Which bold rider has this stage circled in their tour bible? Wednesday July 18th, Stage 16, 197 km. The day after a the final rest day. A climbing day with two HC climbs followed by two Category 1 climbs and a serious descent toward the finish. The Aubisque, Tourmalet, Aspin and Peyresourde: you better be a fearless climber and a good descender, but a better climber. This is not a stage for Sagan or Fränkie Schleck (sorry Frank). If Wiggo was going to have a bad day, this would be a special one to have it on. And this follows a rest day? Could the weather finally make a difference? Will the mad tacker return? Will climbers just try to survive this stage to perform on the fearsome Stage 17? More questions than answers in the Velominati Super-Bunker.
All VSP bettors better give an extra shake of the monkey bones before casting them down. Study them well. There is much at stake: Fizik R3s for the winner, 2 pair of DeFeet socks for first loser. The rules are the same as for the first single stage VSP. Points are awarded for correct place only. Delgado might have enjoyed this stage but don’t be like him.
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I love Wiggo. No bullshit, and as an avowed Indurain fan I have zero problem with Sky's "asphyxiation" of the Tour.
@Dr C If I went Tommy V I'd probably get my tongue stuck in the spokes.
I'd love to ride it purely on the V-Meter but I still quite new to all this so I like to compare what my body is telling me with a bit of data. I do find that I'm looking at the numbers less and less these days but being my first TT I was a little wary of going to hard at the beginning and popping before I got out of sight of the start.
Who knows I may get to the stage when I can ride by feel alone but at the moment I can go harder, closer to my perceived limit with a bit of data. The trick will be to push that limit point out a little bit each time.
I usually just display speed, cadence and HR but set it to flip to time of day on page 2 so that I could go for a warm up ride without risk of missing my starting slot. For whatever reason it refused to show the second page until I hit the start timing button as I set off. After that it seemed that every time l looked down it was showing the time which I really hate to see as it reminds me of how much more time I have to endure the pain for.
Can't believe someone poisoned Frankie, just because I had him in my picks....this is an outrage!...He was due to go on a solo break today and tear his 9 minutes back out of Brads eyeballs! O...the injustice of it all....how am I going to pay back the Indian Bookies now :( ......
@Dr C that chick's tongue terrifies me.
@Oli Now that's a good sporting interview. Wiggo is class.
@Marko
if that were more common, the male of the species could quickly become obsolete
Tommy V, team bibs, far better than white polka dot bibs, apart from his face, a classy rider.
@Oli
That is just fantastic. Boy, has that guy come far in terms of comfort speaking to the press even in just 3 weeks...I prefer a race with more fireworks, but this has been a beautiful win by what appears to be a very level-headed guy.
@Mikael Liddy
First of all, Mikael Liddy. Harminator, frank have all won their asshole badge for the week. The hours upon hours these three spend on this blog has gained them much asshole merit. All three! I would agree that my post are short and concise and require reading and thought. These three men are prone to scan posts and fall happily into uncomprehension bliss. Remember one thing when you three are here (giggling at posts) or out on your bike (giggling) -- "try harder" and you will find meaning.
@frank
Why do you delight in throwing your own under the bus? And you have used the Google joke before. Please "try harder"
@Harminator
"And you sir!" I have been riding hard all week and have had little to contribute here -- other than I have been riding the hell out of my bike. The times that I do contribute are short and to a point about cycling. You may have to seek and understand the point, but I promise that it is not buried. The other posts that I read here give a sense that their actual bike riding time is buried by time on this blog. I know that you mean no harm, but you also mean no result or product. It does not matter (to you). You continue to sneer and I will continue to ride and maintain the hell out of my bike.
Ahh, I'm only joking. Only had to say something here. To contribute as an online community.