yehhbut when they're cycling together, they interact with each other

ie all follow the pacemaker, try and cover attacks, choose when to try and clos gaps, get pulled along by team-mates etc.

On the (individual) time trial you're on your own, and it's all about chossing the best steady pace that you can maintain for the entire stage, to do it in the quickest time possible.

There's a real skill to it - some Tour winners in the past (Miguel Indurain, for example, who won loads of tours in the 80s/90s) basically won the Tour by blowing everyone else away on the time trials.

Posted By: Tricky Hawes on July 23rd 2009 at 10:43:32

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TdFers (Other Sports) - Old Git, Jul 23, 10:21:53
- I thought Contador attacking the way he did was weird (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 23, 10:28:46
  - No, it's gone for Wiggo now. Yisty was a right bastard. I was shattered just watching. (n/m) (Other Sports) - jafski, Jul 23, 10:30:53
  - sorry, that barely made any sense. (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 23, 10:29:42
    - Thanks, but aren't they ALWAYS racing against the clock? (Other Sports) - Old Git, Jul 23, 10:39:18
      - No, and yes. MOst of the time they are racing against their challengers for the GC times. (Other Sports) - jafski, Jul 23, 10:45:25
      - yehhbut when they're cycling together, they interact with each other (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 23, 10:43:32
- Contador looked after himself over his team against team orders. (Other Sports) - jafski, Jul 23, 10:25:56
  - yepsums (n/m) (Other Sports) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 23, 11:35:58
  - True dat. (n/m) (Other Sports) - malkybarkid, Jul 23, 10:26:36
- I think Contador is a selfish sod but.. (Other Sports) - loz, Jul 23, 10:23:30

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