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SwissVan

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  1. If he doesn’t get beaten and doesn’t stop beating some of the best riders in the world by minutes it’s going to become unbelievable……wait, it might be to late?
  2. Very nice, are the pant’s comfortable to cycle (mtb) in and being a bit like baggies do they catch on the seat?
  3. My newest shirt, ride for rhinos by anatomic Quite a bit more colorful than my usual riding tops
  4. I'll just quote the unbelievability of your cheeky post for the records... 😁👍
  5. I once had a training program from https://www.53x12.com/about (Dr Ferrari and his brother) and one legged drills were a feature. At the time my understanding was that the idea is to improve pedaling technique, not to mention that they will work muscles that you never knew you had….
  6. That same insta post was in the online Swiss press yesterday https://amp.20min.ch/story/mountainbike-star-nino-schurter-hat-sich-von-seiner-frau-nina-getrennt-833109165695
  7. I must be Special(ized)…having 6 bikes in my bike room which came with a lifetime warranty on their frames. Obviously this is subject to the manufacturer’s conditions, hence my original comment. Stand easy
  8. ……..until you have a frame warranty claim denied
  9. Like the epic’s single tracks, you need to ride faster to have access to clean toilets
  10. Can you expand on the bold part perhaps
  11. It just takes 1 or 2 riders to loose their momentum and to stop, if it’s single track no one can get past and then it’s a massive snowball effect. 10 + years ago my mate and I got penalized after the prologue because the timing system showed we finished more than 2 minutes apart on all the timing mats (after 2 stages we found out the race organizers gave me someone else’s timing chip on my number board) so we started in the last group for the next stage and the next stage. It was frustrating as hell to see how easy some people stop and get off causing chaos behind them.
  12. In a team event like the epic, the team is only as good as the slowest rider. Nino needs to look beyond switz for a partner, and beyond Scott bicycles Sometimes the Swiss shoot themselves in the foot with their national pride true story, live from planet Zug
  13. Mathias Flückiger….. 🤣 except he rides for Thömus and then there is some “history” like that little crash with Nino at lenzerheide
  14. Nino maybe needs to look beyond Switzerland, thinking MvdP…. The roles would be reversed with Nino trying to hang onto MvdP Barring technicals they could drill any other team With MvdP road career it would never happen
  15. Justice was served, trying to bring roadie tactics into mtbking
  16. Wonder if Nino and them will make up enough time on the last 25k…. A lot less climbing might suite them
  17. Ai feel sorry for Frishi, all the pressure on him today
  18. It’s going to be interesting. Depending on the condition of the trails and if the organisors change the route….
  19. Agreed cuts offs once set should not be adjusted, otherwise it diminishes the events prestige and accomplishment of those who made it. Sure it’s easy to say lying here on the couch watching epic, cricket, golf and tour of cataluna all unfold… someone has to do it 😇
  20. According to the rules it’s allowed: 8.3 Doubling Back. A rider is allowed to “double back” on the route at any time in order to re-join his/her team member or for the purpose of requesting or obtaining assistance (medical or technical), provided that he/she does not endanger any other rider in doing so.
  21. Watching the live stream Gerald said they put in a tube, when they showed it again I saw a tire liner but could not see a tube anywhere, wonder if they had one? The Iive coverage is fantastic imo, must be quite difficult from a tech and logistics point of view
  22. And maybe access for medical rescue at the higher section would have been to difficult.
  23. Well at least Thomas is in the race…. Masters category and 82 overall as of stage 5
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