Trek was sure having a party. 
Didn't see them on the podium (had to get home from my parents), but saw the singing.
Didn't see them on the podium (had to get home from my parents), but saw the singing.
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We've seen too many young children on gt podiums, bring on the akward teenagers with the "I don't wanna be here, I hate you!" look on their face.Rollthedice said:
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Firstly, the points system at the time did not adequately reward winning summits, instead giving bucketloads of points well down the line, including some ridiculous idiosyncrasies. For example, at the time, cat.3 gave 4,3,2,1 but cat.2 gave 10,9,8,7,6,5 then stopped.
Secondly, the points system doubled the points for HC, cat.1 and cat.2 climbs if they were the last climb of the day, but made absolutely no distinction between those, so if there was a 50km flat run in after a cat.2 climb it would pay double points just the same as if it was an MTF there.
This second problem was exacerbated by a spate of terrible mountain stage designs which coincided with Comeback 2.0, mountain stages with extremely long distances from the final summit to the line. Not descent finishes, which would've been fine, but stages like Tarbes 2009 and Pau 2010, which gave absolutely no incentive to the main GC riders to attack. The removal of bonus seconds from the Tour at the time meant there was very little interest among the main contenders to fight for stage wins, so the breakaway was allowed to contest almost every mountain stage while the GC contenders saved their energy.
2010 then followed this up with some additional issues. Stage 9, over four major mountains with a descent finish, was set up well for a battle for the polka dots (which would eventually become crucial), however in exchange for co-operation with the riders there for GC purposes, it was agreed by the DSes not to interfere with Jérôme Pineau's points-gathering, so that a Frenchman would wear the polka dots on Bastille Day. This proved crucial because one of the riders who had been targeting the first summit of the day but was then asked not to compete was Christophe Moreau. Moreau was poised to pass Charteau in the classification late on, but in the later stages Radioshack were chasing down any break with Caisse d'Epargne in it to defend their lead in the Teams Classification, preventing him from overhauling Charteau. You have to think that if Christophe Moreau, a veteran French GC rider on the hunt for one last hurrah at the age of 38, took the GPM, it wouldn't have been received the same way as Charteau's win was, more as a nice final send-off prize for a long-time veteran, same as Garzelli's in 2011's Giro, and they might not have redressed the points scale so drastically, if at all.
I've always felt sorry for Charteau, because it was heavily implied in the jersey overhaul that it was him winning it that devalued the polka dots. There was more to it than that.jsem94 said:
Firstly, the points system at the time did not adequately reward winning summits, instead giving bucketloads of points well down the line, including some ridiculous idiosyncrasies. For example, at the time, cat.3 gave 4,3,2,1 but cat.2 gave 10,9,8,7,6,5 then stopped.
Secondly, the points system doubled the points for HC, cat.1 and cat.2 climbs if they were the last climb of the day, but made absolutely no distinction between those, so if there was a 50km flat run in after a cat.2 climb it would pay double points just the same as if it was an MTF there.
This second problem was exacerbated by a spate of terrible mountain stage designs which coincided with Comeback 2.0, mountain stages with extremely long distances from the final summit to the line. Not descent finishes, which would've been fine, but stages like Tarbes 2009 and Pau 2010, which gave absolutely no incentive to the main GC riders to attack. The removal of bonus seconds from the Tour at the time meant there was very little interest among the main contenders to fight for stage wins, so the breakaway was allowed to contest almost every mountain stage while the GC contenders saved their energy.
2010 then followed this up with some additional issues. Stage 9, over four major mountains with a descent finish, was set up well for a battle for the polka dots (which would eventually become crucial), however in exchange for co-operation with the riders there for GC purposes, it was agreed by the DSes not to interfere with Jérôme Pineau's points-gathering, so that a Frenchman would wear the polka dots on Bastille Day. This proved crucial because one of the riders who had been targeting the first summit of the day but was then asked not to compete was Christophe Moreau. Moreau was poised to pass Charteau in the classification late on, but in the later stages Radioshack were chasing down any break with Caisse d'Epargne in it to defend their lead in the Teams Classification, preventing him from overhauling Charteau. You have to think that if Christophe Moreau, a veteran French GC rider on the hunt for one last hurrah at the age of 38, took the GPM, it wouldn't have been received the same way as Charteau's win was, more as a nice final send-off prize for a long-time veteran, same as Garzelli's in 2011's Giro, and they might not have redressed the points scale so drastically, if at all.
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Contador got a gap while celebrating.
Conscious decision probably.
He did not jump Contador's place.elfed68 said:
Contador got a gap while celebrating.
Conscious decision probably.
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Eurosport unfortunately cut off but they played the national anthem and then Froome had a short speech, just basically thanking everyone.
Armchair cyclist said:
Eurosport unfortunately cut off but they played the national anthem and then Froome had a short speech, just basically thanking everyone.
This "bring your child onto the podium" business is all fun and games until suddenly you see that very child riding that very race and you kinda wanna die.
Mayomaniac said:We've seen too many young children on gt podiums, bring on the akward teenagers with the "I don't wanna be here, I hate you!" look on their face.Rollthedice said:
...Chris Horner, carrying his 25 year old son on the podium.
#beautifulmoment #papy
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The first that springs to mind would be Zabel, in the Tour. However, I have a suspicion pride would be the first thing someone would feel in that situation.
bob.a.feet said:
The first that springs to mind would be Zabel, in the Tour. However, I have a suspicion pride would be the first thing someone would feel in that situation.
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such hate, you should be thanking Froome and Sky after they gifted him a stage and allowed him to say goodbyeEl Pistolero said:
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That's not even one of the bad pictures:hrotha said:Yeah, I didn't mean the rider would kinda wanna die.
Anyway, yup.
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No, but it's the older one I could find in 5 minutes. By the time we saw green-haired Rick, I was like "haha aww he's all grown up!"Mayomaniac said:
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He sounds like most Austrians I know, which somewhat make sense since he's from not a million miles from Südtirol.
staubsauger said:
He sounds like most Austrians I know, which somewhat make sense since he's from not a million miles from Südtirol.
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Well I know Treviso is in the same region/province as Südtirol, but I don't know enough about the language/cultural barrier there so I don't want to offend anyone.
RedheadDane said:TMP402 said:
Not a million miles from Südtirol. Pretty wide, don't you think?
Well I know Treviso is in the same region/province as Südtirol, but I don't know enough about the language/cultural barrier there so I don't want to offend anyone.
He's from Borgo Valsugana so he's from Trentino not Treviso. The region was part of Austria for part of its history, like sudtirol. They mainly speak Italian though, but with a slightly German twang occasionally. Not like Bolzano strong but noticeable, especially if they grew up close to the german/Italian linguistic barrier.
Well, it only was a part of the Austro-Hungarian empire for a bit over 100 years, before that Trentino was actually an independent Hochstift (a territory of secular authority held by bishops who rules as prince-bishops) inside the Holy Roman Empire for centuries.
Benedetti is probably the least Italian rider from Trentino, he views himself as Austrian and is a separatist.
Benedetti is probably the least Italian rider from Trentino, he views himself as Austrian and is a separatist.
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I can remember further back than thathrotha said:Yeah, I didn't mean the rider would kinda wanna die.
Anyway, yup.
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Yes, sorry, I said that because I think he grew up near Treviso.
Despite his name?! Surprising to me!
Brullnux said:
Yes, sorry, I said that because I think he grew up near Treviso.
Mayomaniac said:
Despite his name?! Surprising to me!
Thanks for the information regarding Trentin's accent. At first I thought he might only learned English from his long stay in QS, then I realized he's from Sudtirol.
It's apparently the first time since 1965 that there's no Spanish rider on the podium of any GT.
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