get fined or something for causing obstruction? :p I'd have her guts for garters if I was team boss.
 
physichull said:
hehe put me down for 10 of them!
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Here you go

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A Mark Cavendish Specialized McLaren Venge is easily over £10k
Most of the time trial bikes are over £10k also

The Venge

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When I was in Sigma Sports having a fitting a guy turned up to inspect his Cervelo R5CA which had just been delivered. £7k for the frameset and total build cost was going to be £12.5k.

Insane.

Sub 700g framesets are just for marketing; the UCI set a minimum build limit of 6.8kg which means they have to put weights in the seat tube.
 
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