Congratulations to Nicole Cooke

Whats that about the tshirts?

I'm intrigued

 

I didn't watch the race

but even I know that the long distance events always have an element of teamwork in them.

 

comedy moment of the week

Jay pointed out in a threadthat he was fed up of people spelling Mostto's name wrong</p>

half an hour later windy posted up a picture of a tee shirt he'd made for someone asking them if they liked it. He'd obviously not seen Jay's thread because he printed it as MOSSTO, much to merrriment of many of hisdetractors and then hetried to pass it off in that cool hand luke style of his.</p>

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Cycling's all about team work

On this year's Tour de France, Carlos Sastre won the tour by breaking away on the final Alpe d'Huez climb of Stage 17. The reason he could do this was that Team CSC had systematically broken the field throughout the stage, dictating a punishing pace, mostly thanks to time triallist Fabien Cancellara. By the final climb, Cadel Evans had long since lost all his team mates and found it impossible to respond to Sastre's attack.

 

why...shes bloody WELSH...so its not ENGLANDS medal

sod her

 

I didn't see that. It's probably a good job to be fair, I;d have probably ended up pissing myself literally.

It's one of those things that can happen to anyone (my spelling isnt too good) but its still funny when it happens to someone else.

 

A very strategic sport that obviously involves more thinking than people realise.
Having said that does anybody know why the rest of the competitors always fall for it? Surely if they just rode their own race they would do better.

 

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Yes, and when i say &quot;China&quot; I mean every last individual one of them including those in the party brothels and the prison factories.</p>

 

RE: why...shes bloody WELSH...so its not ENGLANDS medal

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It was a PREMIER performance.</p>

 

It's not so much a matter of falling for it

As just being victims of tactics. If the pack ups the pace, a rider pretty much has to follow because riding in a bunch conserves so much energy. Falling off the back would require much more expended energy and they would find it difficult to get back. It's also why solo breaks usually get reeled back in. A successful attack usually requires a group of riders if it is to maintain a gap for a significant time. Cooke's team-mates are climbing specialists and the Beijing course suited them. They were therefore able to perform well and break the pack. Obviously, when they had done their bit, they faded away, leaving Cooke to clean up.

 

well you live and learn

I didn't realise that riding on your own was harder. I guess its similar to formula one cars though

 

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Ah, but was that attack an attempt to break up the field for Cooke or was it an individual effort?
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I would be very suprised if she did it for Cooke even if Cooke benefitted from the attack.</p>

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Yes, very similar

Slipstreaming is even more advantageous in cycling, I suppose because a rider's drag coefficient is much higher than a car's (plus you don't have loss of downforce!).

When a couple of riders make a successful break you'll see them taking turns cycling in front. Conversely, if one of the riders doesn't want the break to be successful (because his team leader is in the chasing pack) he'll just cycle behind the other, like a freeloading bar steward. Them's the tactics though.

 

kiss me honey honey kiss me

AHAAAAAAAAA

 

Guess what the second bit was.

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Blackburn Rovers.</p>

Jean Claude Van Damn I'm good.</p>

 

Things to watch out for when posting on here

If you are going to point out and laugh at spelling mistakes, typos etc, make sure you don't make any yourself.

Like, for example, putting 3 "r"s in "merriment.

 

Tried to pass it off?

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You meanI fixed it? </p>

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it's the same with running

Running behind someone in a group is a lot easier than if you are at the front