If style affected the final score as in ski jumping, he would have never won anything.
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If style affected the final score as in ski jumping, he would have never won anything.
A but simplistic from Kwiatkowski
"If they ban riding on the top tube now, then next year it will be putting your hands on the air to celebrate victory. They'll be bringing in speed limits and stuff like that. I think they should focus more on the organisational side of the races,"
The first photo looks like Julien passing on the outside and maybe impacting MVP. He did this alot on the Tour 2019, stage 18(?) descent after getting gapped on the climb, then catching the group following Quintana. He chopped several riders inside and outside while accomplishing nothing. #2 was Julian on the limit after taking a pull and not looking where he was going until too late. Note: never overlap to the side with no escape....#3 are the guys that don't ride beyond capability.I tend to think, it's more bout this:
And this:
Can't agree on the bottles but there is no reason to toss them until you're in a feed zone which would be allowable. If a domestique brings one to a rider they could place an open bed truck at the back of the peloton and they could discard there, too. Give the Chief Commissaire something to do....Silly, pointless etc -- everything that everyone else on this thread has said. It's really cool to see a new tactic in the peloton and riders like Alaf who are hell bent for leather descenders have really used it to their advantage.
Now, if the UCI was really serious about safety, they'd ban water bottles. I'm sure GT would agree afte his Giro crash.
But think about it -- how many times have we seen loose bottles cause an accident? Plenty. And what about the ethics of "turbo bottles," let alone all the CO2 released when team cars are accelerating up and down the peloton to hand up bottles? And the PET pollution when they get tossed away.
I'm actually serious about bottles. I'd love to see the UCI mandate hydration bags like Camelbaks, with refills allowed in designated feed zones. On a really hot day you could bring back the old Coke sponsored motos and equip them with a water tank to spray down riders to cool them off...
...and while we're on unfair advantages, the UCI needs to look at riders like Hirschi (just as an example) who use computer mounts as impromptu aero bars.
How about the UCI tighten up the behavior of motos? This surely has greater potential for disaster. Either too many motos or position themselves too close to the riders. Even this morning I read that Filippo Ganna got an advantage by the draft of the TV moto in front of him. What training do moto riders receive about what is the minimum distance they should maintain in front of riders?
It's obvious that Nibali, Froome, Sagan, etc... can get down to this position while staying safe enough, but a pupil (15-16 years) or a rookie (13-14 years) trying to imitate them?
I can tell you for a fact that I've heard of guys who, assuming this position, fell due to their inability to react.
And that's what I don't get!
If that's the main concern; not wanting amateurs to copy, surely there are other ways to prevent that, than telling the pros - those guys who knows how to do it - that they're not allowed.
Plus, they probably haven't read the new proposals addressing at least some of those more important things.I have to say that the riders who criticise the new rule because "there are more important things to address" run a fool's errand.
So? Idiots gonna idiot. As much as I love blaming Froome, he had nothing to do with this.
Yes, so? If normal people try to ski like the pros it also ends horribly, but that's not an issue either, is it?
A few people seem to think so.so, we should see dropper posts on the PRO peloton starting very soon..
So? Idiots gonna idiot. As much as I love blaming Froome, he had nothing to do with this.