Teams & Riders Arnaud De Lie is De Truth Discussion Thread

[GenericBoonenFan]

Getting closer, come on Taureau

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Pretty impressive today.

 

[Didinho]

He felt super today. Podium finish with fighting for positions himself. He was really happy with it.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

He felt super today. Podium finish with fighting for positions himself. He was really happy with it.

Sprinting in the drops no less.

 

[Samamba]

Sprinting in the drops no less.

José needs to stop thinking he knows everything better. It's getting really annoying. It's like saying to Milan he should be sprinting lower on his bike to take less wind, like he's going to put the same amount of power on the pedals like that.

Anyways, good to see De Lie like this. Not just his sprint, also the way he was handling the echelon part. It's pretty obvious he's getting better and better. Maybe a hard Tour was exactly what he needed.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

José needs to stop thinking he knows everything better. It's getting really annoying. It's like saying to Milan he should be sprinting lower on his bike to take less wind, like he's going to put the same amount of power on the pedals like that.

Well, when basically every successful sprinter ever sprinted with his hands in the drops, i think it's normal to raise the question. I also don't think De Cauwer was the first to bring this up.

 

[Samamba]

Well, when basically every successful sprinter ever sprinted with his hands in the drops, i think it's normal to raise the question. I also don't think De Cauwer was the first to bring this up.

De Lie only does it when he's sprinting uphill and has had major succes doing it. It's the style he feels the most comfortable with it, he's not gonna go faster while sprinting in the drops uphill. He has tried it and he didn't feel good with it at all.

And yes he was literally already crying about it two years ago. When he was winning races while doing it. It's just dumb, the only downside to it is that it isn't aero, but if that's the way he puts the most power onto his pedals uphill, it's the way he should sprint.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

De Lie only does it when he's sprinting uphill and has had major succes doing it. It's the style he feels the most comfortable with it, he's not gonna go faster while sprinting in the drops uphill. He has tried it and he didn't feel good with it at all.

And yes he was literally already crying about it two years ago. When he was winning races while doing it.

I think it's a good thing when choices of riders/teams get questioned. It happens far too seldom imho. Especially when based on "gutfeeling".

Calling yesterday an uphill sprint, is also pushing it.

 

[Samamba]

I think it's a good thing when choices of riders/teams get questioned. It happens far too seldom imho. Especially when based on "gutfeeling".

Calling yesterday an uphill sprint, is also pushing it.

Literally the definition of an uphill sprint.

It is just questioning it when you have been whining about it for 2 years straight.

 

[Andre]

De Lie getting stronger each day

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Well, when basically every successful sprinter ever sprinted with his hands in the drops, i think it's normal to raise the question. I also don't think De Cauwer was the first to bring this up.

André Darrigade didn't

(where's that stupid nerd face emoji?)

 

[Red Rick]

Literally the definition of an uphill sprint.

It is just questioning it when you have been whining about it for 2 years straight.

Final 300m were like 2% and they were doing 55 kph+. Also he was in the draft.