2024 Tirreno - Adriatico, March 4-10

[Lequack]

 

[RedheadDane]

all of the bitching about this *** helmet all over the cycling media is more annoying than having to look at the helmet itself (not referring to this forum at all). people need to get a life, it's one team and it's just for time trials. relax. i guess it's a slow news day.

I just think they're hillarious.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Great win by Juan Ayuso Pesquera.

P.S. As for the helmet, that was likely the last straw, for Rogla.

 

[Froome]

Great win by Juan Ayuso Pesquera.

P.S. As for the helmet, that was likely the last straw, for Rogla.

Roglic doesn't have a great relationship with helmets, it was the right choice!

 

[Miss Violet Smith]

LMAO. Geiger's Alien lives.

All I see is Venom: Let There Be Carnage.

Anyway.

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[Samu Cuenca]

Great win by Juan Ayuso Pesquera.

P.S. As for the helmet, that was likely the last straw, for Rogla.

I think Rogla would be ok with wearing a large pan over his head and changing his name to Woklič, if he thought that would give him an advantage.

 

[CyclistAbi]

I think Rogla would be ok with wearing a large pan over his head and changing his name to Woklič, if he thought that would give him an advantage.

Actually, why is Visma trying to find marginal gains here? Shouldn't some other teams be inclined to do that and Visma to be rather sure in themself, they got it covered? We'll see during the season if they are doing it believing they are now ahead or behind.

 

[proffate]

LMAO. Geiger's Alien lives.

Alien, Coneheads, Admiral Ackbar... I think the unifying theme is late 20th century Sci Fi.

 

[Berniece]

Actually, why is Visma trying to find marginal gains here? Shouldn't some other teams be inclined to do that and Visma to be rather sure in themself, they got it covered? We'll see during the season if they are doing it believing they are now ahead or behind.

You don’t stay ahead if you stop improving

 

[Lequack]

The memes never end

 

[Brullnux]

I hope they ban these helmets ASAP. I don't care if they're 0.78% faster, they are so ridiculously ugly that they're bringing the sport into disrepute.

From now on there should be a design committee at UCI that has a veto for any new aero equipment.

 

[scribers]

Ban based on aesthetics? lol

 

[Froome]

I hope they ban these helmets ASAP. I don't care if they're 0.78% faster, they are so ridiculously ugly that they're bringing the sport into disrepute.

From now on there should be a design committee at UCI that has a veto for any new aero equipment.

Over time, you got used to it.

 

[Brullnux]

Ban based on aesthetics? lol

Yep, many sports do this (football leagues, e.g., mandate what fonts teams can use).

If it was up to me, I'd ban all TT equipment because it looks so silly. I accept that's probably too far, but surely this helmet is fair game?

 

[scribers]

If a poor ITT performance can involve looking terrible at the same time, VismaLAB pulled it off today.

 

[scribers]

Over time, you got used to it.

I am already quite comfortable with their performance today

 

[Froome]

I am already quite comfortable with their performance today

Over time you will be uncomfortable.

 

[proffate]

one does wonder whether this helmet does its job in a crash. I have no idea if it's wildly safer or wildly unsafe. And for the pros it rarely matters, granted, but amateurs will buy this (that's the whole goal of this televised pro cycling thing) and they will run into cars, deer, etc.

If the sprawling length of this monstrosity means it's way better in a crash, I can tolerate it. But if landing on your forehead instantly snaps your neck or showers your face with shards of polycarbonate, that's obviously a problem. It appears to actually have better peripheral vision than many TT helmets, so that's a plus.

I doubt the standardized testing protocols for roundish helmets are able to answer this for us.

 

[Escarabajo]

I am already quite comfortable with their performance today

There is a probability that those helmets were a distraction to them!! "oh dear they are looking at us!!!!"

 

[Escarabajo]

Reason's for Vingo's performance....

1. It's March! (pay no attention to Camino February)
2. Needs a reason to light up a mtf (or whatever that is)
3. GT riders don't do good ITT in one week stage races (pay no attention to Ayuso)
4. Maybe Ayuso is that good (see Ganna)
5. Conserving energy (this week. And for reason's not specified).
6. Caught a case of September ITT fever.
7. The real Vingo is still in Tiede
8. Playing it cool after Pogi went full ret@rd last weekend.
9. It's the damn helmet, man!
10. He was on the phone with Remco

11. Past his prime!

 

[Scarponi]

It’s been ten years already since Contadors epic attack in this race and hill so steep he had to ride crossways to get up it at the end.

 

[Rob5091]

stage 2 - Philipsen v Milan. Monster sprint coming up!

 

[Cookster15]

It’s been ten years already since Contadors epic attack in this race and hill so steep he had to ride crossways to get up it at the end.

Which year and stage? Do you mean this stage in 2014? It looked like Kreuziger zig zagging? Contador won the sprint. Good to see LRP in the thick of it in his Sky days.

tirreno adriatico 2014 stage 4 - Google Suche

 

[pelotonIQ]

These new cockroach looking helmets look clumsy as ***, they dont even look aero I wouldn't be surprised if they stopped using them after a few unsuccesful TTs

 

[RedheadDane]

I hope they ban these helmets ASAP. I don't care if they're 0.78% faster, they are so ridiculously ugly that they're bringing the sport into disrepute.

If by "disrepute" you mean "people having a laugh over how silly they look", sure.