Tour de France 2015 Stage 16: Bourg-de-Péage-Gap 201km

[LaFlorecita]

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Bit off-topic but does anyone know which hotels the teams are staying at on the rest day?

 

[BigMac]

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Bit off-topic but does anyone know which hotels the teams are staying at on the rest day?

Planning to ambush the riders for autographs?

Basically I missed out in Utrecht and I doubt I'll be coming back to Europe in the next year or 2 so this is my only chance for a long time

By all accounts you won't have too much trouble finding the Sky one given the size of their entourage.

Lol.

 

[Pricey_sky]

commentators just said MTN can lead the team classification after today if all 3 riders finish with this sort of gap to the peloton. I know it doesn't mean much but it's a nice achievement for them at this stage.

 

[Leaveitinfor2minutes]

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Wouldn't Alpecin's German engineering that according to Kittel causes big hair be not very beneficial due to weight gains at the scalp from the hair alone and not to mention the moisture retaining abilities not allowing for efficient cooling down and even more weight thus causing torsional flex?

Hi, welcome to the forum. Er, its a bit of a strangefirst post though

Thank you, well it's just a thing I've always been wondering about.

Everyone involved in cycling tends to be incredibly competitive by nature and so will naturally explore every single opportunity for making them as fast as possible. The concerns were based around the health of the drivers, who were having to become as lean as they could, yet still be fit and capable of withstanding the extreme demands of driving under the punishing conditions that events like the Tour de france can throw up.
The physical nature of the sport, combined with France’s Medeterian climate, can mean that cyclist lose up to 3kg in body weight through perspiration alone. If a driver already had to shed weight to become as light as possible, this could potentially cause a dangerous situation. So why aren't they shedding weight from places that makes sense?

Such as the hair, when examining this reminds me to be aware of when evidence supports the advice, and when I operate based on unexamined beliefs, but more weight is bad, more heat is bad and hair both causes these two problems.

Why isn't everyone bald?

(Sorry for my English, I'm not a native speaker)

 

[Eclipse]

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commentators just said MTN condo lead the team classification after today if all 3 riders finish with this sort of gap to the peloton. I know it doesn't mean much but it's a nice achievement for them at this stage.

Movistar have a rider in the break which I'm pretty sure they've overlooked in that calculation

 

[fungusbear]

Gap over a minute. They have a chance now for sure

 

[Frosty]

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commentators just said MTN can lead the team classification after today if all 3 riders finish with this sort of gap to the peloton. I know it doesn't mean much but it's a nice achievement for them at this stage.

How many count? Is it 3? They were 52 minutes behind Movistar before this stage but according to letour Erviti of Movistar is up there? Therefore MTN's advantage will be 2x the gap which would be 35-40 (will change a bit before the end).

 

[Pricey_sky]

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commentators just said MTN condo lead the team classification after today if all 3 riders finish with this sort of gap to the peloton. I know it doesn't mean much but it's a nice achievement for them at this stage.

Movistar have a rider in the break which I'm pretty sure they've overlooked in that calculation

Yes I completely missed that too!

 

[djpbaltimore]

Yep, they obviously don't see the yellow helmet. MTN are 54min back so they would need 2 x 27, not 3 x 18 as Phil suggested.

 

[sultanofhyd]

LMAO at Sagan dropping everybody

 

[fungusbear]

Sagan leading the chase on the climb. That guy is just an incredible athlete.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Sagan powering away but riders are coming over the top of him

 

[Pulpstar]

Re: Re:

Wouldn't Alpecin's German engineering that according to Kittel causes big hair be not very beneficial due to weight gains at the scalp from the hair alone and not to mention the moisture retaining abilities not allowing for efficient cooling down and even more weight thus causing torsional flex?

Hi, welcome to the forum. Er, its a bit of a strangefirst post though

Thank you, well it's just a thing I've always been wondering about.

Everyone involved in cycling tends to be incredibly competitive by nature and so will naturally explore every single opportunity for making them as fast as possible. The concerns were based around the health of the drivers, who were having to become as lean as they could, yet still be fit and capable of withstanding the extreme demands of driving under the punishing conditions that events like the Tour de france can throw up.
The physical nature of the sport, combined with France’s Medeterian climate, can mean that cyclist lose up to 3kg in body weight through perspiration alone. If a driver already had to shed weight to become as light as possible, this could potentially cause a dangerous situation. So why aren't they shedding weight from places that makes sense?

Such as the hair, when examining this reminds me to be aware of when evidence supports the advice, and when I operate based on unexamined beliefs, but more weight is bad, more heat is bad and hair both causes these two problems.

Why isn't everyone bald?

(Sorry for my English, I'm not a native speaker)

Chris Froome's hairline has been making marginal gains for years

 

[Afrank]

Re: Re:

Wouldn't Alpecin's German engineering that according to Kittel causes big hair be not very beneficial due to weight gains at the scalp from the hair alone and not to mention the moisture retaining abilities not allowing for efficient cooling down and even more weight thus causing torsional flex?

Hi, welcome to the forum. Er, its a bit of a strangefirst post though

Thank you, well it's just a thing I've always been wondering about.

Everyone involved in cycling tends to be incredibly competitive by nature and so will naturally explore every single opportunity for making them as fast as possible. The concerns were based around the health of the drivers, who were having to become as lean as they could, yet still be fit and capable of withstanding the extreme demands of driving under the punishing conditions that events like the Tour de france can throw up.
The physical nature of the sport, combined with France’s Medeterian climate, can mean that cyclist lose up to 3kg in body weight through perspiration alone. If a driver already had to shed weight to become as light as possible, this could potentially cause a dangerous situation. So why aren't they shedding weight from places that makes sense?

Such as the hair, when examining this reminds me to be aware of when evidence supports the advice, and when I operate based on unexamined beliefs, but more weight is bad, more heat is bad and hair both causes these two problems.

Why isn't everyone bald?

(Sorry for my English, I'm not a native speaker)

https://youtu.be/yksyZXfIB90?t=1m53s

 

[fungusbear]

Holy crap they caught up fast

 

[Netserk]

Go go go Sax!

 

[Jelantik]

LOL...sagan.. dropping anyone.. He is a BEAST!!!!!!. I hope he finally wins a stage. No one works very hard like him

 

[Eagle]

Sagan trying a bit of off-roading

 

[Pricey_sky]

If Sagan gets over the top of this climb within 30s of these surely even he can't mess this up!

 

[djpbaltimore]

Sagan drifts off the road. He might be going to far into the red.

 

[Miburo]

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If Sagan gets over the top of this climb within 30s of these surely even he can't mess this up!

I don't get which stages he really messed up in this tour, he's all by himself. You can't expect a guy to be in perfect position then for a sprint.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

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If Sagan gets over the top of this climb within 30s of these surely even he can't mess this up!

30 seconds is a lot to take on a descend like this.

 

[djpbaltimore]

Well it is already 30s and the chasing group of 4 is not cooperating at all with 5 more Km to go to the top.

 

[Vino's Mum]

Phil n Paul n Voigt taking turns at fluffing Sagan

 

[Lance Armstrong]

Teklehaimanot sucking wheels from the bottom. He'll attack soon.