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Last Post 09/24/2014 12:58 PM by Orange Crush. 12 Replies.

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Cosmic Kid

Posts:4209

09/21/2014 11:01 AM
Nice win by BMC today in the TTT. Just about everyone had OPQS or Orica as the favorite, but BMC Smoked 'me all. Got lucky as I am traveling to Taiwan today and my connecting flight to SF had DirectTV on it so I got to watch the race on the plane.

Just say "NO!" to WCP!!!!

79pmooney

Posts:3189

09/21/2014 12:17 PM
Too bad the rain started. It could have been a very close call for those first three spots. (I was rooting for OPQS. I think they could have gotten close to BMC but not quite there and beaten Orica-GreenEdge if it had stayed dry and the wind down but we will never know.) Ben

Ride On

Posts:537

09/21/2014 01:00 PM
CK I thought you thought the BMC TT bikes had all the aeroness of a brick.

huckleberry

Posts:824

09/21/2014 02:55 PM
Just think of the margin of victory BMC would have had with a more aero design... Minutes if not hours ; )

Cosmic Kid

Posts:4209

09/21/2014 05:01 PM
Oh hell no....I LOVE the BMC TT sleds.

Just say "NO!" to WCP!!!!

longslowdistance

Posts:2886

09/22/2014 10:46 AM
Someone fill me in: who gets to wear the rainbow stripes on their armbands for the rest of their careers?

Yo Mike

Posts:338

09/22/2014 11:37 AM
Maybe each guy gets one stripe?

79pmooney

Posts:3189

09/22/2014 12:34 PM
I believe riders can only wear the stripes while competing in that event. Here TTTs. So I believe each rider gets to wear the stripes whenever he races a TTT (with these other riders or any others). Ben

Cosmic Kid

Posts:4209

09/22/2014 04:36 PM
No rainbow striped jerseys for winning this event. The winning team has an emblem / logo on their team jerseys. That's it. See the UCI oval logo below on Tony Martin's jersey.

Just say "NO!" to WCP!!!!

jacques_anquetil

Posts:245

09/22/2014 09:19 PM
hey! local girl from Gatineau rode on the winning Lulemon-Specialized TTT team! Karol-Ann Canuel, second from the right!

jmdirt

Posts:775

09/24/2014 10:59 AM
I guess Sir Wiggo has been training a bit. he should hit the boards for the hour record while he's flyin'!

stinkyhelmet

Posts:94

09/24/2014 11:28 AM
the climbing on the course suited him perfectly. I am glad that the weather stayed the same for the entire field. For TTs especially, hate to see the weather change so drastically from the first to last starter.....like it has for the majority of the fields the last few days.

Orange Crush

Posts:4499

09/24/2014 12:58 PM
Good to see Dumoulin on the podium and keep it relatively close. With the progress he's been making he'll start giving Martin a good run for his money over next years. Exactly what Martin needs to stay motivated, with Cance's lost interest in TTs and Wiggo moving on to track. Good string of results for Dumoulin last weeks, ToAB, Quebec, now this. And he speaks my dialect! And yes, hats off to Wiggo. He nailed it.