2014 Giro D'Italia, stage 1: Belfast › Belfast, 21.7 km (TTT)

[Bavarianrider]

Yeah. And Andy Schleck would have definately gotten 30 seconds on Contador in the 2011 TDF if that had been an ITT not a TTT

And Cav is won of the best time trialists ever cos he has won most ttts hes done.

You can't extrapolate a ttt where a rider contributes to about 12% of his time, to an itt where he is responsible for 100% of his time

Complaining about a 20km TTT in a 3500km race with 7MTF and a huge MTT is beyond ridicilous, Especially when there's no real flat ITT. But i am used to it on this board

 

[saneguy]

Wow TFR has exceeded my expectations. Not a bad result at all. Only a minute down

 

[GuyIncognito]

Cycling is a indivudual sport cause there is an individual winner. Football is a team sport cause there is a whole team that wins.

Not that hard really

Yes, that was an intentionally bad example to make my point.
The point is I said team relay. Netserk said no because reasons.

 

[Netserk]

So you specifically went after a sport that's unlike cycling, to compare it to cycling.

That's genius in a very unsmart way. It's like saying football is not a team sport and using a penalty shootout as evidence.

Is there any sport like cycling? I'd say running is pretty damn close.

Football is a team sport. Who wins the worlds? The team or an individual? Who wins in cycling and running?

 

[The Hitch]

Its a team sport laddie

Are any of Quintana's teammates going to get medals or jerseys or any oficial award if Quintana wins?

You know, since you say its not an individual sport.

 

[GuyIncognito]

See above...

 

[the sceptic]

Sean Kelly might have the most monotonous voice of all time

 

[GuyIncognito]

Sean Kelly might have the most monotonous voice of all time

The excitement is in trying to understand him

 

[ILovecycling]

I am a massive Columbo fan so I will probably mess it up again but I will do my best in the future.

Me too btw

 

[Bavarianrider]

Are any of Quintana's teammates going to get medals or jerseys or any oficial award if Quintana wins?

You know, since you say its not an individual sport.

So Quintana and JRod have to get all their bottles alone in the mountains? Have to ride in the wind all the time on the flat stages? Cause it's anindividual sport, right.

 

[GuyIncognito]

Are any of Quintana's teammates going to get medals or jerseys or any oficial award if Quintana wins?

You know, since you say its not an individual sport.

So, in a football team no team staff has ever won anything, only players and head coach?

 

[auscyclefan94]

Belkin coming home very well

 

[willbick]

Anyway it wont make any difference to how quintana rides the climbs. He will ride to his power meter like everyone else

 

[The Hitch]

Complaining about a 20km TTT in a 3500km race with 7MTF and a huge MTT is beyond ridicilous, Especially when there's no real flat ITT. But i am used to it on this board

Then there should be an ITT. Your assertion that Aprica is the same difficulty as Zoncolan was already one of the dumbest things ever said on this forum, but acting like itt's and ttt's are the exact same thing and reward the exact same riders, is up there.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

So Quintana and JRod have to get all their bottles alone in the mountains? Have to ride in the wind all the time on the flat stages? Cause it's anindividual sport, right.

I think team mates in cycling can be compared to hares (?) in track runnung. Keeping the pace up until the last rounds before the best guys hit the front.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Belkin lost most of their time in the first part.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Today will probably be the fastest TTT team Samu has ever been apart of

 

[Netserk]

Yes, that was an intentionally bad example to make my point.
The point is I said team relay. Netserk said no because reasons.

That was a crap example. Yes a TTT is also a team event, but that doesn't change the fact that both running and cycling are not team sports. They are both individual sports.

 

[T-Nielsen]

Anyone know if it will keep raining or will we risk it drying up.

 

[l.Harm]

It's not a pure individual sport, it's not a pure teamsport either. Semantic discussion, it's more of an individual sport but you can't deny the relevance of the teamwork.

 

[Butterhead]

half the broadcasting on Eurosport is commercials, wtf

 

[Bavarianrider]

Then there should be an ITT. Your assertion that Aprica is the same difficulty as Zoncolan was already one of the dumbest things ever said on this forum, but acting like itt's and ttt's are the exact same thing and reward the exact same riders, is up there.

When you go 100% it doesn't matter if it's 0 or 25% gradient. Fact.

 

[The Hitch]

So, in a football team no team staff has ever won anything, only players and head coach?

You do realize in football the team staff do get medals right?

 

[GuyIncognito]

You do realize the team staff do get medals right?

Only coach and those registered in the match sheet as 'assistants'. Champions league for example demands a maximum of 3.


Plus many countries (England for example) demand a minimum games played in to get a medal.
Won the premiership, played 9 games? No medal for you.

 

[ILovecycling]

Anyway it wont make any difference to how quintana rides the climbs. He will ride to his power meter like everyone else

Please,say you werent serious