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Dale

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09/27/2020 09:42 AM
Wout leads out the sprint for 2nd from the front and takes it going away... that’s some kind of power!

Super happy for Alaphillipe, he deserved that win. Gutsy attack and descend.

79pmooney

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09/27/2020 10:03 AM
Yeah! The sport again has a visible leader. No offense for Mads Pedersen but he was very quiet during his reign. (Granted, it was no normal year but perhaps because of that the sport could have benefited frm a strong WC more.)

Wear those stripes with pride! They are well earned.
Cosmic Kid

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09/27/2020 10:19 AM
Yeah, Alaphippe had to go on the climb because if a group of guys came to the line, Wout was gonna wipe the road with everyone.

Just say "NO!" to WCP!!!!
Orange Crush

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09/27/2020 10:42 AM
When JA jumped WVAs head dropped. A rare moment. Well timed well deserved.
longslowdistance

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09/27/2020 10:09 PM
Just tryin to keep a good thread alive. Who could argue we have a Worthy winner, enabled by a truly effective team strategy. IMO France chose the right time to expend their energy, and IMO a solid Win for world cycling. Naysayers, what am I missing here? yes maybe that exemplary Pole deserved a place on that austere podium, but he has and will always have his rainbow stripes, so there is that. The guy who beat him by a few cm may never get those armband stripes.


PS good insight Mr Orange.
Cosmic Kid

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09/28/2020 12:07 PM
I think France rode a great race and used thier energy wisely. Let Switzerland and Denmark control the race early, then threw down hard when it really mattered to soften everyone up. Realistically, Allaphilippe had one place to get awat clean from WvA and he hit it perfectly.

Had a sick dog early Sunday AM so was downstairs @ 4:00am....200K left to go when I turned the race on. Longest I have ever watched a single race, I think...LOL. It was a great course and kept things interesting.
Just say "NO!" to WCP!!!!
Cosmic Kid

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09/29/2020 12:07 PM
Zinn attempts to ascertain why Chloe went into a wobble....

https://www.velonews.com/gear/tech-wearables/technical-faq-chloe-dygerts-disastrous-front-end-wobble/
Just say "NO!" to WCP!!!!
79pmooney

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09/29/2020 03:14 PM
I remember reading a few years ago the mantra of weighting the inside hand when cornering. Here, Dygert does just the opposite; inside arm on the areobars and perhaps a somewhat sudden weighting of the outside bar and perhaps that accentuated by a little (accidental?) front brake.

I have to agree with Zinn's conclusion. She had 30 seconds in the bank. Off the aeros and onto the bars well before the turn. Be completely planted before it even starts.

Too bad. Hope she recovers fully and can take this as a (very expensive) lesson.
Orange Crush

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09/29/2020 07:04 PM
That Zinn article was a lot of words to say user error.
Cosmic Kid

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09/29/2020 07:17 PM
That Zinn article was a lot of words to say user error.


Well yeah....it is Zinn.
Just say "NO!" to WCP!!!!
79pmooney

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09/29/2020 09:05 PM
This morning I was calling it OE - operator error. (UE sounds like a drug positive.)
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