Holy shit. Binam Girmay just won Gent Wevelgem… so awesome to see the young Eritrean kid shine. Tour of Flanders next Sunday boys
Its nice that i get to see 3 TdF stages live this summer. one of them in my damn hometown, pretty. cool tbh.
That’s awesome. I want to go over some year and ride a stage before or after they do it and take in a stage.
thats amazing. i wish i wouldn't known Covid was calming down. I would've brought my family over for the denmark start... that bridge on stage 2 is going to be fun.
while doing this for the TdF is fun, its even more amazing to do this for the belgian classic races. if you want to plan ahead, wait until the next time Alpe d'Huez is on the docket and definitely do it. the fans are there for days/weeks ahead of time just camping out and will give you beer/food, cheer you on, etc. Its beautiful
tjsblue, sounds like you have climbed Alpe d'Huez. How much time did you take ? Here are the best times by pro cyclists: Cycling’s fastest times on Alpe d’Huez 1 37′ 35″ Marco Pantani 1997 Italy 2* 37′ 36″ Lance Armstrong 2004 United States 3 38′ 00″ Marco Pantani 1994 Italy 4 38′ 01″ Lance Armstrong 2001 United States 5 38′ 04″ Marco Pantani 1995 Italy 6 38′ 23″ Jan Ullrich 1997 Germany 7 38′ 34″ Floyd Landis 2006 United States 8 38′ 35″ Andreas Klöden 2006 Germany 9* 38′ 37″ Jan Ullrich 2004 Germany 10 39′ 02″ Richard Virenque 1997 France 11 39′ 06″ Iban Mayo 2003 Spain 12* 39′ 17″ Andreas Klöden 2004 Germany 13* 39′ 21″ Jose Azevedo 2004 Portugal 14 39′ 22″ Nairo Quintana 2015 Colombia 15 39′ 28″ Miguel Induráin 1995 Spain 16 39′ 28″ Alex Zülle 1995 Switzerland 17 39′ 30″ Bjarne Riis 1995 Denmark 18 39′ 31″ Carlos Sastre 2008 Spain 19 39′ 44″ Gianni Bugno 1991 Italy 20 39′ 45″ Miguel Induráin 1991 Spain 21 39′ 50″ Nairo Quintana 2013 Colombia 22 40′ 00″ Jan Ullrich 2001 Germany 23 40′ 46″ Fränk Schleck 2006 Luxembourg 24 40′ 51″ Alexander Vinokourov 2003 Kazakhstan 25 41′ 18″ Lance Armstrong 2003 United States 26 41′ 21″ Samuel Sánchez 2011 Spain 27 41′ 30″ Alberto Contador 2011 Spain 28 41′ 46″ Cadel Evans 2008 Australia 29 41′ 50″ Laurent Fignon 1989 France 30 41′ 50″ Luis Herrera 1987 Colombia 31 41′ 57″ Pierre Rolland 2011 France 32 42′ 15″ Pedro Delgado 1989 Spain* 33 42′ 18″ Thibaut Pinot 2015 France 34 43′ 12″ Ryder Hesjedal 2011 Canada 35 43′ 12″ Thomas Danielson 2011 United States
Ha. No. That is the “general” take compared to some of the other massive climbs. I’m sure it is hard if you are racing it. And those Lance totals need to come off.
Tour of Flanders this Sunday. MvDP is heating up and it sounds like WVA is sick. So we might miss out on that rivalry.
Looked for a sec that Pogacar got MvdP cracking there on the Paterberg, gonna be a 2 person sprint though
May be venturing back into this sport after a 20yr hiatus. When I left I was riding a Litespeed Classic with DA and Ksyriums. Quick look tells me the industry has fully adopted carbon frames throughout all price points, titanium is not common, but steel frames are holding on still in niche brands. Thru-axles, larger diameter tires, and disc brakes are becoming standard? Give me some recs around $5k. I’m intrigued by this one, that company reminds me of the guys at Surly. I used to race a rigid B.U.S.S. when I was in college. That bike fucked. If I get back into the sport, it’ll just be to ride with coworkers. I’d prefer a less aggressive riding position, so anything that looks like a tri bike is a no-go.
I believe AllCity and Surly are linked… Ive been riding a surly steel frame for the last 4 years or so. After my oldest kid cracked my e carbon frame. I’ll get it repaired one day, once the kids are a bit less reckless. I’m very happy with my Surly because I live in dirt roads and can easily toss on gravel roads or fatter tires.
this story is apeshit... involving one of the best male and female gravel racers in the US. https://www.velonews.com/news/road/austin-police-issue-arrest-warrant-in-moriah-wilson-murder-case/
I literally just started following her on the gram after she won the Belgium Waffle Ride and saw this last week and could not believe it.
She’s from my neck of the woods and is a legend up here. Like that article mentions, the Boston Globe has been all over this story. so sad
Been to both stages and doing stage 3 in my hometown tomorrow. The crowds for the tour has been absolutly insane the first 2 days.
people went absolute nuts for him today. i was at the top of the first climb today and you could hear the crowd in the bottom when he got around the corner.