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woodie said:I think one day they should do a downhill time trial, send them all down a mountain and see what the times are like. That would be a better way to see where they all stand, although I don't think it would ever happen
That's insane!hfer07 said:I'd give you that-Gilbert & Evans were madmen on that descend-specially with those damn road conditions-but you got to appreciate this too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuGzA_o0HBc&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPXIdGy1iM0&feature=related
c&cfan said:based in what i saw so far the winner is cancellara. but i am a young guy you know. lol
i would like to know what's the deal with some guys regarding gilbert's weight.
some people here are always saying things like he is all big and muscular, has upper body muscles and that's why he is cool... bla bla.
i never saw that. isnt gilbert 15 to 20 kg lighter than an 82kg cancellara hushovd bonnen etc? yes he is..
if he is so muscular with 67kg and 1.75m, i must be really amazing with 1.80m and 84kg at 13%fat. lol cut the crap fanboys. xD but he really knows how to descend. amazing video pistolero.
Michielveedeebee said:The giro did that once Down the poggio
woodie said:Really? Cool. It would be better to see them do it down a proper mountain though
just some guy said:
El Pistolero said:Poggio is one of the most dangerous descends in the cycling world.
It was in 1987 and Stephen Roche won it. After that he was yelling that the organizers were trying to kill them.
chandlers said:Jörg Jaksche gets my vote for this effort.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kZSzB4kEE8&feature=related
El Pistolero said:Hey, I find Cancellara the best descender as well. Some say Hushovd but there aren't many vids of him descending, so I'd like to see it first.
About Phil being muscular. Compared to other cyclists of his weight category he does look more bulkier. But I find for example Nibali to look bulkier as well compared to his other GC rivals.
But when you see Cancellara on a bike that's way bigger and muscular. But the most insane I've ever seen from a cyclist(with my own eyes, not tv) is Greipel. That guy is even more muscular than Cancellara in his legs and his upper body is also quite muscular. He's a machine.
Video please!Ryo Hazuki said:the best downhil I ever saw was in giro 99 of savoldelli where he took 3 minutes on group with pantani!!
craig1985 said:
craig1985 said:
simo1733 said:Didn't Cancellara crash twice in the wet TT won by a heavily doped and partly mummified Vino!
Descender said:
dabaideschbi said:who is the best descender in the world right now???
nibali
samuel sanchez
cancellara
hushovd
cunego
sagan
popovych
arroyo
Descender said: