Cycling Thread

[sblack]

Although the Verbier is a relatively short climb, so power:kg isnt as informative, still

Rui Costa

Tour de Suisse 2012, Stage 2, Final Climb, Verbier


Elevation / Höhenmeter [m] : 638 m
Distance / Streckenlänge [Km] : 8.3 Km
Time in seconds / Fahrzeit in Sekunden [sec] : 1305 = 21 min 45 sec = 21:45
Weight rider / Gewicht Fahrer [kg] : 68 kg [Wikipedia]
Weight bicycle, clothes etc. / Gewicht Fahrrad [kg] : 8 kg


Grade / mittlere Seigung : 7.6 %
Average speed / mittlere Geschwindigkeit : 22.8 Km/h
Total weight / Gesamtgewicht : 76.0 kg


Power : 451.4 Watt
Power / kg : 6.6 Watt / kg

Contador holds the record for the Verbier @ 20:40 during the 2009 TdF (~7.2 w/kg)

Watch out for Costa at the TdF

[r dub]

Although the Verbier is a relatively short climb, so power:kg isnt as informative, still

Rui Costa

Tour de Suisse 2012, Stage 2, Final Climb, Verbier


Elevation / Höhenmeter [m] : 638 m
Distance / Streckenlänge [Km] : 8.3 Km
Time in seconds / Fahrzeit in Sekunden [sec] : 1305 = 21 min 45 sec = 21:45
Weight rider / Gewicht Fahrer [kg] : 68 kg [Wikipedia]
Weight bicycle, clothes etc. / Gewicht Fahrrad [kg] : 8 kg


Grade / mittlere Seigung : 7.6 %
Average speed / mittlere Geschwindigkeit : 22.8 Km/h
Total weight / Gesamtgewicht : 76.0 kg


Power : 451.4 Watt
Power / kg : 6.6 Watt / kg

Contador holds the record for the Verbier @ 20:40 during the 2009 TdF

Watch out for Costa at the TdF

That contador ride was amazing, was into a head win too.

[drd23]

Watch out for Costa at the TdF

Contender for the polka dot jersey perhaps?

[Red Bear]

That contador ride was amazing, was into a head win too.

That ride that sort of made everyone think fuck, you do that naturally.

[Ariel_Jewburg]

Dat der Vuelta route

Can't wait.

[clive]

interadesting

Armstrong seeks restraining order against doping agency

[Ariel_Jewburg]

r dub sblack @any others

Vuelta starts sat. Going to be watching? 6 flat, 13 mountain stages. 6 summit finishes, 37 mountains in total Flicking through the start list, obvious notables are bert, JVB, froome and some others which I can't remember. Very keen to see the great Christopher in action.

[Bombers007]

r dub sblack @any others

Vuelta starts sat. Going to be watching? 6 flat, 13 mountain stages. 6 summit finishes, 37 mountains in total Flicking through the start list, obvious notables are bert, JVB, froome and some others which I can't remember. Very keen to see the great Christopher in action.

Course is much better than the TDF
Will be good to see contodor back
. Not sure I have got over my hatred for team sky tho. . Froom will be drugged up to his eyeballs and should win easily.

[sblack]

Will be watching indeed.

Would lay Froome if I had Betfair. No chance he gets close. It's just impossible in this day and age to back up Grand Tours successfully. If the great Bertie couldn't last year, I doubt an inexperienced Froome can.

De Gendt and Purito will be looking for good results after placing at the Giro. Same with Hesjedal, except he rode some TdF, so might not be able to peak until Week 3, and you need to be in the Vuelta from the first week, with a couple of Mountain stages.

Interesting to see how the young Quintana goes. 22 years old in his first Grand Tour. Will be Third in line you would think for Movistar, as Cobo and Valverde will be the 2 leaders. I expect him to finish higher than both though. Was a weird decision from Movistar to ride Cobo in the Tour. Ruined any chance of defending his title.

Anton will probably podium again. Will be the most consistent over the 3 weeks with Contador.

[Ariel_Jewburg]

Will be watching indeed.

Would lay Froome if I had Betfair. No chance he gets close. It's just impossible in this day and age to back up Grand Tours successfully. If the great Bertie couldn't last year, I doubt an inexperienced Froome can.

De Gendt and Purito will be looking for good results after placing at the Giro. Same with Hesjedal, except he rode some TdF, so might not be able to peak until Week 3, and you need to be in the Vuelta from the first week, with a couple of Mountain stages.

Interesting to see how the young Quintana goes. 22 years old in his first Grand Tour. Will be Third in line you would think for Movistar, as Cobo and Valverde will be the 2 leaders. I expect him to finish higher than both though. Was a weird decision from Movistar to ride Cobo in the Tour. Ruined any chance of defending his title.

Anton will probably podium again. Will be the most consistent over the 3 weeks with Contador.

Are you still out of Australia? Just curious about the coverage here. On phone so can't really tell, but can only see a very small live showing on Eurosport?

[sblack]

Are you still out of Australia? Just curious about the coverage here. On phone so can't really tell, but can only see a very small live showing on Eurosport?

Back now.

Haven't looked into scheduling.

Looking now ....

SBS has 8 stages live: 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20 & 21

And, it looks like Eurosport has every stage Live. Most start between 12-2am, and the broadcast is about 1:45 long each day.

[Ariel_Jewburg]

Back now.

Haven't looked into scheduling.

Looking now ....

SBS has 8 stages live: 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20 & 21

And, it looks like Eurosport has every stage Live. Most start between 12-2am, and the broadcast is about 1:45 long each day.

I'll take that. Coupled with a stream before the Eurosport broadcast, will be fine.

[r dub]

Will be an epic race, wish sbs had all stages but ohwell.

[Heppell]

Contador

[Ariel_Jewburg]

Lance isn't going to challenge the accusations, rather accept the charges because he wants to focus on family and Livestrong...will most likely be stripped of his tours and banned for life.

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