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House party prep.
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3rensho
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Ciclistica Pista
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Day 03 of the Giro New Road Photo Shoot by John Prolly on Flickr.
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MFG Magnuson Park 12: Sidecar by Hugger Industries on Flickr.
Just a quick sample of todays local Melbourne media coverage of Cadel Evans #TDF win.
Never forget that this cycling malarkey is a team sport, thanks
@BMCProTeam for bringing @cadelofficial home in yellow!
(via comfort-eagle)
Cadel Evans makes history for Australian Sport, by winning the 2011 Tour de France.
I think Evans was already about 3 seconds ahead of Andy Schleck by this point of the stage 20 TT. #tdf #sbstdf #yellforcadel
All the jersey leaders on the start line in the final stage of the #tdf #yellforcadel #sbstdf
(via #TdF Stage 21: @CadelOfficial and his bright yellow BMC befor… on Twitpic)
Cadel digging deep on the Alpe d’Huez.
(Photo via Cyclowired.jp)
One of the iconic images in my mind from this year’s #TDF, chapeau @cadelofficial you really left everything you had on the road to Paris and you have been handsomely rewarded!
Yep, this was a nice touch! A yellow(ish) BMC for @cadeloffical #YELLowForCadel #yellforcadel #tdf #sbstdf
Yellow BMC for Cadel in Paris.
(via 8823dsn)
Cadel Evans ripping it up at Grenoble to take the lead of the Tour on it’s penultimate state - chapeau Cadel, you were very impressive.
I was also impressed with Andy Schlecks reactions to loosing the Tour, he was very philosophical and elegant in his post race thoughts.
(via #TdF Stage 20: @Cadelofficial raced into the lead astride his… on Twitpic)
This is one awesome picture from stage 11 of this year’s Tour de France #tdf.
It makes me feel a little sorry for the poor team mechanics… and any rider wearing white knicks.
I think I want one of these from @stomachofanger - “Hoogerland - population, heroes”
Get one yourself from here.
“I hold on to the jersey one more day okay Cud-dle?”
Thor and Cadel after Stage 8 TDF
> Daylife
Last year we were thinking how rare it was to see the Rainbow jersey fighting for the Yellow jersey with Cadel Evans, this year however Thor seems to have made it a normal thing to be seeing!
What a great stage 4 last night at the Tour de France with Evans taking an “oh so close” win holding off a rapidly finishing Contador. #tdf
The BMC are impressing me a lot this year, could there possbily be realistic chance for a podium place for Barwon Head’s finest resident, Cadel Evans?
It isn’t just guys who geek out over le tour de France you know :)
> pic of TDF nails from La Gazzetta Della Bici blog
Nice one!
Spartacus leads the Leopard charge.
(Photo via CyclingTime)
Apparently this is the way it’s done!
(via echanplus)
Yes, I think you may indeed be correct.
Either that or Cadel is just trying to ride away from that VERY green skin suit that is assaulting him! ;)
Team BMC’s secret plan
There’s something very intriguing going on at this year’s Tour from the brains trust at Team BMC. Most of the other GC hopefuls had been on message prior to the Tour’s start, saying they planned to stay out of trouble in the first week; and that the fireworks wouldn’t really start until Stage 12 to Luz-Ardiden. Other than some idle chat about opportunities for echelons along the coastal stages of the first week, the likes of Team Sky, Rabobank and Leopard Trek were mostly planning to keep their powder dry. Not Cadel Evans and John Lelangue - they’re up to something.
The brilliantly taken 2nd on Stage 1 by Cadel Evans where he stole a few precious seconds from his rivals got me thinking yesterday. The opportunistic way he raced and the way his team kept him out of trouble ahead of the sprint up the 2km finishing incline showed absolute premeditation. A carefully considered plan executed almost perfectly - only denied by the brilliance of Gilbert who was executing his own perfect plan.
Equally, the fantastic ride by Team BMC into 2nd on the Stage 2 TTT resonated in a similar way. “We’ve been quietly working away, doing our homework and keeping at it,” Evans said after the finish. “Our first goal was not to lose any time and our second goal was to actually gain time. The fact that we were actually there, nearly in the running for the win, was really something.”
There’s a pattern here. In fact it’s more than a pattern - it’s a theory. It’s the theory of the ‘aggregation of marginal gains’. It’s a theory that David Brailsford has very successfully used to great success with the Great Britain Track Team and is at the centre of his plans to turn Brad Wiggins into a Grand Tour winner. Only this year, it looks like John Lelangue and Team BMC may have stolen a march on the British super coach.
Interesting. Very interesting indeed.
