There were definitely some drafting violations up that hill. Maybe the coverage will show if any penalties were handed out.

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10k left in ladies Roubaix if anyone wants to tune it for the finish.

Knibb outbiked Lange by 1min+ over the 1st 25mi of the bike in comparison. Obviously she's had some wheels to draft off of through the men's field......damn

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100% agree

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So according to commentators -

Emma PB went off course

and gained positions and time on Paula.

Ok.

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Is that not basically an auto DQ?

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Brooks Doughtie, M.S.
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I'm excited for the race Lisa Becharas is having right now. Hopefully she can run after this bike performance.

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I think they said she has gained some positions, but lost time, which would make sense if you are hammering but made a wrong turn

She’s 4:51 behind Lange based on the timing mats… but gaining ;)

"Taylor is looking gre...." commercial....

According to the timing mats, EPB gained about 1 min on Paula.

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Is there less commercials if you sign up for a free account? Outside keeps cutting to outside commercials mid sentence from the announcers.

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Matt just said he expected Taylor to pass Skipper and is surprised that Skipper is riding fast and not being passed by Taylor.

Taylor is fast but... what??

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No he said that Skipper is riding through the front end(top 20) of the mens field, not that Taylor is catching him. I think he is fine for the moment, but if he is really having a bad day, well Taylor passing him might just end it for him..

Good screen time for Justin Riele.

Why bother showing the favorites when you can sit with Riele....

Epic lead men battle up 15% hill so let’s cut to an off course single female for 5mn… wtf

He said that he was looking for who Taylor had passed and that Skipper had been taking his time in transition and he was looking to see Taylor pass him but he was in fact riding through most of the field. He definitely had a pretty poor swim and slow transition. His bike has been fast compared to most but not as fast as Long, etc.

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Yes, so Taylor is not catching him anymore since the swim and T1 are over, and he is putting himself into the lead of the mens race now..

Taylor is going to hog up those 1st place points, and it will be stingy to all those ladies behind. The mens pts will be a lot closer for sure..

Mile 42 tracker:

SL takes the lead w/ LS 2nd with group of 5 30s ahead.

SL
LS
Sperli
JL
Riele

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Exercise Physiology
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Sam and Lionel up front.

Geens 6th 30s back in no mans land

7th and chase pack 1:20 down.

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Re skipper

He has said he's not here for a position, he's here for time gap as every second lost to finisher is a point dropped. I imagine he's just riding to a specific wattage and will run to 3:20/km pace and see where he finishes. Not sure what time gap he's been happy with though

Nope

So is Knibb virtually ahead of Lange? Tough day for Patrick