Tour de France 2018

[DieselnDust]

There is also the question of genetics, and whether your body has the potential for the training. I highly doubt a very good rugby prop can train to become a pro tour rider.

 

I'm sure sky can turn him into one....

[SwissVan]

Who should earn more, a cyclist or a cole mine worker?

On average, the Coal miner.

[Blokman]

It's a long way to the top (if you wanna rock and roll)ACDC.

May as well apply to cycling.

 

Riding down the highway

Going to a show

Stop in all the by ways

Playing rock n roll

Getting robbed

Getting stoned

Getting beat up

Broken boned

 

Getting had

Getting took

I tell you folks

It's harder than it looks

It's a long way to the top

If you wanna rock and roll

[Eugene Oppelt]

Put this in your pipe and smoke it

 

http://www.irishpeloton.com/2018/08/team-sky-biggest-problem/

[Patchelicious]

Put this in your pipe and smoke it

 

http://www.irishpeloton.com/2018/08/team-sky-biggest-problem/

So you can’t support Froome or G because Dave?

[Patchelicious]

Put this in your pipe and smoke it

 

http://www.irishpeloton.com/2018/08/team-sky-biggest-problem/

Here is an example of how people sneak false narratives into their views.

 

“Their mission is to kill the race and remove the possibility of any excitement. That’s how they win and they have become very good at it.”

 

No,

 

Their mission is to win, they do this by killing the other teams strategies and removing the possibility of any stacks. That’s how they win and they have become very good at it.

 

Two very different motivations.

 

They don’t rock up at the tour to make it boring, they rock up there to win it. The in which they win it is condidered boring by some.

[Eugene Oppelt]

Some more behind the scenes

Interesting watch

 

[lechatnoir]

Put this in your pipe and smoke it

 

http://www.irishpeloton.com/2018/08/team-sky-biggest-problem/

 

 

So you can’t support Froome or G because Dave?

 

Make no mistake, Dave's a plonker. I don't know the guy, I only know him by what's reported in the media... Oh wait... If they have their own agenda, that'd mean they could twist reporting to their own ends... surely... they wouldn't do that would they? 

[Patchelicious]

Make no mistake, Dave's a plonker. I don't know the guy, I only know him by what's reported in the media... Oh wait... If they have their own agenda, that'd mean they could twist reporting to their own ends... surely... they wouldn't do that would they?

Especially not the Irish! #MostBalancedViews

[Vetplant]

Not sure if this has been shared before, but this does put things into perspective for those of us who were overly critical on the sprinters who didn't make the cutoff during the climbing stages of the Tour.

[Eugene Oppelt]

7 or so minutes of Sagz Baby coolness during 2nd rest day

 

https://youtu.be/VEHk-Y2XndI

[Butterbean]

Not sure if this has been shared before, but this does put things into perspective for those of us who were overly critical on the sprinters who didn't make the cutoff during the climbing stages of the Tour.

That is absolutely mind blowing.... I didn't realise there is such an insane difference.... Wow...

[Bonus]

Not sure if this has been shared before, but this does put things into perspective for those of us who were overly critical on the sprinters who didn't make the cutoff during the climbing stages of the Tour.

 

 

Look at the Argus. It barely registers.

[Patchelicious]

That is absolutely mind blowing.... I didn't realise there is such an insane difference.... Wow...

A stat that I heard a while ago that puts the TDF into perspective.

 

If you take the time of the guy who came dead last, he would have ridden a 2h50 Argus, twice a day for 21 days.

[Jase619]

A stat that I heard a while ago that puts the TDF into perspective.

 

If you take the time of the guy who came dead last, he would have ridden a 2h50 Argus, twice a day for 21 days.

 

Makes sense though, they are professional and do this for a living. It's the same as comparing the time that the average office worker would take to complete a complicated tax return to the time it would take a professional who works with it everyday. One should be seriously faster than the other.

 

But agreed, it does put it into perspective.

[Shebeen]

The Surf-ski paddlers did so for a while, and had a World Series where they controlled their own destiny, and where the management was done by the surfski racers involved in the sport in a daily basis. Then it became bigger and the ICF noticed this. Eventually they took control of the sport and forced all surf-ski paddlers to become members of clubs under control of regional and national Canoe clubs and federations, all falling under the rules and regulations of the ICF.

 

Needless to say, people got upset about being forced to be part of clubs and having to pay fees and all sundries, and the participation numbers decreased, and with it, sponsorships.

 

These days it is almost impossible to make a professional career out of being a surfski paddler, not that it was ever better as K1/K2 paddler.

 

Club participation in road cycling is already thin, and I am afraid, MTBing seems to be following suite. As soon as too much control and regulation is brought into a fun sport, the fun goes away, and with it, the numbers of people participating in the sport in official races etc.

uhm ja. I'm not so sure about surfski being a viable comparison.

It doesn't really make much sense as a viable professional tour. The market for skis is not huge, so manufacturers can only do so much.

 

There is one big race, the molokai but i don't think that even has any sort of tv coverage.

When it was a big world series, it was backed by oil dollars from the gulf. We even ended up getting our biggest multi day race (PE to EL) getting an arabic name. I think the novelty wore off for the sheikhs and there was zero sustainability behind it.

 

I don't really know much about the ICF meddling, and the detriment it could have had, but the underlying issue is that the sport is not big enough for a professional world tour.