Mollema says they practiced switching bike and he is seriously contemplating riding the flat bit with a ITT bike and the mountain bit with a normal bike.
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Dekker_Tifosi said:Mollema says they practiced switching bike and he is seriously contemplating riding the flat bit with a ITT bike and the mountain bit with a normal bike.
I don't think the Propel is fast enough on the flat. He'll lose at least a minute to the guys on TT bikes. Gesink lost a lot of time as well, in the flat part of the Giro TT, and he's a much better TTist on the flat than Mollema.nick101 said:either that or set up his aero giant propel with aero bars and medium dish wheels? most riders in a tt like this seem to use an aero frame with medium dish wheels which is a compromise between both....
Why not Vuelta or Giro? Anyways, I dont see this Tour de Suisse as a step forward.Maaaaaaaarten said:Because Mollema started cycling late and struggled a bit with ilness in his early pro years, it's a bit of a mystery how much development he has left. He should keep on developing a bit longer than guys who al ready cycled all their life and lived like a pro and developed properly since espoir years, but exactly how much Mollema can develop is intresting to me. It seems like he has made a step forward this year though.
Hope this step forward is also noticable in his TT and in the TDF.
Kwibus said:Not really the point. It's just that very few people can give their utmost all if they know they are going for a 2nd place. Unless that person usually is material for a lot lower positions.
You are right, but you also know it's not that simple.
Mollema's DS approves on that one.Afrank said:I can agree to that. There definitely isn't the same motivation sprinting for 2nd as opposed to sprinting for 1st. In a sprint you should always try to give it your all, but I agree it can be difficult to do if you don't have the motivation too.
Hurt Portuguese pride... Mollema did say Costa was the strongest. He just didn't know he was sprinting for the win.Parrulo said:Lol excuses, he should consider himself lucky that publicity sign slowed Costa and TJVG otherwise he wouldn't even have the chance to sprint for "second"
p.s. Inb4 D_T with lame motorbike slowing down Mollema excuse
theyoungest said:Hurt Portuguese pride... Mollema did say Costa was the strongest. He just didn't know he was sprinting for the win.
Afrank said:Costa had to unclip and they were coming into that corner right when it happened. By the time Mollema had gotten there they had already managed to lift it up and he was able to just ride through it. Obviously they were slowed down more than him.
Parrulo said:Not true, Mollema got off his bike and helped the organizers lift the sign for the next group to pass, then he got back up on his bike and since he is TGBM he still managed to catch Costa and almost outsprint him!!!!
LEGEND!!!!
Parrulo said:Not really, saying "ya X was the strongest, but i didn't knew i was fighting for the first place" is pretty much the same as "Ya X was the strongest, but if i knew in was fighting for first place i might have beaten him."
Anyway its not that i have a problem with this excuse, i just thought it was funny to see this excuse on top of DT "motorbike" excuse and some other guy "publicity sign" excuse.
It almost seems like the whole universe is against Mollema if we take them seriously
Parrulo said:Not true, Mollema got off his bike and helped the organizers lift the sign for the next group to pass, then he got back up on his bike and since he is TGBM he still managed to catch Costa and almost outsprint him!!!!
LEGEND!!!!
l.Harm said:You must be really stupid if you interpret that like that