2013 Tour of California: Stage 2: Murrieta - Palm Springs (199 Km)

[jaylew]

This is horrible preparation for the TDF really. Riding around constantly overheated and dehydrated won't get you anywhere...

True, but this weather isn't normal. And they are heading North and West(coast).

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

This is not normal weather for May.
We have just set a record high here in Utah as well.

 

[pmcg76]

maybe what you don't seem to understand is that gila itt this year was very hard. california itt this year is even harde.r I said acevedo cna do well on hard itt's deignan can too, maybe read before making yourself a joke

That is ironic coming from you

 

[jaylew]

maybe what you don't seem to understand is that gila itt this year was very hard. california itt this year is even harde.r I said acevedo cna do well on hard itt's deignan can too, maybe read before making yourself a joke

That TT was crazy windy (as usual). If Acevedo did well there, he'll be strong in this TT.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Crazy carnage.
Pretty unhealthy stuff.
A bit too much for my liking.

But congrats to Acevedo with the win.

 

[Christian]

http://www.procyclingstats.com/race.php?id=117983

Look at those gaps.

Thanks! The first 4 all rode amazing, Acevedo was on another level but fantastic also from Deignan and Frank to come back after all the work they did. Van Garderen is tough as nails, proved it time and again.

I also wonder as someone said earlier what toll this will take on the riders' bodies for the next stages, this must be incredibly strenuous for your organism. First time I ever saw a rider collapse on the road from fatigue!!

 

[webvan]

I have played soccer at 43 C and it's not nice at all.

I hiked in that kind of temp at Arches (Landscape Arch area) and at one point I felt like sitting down and not moving anymore, you just lose all your strength, it's scary...Happened to me twice in the same place actually, 16 years apart!

 

[pastronef]

UHC and 5-hour Energy have 3 men in top 15
stage win for Jamis team
Chad Haga in top 10 for Optum

nice performance by the home teams

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

That TT was crazy windy (as usual). If Acevedo did well there, he'll be strong in this TT.

thank you, that was exaclty what I was trying to say.

 

[Stetoe]

This was too much. Dangerous for the health of the riders.

 

[SKSemtex]

This race looks more like punishment to me so far. How comes Moser is excused from this race and Sagan not? It doesn not look like preparation for green jersey at all.

 

[winkybiker]

I have played soccer at 43 C and it's not nice at all.

Why would you do that?

 

[contessador]

I hiked in that kind of temp at Arches (Landscape Arch area) and at one point I felt like sitting down and not moving anymore, you just lose all your strength, it's scary...Happened to me twice in the same place actually, 16 years apart!

Same here. In Arizona mid-June. I couldn't breath and the wind made it hotter. All I could do was lay down and would not have minded dying. My body was never meant to live in the temperatures that hot; doesn't matter whether it is hot and dry or hot and humid, both suck!

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

This was too much. Dangerous for the health of the riders.

they ride at hot places all over the world without riders dying or injured. gila few years ago in new mexico I believe had similar temperatures.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Why would you do that?

to play soccer(football)?

 

[element]

I would imagine that none of these guys will be needing contraception for a few weeks at least. Brutal stage, but you can't really blame the organisers for the weather.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Why would you do that?

Do that or forfeit the match, So we suck it up.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Utterly brutal. 44 C, no shade. I mean I ran a half last year at 23 C and that felt hot enough, 44 C and a climb like that - jeepers hope half the peloton don't have heatstroke now.

Noone looked like they were taking on nearly enough water, people should have been drinking pretty much 100% up that climb.

Definitely needed more water. And the shade (or lack thereof) is definitely a major factor here. These temperatures are no different to those recorded in the first two days of the Vuelta last year - though there you didn't have an MTF until the slightly cooler País Vasco stage to Arrate.

While the stage was utterly brutal, the race was organised long ago and it's just freak circumstance that leads to a heatwave coinciding. Perhaps that means teams were a bit less prepared for the heat at this level than at, say, the Volta a Portugal, where temperatures of 40º kind of come with the territory.

 

[whittashau]

So much for Andy Schleck returning to form.

Ed King just outside on top 20 on a MTF! I'm not sure if that says more about the quality of the field or his form

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Gotta be said though, this race is MUCH better for having a weaker field where the Continental Pros feel they can compete and add more than break fodder to the race, and fewer star pros rolling round not giving a damn getting a bunch of airtime for sitting in the pack.

Having mid-sized names fighting to win is infinitely better than having big names not caring.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Definitely needed more water. And the shade (or lack thereof) is definitely a major factor here. These temperatures are no different to those recorded in the first two days of the Vuelta last year - though there you didn't have an MTF until the slightly cooler País Vasco stage to Arrate.

While the stage was utterly brutal, the race was organised long ago and it's just freak circumstance that leads to a heatwave coinciding. Perhaps that means teams were a bit less prepared for the heat at this level than at, say, the Volta a Portugal, where temperatures of 40º kind of come with the territory.

yep, can't control the weather. Many Euros extra hurt by colder weather at home etc.

Can't say I enjoyed the show today, just didn't look right.

 

[webvan]

Same here. In Arizona mid-June. I couldn't breath and the wind made it hotter. All I could do was lay down and would not have minded dying. My body was never meant to live in the temperatures that hot; doesn't matter whether it is hot and dry or hot and humid, both suck!

Scary isn't it! I wasn't feeling so bad actually, zero air/wind/humidity, just no strength left. On these two occasions, well the first time actually, I understood how people could just die of heat, you give up.

 

[kingjr]

Carnage. Lovely!

 

[Jancouver]

Oh wow, what a stage. One one hand, totally insane, on the other completely epic. These guys are true warriors! Just this season we got everything from snow, rain, wind, extreme heat ... you name it. This is why cycling is the best and toughest sport out there!

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Serry finished.

118 SERRY Pieter Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 36:03