Poor old Simon Clarke from Greenedge had a Shimano Di2 battery fail on him in Stage 2 of Tour Cycliste International du Haut Var.
5th again. Absolutely devoed. Battery went flat with 10km to go, so no 53 and had to ride the last climb at 26% with only the 19 cog…
— Simon Clarke (@SimoClarke) February 19, 2012
Just downloaded my SRM from yesterdays race with my mishap. In the final kms on the flat I hit over 140rpm multiple times w/ a max of 148rpm
— Simon Clarke (@SimoClarke) February 20, 2012
Then on the final climb of 20 whatever % it was, and getting no love from my battery was nearly the whole time below 50rpm and min. of 44rpm
— Simon Clarke (@SimoClarke) February 20, 2012
Now there is a tale of woe if ever I saw one. Check the video. One minute his legs are a blur, then he is grinding like a diesel.
WTF!!!
Surely the team would have spare charged batteries. Wonder what the real story is here… Something Shimano want to keep quite??? Conspiracy or not seems fishy to me…
But what a shame for Clarkey. 🙁
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