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That 32er riding the ladies race today?

Stage 5 is going to be the undoing of many backmarkers. Any health issues will be an extreme liability

never liked this guy. less reason to try now

only getting drone, bike and static footage. Might be a problem with the helo uplink. Women's race coverage is a bit better today

Weather might not be conducive to flying the helo’s

this particular agent is not immune to shortsightedness cue 2007 bicycle industry price fixing scandal. However I suggest you try to work through Dragon Sport, the Giant agent

Ya but that suit was in the USA and it’s not applicable in other markets. A law suit was also filed in the EU but that will probably drag on for some time still. locally , nothing will happen. If you missed the recall , little chance of getting it sorted now. If you have one of the affected cranks submit it for warranty and see what happens.

I used to love the way they go till the blow. now they blow before they go… so 😞

Beige……

They did have a good second attempt till the derailleur broke on the penultimate day

Hedging their bets. If they’re fast the can say the 29er held them back if theyre slow they can say the 29er held them back if they crash they can say the 29er held them back its 32er win win

She shouldn’t have apologised Italians lose respect for you when you apologise

Look , if Gerald can find a few more notes to go from monotone to multi tone, Arianne can improve.

She’s Swiss. Anything goes. but ya, leave the bedroom out of the commentary.

The aero drag would be like opening a parachute so sit behind and reap the marketing rewards

Felix is riding out of his skin trying to keep that bus on the wheel of the 29er

Pfffft , it’s just a flesh wound

totally different agenda and it actually works in that format.

"...like a fart in the bath.."#Lagmyklaar🤣

Yes it’s for this season AFAIK. Option for 2027?

Yeah they’ve tried a lot of different things but the needle doesn’t move. Any year a team other than Socialised won it , it was another factory team (well funded) but with few repeats. key difference is that Specialized have a permanent base here with accommodation, performance centre etc etc. ghost was the other factory team that dominated. we haven’t had a South African winner since Hanlie Booysens and Michelle Lombardi and that was a loooooong time ago. I still think it’s the disparity in resources amongst the ladies teams that drives the lack of interest in the ACE. when you have to spread it thin then the fat away high cost events get a thumbs down

I don't think the 1 st place prize money is going to move the needle. Maybe a better prize money allocation down to lower positions to help recover costs of travel etc. Maybe that will help. Elite teams get a discounted entry anyways so maybe that needs to be waived and appearance money paid?

No they don't want the same distance. They realise that ladies road cycling is not where the mens sport is. Most of the women are holding down two jobs including cycling whereas the men are full time employees. The minimum wage for men is EURO50,000 per year in Pro Tour @John Wakefield correct me if this figure is incorrect. So they have a practical problem in the ladies either needing to take leave from day jobs or work part-time. Not ideal to grow a sport but this is where the mens sport was in the 1950's. So there won't be event parity. Marion Rousse has done a good job in getting the womens TDF to the level its at but the ladies sport as a whole needs to be uplifted before the event will get to the 14 days some of the ladies have thrown on the table. So what the ladies want has to be balanced by what can be afforded. It could piggy back off the mens event and the ladies can ride the same route but start closer to the finish for what is effectivley shorter stages similar to what Cape Epic has done but there are different sponsors involved. Again it's the economics that drives the planning. The ladies XCO is roughly half the size of the mens and the % of actual teams is much smaller. Also there isn't equal pay is one gauged e.g. the 10th ranked rider and the 25th ranked. In both cases the male woul dbe earning more. Not sure of the quantum, but it's substantially more. That right there is a big reason why the Cape Epic does not attract many ladies XCO teams. RSS is a very expensive place to get to , especially when you have to factor in travel to South Korea in May. The best way to get more ladies XCO teams is to offer UCI XCO points to finishers. currently the points go to the XCM series and its not enough to incentivize teams to make the journey

Valero is really making this race exciting. Canyon had amuch better day. Hopefully a sign of things to come.4 teams within 2 min of each other

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