Irvin85

Agree, Jonas is listed as 1.75m and 60kg. If I look at them both I doubt that Alan is only 62kg. And Tadej is listed as 1.76 and 66kg.

62kg on a 1.80m frame. that is a what they call "cab watch skinny"

I was wondering the same thing, I have no idea what I am talking about, but from my little understanding of cycling. XCO is a short hard effort with respite from the downhills 1h30 max effort. On a real mountain stage that could be the total time ascending. If you look at the Olympic games where Pidcock attacked on the final lap and how he completely rode Alan off his wheel on such a short climb, just imagine what will happen to him against a guy like Roglic/Tadej on a 10km climb as Pidcock can't even hold their wheel, not to mentioned the 3/4hours on the bike per day for 21 days. There is a reason why so few riders find success in both disciplines. So what does Hatherley's numbers look like compared to let's say a guy like Roglic?

That is very interesting. What do you guys think his chances are on the road and what kind of rider he will be, does he have GC ambitions in a GT? I hoped that he would rather cement his legacy on the dirt and maybe add a couple of Epic titles to his trophy cabinet.

And from next year, the clay pigeon guys can shoot real bullets at real moving objects on bikes.

And from next year, the clay pigeon guys can shoot real bullets at real moving objects on bikes.

*now obviously wrestling was a male only sport then, and he was from Romania not the Soviet Union team, but let's just paper over that. Romania only declared their independence from the Soviet union in 1964. if you were born in 1944 then if my math's are correct you spend the first 20 years of your life under Soviet rule? I will leave it at that.

What a week of racing that was. The week ahead will be extremely hard, No flat stages left in the entire tour except for the final TT on the last day. This sunday's final climb will have gradients of up to 24%, expect to see the real mountain goats to shine and the heavier climbers will struggle to keep up. Richard Carapaz and Adam Yates with an outside chance to podium. Roglic should still be favourite for the win as long as he can keep his bike upright.

That argument can be applied to Pidcock as well. For me he did, when Felix had some success he was more pissed off than supportive or happy for his team mate. "Being a Champ" is not all about winning.

Not To bad on the TT compared to other GC riders but Roglic is in another class. Time difference on the first stage was about 40sec.

He came across as a complete tool in the Netflix docu.

Great ride by him but I doubt he will be able to hang onto that lead. He lost more than a minute on stage 4. I somehow missed that he finished 4th in the Giro this year. So I might be wrong but I do not think he can stay with Roglic in the High mountains and the final TT will heavily favor Roglic as well

Visma's team is arguably stronger than the one they took to the tour, apart from the leader. I have not checked the profile of the race. With the final stage being a TT, I thought he might be up to it but did not realise the amount of climbing in total. What is that figures for interest sake?

It is great to see him regain his form. DO you think he might fancy going for a Top 10 finish?

For some reason Meintjies struggles in the first week of a grand tour. Not sure why that might be but you usually see him at the back of the peloton looking like his hanging on for his life. Does not matter if the road is going uphill or flat. He has a strange way of racing.