If Chelsea can stay with her group/place…hmm…
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Alright, time for another bold claim: floral kits don’t look good
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she’s going backwards…she’ll be 15 mins off the lead at the end of the bike…
Lucy has the best position (eyeballing it) in the top 20. Taylor’s position looks more old school “compressed”. Taylor is also on 170mm cranks, Lucy on 165 based on the ST front page article
Also - Matthews and Lovseth taking regular turns but gaining a big fat 0.
Philipp and Perterer together riding same speed as #1 and #2 in the lead. 40 secs down on them Loevseth and Matthews working turn and turn about, also same speed.
Sodaro unable to manage these speeds: has lost >2 mins so far.
I’m terms of open hips wouldn’t Laura be the king/queen?
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Unless you are Bob Babbitt.
She will be 10+ min back by T2
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Clutterbuck may be challenging that.
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Knibb missed every bottle at aid station. Bad hand offs by volunteers but she also needs to point at someone to let them know she wants a bottle. She never gave an indication she wanted anything till it was too late.
Looks like perfect weather. With the cloud cover the lava fields won’t heat up before they reach Hawi meaning less wind so it’s going to be fast bike times.
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Bob Babbitt could just fart into a microphone for all of 2026 Kona and he would still be a legend. He is untouchable
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Truth!
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She probably never played any ball sports. If you do, you know how to catch something coming towards you. She did not cradle and any of the bottles, rather she was trying to catch with a stiff hand
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Lovseth and Matthews moved from 30 to 13 seconds off Perterer and Philipp, back together soon!
Pierre gaining, 50 sec ahead of the P duo.
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ice hockey was her background.
Loevseth and Matthews closing on Philipp and Perterer - 15 secs.
On bottles the vols need to hold them by the valve/top as that allows the bottle to swing/accelerate as the rider grasps it.
In that knibb shot can Taylor see Lucy?
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These 2 riding faster than everyone else on course, apart from LCB. 