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[Berniece]

Just watched the sprint, Bora made it look easy, very well done. Ewan not as fast as he used to be, he was positioned perfectly too.

 

[Salvarani]

Girmay finished that sprint very good after being a few places down.

 

[Blanco]

Mohoric back in the days even dared to join the breakaway move with Lance Armstrong.

Are you 100% sure?

 

[CyclistAbi]

Looks like Bora means business. Based on articles and videos of the finale great leadout by Danny and finish by Sam. And as i understand it was a bit hectic beforehand so good to see Bora as a team was able to cope with that.

 

[Rob5091]

Pretty much text book lead out and win for Welsford and Bora. Bauhaus and Ewan looked like they nearly had a coming together but Welsford was all ready past them at that time. Ewan had prime position on Welsford's wheel but had nothing in the legs at the important time. Good to see Girmay back in the hunt for a win.
Be interesting to see if Bora can win more sprints or the other sprinters can improve.

 

[yaco]

Tomorrow is supposedly a 50/50 chance to end in a bunch sprint - I am not so sure because Welsford and Ewan climbed well in the Aussie RR. If its a reduced bunch sprint then this is Grmay's stage,

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

Are you 100% sure?

Yeah, must have been TDU of 2011. I remember it as if it was yesterday. Five man break, with Lance, Mohoric (for Liquigas?) and three others… Lance‘s farewell race.

I hope I‘m 100% correct?!?…

Edit: or was it 2010, and Sagan the man from Liquigas? I however think it was Mohoric… Just from memory, without checking data online…

 

[42x16ss]

Just watched the sprint, Bora made it look easy, very well done. Ewan not as fast as he used to be, he was positioned perfectly too.

Ewan has been unwell, and isn't 100 percent at the moment. It was a reasonable sprint from him under the circumstances

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

Welsford finally… Great to see him win.

He‘s the new Graeme Brown (Rabobank)…

Sam Welsford is an old school sprinter… Probably hanging around in the gym, with the disco bodybuilding guys, at the biceps machine, every day, and enjoying Burger King afterwards. Made him build massive, blocky, plumper quads, with lots of water, enabling him to perform >1700 watts in the flat sprints. Old school, a la Graeme Brown.

I was a fan of him, already in his DSM days, as you remember. His powerful upper body is one of the best in WT cycling.

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

Yeah, must have been TDU of 2011. I remember it as if it was yesterday. Five man break, with Lance, Mohoric (for Liquigas?) and three others… Lance‘s farewell race.

I hope I‘m 100% correct?!?…

Edit: or was it 2010, and Sagan the man from Liquigas? I however think it was Mohoric… Just from memory, without checking data online…

I'd say it was another guy as Mohoric was a first year junior when TDU 2011 was raced...

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Mohoric back in the days even dared to join the breakaway move with Lance Armstrong. He was 110% motivated.

Next level d0pe smoking

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Welsford finally… Great to see him win.

He‘s the new Graeme Brown (Rabobank)…

Sam Welsford is an old school sprinter… Probably hanging around in the gym, with the disco bodybuilding guys, at the biceps machine, every day, and enjoying Burger King afterwards. Made him build massive, blocky, plumper quads, with lots of water, enabling him to perform >1700 watts in the flat sprints. Old school, a la Graeme Brown.

I was a fan of him, already in his DSM days, as you remember. His powerful upper body is one of the best in WT cycling.

We need more German disco bodybuilding in procycling. Most are too small, they don't have nice capped and round bulbous deltoids like welsford. And he is the world number 1 so far in 2024

 

[Tim Cahill]

Read Plapp's comments, lad you have to be winning a few races first, taking some major scalps before coming out with that sort of stuff, only setting yourself up for failure there.

Reminded me of some of the mess Warne and Punter used to come out with before an ashes series, only they were legit steamrollering everyone at that point in time.

 

[pastronef]

Welsford finally… Great to see him win.

He‘s the new Graeme Brown (Rabobank)…

Sam Welsford is an old school sprinter… Probably hanging around in the gym, with the disco bodybuilding guys, at the biceps machine, every day, and enjoying Burger King afterwards. Made him build massive, blocky, plumper quads, with lots of water, enabling him to perform >1700 watts in the flat sprints. Old school, a la Graeme Brown.

I was a fan of him, already in his DSM days, as you remember. His powerful upper body is one of the best in WT cycling.

Bay Crits 2020. he probably shed a little weight now

https://twitter.com/x/status/1213034183175442432

View: https://twitter.com/BayCrits/status/1213034183175442432/photo/1

 

[proffate]

Bora's leadout served that up on a platter.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1747112072700158050

View: https://twitter.com/tourdownunder/status/1747112072700158050

I hate the traditional head-on shots. Why won't they stick to the heli shots during live broadcasts and especially for highlights? Grmay looks like he had some good speed but really have no way to tell

Edit:

View: https://youtu.be/W2Dj7jLS_Bg?si=hHC9dUJ04_Bu2TW2

4:00 mark

Grmay indeed looking the fastest, somewhat surprisingly. Ewan acting like a sweeper. Bora a bit lucky in that sense.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Read Plapp's comments, lad you have to be winning a few races first, taking some major scalps before coming out with that sort of stuff, only setting yourself up for failure there.

Reminded me of some of the mess Warne and Punter used to come out with before an ashes series, only they were legit steamrollering everyone at that point in time.

A couple of months at Jayco is apparently enough time to graduate from the Simon Yates School of pre-race conferences!!!

 

[tobydawq]

I hate the traditional head-on shots. Why won't they stick to the heli shots during live broadcasts and especially for highlights? Grmay looks like he had some good speed but really have no way to tell

Because 1) it's against tradition, 2) it devoids the sprint from all drama and 3) you can't see any other riders than the first four or five from the heli. The latter can be especially frustrating if you keep a particular eye on a specific rider you favour. Then it will take for ever to get a sense of where that rider finished.

 

[ManicJack]

I hate the traditional head-on shots. Why won't they stick to the heli shots during live broadcasts and especially for highlights? Grmay looks like he had some good speed but really have no way to tell

Edit:

View: https://youtu.be/W2Dj7jLS_Bg?si=hHC9dUJ04_Bu2TW2

4:00 mark

Grmay indeed looking the fastest, somewhat surprisingly. Ewan acting like a sweeper. Bora a bit lucky in that sense.

Grmay appeared to ride an extra 20 meters the way he tried to use both sides of the road. He's fast, but that wasn't the best sprint.

 

[Lequack]

I noticed Jumbo team have changed helmet manufacturer. They were on Lazer helmets for a long time, but now switched to Giro, an American manufcaturer.

 

[Berniece]

Because 1) it's against tradition, 2) it devoids the sprint from all drama and 3) you can't see any other riders than the first four or five from the heli. The latter can be especially frustrating if you keep a particular eye on a specific rider you favour. Then it will take for ever to get a sense of where that rider finished.

Depends on the angle? You could take a shot that’s not from right above but shows the finish line too.

 

[tobydawq]

Depends on the angle? You could take a shot that’s not from right above but shows the finish line too.

Okay, but it's good to have the heli view to study after the sprint as is the case now. So that would require two helis which is a luxury most races don't have (and don't need).

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

So that would require two helis which is a luxury most races don't have (and don't need).

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006346069388.html

 

[tobydawq]

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006346069388.html

Yeah, true. That could be a good solution.

 

[Berniece]

Okay, but it's good to have the heli view to study after the sprint as is the case now. So that would require two helis which is a luxury most races don't have (and don't need).

Or two camera's with different lenses? 😅 Might be a bit cheaper

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

Bay Crits 2020. he probably shed a little weight now

https://twitter.com/x/status/1213034183175442432

View: https://twitter.com/BayCrits/status/1213034183175442432/photo/1

Great photo, thanks for posting…

The kind of thighs Sam Welsford has, you find them normally only in Alpine Ski racing.

These are thighs, which, if they were the thighs of a slaughtered animal, would endanger any butcher in the slaughtering room - if they fall from the ceiling, you could instantly be dead.

Sam additionally seems to be an extremely nice guy. Great for Bora, TDU and WT cycling. He gets better year after year, and I hope he one day wins a TdF stage, and one day wins Paris-Roubaix… I‘m one of his biggest fans.