EF Education-EasyPost : Chirps, Opinions, Updates

['Dale]

He took the VO2 Max test well out of condition from his peak and produced what I would say is the highest gross – not relative, but gross – VO2 Max test result I’ve ever seen in 30 years in this sport. 
 

- JV on signing Padun after surprise off-season testing

[shaper]

New Kit day https://www.rouleur.cc/blogs/desire-journal/rapha-efs-new-kit-is-finally-here-and-it-wont-go-unnoticed?fbclid=IwAR1yj2EqZ3zcKYdL3aB6eFe83KCWAjUoyUFwXkMfrJ-TgkJgYwwMaFHXRIQ

[Spinnekop]

Love the new road bike colors

['Dale]

  On 1/26/2022 at 5:10 AM, Spinnekop said:

Love the new road bike colors

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Love it Bruuu

Would love a Gillette for those autumn mornings

[NotSoBigBen]

  On 1/26/2022 at 7:50 AM, 'Dale said:

Love it Bruuu

Would love a Gillette for those autumn mornings

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My 'style guru' and go to guy for all things correct in cycling @Pikey calls it a 'gee-lay' ... keeping in mind he has a penchant for pink bikes and other lady kit 🤪

['Dale]

  On 1/26/2022 at 10:02 AM, NotSoBigBen said:

My 'style guru' and go to guy for all things correct in cycling @Pikey calls it a 'gee-lay' ... keeping in mind he has a penchant for pink bikes and other lady kit 🤪

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Ja nee - ‘jhee-lay’ - very fancy 

[Pikey]

  On 1/26/2022 at 10:02 AM, NotSoBigBen said:

My 'style guru' and go to guy for all things correct in cycling @Pikey calls it a 'gee-lay' ... keeping in mind he has a penchant for pink bikes and other lady kit 🤪

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That’s hilarious mate,all things correct in cycling 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 moi ? 

 

['Dale]

Barring the world champion over 9 seconds - wonder what the wattage was for the relative newcomer 😇

 

['Dale]

Was wondering whether they would bag some lekka points:

Bettiol 2nd at Tour de Suisse

 and

[milky4130]

Lekker man, 4 of 7 scored points for the team & even our own Stefan De Bod sneaking in there, just missing out on the points but in good company.

[milky4130]

Not EF Related but at the same event for the women, our Saffa ladies did well too. They only did 98kms vs the Mens 158kms

[Shebeen]

Coming in to tdf and there are two posts on EF racing here, perfect synopsis of their season so far.

 

There's a real chance they lose WT licence, will the team continue without guaranteed grand tour starts? Vaughters must be working on a backup plan

[MongooseMan]

Ooof. 2 weeks before the tour, that's proper unlucky.

['Dale]

  On 6/17/2022 at 9:37 AM, MongooseMan said:

Ooof. 2 weeks before the tour, that's proper unlucky.

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Bahrain-Merida and Jumbo have exited too, even the race leader Vlasov too. The gogga is creating chaos too. UAE and Alpecin affected too. Proper red flags before le Tour.

[MongooseMan]

Yeah, good writeup on it here: https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/multiple-covid-19-cases-emerge-at-tour-de-suisse-and-tour-of-slovenia/

 

The summary:

['Dale]

Transfer rumour via Velonews: Carapaz to wear Rapha next year