Vuelta 2017 stage 9: Orihuela - Cumbres del Sol, 174 km

[miguelindurain111]

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Meintjes may not be the best metric but I've heard at least one poster mention that the top performers were pulling over 7 watts/kg. Simply amazing, if true.

For how long?

 

[rick james]

FDJ got some air time

 

[Climbing]

rofl

 

[Kafviar]

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FDJ got some air time

Making us Swedes proud.

 

[Climbing]

Not sure they're going to catch the break, cannondale duo seems done, but I guess they won't be able to hold 30 sec gap anyway.

 

[DanielSong39]

Re: Re:

Meintjes may not be the best metric but I've heard at least one poster mention that the top performers were pulling over 7 watts/kg. Simply amazing, if true.

For how long?

Mostly short steep stuff so 10-30 minutes for the climbs. Obviously the performance would dip if the climbs were an hour long.

 

[Escarabajo]

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They are very short climbs, British hill climb amateurs pull that kind of watts.

No they dont ....and the watts are over the whole stages not just the final climbs

Every stage has been ridden hard and fast ... not one stage has been easy ...that is what is the issue not 13 minute climbs

Yes. But they are still short climbs. No the same comparison.

 

[Max Rockatansky]

These Sky guys are completely obsessed with thic race. We need someone to go for one second so that nobody else takes away ONE second from our leader.

 

[rick james]

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These Sky guys are completely obsessed with thic race. We need someone to go for one second so that nobody else takes away ONE second from our leader.

isn't that a good thing that they want to fight for everything and give the fans a race?

 

[portugal11]

Re: Re:

Meintjes may not be the best metric but I've heard at least one poster mention that the top performers were pulling over 7 watts/kg. Simply amazing, if true.

For how long?

Mostly short steep stuff so 10-30 minutes for the climbs. Obviously the performance would dip if the climbs were an hour long.

7 w/kg for 10-30 minutes? Loool, they aren't 2009 Contador

 

[spalco]

Re: Re:

They are very short climbs, British hill climb amateurs pull that kind of watts.

No they dont ....and the watts are over the whole stages not just the final climbs

Every stage has been ridden hard and fast ... not one stage has been easy ...that is what is the issue not 13 minute climbs

Yes. But they are still short climbs. No the same comparison.

I don't know how much wattage comparisons matter, but it's obvious this Vuelta is a really hard race already, and it's believable it's harder than the Tour was this year.

 

[Max Rockatansky]

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These Sky guys are completely obsessed with thic race. We need someone to go for one second so that nobody else takes away ONE second from our leader.

isn't that a good thing that they want to fight for everything and give the fans a race?

What fight? Froome is three minutes ahead of his biggest rival. There is no fight.

 

[rick james]

Re: Re:

Meintjes may not be the best metric but I've heard at least one poster mention that the top performers were pulling over 7 watts/kg. Simply amazing, if true.

For how long?

Mostly short steep stuff so 10-30 minutes for the climbs. Obviously the performance would dip if the climbs were an hour long.

7 w/kg for 10-30 minutes? Loool, they aren't 2009 Contador

oh no, please don't go there

 

[rick james]

Re: Re:

These Sky guys are completely obsessed with thic race. We need someone to go for one second so that nobody else takes away ONE second from our leader.

isn't that a good thing that they want to fight for everything and give the fans a race?

What fight? Froome is three minutes ahead of his biggest rival. There is no fight.

Bertie isn't his biggest rival......Right now

 

[sir fly]

Great terrain for cliff diving.

 

[Poursuivant]

Prediction time

Contador to beat Froome in sprint, then Woods a few seconds back, then Zakarin leading Nibali, Chaves, Aru and one or two others, maybe Adam Yates.

 

[DanielSong39]

Just be glad that the riders are putting on a show; beats this year's Tour hands down for sure.

 

[El Pistolero]

Re: Re:

These Sky guys are completely obsessed with thic race. We need someone to go for one second so that nobody else takes away ONE second from our leader.

isn't that a good thing that they want to fight for everything and give the fans a race?

Nobody likes Sky, that's why cycling has become less popular over these last few years.

 

[rick james]

Soler goes solo

 

[tobydawq]

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FDJ got some air time

Making us Swedes proud.

It must be hard times to be a Swedish cycling fan, I would imagine.

 

[miguelindurain111]

Re: Re:

Meintjes may not be the best metric but I've heard at least one poster mention that the top performers were pulling over 7 watts/kg. Simply amazing, if true.

For how long?

Mostly short steep stuff so 10-30 minutes for the climbs. Obviously the performance would dip if the climbs were an hour long.

~10 min ok, but 7 W/kg for 30 min is just a big fat lie.

 

[rick james]

Re: Re:

These Sky guys are completely obsessed with thic race. We need someone to go for one second so that nobody else takes away ONE second from our leader.

isn't that a good thing that they want to fight for everything and give the fans a race?

Nobody likes Sky, that's why cycling has become less popular over these last few years.

Not in mainly English speaking countries...Its booming...the new world of cycling

 

[portugal11]

Re: Re:

These Sky guys are completely obsessed with thic race. We need someone to go for one second so that nobody else takes away ONE second from our leader.

isn't that a good thing that they want to fight for everything and give the fans a race?

Nobody likes Sky, that's why cycling has become less popular over these last few years.

Spot on

 

[rick james]

that's a fast descent

 

[El Pistolero]

Re: Re:

These Sky guys are completely obsessed with thic race. We need someone to go for one second so that nobody else takes away ONE second from our leader.

isn't that a good thing that they want to fight for everything and give the fans a race?

Nobody likes Sky, that's why cycling has become less popular over these last few years.

Not in mainly English speaking countries...Its booming...the new world of cycling

Not even Brits like Froome, that's why they pass him over for prestigious awards.