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Totally Digging This Year's Tour
Last Post 07/16/2014 02:44 PM by Nicholas Arenella. 10 Replies.
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Nick A
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| 07/13/2014 07:48 PM |
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Not boring. Unpredictable. Not too many "flat" stages.
Good stuff. |
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longslowdistance
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| 07/13/2014 11:21 PM |
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Lots of great moments already this year. I'm still marvelling at Nibali hammering on the pave like a top drawer PR stud.
The crashes suck. Too many, too much carnage. |
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jrt1045
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| 07/14/2014 12:23 PM |
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Not any more, the show just went down the crapper
The Italians will be happy as its been a while |
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longslowdistance
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| 07/14/2014 02:33 PM |
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| Too much carnage!! |
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Yo Mike
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| 07/15/2014 11:09 AM |
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| Agreed. Unfortunate, but that's racing. |
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ChinookPass
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| 07/15/2014 11:39 AM |
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I'm sure if you count crashes in other tours over the last 10 years, the results would look similar. Just caught the two faves this year. Agreed with Yo Mike, that's racing.
Hey a Frenchman might podium! Been awhile for that, ain't it? |
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THE SKINNY
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| 07/15/2014 12:03 PM |
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| you guys are a hard audience. i have enjoyed it so far. |
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| How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. |
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Orange Crush
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| 07/15/2014 12:12 PM |
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Posted By ChinookPass . on 07/15/2014 11:39 AM
I'm sure if you count crashes in other tours over the last 10 years, the results would look similar. Just caught the two faves this year. Agreed with Yo Mike, that's racing.
Actually, there was an interesting article about this in Volkskrant today. Someone in US did some stats on TdF crash rates:
5 in 2002,
6 à 7 in the years after,
16 in 2011,
17 in 2012,
13 in 2013
15 in 2014.
So there seems to be a clear jump. The question was asked as to cause with bikes (frame stiffness, etc.) and Tramadol raised as possible culprits but no clear relationships established.
That said, I've really enjoyed the Tour so far and yes, a Frenchie might well podium!
http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/6504...lers.dhtml
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Inferno7
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| 07/15/2014 12:13 PM |
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| I dig ever year's tour. |
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ChinookPass
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| 07/15/2014 02:04 PM |
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| Interesting OC. Definitely a jump based on those stats. I'd love to see the analysis. |
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Nick A
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| 07/16/2014 02:44 PM |
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Hmm? I just Googled 2011 TDF Changes and landed on this Wikipedia page:
"Rule changes
New rules were adopted for the 2011 Tour regarding the points classification and King of the Mountains competitions.
"Previously, stages classified flat had three intermediate sprint points worth 6, 4, and 2 points to the first three riders across the line. Starting in 2011, flat stages have just one intermediate sprint, but it is now worth 20 points to the first rider across the line, and the first 15 score points. The intention is to have green jersey favourites needing to sprint twice during the day to score well.[5] Points awarded at the finish of flat stages also increased, from 35 points for the winner in 2010 to 45.[6] Medium mountain stages award 30 points to the winner, high mountain stages and the individual time trial 20 points.[7]
Previously in the mountains classification, any hors catégorie, first-category, or second-category climb awarded double points if it was the last of the day. In 2011, only the summit stage finishes awarded double points, specifically stage 12 ending at Luz Ardiden, stage 14 at the Plateau de Beille, stage 18 at the Col du Galibier, and stage 19 at L'Alpe d'Huez. Previously the first eight riders across a first-category climb scored points, as well as the first six across a second-category and the first four across a third-category."
Maybe sum1 smarter than me can see something there?
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