phart Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Got the double DVD Legends of the Tour Eddy Merckx edition.Luis Ocana as well his super unlucky foil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auchinyell Sox Change Posted July 8, 2015 Author Share Posted July 8, 2015 I was at the Ghent six in 2013,sitting there watching the racing when the whole crowd got up and started applauding as Merckx took his seat right in front of us.I was to shell shocked to even get a photo with him. Thought I'd left the hero worship behind as a teenager.Unfortunately his reign was at a time when photographs from "cycling" we're as much as you could expectI only recall Footage ( TdF only ) on grandstand in late 70s ; early 80s - a weeks highlights rolled into 20 mins if you're lucky Eddy was a household name tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnie x Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Another nasty crash today just about all the GC contenders fell on their arse, Nibali looked very lucky to escape without a bad one. Compound fracture of the collarbone for Tony martin. Ouch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Unfortunately his reign was at a time when photographs from "cycling" we're as much as you could expect I only recall Footage ( TdF only ) on grandstand in late 70s ; early 80s - a weeks highlights rolled into 20 mins if you're lucky Eddy was a household name tho The DVD i have has some footage, the 2nd half of this clip after his massive 100km plus breakaway was especially good, i can't understand the words but you can understand the passion underneath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biffer Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Cav wins the bunch sprint. Nice one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kps022000 Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Good finish today. Nice to see Sagan leading out Cav. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 estimated 6.1w/kg for 41 mins from Froome today, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnie x Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Just watching highlights now. I see his data has been acquired and placed on YouTube. The very dubious ascent of Mount vonteaux a couple of years back. (Also Bastille day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnie x Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Didn't even look knackered at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mox Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Didn't even look knackered at the end. Every single cyclist is at it, no doubts about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Just watching highlights now. I see his data has been acquired and placed on YouTube. The very dubious ascent of Mount vonteaux a couple of years back. (Also Bastille day. Yeah it's being taken down, i follow thesports scientist dude that collates the data. Mox not everyone is at it, that's the tradegy, Christophe Bassons was clean and he tried to blow the whistle on Armstrong right at the start of the tour in 99 and got hounded out, so there are clean riders, they just want you to think its everyone so it's a victimless crime. Bassons could have been the greatest French cyclist of all time, never got his chance though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 here's the piece http://sportsscientists.com/2015/07/day-1-in-the-mountains-one-more-pixel-context-mistrust/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parklife Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 here's the piece http://sportsscientists.com/2015/07/day-1-in-the-mountains-one-more-pixel-context-mistrust/ Cheers, phart. Really interesting. I found myself getting furious today listening to Colin Murray on Talksport. All his "You have to believe in Froome, otherwise, what's the point?!" It's amazing how some folk forget the biggest sham in sporting history and how it took 99% of people in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Cheers, phart. Really interesting. I found myself getting furious today listening to Colin Murray on Talksport. All his "You have to believe in Froome, otherwise, what's the point?!" It's amazing how some folk forget the biggest sham in sporting history and how it took 99% of people in. I managed to watch the last ascent, Geraint Thomas on the front dropping grand tour winners left and right up an HC climb, then settling back and chasing down every attack once Froome tore off up the mountain with Porte slowly winding in last years giro and king of the miountain. Reminded me of Frankie Adreu pulling at the front for US postal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parklife Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 I managed to watch the last ascent, Geraint Thomas on the front dropping grand tour winners left and right up an HC climb, then settling back and chasing down every attack once Froome tore off up the mountain with Porte slowly winding in last years giro and king of the miountain. Reminded me of Frankie Adreu pulling at the front for US postal. I should probably tell you, as you might not know, that Sky train really hard and even sleep on volcanoes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 I should probably tell you, as you might not know, that Sky train really hard and even sleep on volcanoes. I thought it pillows and nutella ban? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacWalka Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 I thought it pillows and nutella ban? Don't forget the air purifiers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Don't forget the air purifiers. Wheels are more circular than the competition, Plus everyones food is put in a blender before they eat it so that's why they are skinnier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bajin Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Last thing you need when doing 80 km/h on the descent is a herd of fecking coos ambling across your path! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacWalka Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Wheels are more circular than the competition, Plus everyones food is put in a blender before they eat it so that's why they are skinnier. Have they actually said that one? Cause that would fly against what we generally know about digestion and fat/muscle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 (edited) Have they actually said that one? Cause that would fly against what we generally know about digestion and fat/muscle. Yes they have. Trying to find the tweet, might take a while, anyway i have an idea for a movie. Edited July 15, 2015 by phart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bajin Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 I'm certainly not saying Froome is clean, but it must piss you right off if you are clean and all you get asked are questions about doping. To be expected, though, given the prevalence of doping in recent years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 I'm certainly not saying Froome is clean, but it must piss you right off if you are clean and all you get asked are questions about doping. To be expected, though, given the prevalence of doping in recent years. Yeah especially since if you're doping or not doping the answers all sound the same. Michael Ramussen twitter is funny, armstrong making comments after yesterday as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 That's another leaked/hacked file of Froomes data, i suspect leaked as anything hacked would surely be encrypted anyway, and no way to break it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 here's the piece http://sportsscientists.com/2015/07/day-1-in-the-mountains-one-more-pixel-context-mistrust/ the professor who does that blog was on off/on the ball https://soundcloud.com/offtheball/ross-tucker-on-chris-fromme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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