2011 Tour de France
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2011 Tour de France
Postby AUbicycles » Mon Jun 06, 2011 6:38 am
Let the worlds greatest cycle race begin.
Contadors participation is already being hotly discussed and the Lance Armstrong saga continues in the background.
Cadel Evans has another chance - and is likely to be a bit fresher than Contador though still has the Schlecks challenging.
Who is your hot tip?
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Re: 2011 Tour de France
Postby igstar » Mon Jun 06, 2011 9:51 am
He's not my favourite rider, but facts are facts.
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Re: 2011 Tour de France
Postby skull » Mon Jun 06, 2011 9:54 am
I don't know, he will be suffering some good fatigue from his unleashing pain at the Giroigstar wrote:Drug scandals aside for the moment... If Contador races I can't see how anyone can beat him, unless he gets involved in a serious crash. He is just so accomplished in both, climbing and time trials..
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Re: 2011 Tour de France
Postby jules21 » Mon Jun 06, 2011 11:46 am
outsiders are frank and ivan basso.
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Re: 2011 Tour de France
Postby sogood » Mon Jun 06, 2011 11:55 am
RK wrote:And that is Wikipedia - I can write my own definition.
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Re: 2011 Tour de France
Postby jules21 » Mon Jun 06, 2011 11:58 am
i thought there was only 1 ITT this year (prologue aside). i'm betting andy will have learnt to do a better TT this year too.sogood wrote:But Andy can't TT while Contador can. It'd be hard to beat, even coming after the Giro.
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Re: 2011 Tour de France
Postby sogood » Mon Jun 06, 2011 12:04 pm
Unfortunately he didn't demonstrate such improvements at the ToC recently. Assuming a match b/n him and Contador on climbs, one ITT result may well decide Andy's fate.jules21 wrote:i thought there was only 1 ITT this year (prologue aside). i'm betting andy will have learnt to do a better TT this year too.
RK wrote:And that is Wikipedia - I can write my own definition.
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Re: 2011 Tour de France
Postby hannos » Mon Jun 06, 2011 1:55 pm
All it takes is like if 5 Saxo's get attacked by a bear in the mountainsigstar wrote:Drug scandals aside for the moment... If Contador races I can't see how anyone can beat him, unless he gets involved in a serious crash.
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Re: 2011 Tour de France
Postby jules21 » Mon Jun 06, 2011 2:01 pm
that's why he used to have Vino as a team mate but it never happened so it turned out to be an expensive option. although Vino can also ride pretty well.hannos wrote:All it takes is like if 5 Saxo's get attacked by a bear in the mountainsigstar wrote:Drug scandals aside for the moment... If Contador races I can't see how anyone can beat him, unless he gets involved in a serious crash.
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Re: 2011 Tour de France
Postby aussieboy13 » Mon Jun 06, 2011 2:06 pm
I hope Andy Schleck has the goods to beat him.
Who is of the opinion that if Contador wins it will be tainted because of this over hanging drug trial that was postponed.
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Re: 2011 Tour de France
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Re: 2011 Tour de France
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Re: 2011 Tour de France
Postby toolonglegs » Mon Jun 06, 2011 5:49 pm
But I do hope Cadel has a good race...Friday's stage for the Crit de Dauphine starts 500meters down the road from home so will take the kids down...somethings are more important than school .
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Re: 2011 Tour de France
Postby gururug » Mon Jun 06, 2011 6:38 pm
wish we had 40 hour days. oh well, non-stop weekend re-runs it is!!!
schlek's form looks a little down eh? don;t think it will be the big rematch we were all expecting. expect some darkies to loom large.
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Re: 2011 Tour de France
Postby AUbicycles » Tue Jun 07, 2011 7:06 am
Contador does need better marking..
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Re: 2011 Tour de France
Postby igstar » Tue Jun 07, 2011 1:55 pm
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Re: 2011 Tour de France
Postby toolonglegs » Tue Jun 07, 2011 3:19 pm
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Re: 2011 Tour de France
Postby brentono » Wed Jun 08, 2011 12:01 pm
The Galibier 1911-2011.igstar wrote:Looking at the stages, it's probably not even worth watching TdF till last four stages. I think stage 18, 19 (Col de Telegraph, Col de Galibier and finish on Alp-d'Huez, I'm drooling over this already) and the following ITT will decide the winner
Tour will celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the first crossing of the Galibier by the peloton,
the mountain pass which has been visited the most by the race.
The finishing line of the 18th stage will be marked out there at an altitude of 2, 645 metres!
It will be the highest finish in the Tour’s history.
Le Galibier will be climbed twice.
Contador would have the race, at these stages 18/19th, if not before.
Contador for Paris, and Le Tour.
(Contador the most scrutinised sportsman on the planet ATM, unsanctioned and clean)
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Re: 2011 Tour de France
Postby Zynster » Wed Jun 08, 2011 12:11 pm
How long has it been since someone won the Giro and the Tour in the same year?
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Re: 2011 Tour de France
Postby brentono » Wed Jun 08, 2011 12:19 pm
I think Cadel (though I'd like to see him do well) has conceeded, alreadyZynster wrote:I'd say Contador too, though I'll be cheering for Cadel.
How long has it been since someone won the Giro and the Tour in the same year?
by competing in the Critérium du Dauphiné. IMO
Marco Pantani 1998 (Giro and the Tour in the same year)
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Re: 2011 Tour de France
Postby jules21 » Wed Jun 08, 2011 12:31 pm
eh? the Dauphine is a traditional warm up for Tour contenders and cadel has done it in past seasons. he didn't do it last year as he raced the Giro.brentono wrote:I think Cadel (though I'd like to see him do well) has conceeded, already by competing in the Critérium du Dauphiné. IMO
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Re: 2011 Tour de France
Postby jet-ski » Wed Jun 08, 2011 12:42 pm
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Re: 2011 Tour de France
Postby brentono » Wed Jun 08, 2011 2:19 pm
"traditional" =Some girls do, some girls don't.jules21 wrote:eh? the Dauphine is a traditional warm up for Tour contenders and cadel has done it in past seasons. he didn't do it last year as he raced the Giro.brentono wrote:I think Cadel (though I'd like to see him do well) has conceeded, already by competing in the Critérium du Dauphiné. IMO
I still have a right to an opinion.
Whatever his plan, and however he has done it in the past, don't matter.
Evans, 34, has yet to prevail in a Grand Tour.
I'd like to see him do well, and the writing will be on the wall/podium, in Paris,
and I'll leave it at that.
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