Damn you. I came in here to post "Where's Wielinga"
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"I love him, I think he's great. He's transformed the sport in so many ways. Every person in cycling has benefitted from Lance Armstrong, perhaps not financially but in some sense" - Bradley Wiggins on Lance Armstrong
I don't really fully understand all the math and psysics in his calculations, but this must be at least as believable as a youtube video showing Cancellara touching his gear (Thats what she said, I know...).
Whether or not the sensationalist media will take something like this into account is a different story.
Edited by CrueTrue on 03-06-2010 11:06
The only reason that his attack in Paris - Roubaix looks wierd is because he stays seated when he attacks. No one would have raised an eyebrow if he did it standing.
Edited by ponka00 on 03-06-2010 11:57
ponka00 wrote:
The only reason that his attack in Paris - Roubaix looks wierd is because he stays seated when he attacks. No one would have raised an eyebrow if he did it standing.
Maybe also because he attacked really far from the end...
ponka00 wrote:
The only reason that his attack in Paris - Roubaix looks wierd is because he stays seated when he attacks. No one would have raised an eyebrow if he did it standing.
Maybe also because he attacked really far from the end...
With PR it is normal to see the winning attack coming anywhere after the Arenberg.
I know that by posting this, I'll have to face a bucketload of replies, saying that Cancellara didn't use a motor bike, that I'm really stupid, and so on.
But, I have to post this video, because it made me think of something that I completely forgot about Cance's victories in Flanders and Roubaix : the fact that he changed of bike during both races, and with "apparently" (this will cost another bucketload of replies) no evident reason for it.
But, of course, it must be some coincidence.
If thats going to suggest a motorised bike, then surely its more that he used it for the first part of the race, in order to save energy. If you were going to start on a normal bike and switch to a motorised version for the finish, surely you would make the change much earlier than when Cancellara did - at a less risky moment in the race?
SportingNonsense wrote:
If thats going to suggest a motorised bike, then surely its more that he used it for the first part of the race, in order to save energy. If you were going to start on a normal bike and switch to a motorised version for the finish, surely you would make the change much earlier than when Cancellara did - at a less risky moment in the race?
That's right.
I was just mentioning the facts, not interpreting them, which is hard, as we don't really have everything to hand.
I dont remember bike changes at TT worlds..Olympic TT..2007 tour stage 3..Milano-San Remo etc. etc..etc..etc..etc..etc...how explain that?..just damn goodl luck?
Lets drop that subject please..it made angry already week ago.
Edited by Guido Mukk on 03-06-2010 19:26
Guido Mukk wrote:
I dont remember bike changes at TT worlds..Olympic TT..2007 tour stage 3..Milano-San Remo etc. etc..etc..etc..etc..etc...how explain that?..just damn goodl luck?
Lets drop that subject please..it made angry already week ago.
Sorry to make you angry
In fact, I personally think it's some kind of coincidence. It's of course really hard to reduce Cancellara to a cheater, seeing everthing's done in his career.
But I just found it interesting, because there's a real fact there : why would you change your bike, looking at your back tyre, when you didn't even puncture ?
But, of course, I guess there's some kind of explanation.
Then, why didn't Cancellara comment, saying that on the video, he was simply changing gear, which would be a rather normal gesture just before making your decisive move ?
