A lesson in descending!

[TxDoc]

2009 TdF stage 7:
Fabian Cancellara recovering a lot of time during the descent to rejoin the main field - and showing his best bike handling skills, as always!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgVmq4UBJs4

[Zen]

Today's descent was certainly a thrill ride.
I can't begin to imagine what that must be like.

[BikeDutchess]

Wow! Awesome video. I am such a speed wienie, I can't imagine doing anything even close to that. But a joy to watch.

[Miranda]

Just *watching* the descent makes me wanna p in my shorts chamois lol.


Great vid clip, thx for posting!

[lunacycles]

I find it impressive and a little annoying that much of his skill has to do with getting around all of the "traffic."

[papaver]

If you are impressed by that, then what about the motorcyclist who followed him and the cameraman who filmed him, standing on the motorcycle.

[wnyrider]

Is there a technical reason why he wiggled his both knees outwards and inwards several times at one point mid way down? I thought maybe to work out some thigh kinks. It just looked kind of funny. It was at about 5 min and 22 secs into video.

[aicabsolut]

Is there a technical reason why he wiggled his both knees outwards and inwards several times at one point mid way down? I thought maybe to work out some thigh kinks. It just looked kind of funny. It was at about 5 min and 22 secs into video.

When you are hammering for a long time and then have to stop pedaling (because of the grade) for a long period, your quads start to seize up. Giving them a good shake helps keep them limber. Schumacher and Vino did that a lot too. I wonder if it's just a coincidence that they all have massive quads.