Yeah, there were some nice enough moments from the chase group trying to shake each other off. The problem is that there was one world class climber in the race and he took off 12k out and that was that.
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Yeah, there were some nice enough moments from the chase group trying to shake each other off. The problem is that there was one world class climber in the race and he took off 12k out and that was that.
Jandri Challenge when?
Other than that there aren't really any climbs that are too hard for a gt and have the space to host a MTF in Europe.
If accurate, he was 1:36 slower than Pantani in 1994, and 6 seconds slower than the Indurain group on the same stage.
View: https://twitter.com/ammattipyoraily/status/1402262447105396745
View: https://twitter.com/ammattipyoraily/status/1402262447105396745
Came to post the same. We live in the greatest of all timelines. Maybe...
Imagine still being slower than that generation by 1.30 when its only one stage. They used to absolutely fly wow.
Right, didn't matter to me personally - only just got home from work - but I can't for the life of me understand why the organisers after providing international coverage for two year, randomly decided that only French people should be allowed to (legally) watch this?
Pico Veleta can't do because environmental restrictions right? Rosael and finish in Val Thorens too. Would probably work better for the other countries anyway
The biggest pipe dream would be Mauna Kea in an actual race.
Lopez problems are different. How can he get to the third week without crashes, mechanicals, being cut in the muritos, being cut in crosswinds. I know you are being sarcastic but I am not. Lopez has different problems to think about. And once all those problems are defeated, he has to worry about the last TT.
Wow, Lopez crushed his rivals. I don't know which section is concerned when it comes to his time - Iban Mayo's record for the whole 21.5 km was 55'51'' and it was one of the best climbing performances in recent memory (Armstrong was crushed there).
EDIT: Now I know. Record for the last 15.9 km belongs to Mayo and it's 45'47'' (a VAM of 1820 m/h for over 45 minutes, just amazing).
EDIT: Now I know. Record for the last 15.9 km belongs to Mayo and it's 45'47'' (a VAM of 1820 m/h for over 45 minutes, just amazing).
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Guess those who got to watch it could really enjoy it, then.
Didn't notice the time gap at first.
And 20-ish minutes quicker than Poli either way. What's your point?
The Taiwan KOM is out there, and the Race to the Sun on Haleakala will resume after Covid. There's nothing stopping pros going to these races, and Denivelee did start out as a Fondo, so...
Mauna kea would be brutal. From the reviews, it doesn't sound like the gravel sections are really do-able on a regular road bike as such, so questionable if it'd be allowed without that section getting paved or at least graded and resurfaced.
The Taiwan KOM is out there, and the Race to the Sun on Haleakala will resume after Covid. There's nothing stopping pros going to these races, and Denivelee did start out as a Fondo, so...
There are a few comical ones on the Asia Tour and in smaller scenes, but often the big gap isn't from 1st to 2nd because a team like Tabriz Petrochemical is going nuts and so they have a 1-2 or similar.
Take for example:
Choi Ki-Ho & Óscar Pujol 7 minutes ahead of everybody in the 2012 Tour de Ijen
Miguel Ángel Niño in the 2011 International Presidency Tour (because the top 3 on the stage all got DQed for doping)
José Rujano on Genting Highlands in 2010
José Rujano on Loma del Escobero in 2009
...and introducing the comedy show that is the Rojas brothers.
Both brothers over Cerro de la Muerte to San Jose in 2014
Both brothers to Santa Ana in 2014
Juan Carlos to Pérez Zeledon in 2013
Juan Carlos over Cerro de la Muerte when he tested positive in 2017... NINE minutes
Nah, fourth in command at best
Remember when Vincenzo Nibali bagged the Taiwan KoM challenge on a 50km or some *** climb that was 3000m of climbing?
That was a smaller gap than this one.
Wow, TWO riders from Monaco among the best 42. Impressive for a country that could fit in Mathias Norsgaard's pockets.
Squalo waited until 10km to go before launching his attack, though. That was probably the difference;
Vincenzo Nibali wins the Taiwan KOM Challenge
Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) ended his 2017 season with victory at the Taiwan KOM Challenge, finishing more than a minute ahead of Spain’s Oscar Pujol and John Ebsen. Phil Gaimon was sixth and Cadel Evans 10th.
He got 99 problems and Ventoux ain't one.
And of course one of those guys is rather confusingly called "Berlin". Meanwhile, the guys called "Monaco" is... from Italy. Go figure...
The cojones of Lopez must have been praised by Garcia-Acosta uncountable times during the final climb as instructions..
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