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you definitely want to make it sound like Morton and Haga were riding on demi-god level.
The best gravel racer on the planet had an 'off' day', people had flats/mechanicals (most notable Moh)...its called racing, sh*t happens (especially in a 9 hour race). Morton won. I'm not not sure what the point of degrading the racers is. How 'bout calling out all of the 'much better' racers for not having the guts to show up?
I doubt the whole of Morton's thread should be, but if you can identify a date from which this is essentially a gravel thread, or otherwise identify the ones that should be moved, I would be happy to oblige.
Page 5, June 1 2024?
I say leave his thread intact, and maybe now that there is a Gravel thread his gravel exploits will get discussed there, and his other adventures will be here. Since its just you and I volleying this, you have Mod under your name so you decide.
Tell me you're an ignorant 'roadie' without telling me you're an ignorant 'roadie'.....
Back in the late 90s before tubeless dirt tires became the norm, I was preparing for one of the biggest regional races of the early season, and decided to make some 'race light' slime tubes because of the potential for goat head flats at this venue. The trails weren't too bad because its an ORV area so the motos clear out most of the goat heads, but it only takes one to kill a race. My serious pro days had ended because I had a full time job, but on my good days I could still stand on the box, but realistically was fifth or six guy in the region. Early in the race we had a six man hammer fest going when the leader jumped off to fix a flat, then two more guys within a mile. The three of us who remained kicked the crap out of each other for another hour and a half and I was able to escape on a steep section that the other two had to dismount on. Was that a lucky win because I didn't flat? A smart win because of my tube choice? I think the later. The other two, one used off the shelf slime tubes, and the other used tire liners. We all three had goat heads in our tires, but no flats.
Just to touch on one focus point of yours, who thought that GvA was going to win? Not me, but I think that he did.
Without asking you to name riders, how many WT road pros do you think could top 10 Outbound without very specific training?
To start, knowing how to repair their own bike. "Crushing the field"?
The" repairing their own bike" part was mostly sarcasm. "Crushing the field" is nonsense.
Neither is this: A road pro at Tro Bro Leon, who finished just off the podium averaged 3.64 w/kg with an average weighted power of 4.43 w/kg for 5:10. A "semi pro enthusiast" who finished outside the top 10 at Outbound averaged 4.14 w/kg with an average weighted power of 4.47w/kg for 9:14. They weigh within 1 kg of each other. So, I guess there are probably a bunch of triathletes out their that could just go podium Tro Bro Leon if they chose to waist their afternoon.
You clearly don't like gravel racing so I'm not sure why you want to post about it other than to dismiss it, and fire up those of us who find some entertainment in this crazy throw back.
Chad Haga played a role for Tom Dumoulin and others over the years in much the same way that Tim Declercq did for his teammates. Not a big or frequent winner, but a well-compensated member of the peloton doing an important job.
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