Joe has caught Blu 
Already!!!
Spirig’s bike team are like a bunch of Sunday club riders.
Have they ever rode on a wheel or what?
That’s awful to watch.
Agree about Joe’s bike handling. That’s not an issue once they’re o the circuit though.
He’s doing around 2-3 KPH faster than Blum…
Wow look at that tuck on the front of Joes team.
54kph
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No, he hasn’t? They still have the split as 3:30ish.
Blu looks so smooth. Joe a little too surgey for my liking
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Blus team: “Drafting at its finest” 
Well, one thing we’re going to learn is exactly how much Ironman cheats benefit from cheating.
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Oh 
That’s what Robbie just said! 
He said they’d made up 1min on Blue, not passed them
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The data on the website is pretty good. You can see actual lap splits. Joe about 22s per lap faster.
Joe on for a 3:17 bike split!
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Woah that was almost disaster for Blus team
Dowsett just looks so smooth.
And Joe is looking like he’s dialled into a better rhythm
I tweeted McEwan the image Jim shared. He’s just talked through it on commentary!
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It really was, a split second from what could have been a disaster.
What’s the power/HR like for Spirig sitting up 3rd from back?
Nice 
Is that because they were talking some nonsensical figures in relation to a peloton and not an iTT?
Joe is on target for his prediction, then.
There’s no reason to believe he can’t hit it, due to his experience in the UK TT scene 
Also - HOW THE HELL ARE THOSE Elite Chrono CX bottles staying in the rear holder
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According to Jim’s image, 40.2% v 40.1% in penultimate wheel. So no real difference
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HOW HAS HE DONE THAT?
I’ve lost one on a shitty rough road, I was actually going to him my other one off for imuk
Eff loads of gaffa tape if you zoom in on the bottom one.
They could be glued in. No one has taken a drink from them I don’t think. Clearly just on for aero advantage.
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I do love how Spirig just looks like a standard AGer. Road bike. Clip ons. No disc. Standard road helmet. BTA bottle just manually attached between the bars. Round bottle on the downtube. Velcroed on bento box.
Quite refreshing tbh!