So many commercials. 2:30 between them and announcers don’t even seem to know when they are happening. Who’s the producer?

where are Sam Long and Jackson Laundry ?

SL, JL, LS all together 54s back at 12mi mark

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Brooks Doughtie, M.S.
Exercise Physiology
-USAT Level II

Sam and Lionel perfectly positioned for them.

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That is decent firepower in the sub 1 min behind group. Sam Long closed 1 min on lionel already?

Long closed most of the gap in T1, he was 40s faster than LS just in T1.

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Brooks Doughtie, M.S.
Exercise Physiology
-USAT Level II

Lange is in vicinity with Long+Lionel.

That sounds like game over and this is Lange's race

Not as bad as saying Eric Lagerstrom should be with the front group heading into T1 when he’s not even racing.

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Let food be thy medicine...

Ya sounded like Lionel had some helmet problems in T1, maybe had to ditch the visor? But that is one of the advantages of having a great swim, now he could ride his pace and recover before Sam and company caught up. Now they need to hammer to get to front, and to also get rid of Lange. Soften up the guys legs before the hill, then make a big move there and into that headwind section that goes back to the beach..

yep.

on some level i feel badly for the commentators who clearly aren't in control here. riders appear on screen and we don't know who they are or why they're even on screen. what's the point of seeing this athlete and following their riding for a couple of minutes - do we know anything about them? are they doing something interesting?

this is really where i think they need some quick/easy pre-recorded bits to insert in the broadcast. race morning, go to the swim start and do a 20-second interview with some pros. "hey lionel, where do you want to be when you start the bike?" or whatever. or else take us through a map of the bike course, tell us about the section we're in now and what we should look out for. something like that to keep things interesting and give us something other than just a long side shot of an unknown rider.

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i want lionel to win races, but damn he's unskilled. his transitions, handling, etc are a major weakness for him.

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Eh for him today it was irrelevant, he made the group, had the best swim of his life, so whether he had a clean T1 or not, he'd still be in the same spot basically. He's in the position he needs to be 30 mins into the bike (and closing).

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Brooks Doughtie, M.S.
Exercise Physiology
-USAT Level II

Wow - Taylor leading by 1:15

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Commentary is pretty painful, but like others have said, it's free.
Great to see Sanders keep with a good pack and have a solid swim.
Shame about skipper though, seems he has almost 4mins to work on if the times are right. He's normally out with Sanders, Long etc :-(

Findlay 3rd 2:45, lol Knibb just dropped the hammer in just 12 miles. Good god.

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Brooks Doughtie, M.S.
Exercise Physiology
-USAT Level II

hey guys Mark Allen is in the middle of talking about the race, should we cut to another commercial now or wait till he’s done.

Producer - Do it NOW cut to the KT tape one NOW!!

Maybe as a sponsor I notice this more than others, but why did they put the Ekoi logo upside down on Lange's side?? If you're going to drop $35,000 on a logo placement, you'd think you would be careful about it's orientation....

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Talbot must have read ST and spoken into LS's ear piece "drop Lange".....because Lange is dropped hard.

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Brooks Doughtie, M.S.
Exercise Physiology
-USAT Level II

Meanwhile in the women’s race, at the 12 mile mark Taylor Knibb riding a full 2mph quicker than anyone else!

What will the gap be by T2?

Enough where she can finish that sandwich and bottle of wine I mentioned she took in in T1 lol

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Brooks Doughtie, M.S.
Exercise Physiology
-USAT Level II

The amount of commercials is maddening! Not that the commentators know what the heck is going on… But PIP would be nice.

Everyone on screen is riding pretty draft legal so that's good on them.

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Brooks Doughtie, M.S.
Exercise Physiology
-USAT Level II

It’s like they forgot there was a women’s race for the last 20 min.

well to be fair there's really only a race for 2nd.

Something must be going wrong with the camera/moto for the women because there's been zero images (until just now - Taylor on the screen now).