IM Bahrain 70.3

Nov 22, 17 11:52

Post #1 of 131 (12771 views)

So there more days until bahrain, suprise there is no excitement for this. Barring major midhaps the podium Will consist of bozzone, blummenfelt and gomez, but it should be an epic duel! Normally I’d day gomez and blu are far and ahead the rest, but bozzone has been on fire lately! Though, one question, he has raced ALOT lately - too much?

Anyway Im looking really forwards to it. Gomez would be the odds favourite, but BLU is a real strong contender! I Wonder if we’ll Get a blazing bike, or if they play it ITU-style and wait for the run? Bozzones chance is to smash the bike and hope blu/gomez start looking at eachother (though I dont think blu has that in him.. if he is able, he will follow!) unless the bike is crazy hard i bet we’ll see some really fast run times!(hopping for temps to drop into reasonable territory, or the run Will probably be affected by this)

Re: IM Bahrain 70.3 [lovegoat] [ In reply to ]

Nov 22, 17 12:38

Post #2 of 131 (12737 views)

Gomez.

On the women's side, I just hope Holly doesn't pull out after being passed by Ryf and see if she can keep up with her. Ryf still wins of course

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Re: IM Bahrain 70.3 [hadukla] [ In reply to ]

Nov 22, 17 13:26

Post #3 of 131 (12688 views)

hadukla wrote:

Gomez.

On the women's side, I just hope Holly doesn't pull out after being passed by Ryf and see if she can keep up with her. Ryf still wins of course

I doubt Holly will pull the pin here, she is racing in front of her sponsors. A repeat of world champs will not do her any favours, unless she is screaming in pain...

Re: IM Bahrain 70.3 [hadukla] [ In reply to ]

Nov 23, 17 12:53

Post #4 of 131 (12526 views)

hadukla wrote:

Gomez.

On the women's side, I just hope Holly doesn't pull out after being passed by Ryf and see if she can keep up with her. Ryf still wins of course

Ryf is A given. Gomez would be the safer bet, but
I think alot og ppl Will be surprised at what blu can do! Im guessing blu Will go hard on the bike! I kinda think blu is the lionel sanders of ITU, judging by racing style:)

Re: IM Bahrain 70.3 [lovegoat] [ In reply to ]

Nov 23, 17 15:24

Post #5 of 131 (12472 views)

Hope there will be some sort of coverage, highlights done?

Re: IM Bahrain 70.3 [lovegoat] [ In reply to ]

Nov 24, 17 8:57

Post #6 of 131 (12336 views)

T. Bozzone sure does show a remarkable ability to recover extremely quickly between races and do well across an extremely wide variety of distances...

Will be very interested to see how he does.

Re: IM Bahrain 70.3 [jkhayc] [ In reply to ]

Nov 24, 17 8:59

Post #7 of 131 (12329 views)

Hes been wearing the vaporfly 4%. Wonder how much hes benefited from them.

Re: IM Bahrain 70.3 [Sean H] [ In reply to ]

Nov 24, 17 12:54

Post #8 of 131 (12261 views)

Sean H wrote:

Hes been wearing the vaporfly 4%. Wonder how much hes benefited from them.

Approximately 4%

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Re: IM Bahrain 70.3 [oscaro] [ In reply to ]

Nov 24, 17 13:28

Post #9 of 131 (12240 views)

oscaro wrote:

Sean H wrote:

Hes been wearing the vaporfly 4%. Wonder how much hes benefited from them.

Approximately 4%

Well - actually - the tri-version of vapourfly should obviously be named 0.75%, not 4%.

Re: IM Bahrain 70.3 [lovegoat] [ In reply to ]

Nov 24, 17 13:46

Post #10 of 131 (12223 views)

They're forecasting a solid NW wind during the race hours which ought to make for a distinct cross tailwind on the way out and cross headwind on the inbound leg of the bike. So if the media motos back off just a little bit it ought to be a very fair bike leg. I wish the time shift worked better for following it live here in the eastern USA.

Genetics load the gun, lifestyle pulls the trigger.

Re: IM Bahrain 70.3 [sciguy] [ In reply to ]

Nov 24, 17 14:00

Post #11 of 131 (12206 views)

sciguy wrote:

They're forecasting a solid NW wind during the race hours which ought to make for a distinct cross tailwind on the way out and cross headwind on the inbound leg of the bike. So if the media motos back off just a little bit it ought to be a very fair bike leg. I wish the time shift worked better for following it live here in the eastern USA.

Great! Ill gues gomez first to T1, blu and bozzone together. They catch gomez quickly and bozzone Hammers it on the bike. All three within 120sec to T2. Blu wins it by A long sprint the last K coming in 30 sec ahead of gomez, with a run 1:10 or just under. Bozzone 3rd with 1:13/1:14 run.

Re: IM Bahrain 70.3 [lovegoat] [ In reply to ]

Nov 24, 17 15:10

Post #12 of 131 (12155 views)

Gomez wins this with ease!

Lawrence to beat Ryf also.

Re: IM Bahrain 70.3 [lovegoat] [ In reply to ]

Nov 24, 17 19:25

Post #13 of 131 (12079 views)

And they are off

Re: IM Bahrain 70.3 [Halvard] [ In reply to ]

Nov 24, 17 19:42

Post #14 of 131 (12068 views)

Javi out of the water in 21:52

Re: IM Bahrain 70.3 [TulkasTri] [ In reply to ]

Nov 24, 17 19:43

Post #15 of 131 (12066 views)

Blu 2nd 23.07

Re: IM Bahrain 70.3 [Halvard] [ In reply to ]

Nov 24, 17 20:10

Post #16 of 131 (12033 views)

Terenzo caught Javi and put down the hammer. Currently riding solo up front.

Re: IM Bahrain 70.3 [jkhayc] [ In reply to ]

Nov 24, 17 20:16

Post #17 of 131 (12023 views)

His range is incredible. When he gathers momentum, he enters beast mode. Bloody impressive.

Re: IM Bahrain 70.3 [Fendalton] [ In reply to ]

Nov 24, 17 20:22

Post #18 of 131 (12006 views)

Currently, at the 29KM split:

1. Terenzo
2. Blu, +1:13
3. Javi, +1:17

Re: IM Bahrain 70.3 [TulkasTri] [ In reply to ]

Nov 24, 17 20:29

Post #19 of 131 (11993 views)

Looks like Gome is letting Blu go. This is going to be interesting.
Who is pushing to hard, who is smart?

Re: IM Bahrain 70.3 [Fendalton] [ In reply to ]

Nov 24, 17 20:30

Post #20 of 131 (11992 views)

Fendalton wrote:

His range is incredible. When he gathers momentum, he enters beast mode. Bloody impressive.

Beast mode, huh. Must be nice.

Re: IM Bahrain 70.3 [jkhayc] [ In reply to ]

Nov 24, 17 20:32

Post #21 of 131 (11957 views)

On the women side:

Holly is leading
Ryf is right there with her, +0:09
Haug, +3:05
Pallant, +3:08

Re: IM Bahrain 70.3 [TulkasTri] [ In reply to ]

Nov 24, 17 20:35

Post #22 of 131 (11952 views)

Edit; nm, found coverage.

Last edited by: GreatScott: Nov 24, 17 20:36

Re: IM Bahrain 70.3 [GreatScott] [ In reply to ]

Nov 24, 17 20:36

Post #23 of 131 (11948 views)

http://www.ironman.com/...hrain70.3&y=2017

I'm getting the splits from the tracking app.

Re: IM Bahrain 70.3 [GreatScott] [ In reply to ]

Nov 24, 17 20:39

Post #24 of 131 (11941 views)

http://www.ironman.com/...y=2017#axzz4zPUhZO45

Go Viking power today :-)

Re: IM Bahrain 70.3 [Halvard] [ In reply to ]

Nov 24, 17 20:50

Post #25 of 131 (11912 views)

Holly is not in the lead anymore. In fact, she missed the 40Km marker. She's late. Mechanical? Accident? She's more than 5 minutes late.

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