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by tmr5555

Sagan went on record saying the TDU was a tune up race for him, too early in the season.
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Rondje
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by Rondje

Ewan being so aero you can see his chin on the gopro footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lacz2P-Ask


djcharlou
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by djcharlou

Ewan was using the "plugs" on his Scott Cadence plus, are they UCI legal ? Not so sure

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by spartan

the plugs are legal if they are glued on :)
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by KarlC

Rondje wrote:Ewan being so aero you can see his chin on the gopro footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lacz2P-Ask


You can see his whole head towards the end
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wingguy
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by wingguy

ryanw wrote:If Bennett wasn't caught up in the pack, we would have won 100%, just look how fast he came in over the line!

But that is what happens if you get caught in the pack - you stay shielded and start your sprint super late. The guy who launched first is always going to be slowing up at that point. Ewan launched first, no-one could come around, he won. That's it.

Orica leadout looked dialled too, but probably wasn't really any other organised team trying to break it up :noidea:

wingguy
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by wingguy

seaneT1 wrote:Wout Poels new F10 with the new dura ace group and 40 wheels comes in at 7,05...a team so much focused on marginal gains and with the bigger budget in the pro peloton cannot get their racing bikes at 6,8??? Well as a weight weenie I find it unacceptable on behalf of Team Sky!! Do you know which teams have their bikes closer to the limit this year?

Well, for comparison the CN look at Caleb Ewan's tiny Scott Foil with 9070 (practically same weight as 9150) and the same wheels claimed it was 7.35! Which doesn't really compute for me at all, but goes to show that either a) bike check weights can't be trusted at all or b) the F10 really isn't that bad for weight in the pro racing realm.


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by kkibbler

My memory fails me but did Sagan win the gold in MTB after all?

No?

Give them to GVA.

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by kingkongsfinger

SAGAN HAS JUST DROPPED THE BLING BOMB!
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by glam2deaf

kkibbler wrote:My memory fails me but did Sagan win the gold in MTB after all?

No?

Give them to GVA.


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Medal looks gold to me... :wink:

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kkibbler
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by kkibbler

Ah. And I was just about to ask whats up with the all the rainbow stuff. :P

Liked it better when it was just stripes for the WC and gold for the Olympic champ.

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