Team pre season camp thread.

[theyoungest]

Rabobank held a team aquatlon at their Fuerteventura training camp yesterday.

Conclusion: Bauke Mollema can't swim.

 

[Parrulo]

Rabobank held a team aquatlon at their Fuerteventura training camp yesterday.

Conclusion: Bauke Mollema can't swim.

second conclusion: boom owned every1 lol

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

Rabobank held a team aquatlon at their Fuerteventura training camp yesterday.

Conclusion: Bauke Mollema can't swim.

So it's "Kruiswyk" now?

Good to know.

 

[El Pistolero]

second conclusion: boom owned every1 lol

Third conclusion: Lulu doesn't fit in.

 

[theyoungest]

Third conclusion: Lulu doesn't fit in.

There are only about 15 riders on this list...

The most obvious conclusion is that Erik Breukink rigged the ranking, to beat Frans Maassen

 

[hrotha]

Third conclusion: Lulu doesn't fit in.

Maybe while Mollema can't swim in an "I'm a terrible swimmer" kind of way, Luisle can't swim in an "if I get into the water I'll ****ing die" kind of way. Or maybe he's still carrying his 2011 form so he wasn't able to finish the race.

(Yes only 15 riders shuddup it's funnier this way)

 

[The Hitch]

I wonder who would win this if the whole peloton did it. Richie Porte probably. Would love to see what his result would be for this.

 

[El Pistolero]

I wonder who would win this if the whole peloton did it. Richie Porte probably. Would love to see what his result would be for this.

Lance Armstrong.

 

[just some guy]

I wonder who would win this if the whole peloton did it. Richie Porte probably. Would love to see what his result would be for this.

Richie would School them what was the distance of the swim and the run ?

My guess as swimming is very specific - somewhere around 7 min as he would make up huge time in the swim

 

[craig1985]

What is an 'Aquatlon'? Sounds like a google translate job there.

 

[killswitch]

...and what is Quickstep doing? Survival when it's close to 0 degrees C. I would hate to be employed by them at that point. Cycling is hard enough by itself

Tommeke loves the white stuff.

 

[maltiv]

Rabobank held a team aquatlon at their Fuerteventura training camp yesterday.

Conclusion: Bauke Mollema can't swim.

Also quite interesting to note that, roughly, the better a climber one is, the worse swim time. Perhaps that's why Boom was so disappointing in the climbs this year, too much upper-body muscles...

 

[theyoungest]

Also quite interesting to note that, roughly, the better a climber one is, the worse swim time. Perhaps that's why Boom was so disappointing in the climbs this year, too much upper-body muscles...

Yes, Rick Flens and Jos van Emden are great climbers

I think you're reading a little too much into these results, it's just fun and games. Their trainer finished in third...

 

[The Sheep]

Also quite interesting to note that, roughly, the better a climber one is, the worse swim time. Perhaps that's why Boom was so disappointing in the climbs this year, too much upper-body muscles...

Most of the climbers are in the top 10?

 

[gustienordic]

Also quite interesting to note that, roughly, the better a climber one is, the worse swim time. Perhaps that's why Boom was so disappointing in the climbs this year, too much upper-body muscles...

Kruisw... not even going to try spelling it... is a good climber, and put up a good swim time

 

[markene2]

Astana

 

[maltiv]

Yes, Rick Flens and Jos van Emden are great climbers

I think you're reading a little too much into these results, it's just fun and games. Their trainer finished in third...

Maybe you're reading too much into my comment, it wasn't meant seriously

 

[Mambo95]

What is an 'Aquatlon'? Sounds like a google translate job there.

It's a perfectly legitimate Dutch word (English equivalent = aquathlon)

See: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquatlon

 

[El Pistolero]

It's a perfectly legitimate Dutch word (English equivalent = aquathlon)

See: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquatlon

Lol, I never even heard of that word.

 

[Mambo95]

Lol, I never even heard of that word.

Neither had I until I looked it up. (I only know about 5 Dutch words anyway).

 

[Angliru]

Astana

I wonder was Kascheckin late to the photo shoot or was he purposely left out of the team kit shot? Hmmm.

 

[YannickQ]

It's a perfectly legitimate Dutch word (English equivalent = aquathlon)

See: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquatlon

So from that and the times I'm guess on it was the 500m swim and 1 km running, Might have been less swimming

 

[jens_attacks]

I wonder was Kascheckin late to the photo shoot or was he purposely left out of the team kit shot? Hmmm.

yep.photo with both vino and kash in it.and no,it's not 'shopped.

here's the kash's schedule quest of winning tour de france:

15 au 19 fev : Tour Algarve
7 au 13 mars : Tireno Adriatico
19 au 25 mars: Tour Catalogne
24 au 29 avril: Tour de Romandie
3 au 10 juin: Dauphiné Libéré
30juin au 22 Juil: Tour de France

 

[El Pistolero]

So from that and the times I'm guess on it was the 500m swim and 1 km running, Might have been less swimming

They're very slow runners if that is the case

 

[Thomsena]