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So whose fault is it when they break up and and one guy ends up a couple of bike lengths ahead? His or the two others who can't keep up?
 
Arguably both the first and second guy. Synchronicity is key and it's all about getting the third rider over the line.

How is the first guy supposed to know his two guys behind him arent keeping up? Must be frustrating if you're quicker than your teammates - is he supposed to slow up?
 
How is the first guy supposed to know his two guys behind him arent keeping up? Must be frustrating if you're quicker than your teammates - is he supposed to slow up?
I'd imagine training and discipline. There's always going to be a rider stronger than others in the team (ie Ganna and Italy) but the idea is to ride together as a team.
Anyway GB are now up against the mighty Danes.
 
God this is annoying. Cycling gets shifted to the main channel (presumably becase it's considered a bigger draw than beach fucking volleyball) but then has to stop for 5-10 minutes for the weather and headlines. Fuck the IOC and fuck Discovery/Eurosport.
Not sure whether this is any help where you are, but Eurosport is only £40 for a whole year. Masses and masses of cycling. TdF commentary from people who are not Ned Boulting. And you can watch entire replays, not just highlights, when the time difference doesn't suit. (I am halfway through the 3 hrs 20 mins track session today. Or last night.)
 
Not sure whether this is any help where you are, but Eurosport is only £40 for a whole year. Masses and masses of cycling. TdF commentary from people who are not Ned Boulting. And you can watch entire replays, not just highlights, when the time difference doesn't suit. (I am halfway through the 3 hrs 20 mins track session today. Or last night.)
I watch almost no other sports than a few hours of the Olympics every four (or five or three) years. I'm not paying 40 fucking quid for that.
 
Not sure whether this is any help where you are, but Eurosport is only £40 for a whole year. Masses and masses of cycling. TdF commentary from people who are not Ned Boulting. And you can watch entire replays, not just highlights, when the time difference doesn't suit. (I am halfway through the 3 hrs 20 mins track session today. Or last night.)
I wonder if they have as much cycling as GCN+
They do have speed climbing though which is almost as good b
 
Embarrassing that the UK's bizarre aero bikes have been bested by a bit of shin tape from Denmark. I hope the UK uses the tape tomorrow. It would be foolish not to.
 
The Australian bars which snapped were 3D printed in titanium. Made by a super posh boutique Melbourne framebuilder called Bastion. Oops. They've removed them from their site. They claim they're the only bike company with in-house titanium 3D printers. Other bike companies have bits made in that way, e.g. Pinarello I think. Perhaps those are outsourced?


The broken bars are still in the Google cache:

 
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Embarrassing that the UK's bizarre aero bikes have been bested by a bit of shin tape from Denmark. I hope the UK uses the tape tomorrow. It would be foolish not to.

I won't hear a word said against Barnoldswick's finest.

Although I imagine the development costs were at least 20 BMX riders worth of funding. And I'm not fussed about Lotus or whatever 3D printing company they used.
 
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Embarrassing that the UK's bizarre aero bikes have been bested by a bit of shin tape from Denmark. I hope the UK uses the tape tomorrow. It would be foolish not to.

Besides tech stuff it's quite interesting how some teams have mostly roadies (Denmark & Italy) and other have mostly track specialists (NZ, GB, Aus). I'm cheering for the hard men of Denmark.
 
From Cycling News:

"The team is supported by aerodynamics expert, Dan Bigham, who has a reputation for finding performance gains through aerodynamic and technological advancement. So many believe this to be a tactical use of kinesiology tape, rather than for medical use."

Bigham is the guy who was commentating in time trials for ES/GCN. he also works with Jumbo whose riders got the one-two in the ITT Olympic race.

Bit lax of Ineos and GB cycling not to hire the guy as it's not like Denmark or Jumbo have more cash.
 
From Cycling News:

"The team is supported by aerodynamics expert, Dan Bigham, who has a reputation for finding performance gains through aerodynamic and technological advancement. So many believe this to be a tactical use of kinesiology tape, rather than for medical use."

Bigham is the guy who was commentating in time trials for ES/GCN. he also works with Jumbo whose riders got the one-two in the ITT Olympic race.

Bit lax of Ineos and GB cycling not to hire the guy as it's not like Denmark or Jumbo have more cash.

Ha, really? I think there was a GCN spotlight on him/his team achieving shit outside the mainstream not that long ago... pre-covid I guess...

Seems apt, Bigham sounds like a Danelaw name. Work out of Derby too.
 
In this team pursuit, is either team at all aware of the team they're pursuing? It looks like both teams are looking at the floor effectively doing their own time trials?
 
Wow... that was close. Italy smashes the WR but NZ would have too. Gotta feel for them. They still have the coolest outfits though.
 
In this team pursuit, is either team at all aware of the team they're pursuing? It looks like both teams are looking at the floor effectively doing their own time trials?
Apparently not lol. I was just writing a reply saying they do occasionally overtake and have to ride up the bank but that Danish rider obviously didn't do that.
 
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