2015 Tour of California May 10-17 2015 (2.HC)

[BigMac]

The false flat looks painful.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Pictures this good deserve a better race.

 

[Velolover2]

Is Cavendish still there?

 

[postmanhat]

Nice to see Rob Britton in 3rd overall. He's still the Strava KOM on a few of the local hills here, from his time with Raleigh. Have only been up a couple of them, but his average speed was quicker than my maximum

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Re:

Is Cavendish still there?

Yes. . .

 

[jaylew]

Re:

Is Cavendish still there?

Yep. Break is doomed.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

How technical is the finish?

 

[BigMac]

Nice to see Rob Britton in 3rd overall. He's still the Strava KOM on a few of the local hills here, from his time with Raleigh. Have only been up a couple of them, but his average speed was quicker than my maximum

He just came from a respectable win in The Gila.

Crash!

 

[Flamin]

That weather.

 

[togo95]

Re:

How technical is the finish?

One turn in last km, but on very wide roads, so not much at all.

 

[jaylew]

Cav and Sagan, probably in that order. Wippert has been surprisingly impressive, though.

 

[BigMac]

No way there are 136 riders in that peloton.

 

[jaylew]

So easy for Cav

 

[Flamin]

Cav easy. Sagan 3rd.

 

[jaylew]

Wasn't Sagan 2nd?

Edit: I guess not.

 

[PremierAndrew]

Cav once again. 12 wins this season now?

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Sagan bad timing. The top speed was good

 

[BigMac]

Nice of the camera to stay with Cav for so long after having crossed the line.

 

[Flamin]

And I love Sagan's Cipo-like glasses

 

[togo95]

Re:

Sagan bad timing. The top speed was good

Nah, he seemed fast because he came out of slipstream.

 

[Christian]

Was an interesting run-in to the finish though, the first 15 or so riders just rode everyone else off their wheel. Don't get to see that so often

 

[PremierAndrew]

Re:

Sagan bad timing. The top speed was good

He was in the slipstream for a long time tho so he seemed faster than he was, especially because Cav stopped sprinting with about 25m to go

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Re: Re:

Sagan bad timing. The top speed was good

Nah, he seemed fast because he came out of slipstream.

10 meters longer and he'd have finished 2nd, slipstream or not. Bad timing it is

 

[willbick]

When u see the head on camera shot it is obvious why Cav is a top sprinter, his frontal area is so small, prob smallest of any sprinter with his short arms and small physique. There was a (lotto jumbo?) guy behind him presenting about twice the frontal area!

 

[ILovecycling]

I have a feeling that Sagan is improving his sprint from the start of the season, otoh it probably won't matter at Tour