Mum, when is the cycling on TV again?

[Toks]

Sorted!
http://uk-tv-guide.com/show-times/8226/Cycling/page/1

[Snoop Doug]

...not until you've tidied your room young man!

[Toks]

Tour of Flanders on Eurosport (12pm) today!

[Andrew G]

For those without eurosport then check cyclingfans.com as they'll have links to live feeds, sometimes in different languages or from various broadcasters but you can normally find one that will work with your connection. You get the odd freeze but a link refresh fixes it and you can watch full screen. They have links for most races when they're being broadcast by someone whether Europe or US.

[-Adam-]

Never mind the TV, it goes past the end of my road at 11.30!! Haha.

Watch out for me on the Kwaremont and Tenbosse...

[Sylv]

Cheers for that Andrew

Good race

[Antloony]

Quality finishing. Best rider in the world at the mo bar none.

[Marek]

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/video/040 ... nders.html

The highlights.

Cheers

Marek....

[Sylv]

[quote]I remember after the "Twitter Time Trial" in Hawaii that Lance put on, there was a shot of his SRM computer showing his average speed, which was impressive at over 35mph (though he had a tailwind). But, he demured when it came to show his power output--booo!

Thankfully, Fabian Cancellara is not as bashful. After winning the Ronde van Flanderen yesterday, he kindly shared his ride data with Markus Neuert (@CycleFilm), who kindly shared it with the world.

So, for 259km over about 6:26 of racing.......
Max.Speed:80km/h - Max.Cad:147 - Max.HR:190 - Max.Power:1450W - Tot.Calories: 6459
Avg.Speed:40km/h - Avg.Cad:73 - Avg.HR:143 - Avg.Power:285W

That is why they call the man "Spartacus". 285W average is mind boggling when you consider all the easy riding in the early part of the race, and the coasting downhill. The average cadence of 73 indicates a fair amount of coasting. An average speed of 25mph for over 160 miles. According to Boonen, at the end he was doing over 30mph and still losing ground to Cancellara. I can maintain that kind of speed for about 300m, they did it for over 10km, with 250km already in their legs. 6459 kilojoules of work

The best sprinters can uncork up to 1600 watts for a short burst at the end. Spartacus hit 1450 watts in dropping Tom Boonen up the Muur, and probably held that level for around 30 seconds. Apparently he did not even mean to attack, he just decided to go a bit harder. "Ooops, I am sorry, did I just crush your dreams with my little acceleration." Boonen is a legitimate Hero in the cobbled classics, and Spartacus outclassed him on the Muur (Boonen cramped up, which did not help).

[Jon H]

He da man [img]http://www.clochette.co.uk/style_emoticons/default/NotWorthy2.gif[/img]

[Andrew G]

Maggie said on the Basque Tour that Cancellara is so impressive as he puts out the big power figures when he's descending as well which is much harder. After dropping Boonen yesterday he doubled his time advantage on the descent before pulling even further ahead with his time trial to the finish. The man's a leg end.

[-Adam-]

There were a lot of despairing gasps around the cafe in Brakel as that gap opened up, including from myself, I had Boonen to win for our in-house sweepstake!

[Sylv]

[quote="Sylv"]Didn't he change his bike though?

[Sylv]

d you reckon Roubaix will be on cyclingfans?