Garmin-Cervelo TdF Data Dumps

sylvan · Post by **sylvan** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 8:11 pm

Garmin-Cervelo has posted tons of TdF stage data downloads to Garmin Connect. Like this one, ouch: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/99279353
And this one, ouch ouch: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/102426972 - Vande Velde finished 12th on that stage. Average was 32.4 km/h despite finishing 2300 metres higher than they started and over 5,000 metres of total climbing, including doing about 12 km/h for 40 minutes up the horrific Colle dell'Agnello, which goes 9 km at 10% average, with several kicks to 12%-14% for a few hundred metres at a time. Vande Velde was saying yesterday on Twit-twatter that he had recently been talking about old 6-day races with his grandmother and great-uncle. I asked him if he knew about 6-day legend Torchy Peden from his buddy Ryder's home town. He said they were talking about Torchy but he didn't know he was Canadian, let alone from Victoria.

Dylan J C · Post by **Dylan J C** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 9:08 pm

Torchy Peden is my great uncle

sylvan · Post by **sylvan** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 8:56 pm

Dylan J C wrote:Torchy Peden is my great uncle

Do you have any idea how awesome that is? He's either Gretzky or Orr, take your pick. He may have been a foul-mouthed son-of-a-button, but he's one of the all-time greats. Probably Peden, Lovell, Bauer, then the rest in Canadian cycling.

Dylan J C · Post by **Dylan J C** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 11:31 pm

My grandmother always told me the Peden's were pretty good athletes, it wasn't until recently that I looked him up. Yeah I know how great that is.

RyanC · Post by **RyanC** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:48 am

http://www.6dayracing.ca/riders/peden/peden-bio.html

I like the fact that the nickname 'Torchy' stuck because of his bright red hair.

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