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Fausto

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Originally posted by: KK
Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Fausto spotted! But who's the OTHER guy!?

That's not fausto, this is fausto.

Anyways, how much time difference is there between the winner and what you are placing at?
I was maybe three seconds behind on Sat and less than a second behind on Sunday. Of course, when you're sprinting at 35mph, a second is a lot of places. I placed higher on Sat than I did on Sunday because of this.

 

Fausto

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Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: Fausto
Originally posted by: moshquerade
did i overlook the NY dates? :(
I may visit a friend in Jersey (and do some racing while there) later in the summer.
well...are pics too much to ask for? mmm, spandex :D
I'll have to see if my teammates got any. I didn't have my wife around to wield the camera this weekend.

 

Fausto

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Okay, I'm just going to stop typing out the longass race reports. I'm getting the impression that the big words are off-putting for most of AT. :p
 

freegeeks

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Originally posted by: Fausto
Okay, I'm just going to stop typing out the longass race reports. I'm getting the impression that the big words are off-putting for most of AT. :p

that's a negative, keep them coming. It's entertaining to read and it's refreshing to see a thread like this between the crap that is posted all the time
 

Fausto

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Originally posted by: freegeeks
Originally posted by: Fausto
Okay, I'm just going to stop typing out the longass race reports. I'm getting the impression that the big words are off-putting for most of AT. :p

that's a negative, keep them coming. It's entertaining to read and it's refreshing to see a thread like this between the crap that is posted all the time
You're Belgian. I could draw a bike on a brick and you'd think it was cool. :p

 

Fausto

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Looks like we'll have at least 5 other Cat IIIs from my team attending this weekend. Plan is to try to put my teammate into the Cup Leader's jersey by Sunday since crits are his specialty. :D
 

freegeeks

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Originally posted by: Fausto
Looks like we'll have at least 5 other Cat IIIs from my team attending this weekend. Plan is to try to put my teammate into the Cup Leader's jersey by Sunday since crits are his specialty. :D

what is the race tactic?
 

Fausto

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Originally posted by: freegeeks
Originally posted by: Fausto
Looks like we'll have at least 5 other Cat IIIs from my team attending this weekend. Plan is to try to put my teammate into the Cup Leader's jersey by Sunday since crits are his specialty. :D

what is the race tactic?
Form a leadout "train" and make things so fast for the last few laps that our sprinter doesn't have anyone left to deal with for the most part. Same thing Petacchi and his team do pretty much every flat-ish race. The non sprinters will cover the front for most of the race to keep breaks from going and then the rest of us will take over with 3-ish laps to go.

 

freegeeks

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Originally posted by: Fausto
Originally posted by: freegeeks
Originally posted by: Fausto
Looks like we'll have at least 5 other Cat IIIs from my team attending this weekend. Plan is to try to put my teammate into the Cup Leader's jersey by Sunday since crits are his specialty. :D

what is the race tactic?
Form a leadout "train" and make things so fast for the last few laps that our sprinter doesn't have anyone left to deal with for the most part. Same thing Petacchi and his team do pretty much every flat-ish race. The non sprinters will cover the front for most of the race to keep breaks from going and then the rest of us will take over with 3-ish laps to go.


where do you fit in? Are you a Zanini who pilots Boonen in the last 800m or are you the guy who has to destroy himself in the last 10km and ends 1 minute after the pack :p
 

Fausto

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Originally posted by: freegeeks
Originally posted by: Fausto
Originally posted by: freegeeks
Originally posted by: Fausto
Looks like we'll have at least 5 other Cat IIIs from my team attending this weekend. Plan is to try to put my teammate into the Cup Leader's jersey by Sunday since crits are his specialty. :D

what is the race tactic?
Form a leadout "train" and make things so fast for the last few laps that our sprinter doesn't have anyone left to deal with for the most part. Same thing Petacchi and his team do pretty much every flat-ish race. The non sprinters will cover the front for most of the race to keep breaks from going and then the rest of us will take over with 3-ish laps to go.


where do you fit in? Are you a Zanini who pilots Boonen in the last 800m or are you the guy who has to destroy himself in the last 10km and ends 1 minute after the pack :p
Probably more the Zanini guy since I'm not a bad sprinter. Ideally, i'll go 100% the last half-lap and leave the last 300m for our sprinter. Of course, this is dependent on everyone being in the right place at the right time....never an easy thing in crits.