chuuurles said:sorry for the noob question. How did Bertie gain back 4 seconds today ?
Etixx had Alaphillippe for the stage.Jakub said:LaFlorecita said:Alberto said to Daniel Benson this morning that he'll sign a contract before the Tour. I wonder which team he'll go for?
So far the logic says Etixx. That would be the only reason why the Etixx guys occasionally (for example yesterday) help with chasing when they thelselves have no reason.
It would be a marvellous choice. The only problem would be Kittel, but I hope that if Bertie goes to Etixx he makes that clear, that the next Tour would be ohne Kittel. + they would need to sign a few mountain domestics.
Trek would be amazing too.
First the race organizers gave a 4s time loss for Berto, but they corrected it later.chuuurles said:i thought he lost 4 yesterday, my bad.
LaFlorecita said:First the race organizers gave a 4s time loss for Berto, but they corrected it later.chuuurles said:i thought he lost 4 yesterday, my bad.
New Alberto fan on the forum?chuuurles said:LaFlorecita said:First the race organizers gave a 4s time loss for Berto, but they corrected it later.chuuurles said:i thought he lost 4 yesterday, my bad.
thank you LaFlorecita i thought i was starting to go crazy![]()
It was crazy! I thought "here we go again..." but then when the camera riding at the end of the peloton showed Roman, Alberto had already left on Roman's bike so I thought he was in the peloton!! Then I realized he was in a group just behind the peloton but thought "no worries, he'll come back, maybe a few s lost in a split" then they did the handsling thingyILovecycling said:New Alberto fan on the forum?![]()
Im lucky I didnt watch live today![]()
PremierAndrew said:Just out of interest what do people think of the hand sling today?
If he's not docked 10 seconds or something, it sets a bad precedent. I know he had a mechanical but a hand sling gives a pretty big boost and isn't really that much different to a sticky bottle. Either that or make it clear that it's fair game so anyone who has had a crash or mechanical is allowed a hand sling now without having to worry about the commissaires.
But consistency is vital
Jakub said:PremierAndrew said:Just out of interest what do people think of the hand sling today?
If he's not docked 10 seconds or something, it sets a bad precedent. I know he had a mechanical but a hand sling gives a pretty big boost and isn't really that much different to a sticky bottle. Either that or make it clear that it's fair game so anyone who has had a crash or mechanical is allowed a hand sling now without having to worry about the commissaires.
But consistency is vital
lol
I agree that a consistency would be fine, but...
after we saw million sticky bottles this year, Bertie should get a penalty for hand sling after a mechanical?
Nibali should have gotten 2 years ban in last years Vuelta IMHO, shame he didn't. This was really nothing what made Bertie today. The only worrying thing is that his teammates are unable to bring him back to the bunch normalway.
Netserk said:Sets a precedence? More like following it...
The only hand sling I remember that was punished in a situation somewhat resembling today, would be Meersman (iirc) in P-N a few years back, but he did a lot of other stuff as well.
Yeah, but this one was on live tv, I am a bit surprised he didn't get a penalty. Not that I mindRed Rick said:Hand slings are pretty common, and most of them go unpunished.
10s penalty and 200CHF fine. But they decide right after the stage. We haven't heard of any penalty, so the commissaires did not think it was bad enough for a penalty. Also, with Bouhanni, they even said that no one had filed an official complaint, so they hadn't even looked at the images. May be the same now.Jspear said:Is there a specific amount of time they will take off for a hand sling if they do enforce it...or could the penalty vary?
Thats was a great dayMiburo said:Waiting for friday, well prob saterday but let me dream.
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LaFlorecita said:10s penalty and 200CHF fine. But they decide right after the stage. We haven't heard of any penalty, so the commissaires did not think it was bad enough for a penalty. Also, with Bouhanni, they even said that no one had filed an official complaint, so they hadn't even looked at the images. May be the same now.Jspear said:Is there a specific amount of time they will take off for a hand sling if they do enforce it...or could the penalty vary?
LaFlorecita said:Yeah, but this one was on live tv, I am a bit surprised he didn't get a penalty. Not that I mindRed Rick said:Hand slings are pretty common, and most of them go unpunished.![]()
Beech Mtn said:Contador's arms:
http://www.steephill.tv/2016/criterium-du-dauphine-libere/photos/stage-03/121139_595952254.jpg
Image too big to post, and you'll want to see it full-size anyway.
He is not following the Betancur patented training and racing program.