Blimey that was a drag race.
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robbosmans
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The problem with the motorised doping is that not only does it have to generate power in a small space with minimal battery capacity. It also has to be lossless when not generating power. The latter is very difficults to do when in a small space. So it might be possible to produce a small compact rear hub with a motor that gave a small boost of 50-100W for the final climb of a stage. It would be difficult to have that hub produce no losses in the system when the motor assistance is not in use.
If motor assistance was in use, the most likely place would be in a TT. Not a mountain or any other road stage. The one place motor-assistance has been found in a race was woman's cyclo-cross, where bike changes and visits to pit stop are frequent - very different than a cycing road race.
If motor assistance was in use, the most likely place would be in a TT. Not a mountain or any other road stage. The one place motor-assistance has been found in a race was woman's cyclo-cross, where bike changes and visits to pit stop are frequent - very different than a cycing road race.
Main takeaway for me from this year’s TdF is this has to be the most interesting, entertaining and even dramatic version in a very long time and I hope it becomes a trend. Almost every stage had a twist or turn.
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Dan Gerous
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I thought we had some great days of racing, if you take each stage as a separate single day race, but having the overall sealed by stage 8 meant the GC layer of the race was gone after that, not a bad Tour but not the best either, I prefer stage races where the GC is fought all the way to the end, something was missing in the last 2 weeks IMO even though there was still some entertaining stages.
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We've been spoiled in the last few years. The early years of the 90s and the 00s had quite a few Tours where the GC battle was over early.Dan Gerous wrote: ↑Mon Jul 19, 2021 4:19 pmI thought we had some great days of racing, if you take each stage as a separate single day race, but having the overall sealed by stage 8 meant the GC layer of the race was gone after that, not a bad Tour but not the best either, I prefer stage races where the GC is fought all the way to the end, something was missing in the last 2 weeks IMO even though there was still some entertaining stages.
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