There are Santa Monica Mountains nearby (like 10 km from the Venice beach). So they can use something like THIS. At least it is an option.
Depends on the route but they could come in from past Valencia or Castaic Lake, or Palmdale area that is hilly and mountainous.
I think they will give us a hilly course with lot of climbing.
Hopefully, and that’s if the Olympics will still be in LA in 2028 or anyone travels here depending on everything else going on in the United States.
What Vegas? Las Vegas? Would be a really cool 400 km+ race.
Yes Las Vegas, and for the Summer it’d be hot af.
They'll never start in Vegas. Because what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.
They can make a really hard course from what I saw. Lot of climbing.
It was definitely about weight. IIRC his bike had no paint, no handlebar tape, no water bottles...I'm sure I read it was only about 100g over the UCI weight limit. I know he has a sponsorship deal to wear the watch, but for that mountain TT weight was so, so important that he couldn't justify it. As to why he normally wears the watch if weight is important - I'm sure I've read somewhere that Richard Mille watches are quite light, so I guess he will only worry about it in a scenario like the mountain TT where every millimetre counted.
I just hope he's learnt his lesson about wearing it at Roubaix
You would kill people with a race like that in late summer/early fall. It's hot AF.
That’s why I said it wouldn’t happen. It’d be too hot and far but it’d be mountainous af.
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His only weakness is his aero position. I still think he is top5 in TTs but mainly due to his power.
His technical TT position is actually kind of mid. He cant hold it for long stretches compared to many other, and even the position itself isn't on the same level as several others, definitely room for improvement overall.
I don't know if he can improve much more. He improved so many areas during 5 years and this is still his biggest weakness.
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