Recent content by D. Pecher

Just realized, Roglic lost more time to Pogacar in the 19th stage than Lipowitz during the entire Tour. I guess there'll be no discussion who the RBH leader is from now on

His parents are sitting somewhere along the CE.

That has less to do with them, but how cycling has developed. Every rider has team radio now, and drivers are told to run by wattage, not what they feel like. It's as simple as that: micromanaging riders has yields better results. What happens when riders act spontaneously could be seen on...

I doubt that Roglic will be in the break. This is one of those stages where the break can easily end up 15 or more minutes ahead of the peloton, so no rider with less than thirty minutes on the yellow would be allowed into it, at least if the teams' tactitians are worth their salary. After...

Some people here are complaining way too much. They either don't understand cycling or they think the riders are modern day gladiators and we as spectators have a god-given right to be entertained. The third week of this tour has been brutal. Just remember how insanely fast the first three...

Roglic lost 12 minutes. If it wasn't for Lipo, RBH would have imploded today after an already desastrous day yesterday.

He should have abandoned that pointless attack when he saw they were not giving them any gap. Dangling 50 sec infront of the pack for so long was a dumb move.

Lipo with a mad drift, nearly fell.

You would have to scout, prepare and secure the alternate route. You have to provide amended roadbooks to all teams. When the authorities tell you 24h before the actual stage that they're closing off some roads for you, you might not have the time.

To those who are angry about the stage being shortened. Please keep in mind that fouth & mouth desease is a viral desease. Now, it is not known for being able to infect humans, but viruses (or is it virii?) have a habit of mutating and the chance of that virus mutating in a way that it could...

Exactly. There'll be whole convoys of farm vehicles milling about today, transporting what effectively amounts to bio hazards. You can't hold a cycling race in such an area. And more importantly, they don't want thousands of spectators lining the roads.

They did, as they do with all teams they invest in. It's 51% RB, 49% Denk, but Denk is running it.

Denk is the owner. The tactic is decided by Bernhard Eisel and/or Rolf Aldag.

I'm just quoting what the actual owner of RBH said in an interview about a year ago. Third might be interesting for us as fans, but by next Monday hardly any paper will give much attention to who came third or won the white jersey. Pogacar will be all over the news. Those about 30+ minutes...

Nope, sponsors measure their ROI on expose in minutes, which is why - rather disgustingly - it is actually a good thing for them if a rider crashes, because that usually means the cameras are on it for quite some time. RBH's Ralph Denk actually said as much in an interview shortly after they...