What good is saving a couple of pounds in forearm muscle when it means you hit the tarmac once a week?
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El Pistolero said:There was nothing Contador could do to prevent that crash.
deValtos said:bigcog said:pink_jersey said:Was Froome the man behind AC?
Looked like it.
I just looked in slow-mo, both movistars behind him. Not sky.
Ffs please stop trolling with your forearm strength bs. When you begin sliding there is very little anyone can do, no matter how strong your forearms are.CheckMyPecs said:What good is saving a couple of pounds in forearm muscle when it means you hit the tarmac once a week?
arvc40 said:El Pistolero said:There was nothing Contador could do to prevent that crash.
Yes there was !, Stay at the front
Yep, either stay right at the front with your team mates or drop to the back before the action starts. Don't just hover, slowly drifting back, in the middle of the action zone if you have no plans to contest the sprint.rainman said:Van der sande robbed his line but yes he should have stayed on his team mates wheel.
Brullnux said:Ffs please stop trolling with your forearm strength bs. When you begin sliding there is very little anyone can do, no matter how strong your forearms are.CheckMyPecs said:What good is saving a couple of pounds in forearm muscle when it means you hit the tarmac once a week?
silvergrenade said:Contador cant position himself it seems.
Nervous like a guy riding his first GT.
Probably shows that he's putting too much pressure on himself.
Bad. Really bad
El Pistolero said:arvc40 said:El Pistolero said:There was nothing Contador could do to prevent that crash.
Yes there was !, Stay at the front
He was at the front.
Call it "trolling" all you want, but the elephant in the room is getting too big to ignore.Brullnux said:Ffs please stop trolling with your forearm strength bs. When you begin sliding there is very little anyone can do, no matter how strong your forearms are.CheckMyPecs said:What good is saving a couple of pounds in forearm muscle when it means you hit the tarmac once a week?
I agree, it seeemed that Piti slid, bumped the lotto guy who then went into Contador.portugal11 said:Piti hit that guyMacBAir said:Only in these finishes can I see that Valverde got old. In other years he would've smoked everybody.
Great win by the IAM rider. 3 wins in 3 GTs.
portugal11 said:It was valverde fault
Wrong. It was a lotto guy.
El Pistolero said:arvc40 said:El Pistolero said:There was nothing Contador could do to prevent that crash.
Yes there was !, Stay at the front
He was at the front.
CheckMyPecs said:Call it "trolling" all you want, but the elephant in the room is getting too big to ignore.Brullnux said:Ffs please stop trolling with your forearm strength bs. When you begin sliding there is very little anyone can do, no matter how strong your forearms are.CheckMyPecs said:What good is saving a couple of pounds in forearm muscle when it means you hit the tarmac once a week?
Nobody ever solved a problem by stubbornly refusing to acknowledge its cause.Thepirateisgood said:CheckMyPecs said:Call it "trolling" all you want, but the elephant in the room is getting too big to ignore.Brullnux said:Ffs please stop trolling with your forearm strength bs. When you begin sliding there is very little anyone can do, no matter how strong your forearms are.CheckMyPecs said:What good is saving a couple of pounds in forearm muscle when it means you hit the tarmac once a week?
No you aren't
El Pistolero said:There was nothing Contador could do to prevent that crash.
DFA123 said:Yep, either stay right at the front with your team mates or drop to the back before the action starts. Don't just hover, slowly drifting back, in the middle of the action zone if you have no plans to contest the sprint.rainman said:Van der sande robbed his line but yes he should have stayed on his team mates wheel.