2016 Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah, August 1 to 7

[rekhyt]

Just imagine how much faster Costa would be without that parachute-like rear mech cable.

 

[Valv.Piti]

So, Adrien Costa to Etixx, ha? TdF 2020, RIP.

 

[BigMac]

I love power descents.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Atapuma puling the Froome on the descent!

 

[May0maniac]

Re:

I love power descents.

I like watching them, riding them myself is not so much, I'm probably a bit too light for them.

 

[BigMac]

Re: Re:

I love power descents.

I like watching them, riding them myself is not so much, I'm probably a bit too light for them.

Skinny Lachlan and Costa are powering downhill, you have no excuse.

 

[rekhyt]

Marginal gains á la Morton:

https://i.gyazo.com/ffdbe6514205680269e55fad985f4898.gif

Somehow can't get it to show up...

 

[BigMac]

Put it in between

, no spaces.

 

[rekhyt]

Doesn't work, i get some error. But let's focus on the final kms instead.

 

[liamito]

poor tactics by talansky

 

[luckyboy]

Cannonfail

 

[BigMac]

LACHLAN!!! Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah.

Also, Costa very smart. Didn't win but didn't lead Talansky either, which is the usual rookie mistake. Got the legs, got the smarts. Got everything.

 

[May0maniac]

Re:

poor tactics by talansky

Yeah, that was a rookie mistake, the only problem is that it wasn't made by the rookie...

 

[StuyvenFan]

A well deserved win by Morton and an impressive ride by Costa. Talansky could have played his cards better.

 

[kielbasa]

Happy for TJ. Nice performance, very nice guy. Knew him when he was racing at 14.

 

[WildspokeJoe]

Re:

poor tactics by talansky

Totally.

 

[BigMac]

 

[trevim]

Re:

poor tactics by talansky

To me it looked a lot like lack of legs but I only watched the final km's.

Anyway, I thought Costa was more of a time-trialist. Obviously climbing well in Utah just means he climbs well in Utah but it's highly impressive for such a young kid.

 

[Bushman]

Talansky doesnt strike me as a winner. Should have closed the gap as soon as Costa stopped pulling, or at least tried

 

[Valv.Piti]

Stage 4 and 5 looks very hilly. Are they as hard in reality as on paper?! Then we will be in for an amazing race here in Utah.

Very deserved victory, he was the strongest today.

 

[WildspokeJoe]

Morton knew the finished and attacked at the perfect time. Costa has a future. Cannondale has just had a miserable year. There's got to be something going on internally. They are just so discombobulated. The are a "World Tour Team" in name alone.

 

[Samamba]

Re: Re:

poor tactics by talansky

To me it looked a lot like lack of legs but I only watched the final km's.

Anyway, I thought Costa was more of a time-trialist. Obviously climbing well in Utah just means he climbs well in Utah but it's highly impressive for such a young kid.

Costa can do everything. Climbing, TT, hills, cobbles... He's incredible.

His performance tells something about the level of u23 racing these days btw. It's not like he's winning everything there.

 

[BigMac]

Re:

Stage 4 and 5 looks very hilly. Are they as hard in reality as on paper?! Then we will be in for an amazing race here in Utah.

Very deserved victory, he was the strongest today.

Stage 4 is flat, that profile is not very good. Stage 5 is last year's stage to Bountiful redoux, with a more meaningful finale which should let attacks stick unlike last time.

 

[Kazistuta]

Whats up With Acevedo? On paper this race is tailor made for his skillset, but nowhere near top30 today ?

 

[trevim]

Re: Re:

poor tactics by talansky

To me it looked a lot like lack of legs but I only watched the final km's.

Anyway, I thought Costa was more of a time-trialist. Obviously climbing well in Utah just means he climbs well in Utah but it's highly impressive for such a young kid.

Costa can do everything. Climbing, TT, hills, cobbles... He's incredible.

His performance tells something about the level of u23 racing these days btw. It's not like he's winning everything there.

The thing with the U23 level is that sometimes it's very close to the top level those riders will ever achieve. Not saying Costa will be like that but some dutch or danish riders had a great hype only to fail in meeting the expectations in the pro peloton.