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Re: 2011 Tour de France

Postby igstar » Mon Jul 25, 2011 2:03 am

Why is the trophy so small? Looks like a paperweight.

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Postby Parrott » Mon Jul 25, 2011 2:05 am

Chuck wrote:
Sunderland has to be kidding with that shirt.
I was wondering what that was too :lol:

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Re: 2011 Tour de France

Postby Myddraal » Mon Jul 25, 2011 2:06 am

Cadel you little bloody ripper.

>.< That rendition of the anthem made me cringe.

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Postby CommuRider » Mon Jul 25, 2011 2:08 am

igstar wrote:Why is the trophy so small? Looks like a paperweight.
They have some crystal vase thing going on now.
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Postby Parrott » Mon Jul 25, 2011 2:12 am

Myddraal wrote:Cadel you little bloody ripper.

>.< That rendition of the anthem made me cringe.
Pretty hard to sing in front of all those people with no music.
Not very patriotic of me but it's a crap song.

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Re: 2011 Tour de France

Postby RICHARDH » Mon Jul 25, 2011 2:13 am

Sutherland bet some that Cadel wouldnt win the Tour.
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Re: 2011 Tour de France

Postby cavebear2 » Mon Jul 25, 2011 3:26 am

9 it is!
George is the most successful Domestique ever!
Cadel will be at the TDU and I'll be at the ACE250 :D (I'll be there in spirit though :wink:

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Re: 2011 Tour de France

Postby DaveOZ » Mon Jul 25, 2011 7:45 am

Myddraal wrote:Cadel you little bloody ripper.

>.< That rendition of the anthem made me cringe.
What? I think Tina did a fantastic job and she looked fit too. Maybe I was just a little tired and emotional by then. :P

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Re: 2011 Tour de France

Postby ni78ck » Mon Jul 25, 2011 8:08 am

i got goose bumps watching cadel cross the line and on the podium :|
one of the greatest australian sporting moments ever for me! :D
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Re: 2011 Tour de France

Postby MichaelB » Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:02 am

il padrone wrote:17 times on the TdF for George Hincapie, 16 finishes


WOW! Really impressive performance.

I thought that he had 16 starts (2011 was his 16th) and now 15 finishes. Joop started and finished 16, so to beat Joop, he has to start and finish his 17th go.

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Re: 2011 Tour de France

Postby familyguy » Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:11 am

MichaelB wrote:
il padrone wrote:17 times on the TdF for George Hincapie, 16 finishes


WOW! Really impressive performance.

I thought that he had 16 starts (2011 was his 16th) and now 15 finishes. Joop started and finished 16, so to beat Joop, he has to start and finish his 17th go.
P&P said they pulled him out of his first one cause he was only 21, and the team (US Postal back then?) didnt think he should go all the way. 17 starts, 1 withdrawal (no abandons!), and so equals Joop's 16 finishes. I think Cyclingnews had a picture of the number 17 on the top tube of his bike. In this sort of sporting environment, a huge effort. Whats Stuey up to now?

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Re: 2011 Tour de France

Postby jules21 » Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:42 am

i love it - cadel is mainstream now. Today had a 'thought provoking' segment this morning where mia freedman argued that instead of glorifying sportspeople, we should pay more attention to people who do good things, like firemen. i s***t you not, she said firemen :D

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Re: 2011 Tour de France

Postby Daccordi Rider » Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:59 am

cavebear2 wrote:9 it is!
George is the most successful Domestique ever!
Cadel will be at the TDU and I'll be at the ACE250 :D (I'll be there in spirit though :wink:
CB2, you can do both this year, they are different weeks!
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Postby MichaelB » Mon Jul 25, 2011 1:28 pm

familyguy wrote: I think Cyclingnews had a picture of the number 17 on the top tube of his bike. In this sort of sporting environment, a huge effort. Whats Stuey up to now?

....Jim

Piccy was of a "16" and this was Stuey's 15th TdF

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Re: 2011 Tour de France

Postby familyguy » Mon Jul 25, 2011 2:00 pm

Right, mis-read that one, I did. Will Stu be back? Hope so.

In an effort to keep it somewhat topical: Ride of the Tour?

There's so many. Cadel's win, Hoogerland's comeback, Roy and Thor stage 13...but I reckon TV hanging on to yellow for so long against seemingly long odds was the ride of the tour. You could see it sliding away on stage 19 and he knew it, but he kept going despite things (i.e. legs) not functioning 100% by that stage.

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Re: 2011 Tour de France

Postby MichaelB » Mon Jul 25, 2011 2:39 pm

familyguy wrote: In an effort to keep it somewhat topical: Ride of the Tour?

I think that there were many, but for me it's a tie between Thor & Voeckler for both holding onto Yellow far longer than anyone thought possible.

Thor takes it though because he won two stages as well.

Honourable mentions ;

Cadel's rides on St 4, 18, 19 & 20
Hoogerland for even finishing, let alone getting into other breaks
Rolland for supporting TV so well, and winning a stage and the White Jersey
Andy for his daring break
BMC's outstanding TTT

That's a start anyway :D

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Re: 2011 Tour de France

Postby snark » Mon Jul 25, 2011 3:10 pm

familyguy wrote:In an effort to keep it somewhat topical: Ride of the Tour?

but I reckon TV hanging on to yellow for so long against seemingly long odds was the ride of the tour. You could see it sliding away on stage 19 and he knew it, but he kept going despite things (i.e. legs) not functioning 100% by that stage.
I agree with this. While it was a great tour for Cadel, his ride and some of the attacks by the favourites shouldn't have been too unexpected. TV was expected to lose yellow at the first stage of the Pyrenees and held on to it far longer with some great mountain rides.

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Re: 2011 Tour de France

Postby MikeyD360 » Mon Jul 25, 2011 3:58 pm

I'm just watching stage 21 now... LOL at 78.9km to go where someone has drawn a giant pen1s on the road that is clearly visible in the telecast.. hahahaha :lol:
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Postby im_no_pro » Mon Jul 25, 2011 4:01 pm

Myddraal wrote:Cadel you little bloody ripper.

>.< That rendition of the anthem made me cringe.
Really? I cringed when I saw TA would be doing it, but was quite impressed at the end of it.
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Postby im_no_pro » Mon Jul 25, 2011 4:02 pm

Parrott wrote:
Chuck wrote:
Sunderland has to be kidding with that shirt.
I was wondering what that was too :lol:
He has tweeted that it was a gift from his wife. Explains a lot :lol:
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Re: 2011 Tour de France

Postby David_G » Mon Jul 25, 2011 4:05 pm

im_no_pro wrote:
Parrott wrote:
Chuck wrote:
Sunderland has to be kidding with that shirt.
I was wondering what that was too :lol:
He has tweeted that it was a gift from his wife. Explains a lot :lol:

I thought he was wearing it to win a bet...A very big bet...
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Re: 2011 Tour de France

Postby David_G » Mon Jul 25, 2011 4:06 pm

im_no_pro wrote:
Myddraal wrote:Cadel you little bloody ripper.

>.< That rendition of the anthem made me cringe.
Really? I cringed when I saw TA would be doing it, but was quite impressed at the end of it.
Where was Julie Anthony??????

Tiny Tina did a good job, lucky for me only one verse..The only verse I know.
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Re: 2011 Tour de France

Postby RICHARDH » Mon Jul 25, 2011 4:45 pm

Isnt Tina Arena big in France seem to vaguely remember that?
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Re: 2011 Tour de France

Postby David_G » Mon Jul 25, 2011 5:02 pm

RICHARDH wrote:Isnt Tina Arena big in France seem to vaguely remember that?

Apparently Yes..She lives in Paris now. Good on her for offering to sing for Cadel, it was a nice touch.
I thought it might get all schmaltzy but it went over OK IMO.
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Re: 2011 Tour de France

Postby RICHARDH » Mon Jul 25, 2011 5:09 pm

Got a laugh out of this

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