Tomorrow's final climb, honestly, is much harder than Snowbird. It's just really steep. Anything can happen on that climb. If you have a bad day there, you can lose tons of time, because there really isn't anywhere to recover.
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Moose McKnuckles said:Tomorrow's final climb, honestly, is much harder than Snowbird. It's just really steep. Anything can happen on that climb. If you have a bad day there, you can lose tons of time, because there really isn't anywhere to recover.
jaylew said:Brutal stage. Lots of riders 40, 50, 60 minutes back. 10 guys over an hour back and a couple of guys an hour and half back, no shock one of them was Graeme Brown.
I think it was an inspired signing from Cannondale.TMP402 said:Dombrowski, another rider who improves after leaving Sky.
Anderis said:I think it was an inspired signing from Cannondale.TMP402 said:Dombrowski, another rider who improves after leaving Sky.
It was possible to predict he would have got better after his surgery last year.
Taxus4a said:Jancouver said:SkyTears said:finally age seems to catch Horner
Dont think so.
Clinic reasons after Tommy D got busted.
Dont think so.
TMP402 said:Taxus4a said:Jancouver said:SkyTears said:finally age seems to catch Horner
Dont think so.
Clinic reasons after Tommy D got busted.
Dont think so.
He basically missed 18 months of high quality racing, and the older you get obviously the more natural decline gets bundled in with the lack of good racing.
Ricco' said:TMP402 said:Taxus4a said:Jancouver said:SkyTears said:finally age seems to catch Horner
Dont think so.
Clinic reasons after Tommy D got busted.
Dont think so.
He basically missed 18 months of high quality racing, and the older you get obviously the more natural decline gets bundled in with the lack of good racing.
18 months? He was pretty good at Utah last year and did a relatively good Tour de France in 2014. It's more like 12 months if you don't consider some of the US smaller races as good racing.
Bushman said:Another good ride by Daniel Felipe Martinez. He is only 19 years old and as far as I know he isn't a pure climber. Great display from him.
Ruudz0r said:Bushman said:Another good ride by Daniel Felipe Martinez. He is only 19 years old and as far as I know he isn't a pure climber. Great display from him.
He is a little like Betancur I think (type of rider, not mentality)
Moose McKnuckles said:That Brammeier crash yesterday was nasty. He was coming in way too fast and hit an Airgas/Safeway car.
Car should have been paying attention though.
Here's the crash.
https://video.fsnc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/hvideo-xta1/v/t42.1790-2/11810883_10153747812678676_1472322926_n.mp4?efg=eyJybHIiOjU3OSwicmxhIjo1MTJ9&rl=579&vabr=322&oh=958d0c12465e27e39a54f365bd54eb25&oe=55C77943
BigMac said:Moose McKnuckles said:That Brammeier crash yesterday was nasty. He was coming in way too fast and hit an Airgas/Safeway car.
Car should have been paying attention though.
Here's the crash.
https://video.fsnc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/hvideo-xta1/v/t42.1790-2/11810883_10153747812678676_1472322926_n.mp4?efg=eyJybHIiOjU3OSwicmxhIjo1MTJ9&rl=579&vabr=322&oh=958d0c12465e27e39a54f365bd54eb25&oe=55C77943
Way too fast indeed. At the end of the day can't really blame the Airgas team car. Anyway, props to de spectators for not just spectating.
Tank Engine said:All the best to Brammeier for his recovery. They sounded like really serious injuries
As for today's stage, I expect Team Columbia and BMC to come out with all guns blazing. However, in the end it will come down to who is the strongest and Dombrowski will be able to look after himself on the last climb.