The podcast thread

[noob]

Don't know in which thread this goes; LRCP weekly Patrick Broe (he is a Visma DS if anyone forgotten lol) suggests more teams to get wild card to TdF, but makes teams smaller to compensate. He suggested teams change to 6 riders in each team. It's partly because breakaway riders rarely get wins because teams are so big they can control everything.

I thought it was an interesting discussion!

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Don't know in which thread this goes; LRCP weekly Patrick Broe (he is a Visma DS if anyone forgotten lol) suggests more teams to get wild card to TdF, but makes teams smaller to compensate. He suggested teams change to 6 riders in each team. It's partly because breakaway riders rarely get wins because teams are so big they can control everything.

I thought it was an interesting discussion!

It is, if you do that however... invite four or five more teams.
Otherwise your peloton gets too small.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Was the argument for fewer teams not to reduce the number of vehicles involved as a safety measure.

 

[noob]

Was the argument for fewer teams not to reduce the number of vehicles involved as a safety measure.

If that was the case I must have greately misunderstood as they talked about breakaways being easier to control with 8 than 6. Is that about cars?? Do they have 8 cars? That would indeed make the discussion much more uninteresting
Edit: I relistened! They're definitely talking about riders per team!

View: https://youtu.be/pAUdSl_iM_U?si=v_AUdCN65L0xo8Mc&t=946
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[Armchair Cyclist]

If that was the case I must have greately misunderstood as they talked about breakaways being easier to control with 8 than 6. Is that about cars?? Do they have 8 cars? That would indeed make the discussion much more uninteresting
Edit: I relistened! They're definitely talking about riders per team!

View: https://youtu.be/pAUdSl_iM_U?si=v_AUdCN65L0xo8Mc&t=946
(time stamp)

No, some years ago they (IIRC) reduced the number of teams, citing safety reasons.

 

[kn0s]

Think I'm done with Horner. Normally I check him out for a different perspective as I disagree quiet a lot with him. But this new video where he goes on about how he has made practically no mistakes in like 900 videos and all his tactical analysis is always correct, it's just too much. This and his constant talk about what rank different riders are... I'm just done.

 

[topcat]

View: https://youtu.be/KoVnzw4nP10?si=6goW-DMAI_FKou0s

 

[scribers]

Think I'm done with Horner. Normally I check him out for a different perspective as I disagree quiet a lot with him. But this new video where he goes on about how he has made practically no mistakes in like 900 videos and all his tactical analysis is always correct, it's just too much. This and his constant talk about what rank different riders are... I'm just done.

You kinda see the unsaid elements of how/why he left the peacock tdf coverage

 

[Pozzovivo]

Tobias Halland Johannessen’s powermeter reads about 6,5-6.6 w/kg for the final climb at 62-63 kg, and the LRCP guys estimate 7,1??

The discrepancy is way too much to be explained by margins of error or 65kg etalon normalized. It is simply way off!

Btw: The calculation made for the climb on stage 6 of Tirreno was probably very accurate as the estimate for THJ powermeter and LR estimate was super close. Around 6,3, to 6,4.

 

[noob]

Think I'm done with Horner. Normally I check him out for a different perspective as I disagree quiet a lot with him. But this new video where he goes on about how he has made practically no mistakes in like 900 videos and all his tactical analysis is always correct, it's just too much. This and his constant talk about what rank different riders are... I'm just done.

He's so over the top that I just don't take it seriously 🤣🤣🤣 but I still enjoy it. It must be hard to have that kind of ego, it's next level weird 🥴🫨🙃🙃

 

[kn0s]

He's so over the top that I just don't take it seriously 🤣🤣🤣 but I still enjoy it. It must be hard to have that kind of ego, it's next level weird 🥴🫨🙃🙃

I remember calling him out in the comments at one point, for not mentioning a big weather change during a TT in his recap. He basically took the Fox news/entertainment defense. "It's not a recap, it's analysis" even when most of his videos a filled with play by play of who looked left, right or farted in the sprint.

 

[scribers]

He will actually talk with you in the comments section or least make an attempt to acknowledge folks who listen to his podcast

 

[Pozzovivo]

LRCP with stark criticism of Lidl-Trek for not selecting Vacek, but no mentioning that Wout van Aert is not racing for Visma. I'm starting to think that a strong bias is at play here...

 

[noob]

LRCP with stark criticism of Lidl-Trek for not selecting Vacek, but no mentioning that Wout van Aert is not racing for Visma. I'm starting to think that a strong bias is at play here...

Yeah of course he's gonna be biased nowadays 🥴 It's impossible not to.

The fact that either have no jingle is a plus for me as I sometimes also use them for falling asleep. I hate jingles! Broe has a very nice voice! I am so sensitive to voices! It can make or break my listening completely!

 

[noob]

He will actually talk with you in the comments section or least make an attempt to acknowledge folks who listen to his podcast

He is very nice that way yes! Very high interaction! One cannot deny his passion for what he does!

 

[Pozzovivo]

Yeah of course he's gonna be biased nowadays 🥴 It's impossible not to.

I don't see why he can't explain to his listeners the rationale for this. Makes the podcast much less valuable imo. Broe is, in my opinion, the sharpest mind in cycling media these days, but whenever Visma is concerned he just mutes himself and let's Naesen talk

 

[Samu Cuenca]

LRCP with stark criticism of Lidl-Trek for not selecting Vacek, but no mentioning that Wout van Aert is not racing for Visma. I'm starting to think that a strong bias is at play here...

Might that just be because it's been known for long that WVA wouldn't be riding whereas Vacek's omission is recent news?

 

[Pozzovivo]

Might that just be because it's been known for long that WVA wouldn't be riding whereas Vacek's omission is recent news?

Could very well be! Still, WVA is a top favorite for this race, and Vacek is more like an outsider. I think it is strange to spend minutes on Vacek not going and not discuss a much bigger name missing. I think that most casual fans who watches SanRemo will be surprised to hear that WVA is missing it because(?) he's training?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Could very well be! Still, WVA is a top favorite for this race, and Vacek is more like an outsider. I think it is strange to spend minutes on Vacek not going and not discuss a much bigger name missing. I think that most casual fans who watches SanRemo will be surprised to hear that WVA is missing it because(?) he's training?

I don't listen to it, so I have no idea whether they've already discussed it extensively in past episodes.

 

[scribers]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1916595008133910695

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