The greatest prologue TT ride ever from Boardman here. A real turning point, in terms of the next phase in aerodynamics, for road racing, similar to Lemond in '89.
I was going to mark it, too. That bike was speculated to be "illegal" per the UCI, so they set up a plan to keep the complaints low from other riders who may complain about an unfair mechanical advantage & to set a precedent. They had a rider w/ less notoriety use the bike earlier in the year at a lower profile race. He didn't really cause an upset & the ref's let it go. So, when the Lotus 108 / 107 got to the Tour, it had been "OK'd" already.
A friend of mine actually packed in time trialling when Chris stuck the best part of 5 minutes into him when he broke comp record for 25 miles in 93--‐-‐the year after i pointed out to him that at the time even indurain or rominger would struggle beating Chris--‐-and yes i know what you are all going to say 😅
The greatest prologue TT ride ever from Boardman here. A real turning point, in terms of the next phase in aerodynamics, for road racing, similar to Lemond in '89.
51:33 Boardman start on the Lotus super bike.
I was going to mark it, too.
That bike was speculated to be "illegal" per the UCI, so they set up a plan to keep the complaints low from other riders who may complain about an unfair mechanical advantage & to set a precedent. They had a rider w/ less notoriety use the bike earlier in the year at a lower profile race. He didn't really cause an upset & the ref's let it go. So, when the Lotus 108 / 107 got to the Tour, it had been "OK'd" already.
Thank you.
GCN Tech Show Ep. 206 brought me here ;)
I knew Boardman won this, but I got caught up in it anyway and even thought that Indurain could win 😜😁😋
A friend of mine actually packed in time trialling when Chris stuck the best part of 5 minutes into him when he broke comp record for 25 miles in 93--‐-‐the year after i pointed out to him that at the time even indurain or rominger would struggle beating Chris--‐-and yes i know what you are all going to say 😅
that record would stand till 2015
Wonderful to see rim brakes bicycles. Disc brakes ruined the look and the aerodynamic of the bicycles.