Frosty said:Very true. Can get some sneaky alpine practice in too if you get the train to Box Hill
I think 'alpine' is stretching that. Off the Brecon Beacons, Black Mountains, Peak or Lake District for that
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Frosty said:Very true. Can get some sneaky alpine practice in too if you get the train to Box Hill
BlenJones2 said:From the sounds of a few tweets it seems like there may be too much snow for skys classics team to do whatever it is that they are doing out in tenerife
Fearless Greg Lemond said:Pretty sure the Tenerife gang will rock the coming weeks, they had a lot of rest due to the weather = marginal gain.
JimmyFingers said:I think 'alpine' is stretching that. Off the Brecon Beacons, Black Mountains, Peak or Lake District for that
thehog said:How will they warm down if they haven’t trained?
Frosty said:Sunny and 17C in London at the moment. Should have stayed here and done a few circuits around Richmond Park, can even practice the cobblestones on the inside of 'Cancellara Corner.'
Le breton said:Today, between 1000 and 1400 m. a.s.l. I was passed by 9 cyclists, the time gaps between them were not very big, 8 of them wore a SKY outfit and one had a Danish looking flag on his jersey.
Considering this was only my second real ride of the year I didn't try to accelerate to get a better look at them
Anyway, who are those SKY cyclists? Where on the island are they staying?
BTW, weather was nice so I went for the top at 2153m and then continued down to 1980 m but when it started going up again towards El Teide (2350m?) my legs reminded me that it had been over half a century since my first racing license .
I didn't get cold on the way down, my extra layer stayed in the back pocket.
Netserk said:SKY's classic squad is there ATM, and most likely also Wiggo. I'd guess they stay at the hotel there is on the top (or there about).
JRanton said:According to Geraint Thomas there was an issue with that hotel apparently so they had to stay at another one on the island.
Make of that what you will.
Netserk said:SKY's classic squad is there ATM, and most likely also Wiggo. I'd guess they stay at the hotel there is on the top (or there about).
Mrs John Murphy said:I saw some lovely 1970's hairdos today and some how Wiggins and Sky came to mind. The blond down the front seems to have been Wiggins' inspiration in more ways than one.
those hairdos make me think of jimmy savilleMrs John Murphy said:I saw some lovely 1970's hairdos today and some how Wiggins and Sky came to mind. The blond down the front seems to have been Wiggins' inspiration in more ways than one.
I thought it is the brits with their high moral that are clean.happychappy said:“I am one kilo less than last year and I feel stronger,” Nibali continued. “After the training camp at Tenerife, the sensations are good. I’ve been coming to Tenerife for years, but this is the longest I’ve stayed."
He's so pretty and Italian, he can't be doping. He even has a cute little nickname on the cyclingnews forum: "nibbles", another sign of purity.
Zam_Olyas said:RobboBasso V Cyborg Wiggins This May.
Trudgin said:Eveyday a schoolday Zam
Just eye-van being eye-vanZam_Olyas said:Of course, T... stirring the pot as you say but Ivan failed on us.