Also I forgot to congratulate Bauke for his great stage win. He worked so hard on the first climb of the day, then attacked from pretty far out and held on. He definitely deserved the victory.
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Nope, just mostly bored from the sprint stagesMoviefan1203 said:It's been a really hard raced Tour this year. Everyone is tired.
Did the sprint stages bore you so much that you just slept through the whole of week 2? It's been some fantastic racing between the rest days, and if it continues like this next week it'll go down as one of the Tours to be remembered for decades.rick james said:Nope, just mostly bored from the sprint stagesMoviefan1203 said:It's been a really hard raced Tour this year. Everyone is tired.
Really? There's been like two or three, max four, good stages out of 15. There are only two more with any potential.Leinster said:Did the sprint stages bore you so much that you just slept through the whole of week 2? It's been some fantastic racing between the rest days, and if it continues like this next week it'll go down as one of the Tours to be remembered for decades.rick james said:Nope, just mostly bored from the sprint stagesMoviefan1203 said:It's been a really hard raced Tour this year. Everyone is tired.
SeriousSam said:Benotti69 said:Dan Martin said they were in the 'red' when Froome caught back up to them.
They were in the red doing the climb 40 seconds slower than Froome? Then there is truly no hope.
You're saying that Bardet et al. were all weaker than Vuillermoz while drafting him?miguelindurain111 said:Yeah you can put over 6W/kg for ~23 mins if you really want to :lol:
And with 30kms of rolling terrain to the finish?Netserk said:Bardet in the last week in an actual mountain stage, without drafting: https://twitter.com/ammattipyoraily/status/759141251925049344
Netserk said:Yeah, I'm sure none of the Tour contenders could climb faster than Vuillermoz.
Netserk said:Bardet in the last week in an actual mountain stage, without drafting: https://twitter.com/ammattipyoraily/status/759141251925049344
That's what Bakelants (and Van Baarle) were for.Leinster said:And with 30kms of rolling terrain to the finish?Netserk said:Bardet in the last week in an actual mountain stage, without drafting: https://twitter.com/ammattipyoraily/status/759141251925049344
Over 23 minutes GC contenders should be able to do it. Not over 40 minutes. That's another thing.miguelindurain111 said:Yeah you can put over 6W/kg for ~23 mins if you really want to :lol:
And they were. They put 6.02W/kg :lol: And by Martin they were on their limit...probably at least partly due to accumulated fatigue.Escarabajo said:Over 23 minutes GC contenders should be able to do it. Not over 40 minutes. That's another thing.miguelindurain111 said:Yeah you can put over 6W/kg for ~23 mins if you really want to :lol:
6.2 w/kg from Froome on 23 mins isn't even that weird.miguelindurain111 said:Yeah you can put over 6W/kg for ~23 mins if you really want to :lol:
Not really... would be amazing, not insane. Porte did 6.3 w/kg in paris nice. Quintana did 6.25 w/kg in terminillo but these performances were made in 40 minutes. In 1 hour climbs like stelvio would be ridiculous and truly suspicious.Dekker_Tifosi said:6.2 w/kg from Froome on 23 mins isn't even that weird.miguelindurain111 said:Yeah you can put over 6W/kg for ~23 mins if you really want to :lol:
Dumoulin went 6,5 on a similar effort on Oropa. Aru went 6,5 earlier this tour on similar length effort.
6,2 w/kg on a 40 min or 1h effort would be insane however
Forever The Best said:He is probably a troll. Just ignore him.![]()
The point has been made countless times.miguelindurain111 said:Forever The Best said:He is probably a troll. Just ignore him.![]()
Why don't you just say that you disagree with me?
hrotha said:Me: "Riders say the darndest things"
You: "But Dan Martin said this!"
K?
Whatever Dan Martin wants to say, it doesn't trump what I saw with my own eyes.
hrotha said:Riders always say they're on their limit, even when they're strolling around in a 100-strong group. The simple fact is that AG2R was happy to let Gautier or whoever do the pacing for a long while, and to save Vuillermoz for later. You'll notice that, when Vuillermoz finally started to pull (too little, too late), the pace did go up, so there goes the theory.
portugal11 said:Not really... would be amazing, not insane. Porte did 6.3 w/kg in paris nice. Quintana did 6.25 w/kg in terminillo but these performances were made in 40 minutes. In 1 hour climbs like stelvio would be ridiculous and truly suspicious.Dekker_Tifosi said:6.2 w/kg from Froome on 23 mins isn't even that weird.
Dumoulin went 6,5 on a similar effort on Oropa. Aru went 6,5 earlier this tour on similar length effort.
6,2 w/kg on a 40 min or 1h effort would be insane however