stompandgo
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Godon has a shot at some stages.
Watching the peloton - Professional Road Racing thread 2026
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stompandgo
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Cyclingflash ranks the top three GC as Tadej, Remco, and Jonas in that order. That, and the pseudo-TTT first stage ought to fire up Visma.
The TTT in the first stage will be run as a TTT, but each rider will be scored separately. This essentially makes the race a 20km leadout train, with each team setting up their GC contender for the climb in the last 800m. They say that Visma is the likely winner, but I'm not so sure. If there's a stage for Remco, this is it.
The TTT in the first stage will be run as a TTT, but each rider will be scored separately. This essentially makes the race a 20km leadout train, with each team setting up their GC contender for the climb in the last 800m. They say that Visma is the likely winner, but I'm not so sure. If there's a stage for Remco, this is it.
stompandgo
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Remember that Pinarello-Q36.5 is a ProTeam, not WorldTour. That's crazy money for them. Maybe they plan on stepping up a notch.
Jeremy McCreary
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Fun watch:
Jeremy McCreary
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Another good one, with in-depth discussion of what's left of Visma's TdF team:
Great news: Moving today to a rental while remodelers replace 75% of our floors. (Could have had an S-works Creo 2 with flat-bar conversion in every color for that.)
Feared that we might still be there when the TdF starts — probably without Peacock Premium access for full stage replays. But learned today that we'll definitely be back home before then. Yay!
Great news: Moving today to a rental while remodelers replace 75% of our floors. (Could have had an S-works Creo 2 with flat-bar conversion in every color for that.)
Feared that we might still be there when the TdF starts — probably without Peacock Premium access for full stage replays. But learned today that we'll definitely be back home before then. Yay!
Rás Cnoic
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instead of a flat bar conversion - words that make me wince* - the Creo is already quite high stack, short reach (endurance geo), & the Spesh hover bars have 15 or 20mm rise already. I bet if you tried one and added a few spacers (before fork gets the chop) and swapped in a short stem... Or for more height, switch the hover bars for the Surly Truck Stops (30mm rise) you'll really be surprised at how high and short reach and just comfortable the ride would be. This 'slammed' long reach aggressive position- it is definitely not. Just in case you are ever thinking about this for real!
* before you ask - I've no problem with flat bars, my Vado SL is evidence of that. It's just people think drop bar bikes are all very uncomfortable. But there are different types. My revelation was my Salsa Vaya. I got it used and it had the Surly bars already on. If you look at a race bike for example, the drops line up close to the bottom of the frame's head tube, the rider bending at the waist and leaning stretched out very low down. On my Vaya the drops line up above the headset. The tops or hoods are very comfy and when i go to the drops (descending or head winds) it's not bad at all.
Anyway, you were making a joke and here I am pontificating.
Jeremy McCreary
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Oh no, I wasn't joking. Tested drop bars again before buying the SL, and my old neck said nope, not doing that — not if you want to look up far enough to actually see where you're going. Besides, I much prefer the wider flat-bar hand separation.
I'd have a Creo 2 Carbon Comp now if the conversion hadn't put the total cost out of reach. The setup you mentioned might have helped, but I seriously doubt that it would have gotten my neck to yes on drop bars.