"PRO" Cycling Discussion

[lippythelion]

^That's a shame, it would have been great to watch Wiggins & Rogers helping Contador to win the Tour de France next year.

[tommasini]

Soooo, Velo (velonews) published a report about some Specialized clinchers that would be under him when he rides (and later wins) the last TT of the Tour de France..........then a few days later, hidden in slide 32 of 33 they revealed that he rode tubbies (so it seems anyway!!).......doesn't that seem to call for Velo (and Specialized) to be a little more public about their apparent mis-information?


Here is the supposed tire that "would" be used.....
http://velonews.competitor.com/2014/07/ ... ers_338196

here is the later information (go to slide 32) .....tubbies were used
http://velonews.competitor.com/2014/08/ ... nce_339211

[SLCBrandon]

Haha, seriously?

[ichobi]

I thought he was drunk...

[520 Dan]

Looks like Tommy D. is back in town (that's the shop where I got my bike).

Yeah, I saw him riding Mt. Lemmon on Sunday. Big "Tommy D" van parked at the base.

[ultyguy]

Boom to Astana- Gonna be funny seeing an Astana jersey lining up for a few CX races next year! Pity he didn't go to Sky. Lulu to Astana hardly surprises, they were on Liberty Seguros together in 2006...

[bfno]

Would be interesting to know why he ended up not going clinchers? Maybe he didn't want to repeat the last time he was on clinchers...

[pastronef]

Dominique Rollin is back in the pro peloton in 2015 with Cofidis

he did not have a contract for 2014

I saw him training in full FDJ kit and bike this February in Girona

he followed the Tour in a full Garmin kit here https://twitter.com/be_Rollin/status/491636243936325632

[pantelones]

Looks like the article was talking about Turbo Cotton and he rode Turbo Cottons (as evidenced from photos of the bike before and during the stage).... I think you are mistaken. Velonews was mistaken that he ran tubulars.

[Illuminate]

My goodness! This scandal is going to be bigger than Armstrong's!

[hna]

Rohan Dennis is apparently riding the Vuelta for BMC.

[mjduct]

Which tour was it where he flatted on every TT stage riding some uber-clincher.

He might have learned from Froomey and Conti. You can only win if you finish

[dunbar42]

My goodness! This scandal is going to be bigger than Armstrong's!

Doubtful but it might be a bigger scandal than Contador's exploding S-Works Tarmac (I'm being sarcastic!)

Why would tubulars be any less likely to puncture than clinchers? Especially if we're talking about the same tire in both cases.

[5 8 5]

Looks like the article was talking about Turbo Cotton and he rode Turbo Cottons (as evidenced from photos of the bike before and during the stage).... I think you are mistaken. Velonews was mistaken that he ran tubulars.

I agree with pantelones. There's a better pic on bikeradar
You can see the casing says 700x24C.

[LouisN]

Pure marketing.
= Put a product on the market by flashing really impressive "numbers" along with it.
They will sell a ton to a happy targeted crowd.

I find it funny.
Would you imagine a track tubular, the best Crr possible, being used for some road TT ?
Without the risks that go along with it ?

That wouldn't sell very well....

Louis