i stand to be corrected but i believe she is an "amateur" by choice. She use to ride pro but stopped. She is uncoachble and coaches herself. She does her own program and doesnt like to be "managed" (i am saying all of this as a positive in her favour).
gonna sound cold but we humans are our own worst enemy. We want to have our cake and eat it.
I would say let the growing crowd of ebikers lose on the course and cause havok and crashes...
perhaps then those reckless ones or cheating ones will be towed inline by everyone else
Watched the video
Besides the looks, how is this different to a normal ebike thats been "chipped"/derestricted. Yet they calling this a motorbike.
also you need a license for this......maybe theres the solution to ebikes - register and license the bike and the rider.
with the number of people on ebikes growing, i dont think this will be a long term practical solution.
to have the man power to inspect the bikes whether at registration or on race day is impractical. This goes for all races (MTB and Road)
Also ebikes are starting to look very much like normal bikes so policing it is going to be difficult.
Dont know what the solution would be going forward....
gives my index but what I am looking for is which batch I am starting in
Also noticed entries via racetec is still open (only closes 30 Sept) .
Sent a mail CTCT.
I think its different for everyone
Time will tell if something bad happens to me but i was pretty much back at doing hard bike sessions the very next day after receiving my 1st shot and 2nd shot of the Pfizer vaccine. (MTB Ultra marathon distance and Vo2max intervals respectively - and numbers looked where they should be - Sh** as always ????)
Gym work was delayed due to the arm pain
oh dear
i think the realisation that my eyes were bigger than my legs has caught up to me.
Guess i gotta be like the sprinters in the mountain stages of a grand tour. Hang out in the grupetto and make the time cut
Edit: Whats the time cut?
Sometimes its hard to convince other well meaning MTBers you still a real MTBer even though you are not entered for the Epic and have never done one (or have no desire to do one)
the exact moment when the camera captured the AG2R rider passing Roglics group is meme worthy.
Looks like everything fell apart for Ineos as Yates was not able to dispose of Haig
Great ride by Bahrain.
Anyone know what happen to Lopez. I believe he got "emotional". Not judging as it can be quite the mental challenge to deal with to watch your entire 3 weeks fall apart on missing a single move.
I think Ineos has had a fair season. They did very well in the stage races leading up to the TDF.
By Ineos standards the TDF was unsuccessful (and likewise the Vuelta) but we in the era of the Slovenians and going up against Pogs or Rogs is almost like a battle for 2nd (or 3rd if both take part)
Its like when Froome or Lance dominated the GC game. The only issue for Ineos is that those riders are not on their team.
I thought we were entering the era of Bernal two years ago but it looks like that was just a stop gap between two eras of dominance (like the riders between Lance to Froome).
Wow Meintjies up there with the best on this monster climb and beating Yates
never thought i would see that
The man has form. Why wasnt that form there for qhubeka dammit
(could say that about many ex qhubeka riders)
Man, Roglic looks just so strong.
I was convinced at the end of TDF that Pogacar was untouchable but Roglic looks like he is in that same company.
Everyone else just looks second tier
Eikings teammates really dont like him.
Meitjies riding off into the sunset with the rest of the GC riders and Eiking crashing on the descent and his other teammate who was just behind him just rides on.
Edit: ok looks like his teammate waited up the road
NextHash deal did seem risky but what about Assos. Did that contract change once NextHash came on board.
Sorry to see this happen to Africa's only WT team. Cant imagine they going to attract talent with this kind of publicity.
Nice to see Meinjies upfront and aggressive yes but if he sabotages IWG GC hopes (and by this i mean an almost increasing likelihood of a top 10 for Eiking as each stage goes by) then it could work against him for future opportunities
So i havnt been following cycling long enough to add much value when it comes to tactics but been listening and being influenced by Lance, Johan and co as well as Chris Horner of lately.
I would have to say what Meintjies did was not the brightest move. Once Yates when Eiking was starting to suffer and was isolated with Meintjies riding off ahead
