there is only 1 jens. he is the cyclists version of chuck norris. he is an animal and i don’t know anyone that doesn’t think he is awesome. it will be a great loss to cycling when we finally retires, but he is already 40 and probably wants to spend some more time with his 6 children.
am i happy with the tour at the moment??? i’m not sure. feel a bit let down with cadel so far back after only the 1st week. not let down by cadel, but probably more by how much better wiggo is. there is 2 weeks to go and anything can happen, but it looks like wiggo has this one in the bag.
i’m not actually that happy with the course this year either. there are only 3 mountain top finishes and so the big boys won’t attack on the climbs as they know they will get caught on the run into the finish.
however, we already have a bunch of spr riders over in france. keep your eyes out as i know that ali, jens and anna were on the main climb on yesterday’s stage. the spr pyrenees camp will be based around the stages in the third week where we will have about 16 people over there.
spr accessories – we will see if we have enough numbers to fill an order after this weekend. try the gloves on at the coffee shop and put your order in this weekend. summer, spring and winter gloves and booties available.
cyclo-sportif waroona – we have one team entered in this event for this weekend. good luck to those involved and pack a jacket as it will be cold.
ride routes – not much to report on the ride routes this week. the main groups have a nice and flat/fast route on saturday and the sunday long involves one of the longest climbs we have (brookton & peet combined). it should be fun. there was a bit of a challenge set last weekend to see if anyone was going to pay homage to the tour by doing the sunday double and smashing out +150kms. no takers last week…maybe this week.
saturday 14th july
ride starts under the narrows (cityside) at 5:30am
early lap – spr earlybird ride
all rides start at coode st carpark at 7:00am
development group – spr saturday 35.48km (novice shelley)
transitional – spr saturday 39.81km (shelley & bannister)
fast & main groups – spr saturday 49.09km (abernathy rd)
saturday hills – spr sunday 87.72km (kahuna & peet & patterson)
sunday 15th july
ride starts under the narrows (cityside) at 5:30am
early lap – spr earlybird ride
all rides start at coode st carpark at 7:00am
I guess we all have to remember that Wiggo is wearing yellow because of
1. His coach – An Aussie
2. Richie Porte – An Aussie
3. Mic Rogers – An Aussie
Lets all be proud of the efforts these guys are putting in. What a bunch of champs.
and his Dad – An Aussie
and he’s made a remarkable (almost unbelieveable) turnaround from a track rider to GC contender by being more specific and losing weight……………
i thought it was because of his side burns
All valid, but where’s his Doctor from 😉
Leading the GC in TdF is no real effort for ANY track rider. The hardest thing is to not keep turning ‘left’ all the time …:)
suck it up, chaps … ultimately wiggo is wearing yellow coz he’s a BRIT!!! just accept it, LOL .. ;0). if he shaved off those ridculous “Verve” sideburns, he’d probably be a damn sight more aero too.
Fair dues to them, but based on what I’ve seen to date Froome should be the team leader.
I’m English and I have massive doubts about wiggins and froome.
Hopefully there’ll be tons of attacks on them to make it interesting
So how is it a Specialist TT rider can beat a world class Cancellara in the TT short and long version but still match and beat most of the mountain goat climbers of the tour????
People will have doubts as you cant be both or be the best at both…. Sky obviously have found some “food or vitamins” not on the banned list in my Opinion anyway..