Feb 16, 2006
Boonen Takes One Back
Tom Boonen got on the board in the Petacchi V Boonen supersprinters duel. The fifth and final stage of the Ruta Del Sol showed that Boonen took the win ahead of Petacchi. No foto finish was necessary as the win was taken by 1/2 wheel. Final vicotry went to Spaniard Carlos Garcia Quesada (Unibet.com).
The two sprinters will face off next at Milan San Remo. Boonen will head north to race in Het Volk and Kuurne Brussellls Kuurne while Petacchi will stay in Spain racing in the Vuelta Valenciana before heading back to Italy for the leadup to MSR.
I’m looking at the spokes on those wheels in the Boonen-Pettachi photo finish. Is the twisting an artificat of the photography? Or is there actually some cycling physics being demonstrated here? Anyone have a solid theory?
Actually it is the stretching out of the photofinish picture which causes the spokes to warp. It does look cool though.