J Wakefield

Appologies it was Swiss. Which makes Ineos season run from Giro that more impressive.

Carapaz won romandie also Bernal got Covid - hasn't been the same since

They Elite bottles. Yes carbohydrates and def not Vietnamese food!!

No I did not think that accusation at all. Yes, McNulty, maybe Bjerg, Hirschi and sprints with Gaviria haha. Kinda like lets go race bikes.

I didn’t see the stage as I left Vuelta and came here to Belgium for Benelux Tour so all I can add is that when I was at Vuelta it had days of 43/44’c it was insane and riders where consuming many bidons and also to keep cool by pouring on themselves as well as ice in stockings example when Caruso broke away with 62km to go and won on Velofique, I was at 7km to go parked next to their soigneur. He handed him 3 bottles alone then. 2 to drink the remainder as coolant. look how many bottles Landa used when he did the infamous breakaway. Majka is a monster on a bike; he came to win a stage and not hunt GC so being spot on on that day makes sense. Not defending as I was not there or saw the overall stage but wanting to add insight possibly as it was different grabbing bottles than watching 3 BH Burgos riders come around the corner holding their team car…..

They dont typically leak no.

Yes and no, most of or basically all of the products are what you can buy in the shops if that brand is available where you are. In some cases a small change may be made to increase something or add something in that isnt in. The nutrition is periodised to each rider and then additionally at each extra feed there is specific bottles, gels etc handed out based on expenditure. Some riders are only able to consume 90g/cho per hour and some up to 120 so you not giving rider X 120g is he cant handle it. Toilet paper is expensive.... Based of expenditure that day their post race recovery, dinner etc will be provided off that info and then breakfast will be the same and what the following stage entails. Its not just eat pasta as much as you can and go ride your bike.

Thank you and yes great ride. Haha no he is fine. Different bidons have different inside so anything from water to iso to 60 or 80g of cho etc and with the high carb volume they are gut trained to handle high volume per hour.

Garmin is not accurate INSCYD... (there is a validation study coming out on it)

This climb is Spain’s version of Ventoux - there is nothing growing on it and it was insanely hot.

Yip, this above.

Didnt mean to touch a nerve mate. Its only Thursday.

Also a very South African thing to be ok with fraud.

This article says he was left in a spot of bother. https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/robin-hood-medic-found-guilty-of-fraud-85968

Wasn't he sequestrated and not a Dr anymore?

Yes he is carrying good form for the Vuelta

The team isnt GC focused as a complete unit. De La cruz and Polanc have freedom for GC and Majka has a different roll for the Tour.

Polanc is 15s off on this list that they have not included and would be below Sivakov. The TT was really technical today, the downhill, although only 1.1km was super technical. The segment to the KOM if you went to hard you paid for it through the city and with the turns and narrow streets you needed to carry speed and be on the pedals all the time. Todays 7km wasn't a easy ride.

No such thing as Continental World Tour. It’s either Continental, Pro Continental or World Tour. The team also folded as per my post above

If this is Vitus they sponsored a Continental team not Pro Conti and they also folded about 8 or so months ago.

No not this only or mainly

It was on his calender from December already and was/is planning on doing it. Support riders for Tadej were also told in December what their calenders were. Everyone was up to date. Remember he has been winning since Feb at UAE tour all the way to July and it has not been small scale races either. I can’t give other info out on why what and who at this stage.

PR will be the 3 October

Total Direct go to every World Tour race and Grand Tour by invite - they don’t need Sagan to get accepted into any of these.

Bora can afford him easily their budget is large. They don’t want to pay him and his entourage and are looking to the future where Sagan is at the tail end of his career. Bora have developed very good riders and it’s not like 5 years ago where it’s only Peter winning. The results have turned successfully. Well done to Bora for the development. Bora will be just fine or even better without Sagan seeing who they have and have signed going forward.