Wyatt Earp Posted July 18, 2014 Posted July 18, 2014 That dropper post is interesting. Never seen on a road bike before. Learning something from the mtb'ers ?? Wonder how often he drops it and what he feels benefits are like. It's not a dropper post but it does change height, that ribbed collar rotates and changes the height, lower for higher cadence and higher for power strokes.
Jaco-fiets Posted July 18, 2014 Posted July 18, 2014 Great to see a tour leader make attacks and not just ride defensive! Astana management must be somewhat embarrassed for lack of confidence in Nibali leading up to TDF
'Dale Posted July 19, 2014 Posted July 19, 2014 That dropper post is interesting. Never seen on a road bike before. Learning something from the mtb'ers ?? Wonder how often he drops it and what he feels benefits are like. It's a prototype by FSABasso used it last season too.
tombeej Posted July 19, 2014 Posted July 19, 2014 Those wounds look painful. Good to see he's going to be on the start line today. Really hope he stays on. Nibali will too.
'Dale Posted July 19, 2014 Posted July 19, 2014 Those wounds look painful. Good to see he's going to be on the start line today. Really hope he stays on. Nibali will too. Ow!Deep bruising there hey It'll be a dent to Nibs's campaign Let's see
X-Man Posted July 19, 2014 Posted July 19, 2014 Some tech news Tinkoff Saxo was so impressed with these hoops that they made a last minute swop at Dauphinè and now use it at TdFThey zipped the Zipps. I know X-man asked about this earlier. Thanks Dale.. Read somewhere at the beginning of the season Tinkoff had chosen both Zipp and Roval as wheels sponsors.
X-Man Posted July 19, 2014 Posted July 19, 2014 How exciting would the racing be if Nibs had some competition like Froome and Contador ??? One has to question had Froome and Contador not crashed would Nibali be as dominant as he is?But that doesn't matter, he stayed on his bike and he is and in the best form of his career.
tombeej Posted July 19, 2014 Posted July 19, 2014 Today's stage: The riders head east and go deep into the Alps. After 40 km in the saddle they arrive in Bourg d’Oisans, at 721 m above sea level. Most of the famous Tour climbs are easily reached from the town. Today they head to the Col du Lautaret. The climb is 34 km long and summits at an altitude of 2,085 m, but has a modest average gradient of 3.4%. It takes 24.5 km to descend to the beautiful fortress of Briançon, located at 1,355 m. A little later the riders are at the base of the Col d’Izoard. The ascent is 19 km long with an average gradient of 6%. In the 2011 Tour, it was the second col in a long ride to the Galibier, which was won by Andy Schleck and put him in yellow. Stage 14 closes with a new climb for the Tour: Risoul. The ski resort at the Italian border is reached after 12.8 km of climbing. The steepest part is between km 10 and 12, with an average gradient of 8.5% on this section. The average gradient for the climb to Risoul is 6.9%.
jcza Posted July 19, 2014 Posted July 19, 2014 Ow!Deep bruising there hey It'll be a dent to Nibs's campaign Let's see Epic finisher so he's tough. Wasn't much help to Nibali yesterday but I'm hoping he'll recover before the Pyrenees
'Dale Posted July 19, 2014 Posted July 19, 2014 Thibault Pinot has been paced back up to the peloton after an early puncture. Today is a chance for him to take the white jersey, but we will have to wait and see how he copes with the long descents today.
'Dale Posted July 19, 2014 Posted July 19, 2014 A rear puncture for Nieve and he calls for the team car. A quick changes and he's back on his bike.
'Dale Posted July 19, 2014 Posted July 19, 2014 No challenge at all for Sagan as he takes full points at the intermediate sprint.
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