- Feb 20, 2012
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Ive come around on that and I just want the drugs he was on in that moment.
- Jul 7, 2013
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The queen stage won in a great fashion. Now it's all about avoiding troubles and keeping the lead to the end. A GT and a monument won by the end of May will already make it a successful season with less pressure for the rest of the year.
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Commentators said 70 years ago...
Cookster15
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Google it. 1998 Tdf stage 15. 🙂. I am sure you will find it in YouTube.Thanks for clarificationi am still learning about cycling history
- Jul 7, 2013
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OTOH Robo Basso had 9'18'' at the end of Giro 2006, which must be the record in this century. It could be broken by Teddy this year but he should probably save some matches for the Tour instead.
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That really does not sound plausible to me.
Takes 2 minutes to find Ocana leading TdF 73 by 10 minutes by stage 12
I was actually one of those that after the 2019 Tour thought Ineos transitioned from Wiggins to Froome to Thomas and for the next years Bernal will win GTs. While obviously no one could foresee Bernal’s accident, I am wuite confident that with the rise of Pogacar and Vingegaard that anyway Bernal would have never matched them. Really crazy to see how far above the rest they are.
Do we have other examples for that? Contador and Schleck obviously also did some stand stills in the mountains before dropping anyone again. But realistically - their margins were never as big. Armstrong and Ullrich? Maybe.
Do we have other examples for that? Contador and Schleck obviously also did some stand stills in the mountains before dropping anyone again. But realistically - their margins were never as big. Armstrong and Ullrich? Maybe.
- Apr 30, 2011
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Why not? Usually it's the third week that does the damage. Greatest winning margin in that time frame was 11'26" in 1965 (next in line are 2006 and 1973).
Adorni only led the Giro by 3'16" after stage 15 in 1965.
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Cause going back to the mid 1950s is an extremely long time and includes the times of Anquetil, Merckx and Hinault beating up pub riders in the time when they though riding on alcohol was a great idea
But tbf - that might be the only example in the last 70years. Hinault was only up 3 minutes after two weeks in 1981 (and then won by 14 minutes).
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Well, for starters he found a counter-example.
The post was about Grand Tours not specifically the Giro.
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Okay, but I'd guess the commentator said for the Giro, and it's true for that.
Back then they had a nice 282 km mountain stage:
(and the next day they had to alter the route as they couldn't descend Stelvio)
Back then they had a nice 282 km mountain stage:
(and the next day they had to alter the route as they couldn't descend Stelvio)
- Feb 20, 2012
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That could be true. I found like 3 TdFs fairly quickly but Giros could be true
But a lot of old giros dont have stats I can easily find
There were bicycles in the XVIII century?Okay, but I'd guess the commentator said for the Giro, and it's true for that.
Back then they had a nice 282 km mountain stage:
(and the next day they had to alter the route as they couldn't descend Stelvio)
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Btw, back 70 years ago that 1954 Giro was won in the first week with the OG L'Aquila breakaway. On stage 6 Carlo Clerici went from being +19'39" in GC to lead the race by 13'43" (he took more than half an hour on Koblet that day, and won the Giro by 24'16").
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I guess that the commentators were talking specifically about the Giro so that's what they (probably) referred to. Now if Basso led by +9 minutes obviously they were as wrong as I was answering the broader question.
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Teddy's rivals (aka farmers from various countries) seem to share the same idea nowadays.
- Nov 16, 2013
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The Pereiro of the Giro. Sometimes, it confuses me that he had time to win in the Bartali/Coppi era where Fiorenzo Magni also squeezed in three GC wins (okay, I know Bartali was done by 1954 but still).
Armstrong was 7:26 ahead after stage 15 in 2000, before he bonked on the Joux-Plane.
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Apparently some skiers did stunts over Pog
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Apparently some skiers did stunts over Pog
That's not real though is it?
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My word. Thanks for the history.
Back when real men rode bikes, using nothing but EPO and non aero bikes and wheels with wide handlebars, attacking the alpine descents in the pissing rain and freezing cold with no helmets?!?, rim brakes and the equivilent of a garbage bag to keep warm.
Insane!
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When is Adam Hansen going to do something about skiers jumping over the road???
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