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Anatomy of A Cancellara Attack
Last evening, I spent some time re-watching 2010 Paris Roubaix clips.
My focus was upon the attack from Cancellara with 48k to go. To me, there were three segments to this attack : 1) At 55K remaining, there were a lead group of 40 favorites at the front. They included Tom Boonen (Quick Step), Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank), Filippo Pozzato (Katusha), Adam Hansen (HTC-Columbia), George Hincapie (BMC Racing Team), Leif Hoste (Omega Pharma-Lotto) etc. 2) In the next 2 or 3K, the group splintered. Leif Hoste, Björn Leukemans, Frederic Guesdon and Sébastien Hinault pushed to the front. 3) At 49 K to go, Fabian Cancellara surged ahead from the bunch to join the four leaders. In a few seconds, he took one sideways look behind him, saw that the title defender Boonen had decided not to mark him down. Bad move from the Belgian champion. Fabian was then gone and the rest is history. The jump Fabian put forth was strong and decisive. To most of us, watching the surge (see video below) may seem almost like, well, like he had a motor somewhere on the bike. How on earth can he pull away so quick, right? Well the Italians asked that hard question and came up with the answer - 'Oh mio dio, he has a motor on his bike!' But regardless of whether he used a motor or not, can we dissect this attack and see its parts to get a perspective of what's happening? I think we could. Read more of the analysis on my blog : http://bit.ly/bA12ls -Ron www.twitter.com/cyclingbee |
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Anatomy of A Cancellara Attack
On Jun 4, 2:47*am, bicycle_disciple wrote:
Last evening, I spent some time re-watching 2010 Paris Roubaix clips. My focus was upon the attack from Cancellara with 48k to go. To me, there were three segments to this attack : 1) At 55K remaining, there were a lead group of 40 favorites at the front. They included Tom Boonen (Quick Step), Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank), Filippo Pozzato (Katusha), Adam Hansen (HTC-Columbia), George Hincapie (BMC Racing Team), Leif Hoste (Omega Pharma-Lotto) etc. 2) In the next 2 or 3K, the group splintered. Leif Hoste, Björn Leukemans, Frederic Guesdon and Sébastien Hinault pushed to the front. 3) At 49 K to go, Fabian Cancellara surged ahead from the bunch to join the four leaders. In a few seconds, he took one sideways look behind him, saw that the title defender Boonen had decided not to mark him down. Bad move from the Belgian champion. Fabian was then gone and the rest is history. The jump Fabian put forth was strong and decisive. To most of us, watching the surge (see video below) may seem almost like, well, like he had a motor somewhere on the bike. How on earth can he pull away so quick, right? Well the Italians asked that hard question and came up with the answer - 'Oh mio dio, he has a motor on his bike!' But regardless of whether he used a motor or not, can we dissect this attack and see its parts to get a perspective of what's happening? I think we could. Read more of the analysis on my blog :http://bit.ly/bA12ls -Ronwww.twitter.com/cyclingbee At 49km to go Boonen took a rest. He had been throwing a lot at the pointy end of the race. The others except Cancellara took a rest as well. Can anyone guess how fast they were going at that point? They probably all felt a bit tired and slowed at the point Cancellara's brain saw the opportunity to attack. He went, they all looked at each other, bye bye. If they slowed to 40 km/h and he accelerated at the same time to 55+km/h, that's a perfect launchpad for a man with his capabilities. A classic counter move. It was beautiful, but not that incredulous that he must have needed a motor. Anyone who's raced would know this. JS. |
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On 3 June, 23:12, James wrote:
On Jun 4, 2:47*am, bicycle_disciple wrote: Last evening, I spent some time re-watching 2010 Paris Roubaix clips. My focus was upon the attack from Cancellara with 48k to go. To me, there were three segments to this attack : 1) At 55K remaining, there were a lead group of 40 favorites at the front. They included Tom Boonen (Quick Step), Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank), Filippo Pozzato (Katusha), Adam Hansen (HTC-Columbia), George Hincapie (BMC Racing Team), Leif Hoste (Omega Pharma-Lotto) etc. 2) In the next 2 or 3K, the group splintered. Leif Hoste, Björn Leukemans, Frederic Guesdon and Sébastien Hinault pushed to the front.. 3) At 49 K to go, Fabian Cancellara surged ahead from the bunch to join the four leaders. In a few seconds, he took one sideways look behind him, saw that the title defender Boonen had decided not to mark him down. Bad move from the Belgian champion. Fabian was then gone and the rest is history. The jump Fabian put forth was strong and decisive. To most of us, watching the surge (see video below) may seem almost like, well, like he had a motor somewhere on the bike. How on earth can he pull away so quick, right? Well the Italians asked that hard question and came up with the answer - 'Oh mio dio, he has a motor on his bike!' But regardless of whether he used a motor or not, can we dissect this attack and see its parts to get a perspective of what's happening? I think we could. Read more of the analysis on my blog :http://bit.ly/bA12ls -Ronwww.twitter.com/cyclingbee At 49km to go Boonen took a rest. *He had been throwing a lot at the pointy end of the race. *The others except Cancellara took a rest as well. *Can anyone guess how fast they were going at that point? *They probably all felt a bit tired and slowed at the point Cancellara's brain saw the opportunity to attack. *He went, they all looked at each other, bye bye. *If they slowed to 40 km/h and he accelerated at the same time to 55+km/h, that's a perfect launchpad for a man with his capabilities. *A classic counter move. *It was beautiful, but not that incredulous that he must have needed a motor. *Anyone who's raced would know this. JS. -Geographically the attack was correct, the road following was rough and narrow so anyone behind jockeying for position would lose time. It actually looked pretty obvious that Cancellara was discontented where he was in the middle of the group and should have been no surprise that he'd shoot off the front. I dont find the acceleration extraordinary, just that there was no-one on his tail. He probably just got ****ed off with how slow everything was, felt good, so went hard. The other explanation does not involve motor asssist, but race rigging. |
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Anatomy of A Cancellara Attack
James wrote:
On Jun 4, 2:47 am, bicycle_disciple wrote: Last evening, I spent some time re-watching 2010 Paris Roubaix clips. My focus was upon the attack from Cancellara with 48k to go. To me, there were three segments to this attack : 1) At 55K remaining, there were a lead group of 40 favorites at the front. They included Tom Boonen (Quick Step), Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank), Filippo Pozzato (Katusha), Adam Hansen (HTC-Columbia), George Hincapie (BMC Racing Team), Leif Hoste (Omega Pharma-Lotto) etc. 2) In the next 2 or 3K, the group splintered. Leif Hoste, Björn Leukemans, Frederic Guesdon and Sébastien Hinault pushed to the front. 3) At 49 K to go, Fabian Cancellara surged ahead from the bunch to join the four leaders. In a few seconds, he took one sideways look behind him, saw that the title defender Boonen had decided not to mark him down. Bad move from the Belgian champion. Fabian was then gone and the rest is history. The jump Fabian put forth was strong and decisive. To most of us, watching the surge (see video below) may seem almost like, well, like he had a motor somewhere on the bike. How on earth can he pull away so quick, right? Well the Italians asked that hard question and came up with the answer - 'Oh mio dio, he has a motor on his bike!' But regardless of whether he used a motor or not, can we dissect this attack and see its parts to get a perspective of what's happening? I think we could. Read more of the analysis on my blog :http://bit.ly/bA12ls -Ronwww.twitter.com/cyclingbee At 49km to go Boonen took a rest. He had been throwing a lot at the pointy end of the race. The others except Cancellara took a rest as well. Can anyone guess how fast they were going at that point? They probably all felt a bit tired and slowed at the point Cancellara's brain saw the opportunity to attack. He went, they all looked at each other, bye bye. If they slowed to 40 km/h and he accelerated at the same time to 55+km/h, that's a perfect launchpad for a man with his capabilities. A classic counter move. It was beautiful, but not that incredulous that he must have needed a motor. Anyone who's raced would know this. JS. The other thing is that Cancellara's DS who was right behind the bunch, radioed Cancellara that he needed to attack right then because Boonen was at the back of the group. |
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On Jun 3, 3:12*pm, James wrote:
On Jun 4, 2:47*am, bicycle_disciple wrote: Last evening, I spent some time re-watching 2010 Paris Roubaix clips. My focus was upon the attack from Cancellara with 48k to go. To me, there were three segments to this attack : 1) At 55K remaining, there were a lead group of 40 favorites at the front. They included Tom Boonen (Quick Step), Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank), Filippo Pozzato (Katusha), Adam Hansen (HTC-Columbia), George Hincapie (BMC Racing Team), Leif Hoste (Omega Pharma-Lotto) etc. 2) In the next 2 or 3K, the group splintered. Leif Hoste, Björn Leukemans, Frederic Guesdon and Sébastien Hinault pushed to the front.. 3) At 49 K to go, Fabian Cancellara surged ahead from the bunch to join the four leaders. In a few seconds, he took one sideways look behind him, saw that the title defender Boonen had decided not to mark him down. Bad move from the Belgian champion. Fabian was then gone and the rest is history. The jump Fabian put forth was strong and decisive. To most of us, watching the surge (see video below) may seem almost like, well, like he had a motor somewhere on the bike. How on earth can he pull away so quick, right? Well the Italians asked that hard question and came up with the answer - 'Oh mio dio, he has a motor on his bike!' But regardless of whether he used a motor or not, can we dissect this attack and see its parts to get a perspective of what's happening? I think we could. Read more of the analysis on my blog :http://bit.ly/bA12ls -Ronwww.twitter.com/cyclingbee At 49km to go Boonen took a rest. *He had been throwing a lot at the pointy end of the race. *The others except Cancellara took a rest as well. *Can anyone guess how fast they were going at that point? *They probably all felt a bit tired and slowed at the point Cancellara's brain saw the opportunity to attack. *He went, they all looked at each other, bye bye. *If they slowed to 40 km/h and he accelerated at the same time to 55+km/h, that's a perfect launchpad for a man with his capabilities. *A classic counter move. *It was beautiful, but not that incredulous that he must have needed a motor. *Anyone who's raced would know this. JS. As much as the 'motor' might be a jest, it isn't really about race tactics, although there's no doubt that was well-timed. It's really about how effortless Cancellara made the attack look. The guy just took off without even getting off the saddle. It's even more incredible that he later dropped Leukemans (he couldn't even keep up and waved his arm in frustration when he got dropped). BTW Leukemans got suspended a few years earlier for doping with artificial testosterone. That combined with the Flanders Muur footage makes Cancellara look like superman/terminator. |
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Anatomy of A Cancellara Attack
On 3 June, 23:45, "z, fred" wrote:
James wrote: On Jun 4, 2:47 am, bicycle_disciple wrote: Last evening, I spent some time re-watching 2010 Paris Roubaix clips. My focus was upon the attack from Cancellara with 48k to go. To me, there were three segments to this attack : 1) At 55K remaining, there were a lead group of 40 favorites at the front. They included Tom Boonen (Quick Step), Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank), Filippo Pozzato (Katusha), Adam Hansen (HTC-Columbia), George Hincapie (BMC Racing Team), Leif Hoste (Omega Pharma-Lotto) etc. 2) In the next 2 or 3K, the group splintered. Leif Hoste, Bj rn Leukemans, Frederic Guesdon and S bastien Hinault pushed to the front. 3) At 49 K to go, Fabian Cancellara surged ahead from the bunch to join the four leaders. In a few seconds, he took one sideways look behind him, saw that the title defender Boonen had decided not to mark him down. Bad move from the Belgian champion. Fabian was then gone and the rest is history. The jump Fabian put forth was strong and decisive. To most of us, watching the surge (see video below) may seem almost like, well, like he had a motor somewhere on the bike. How on earth can he pull away so quick, right? Well the Italians asked that hard question and came up with the answer - 'Oh mio dio, he has a motor on his bike!' But regardless of whether he used a motor or not, can we dissect this attack and see its parts to get a perspective of what's happening? I think we could. Read more of the analysis on my blog :http://bit.ly/bA12ls -Ronwww.twitter.com/cyclingbee At 49km to go Boonen took a rest. *He had been throwing a lot at the pointy end of the race. *The others except Cancellara took a rest as well. *Can anyone guess how fast they were going at that point? *They probably all felt a bit tired and slowed at the point Cancellara's brain saw the opportunity to attack. *He went, they all looked at each other, bye bye. *If they slowed to 40 km/h and he accelerated at the same time to 55+km/h, that's a perfect launchpad for a man with his capabilities. *A classic counter move. *It was beautiful, but not that incredulous that he must have needed a motor. *Anyone who's raced would know this. JS. The other thing is that Cancellara's DS who was right behind the bunch, radioed Cancellara that he needed to attack right then because Boonen was at the back of the group. That's a nice way of puttin it. |
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Anatomy of A Cancellara Attack
thirty-six wrote:
On 3 June, 23:45, "z, fred" wrote: James wrote: On Jun 4, 2:47 am, bicycle_disciple wrote: Last evening, I spent some time re-watching 2010 Paris Roubaix clips. My focus was upon the attack from Cancellara with 48k to go. To me, there were three segments to this attack : 1) At 55K remaining, there were a lead group of 40 favorites at the front. They included Tom Boonen (Quick Step), Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank), Filippo Pozzato (Katusha), Adam Hansen (HTC-Columbia), George Hincapie (BMC Racing Team), Leif Hoste (Omega Pharma-Lotto) etc. 2) In the next 2 or 3K, the group splintered. Leif Hoste, Bj rn Leukemans, Frederic Guesdon and S bastien Hinault pushed to the front. 3) At 49 K to go, Fabian Cancellara surged ahead from the bunch to join the four leaders. In a few seconds, he took one sideways look behind him, saw that the title defender Boonen had decided not to mark him down. Bad move from the Belgian champion. Fabian was then gone and the rest is history. The jump Fabian put forth was strong and decisive. To most of us, watching the surge (see video below) may seem almost like, well, like he had a motor somewhere on the bike. How on earth can he pull away so quick, right? Well the Italians asked that hard question and came up with the answer - 'Oh mio dio, he has a motor on his bike!' But regardless of whether he used a motor or not, can we dissect this attack and see its parts to get a perspective of what's happening? I think we could. Read more of the analysis on my blog :http://bit.ly/bA12ls -Ronwww.twitter.com/cyclingbee At 49km to go Boonen took a rest. He had been throwing a lot at the pointy end of the race. The others except Cancellara took a rest as well. Can anyone guess how fast they were going at that point? They probably all felt a bit tired and slowed at the point Cancellara's brain saw the opportunity to attack. He went, they all looked at each other, bye bye. If they slowed to 40 km/h and he accelerated at the same time to 55+km/h, that's a perfect launchpad for a man with his capabilities. A classic counter move. It was beautiful, but not that incredulous that he must have needed a motor. Anyone who's raced would know this. JS. The other thing is that Cancellara's DS who was right behind the bunch, radioed Cancellara that he needed to attack right then because Boonen was at the back of the group. That's a nice way of puttin it. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/riis...roubaix-attack |
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Anatomy of A Cancellara Attack
On 4 June, 00:41, "z, fred" wrote:
thirty-six wrote: On 3 June, 23:45, "z, fred" wrote: James wrote: On Jun 4, 2:47 am, bicycle_disciple wrote: Last evening, I spent some time re-watching 2010 Paris Roubaix clips.. My focus was upon the attack from Cancellara with 48k to go. To me, there were three segments to this attack : 1) At 55K remaining, there were a lead group of 40 favorites at the front. They included Tom Boonen (Quick Step), Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank), Filippo Pozzato (Katusha), Adam Hansen (HTC-Columbia), George Hincapie (BMC Racing Team), Leif Hoste (Omega Pharma-Lotto) etc. 2) In the next 2 or 3K, the group splintered. Leif Hoste, Bj rn Leukemans, Frederic Guesdon and S bastien Hinault pushed to the front. |
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Anatomy of A Cancellara Attack
On Jun 3, 6:12*pm, James wrote:
On Jun 4, 2:47*am, bicycle_disciple wrote: Last evening, I spent some time re-watching 2010 Paris Roubaix clips. My focus was upon the attack from Cancellara with 48k to go. To me, there were three segments to this attack : 1) At 55K remaining, there were a lead group of 40 favorites at the front. They included Tom Boonen (Quick Step), Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank), Filippo Pozzato (Katusha), Adam Hansen (HTC-Columbia), George Hincapie (BMC Racing Team), Leif Hoste (Omega Pharma-Lotto) etc. 2) In the next 2 or 3K, the group splintered. Leif Hoste, Björn Leukemans, Frederic Guesdon and Sébastien Hinault pushed to the front.. 3) At 49 K to go, Fabian Cancellara surged ahead from the bunch to join the four leaders. In a few seconds, he took one sideways look behind him, saw that the title defender Boonen had decided not to mark him down. Bad move from the Belgian champion. Fabian was then gone and the rest is history. The jump Fabian put forth was strong and decisive. To most of us, watching the surge (see video below) may seem almost like, well, like he had a motor somewhere on the bike. How on earth can he pull away so quick, right? Well the Italians asked that hard question and came up with the answer - 'Oh mio dio, he has a motor on his bike!' But regardless of whether he used a motor or not, can we dissect this attack and see its parts to get a perspective of what's happening? I think we could. Read more of the analysis on my blog :http://bit.ly/bA12ls -Ronwww.twitter.com/cyclingbee At 49km to go Boonen took a rest. *He had been throwing a lot at the pointy end of the race. *The others except Cancellara took a rest as well. *Can anyone guess how fast they were going at that point? *They probably all felt a bit tired and slowed at the point Cancellara's brain saw the opportunity to attack. *He went, they all looked at each other, bye bye. *If they slowed to 40 km/h and he accelerated at the same time to 55+km/h, that's a perfect launchpad for a man with his capabilities. *A classic counter move. *It was beautiful, but not that incredulous that he must have needed a motor. *Anyone who's raced would know this. JS. My calculations in the link suggest approx 1200 Watts. http://bit.ly/bA12ls It was a decisive move, and the objective was to widen the gap as quickly as possible. The idea of using of motor is still up in the air, with Chris Boardman coming out an saying earlier today that there is a high potential among teams to use today's miniature F1 "boosting" technologies. On the surface, you think this man would have actually seen 'em with his eyes. The cycling news article says that he's theorizing its existence. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/boar...of-bike-doping. -Ron www.twitter.com/cyclingbee |
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Anatomy of A Cancellara Attack
On Jun 3, 6:12*pm, James wrote:
On Jun 4, 2:47*am, bicycle_disciple wrote: Last evening, I spent some time re-watching 2010 Paris Roubaix clips. My focus was upon the attack from Cancellara with 48k to go. To me, there were three segments to this attack : 1) At 55K remaining, there were a lead group of 40 favorites at the front. They included Tom Boonen (Quick Step), Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank), Filippo Pozzato (Katusha), Adam Hansen (HTC-Columbia), George Hincapie (BMC Racing Team), Leif Hoste (Omega Pharma-Lotto) etc. 2) In the next 2 or 3K, the group splintered. Leif Hoste, Björn Leukemans, Frederic Guesdon and Sébastien Hinault pushed to the front.. 3) At 49 K to go, Fabian Cancellara surged ahead from the bunch to join the four leaders. In a few seconds, he took one sideways look behind him, saw that the title defender Boonen had decided not to mark him down. Bad move from the Belgian champion. Fabian was then gone and the rest is history. The jump Fabian put forth was strong and decisive. To most of us, watching the surge (see video below) may seem almost like, well, like he had a motor somewhere on the bike. How on earth can he pull away so quick, right? Well the Italians asked that hard question and came up with the answer - 'Oh mio dio, he has a motor on his bike!' But regardless of whether he used a motor or not, can we dissect this attack and see its parts to get a perspective of what's happening? I think we could. Read more of the analysis on my blog :http://bit.ly/bA12ls -Ronwww.twitter.com/cyclingbee At 49km to go Boonen took a rest. *He had been throwing a lot at the pointy end of the race. *The others except Cancellara took a rest as well. *Can anyone guess how fast they were going at that point? *They probably all felt a bit tired and slowed at the point Cancellara's brain saw the opportunity to attack. *He went, they all looked at each other, bye bye. *If they slowed to 40 km/h and he accelerated at the same time to 55+km/h, that's a perfect launchpad for a man with his capabilities. *A classic counter move. *It was beautiful, but not that incredulous that he must have needed a motor. *Anyone who's raced would know this. JS. My calculations in the link suggest approx 1200 Watts. http://bit.ly/bA12ls It was a decisive move, and the objective was to widen the gap as quickly as possible. The idea of using of motor is still up in the air, with Chris Boardman coming out an saying earlier today that there is a high potential among teams to use today's miniature F1 "boosting" technologies. On the surface, you think this man would have actually seen 'em with his eyes. The cycling news article says that he's theorizing its existence. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/boar...of-bike-doping. -Ron www.twitter.com/cyclingbee |
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