Apr 02, 2013 at 07:04 AM
Shameless plug for upcoming crit workshop. When I went out to the Rockleigh crit course about 1 month back, I came up with a 180 degree turn drill that should be fun.
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Shameless plug for upcoming crit workshop. When I went out to the Rockleigh crit course about 1 month back, I came up with a 180 degree turn drill that should be fun.
Apr 02, 2013 at 02:47 PM
Marc, does this mean we'll see you at more NYC "crits" like the Orchard Beach Crit, White Plains Crit and the hopefully reinstated Tour de Parc in Wantaugh?
Apr 02, 2013 at 03:47 PM
Another installment of HTWPA - and some CX Worlds nostalgia...
Apr 07, 2013 at 04:12 AM
NBC Sports Network is showing three hours of Paris-Roubaix tomorrow at 8am. Sunday morning, sorted.
Apr 07, 2013 at 12:12 PM
Eurospot feed baby:
http://88.80.5.80/w00t/20130406/vv516002352ad9e365648131-556184.html
And Pelkey is updating!
http://liveupdateguy.com/
http://88.80.5.80/w00t/20130406/vv516002352ad9e365648131-556184.html
And Pelkey is updating!
http://liveupdateguy.com/
Apr 07, 2013 at 01:09 PM
Thanks Jeff. good feed. I love tuning in with less than 50k to go. Right when it gets exciting. 10 sectors of cobbles left.
Apr 07, 2013 at 01:26 PM
"Pedaling as usual like a bag of spanners..."
Apr 07, 2013 at 01:56 PM
Stybar!!
Apr 07, 2013 at 01:56 PM
no!!!
Apr 07, 2013 at 02:15 PM
Apr 08, 2013 at 12:50 PM
Anybody think vanmarke was wrong to pull through on the penultimate cobble section
Apr 08, 2013 at 02:06 PM
He would have stood a better chance of winning from second position for sure, but I believe in the 'game of poker' that was being played Fab held all the cards:
He had already won a classic this season + He has won Roubaix before. Therefore he could slow right down and make it appear that he was prepared to get caught by the chasers.
Neither RS nor Blanco has a rider in the group immediately behind and both Sep V-M and Blanco needed something from this classics campaign more that Fab and RS did.
Also second for Sep will still probably be the biggest result of his career, whereas anything less than first for Fab would be disappointing.
Personally I thought it was the best finale to a P-R that I have seen in a long time.
Apr 08, 2013 at 02:34 PM
Sep's work toward the end was probably unwise, as was his decision to lead out the match sprint. That said, I think Fabian won that race in 95 percent of the alternate universes.
Apr 08, 2013 at 02:50 PM
Too bad Stybar got wacked in the face. It seemed like he might not have bit on Fab's gambits so readily if he'd been there at the end
Apr 08, 2013 at 04:18 PM
VM had skipped lots of pulls with Fabian earlier, so pulling in the finale was a way to prevent Fabian from attacking him again. He also violated the sprinter's line rule coming out of the last turn in the race, "fading" up the track as he came out. I think he was trying to take advantage of the group they were catching, by using them as a way to block Fabs,just as Fabs had used that traffic island when he attacked with 4k to go.
Stybar was done regardless. He only lost two or three seconds from the wack. If he had any matches left, he could have used them there.
Apr 08, 2013 at 05:25 PM
What was this Spanish flag waving idiot thinking? I hope the other spectators gave him a good kicking.
Apr 08, 2013 at 06:59 PM
Either way you cut it that was one of the most exciting races I've seen in a while
Apr 08, 2013 at 09:31 PM
I agree , great viewing ,
Apr 09, 2013 at 12:13 AM
now that you mention it, i was wondering if the lines on the Roubaix Velodrome actually mean anything in a road race. my hunch is they don't.mugwump said:VM had skipped lots of pulls with Fabian earlier, so pulling in the finale was a way to prevent Fabian from attacking him again. He also violated the sprinter's line rule coming out of the last turn in the race, "fading" up the track as he came out. I think he was trying to take advantage of the group they were catching, by using them as a way to block Fabs,just as Fabs had used that traffic island when he attacked with 4k to go.Stybar was done regardless. He only lost two or three seconds from the wack. If he had any matches left, he could have used them there.
Apr 09, 2013 at 02:10 PM
Yeah, I don't think normal track rules apply. For one, they always ride on the blue "apron" which is verboten as well.WilliamDC said:now that you mention it, i was wondering if the lines on the Roubaix Velodrome actually mean anything in a road race. my hunch is they don't.mugwump said:VM had skipped lots of pulls with Fabian earlier, so pulling in the finale was a way to prevent Fabian from attacking him again. He also violated the sprinter's line rule coming out of the last turn in the race, "fading" up the track as he came out. I think he was trying to take advantage of the group they were catching, by using them as a way to block Fabs,just as Fabs had used that traffic island when he attacked with 4k to go.Stybar was done regardless. He only lost two or three seconds from the wack. If he had any matches left, he could have used them there.
I agree with Jeff White in that FC wins in 95% of the alternate universes. Watching FC plow through groups, leap frogging, dropping lesser riders with relative ease. What you can't hold his wheel on the flats? Yikes. That's some serious power. I think, he even came back from a late-ish race flat (so did Thor, come to think of it).
Apr 09, 2013 at 02:11 PM
Apr 09, 2013 at 04:36 PM
Fabian to Sky for 2014. You heard it here first.
Apr 09, 2013 at 05:09 PM
@Jules Wouldn't BMC be a more likely home given the Swiss connection, and they really need to retire their three ex-world champions, which would free up a lot of money (not that they worry too much about)
Apr 09, 2013 at 06:17 PM
@Ian what you say is filled with Logic. Fab would be an ideal mentor to Taylor but I think Fab isn't ready to surrender his title(s) yet... and with no salary cap and no 2013 classics results to speak of, Sky will be waving the biggest cheque - I wouldn't be surprised if he gets a 2 year deal out of them.
Apr 09, 2013 at 06:28 PM
Naw FC is starting his own Swiss team.
Apr 09, 2013 at 07:18 PM
He might also go to IAM, who are also Swiss, and who (with Fab on board) who be guaranteed a wildcard to all of the classics. (The did quite well this year with just haussler).
Of course if he did go to Sky, that is one heck of TTT squad.
Apr 09, 2013 at 08:06 PM
Sweet mother - I hadn't thought of the TTT implicationsHe might also go to IAM, who are also Swiss, and who (with Fab on board) who be guaranteed a wildcard to all of the classics. (The did quite well this year with just haussler).
Of course if he did go to Sky, that is one heck of TTT squad.
Apr 09, 2013 at 08:12 PM
Did someone say SKY? (I agree BMC needs to dump their trio of overpaid ex-WC's) I don't even like Wiggo, but b/c I'm an idiot fashion victim I got his RAPHA Mod baselayer.
Whatever, it's totally RAD KEWL with our dope kit. The blue matches perfectly. Don't hate....don't hate...(ok, go ahead).
Whatever, it's totally RAD KEWL with our dope kit. The blue matches perfectly. Don't hate....don't hate...(ok, go ahead).
Apr 10, 2013 at 06:47 PM
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