KOM/QOM #7 - One quarter of the Tourmalet

Rides
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This ride is about one quarter the total altitude gain of the Tourmalet, according to my quick mental arithmatic. Go us.

This is the second to last KOM/QOM of 2012. The podium in both categories is still in the air, so it’s definitely not the right time to sleep in. As always, we meet at 6:30 at the bottom of the Houde. Dress warmly!

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Jon, Tourmalet background?

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4km to go for Kessiakof.

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I haven’t been an Andy Schleck fan for awhile… but the Tourmalet was one of the last times he was good:

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[quote=Dennis]I haven’t been an Andy Schleck fan for awhile… but the Tourmalet was one of the last times he was good:
[/quote]

false: andy on the galibier last year

http://www.roadbikeaction.com/contentimages/Maloney/Racy%20Lang%201-11/Andy%20Atop%20Galibier2.jpg

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As a true andy fan, I obviously remembered the galiber and thus wrote “one of the last times…”

But more importantly, DID DAVID JUST COMPLIMENT ANDY SCHLECK??

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There’s a pretty good chance I’ll not be there tomorrow morning. So don’t wait for me. I have a feeling the ghost will be picking up a lot of points tomorrow… Sorry guys.

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Mike and Phil, you should probably do advanced tomorrow. Oh, and you should also do an intense leg workout tonight.
-Sneaky Pete

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Who will keep score for advanced then? :S

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Phil is sick and I can’t make it in the end. Good luck pete!

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Intermediate Results:

Houde - Pete, Ruth, Martin, M-Soleil, Andrew

Ridgewood - Pete, Ruth, M-Soleil, Martin, Andrew

Poly - Martin, Pete, Ruth, M-Soleil, Andrew

Conservatory - Ruth, Martin, Pete, M-Soleil

Wall - Pete, Ruth, M-Soleil, Martin

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M-S: At the end I could hear the dopler effect in your “SS-AAA-LLLLL-UUUU-TTT”…

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Spreadsheet is update here. Awesome week guys, just one more to go. It’s going to be special…

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Thanks for the pit-stop help after my double flat incident. I’ll remember to keep two tubes on me next time. I owe you one, Ruth.

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But what if you get a third flat, fourth flat, nth+1 flat?

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[quote=DavidF]
But what if you get a third flat, fourth flat, nth+1 flat?[/quote]

You get new tires and stop skidding.

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CX dismount & run

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I did get new tires…

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Bike’s toast? Jens knows what to do: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiNrMy0nxWw

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The problem is that you are too heavy David.