This is actually the current argument happening among cycling fans. Lots people are complaining about the lack of real action during grand tours (and Le Tour specifically), but the truth of the matter is that if these guys aren’t doped to the gills, crazy attacks (like we saw during the Armstrong era) just aren’t…
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I will be curious to see how things play out the next few days. The Sky train philosophy makes it tricky, as the team will lose an engine if they drop Thomas, and they were already a bit more exposed than usual today.
Books to movies: Yes, the Lord of the Rings movies are really good, and I’ve read the books multiple times (though I probably don’t count as a full-on Tolkien nerd). Viggo Mortensen was really perfect as Aragorn.
I am anxious to see how Movistar will implode this year. I can’t imagine their trident approach is going to work, particularly with Landa, who has been clamoring for outright leadership for years.
I think the point is that no one thought (or wanted to believe) that Armstrong was a PED user in his heyday. The same goes for Serena.
He was on the pitch while the ball was still ping-ponging in the air (in fact, it seems like he was on as another Senegalese player was heading the ball). He was just smart enough to mill around out of sight of the Polish back line.
But it is rare for a grand tour contender to really risk things. There are exceptions, of course (Froome at the Giro, Contador), but most are content to follow wheels and maintain their places (or just wait ‘til the time trial, where the climbers will inevitably suffer and lose time).
Just a pedantic note: yes, the Nose has free climbing pitches up to 5.14a, but speed climbers typically aid climb the hardest sections of the route (pulling on gear placed in the rock).
So the fact that Reaves got away with a cross-check is evidence that Tom Wilson is not a headhunter who happens to be a first-line player?
I am generally not a fan of Froome (or Sky), but this was an impressive ride, and rather atypical for Froome.
Re: urinal training. One of the most horrifying things I have ever witnessed occurred in an interstate rest area. This little kid (maybe 5 or 6) comes tearing into the men’s room, without shoes or socks (this is gross enough). As he runs to the urinal, he tries to stop, and slips on the pool of pee and falls into it.…
And this advice (peeling food in the bathroom) was followed by “don’t brush your teeth in the bathroom because of poo particles!”
This is true, but often the protection when lead climbing *does* involve drilling holes in the rock, and that usually means those anchors are fixed (meaning they are not removed between climbs). Indian Creek (mentioned in TFA) is a “traditional” area (meaning move of the protection is removable), but many climbs still…
On the bright side, at least Ronaldo didn’t score the goal.
Alternative take: how are you supposed to stay 12 meters away from other cyclists when there are so many of them?
A greyhound, but no Paloma?
Nah. I think Fate has Vegas playing the Pens in the final. As a Pens fans (and Fleury fan), I’m not sure what I’d do with that.
There are several flocks (or rafters, if you wanna be pedantic) of turkeys that live along various bike paths in my town. If they happen to be loitering on or near the trail when you are riding, you are forced to do your best Lance Armstrong impersonation, lest they attack you.
It’s always interesting when I hear people complaining that PROs just sit and look at their PowerMeters and don’t animate stages during the Grand Tours any more. This isn’t because the PROs are weak or scared, but rather because they can’t ride like machines for three weeks because they aren’t doped to the gills.