2011 Tour de France
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Re: 2011 Tour de France
Postby brentono » Sun Jul 03, 2011 11:10 am
Nah, and didn't hear him whining about it, either, eh!jules21 wrote:i wonder if contador is p****d that no one waited for him?
Bad-luck-for-Alberto-Contador-but-motivation-is-still-high"Today I had bad luck, but the Tour is long," he said. "I'm optimistic and motivated, which is what is important."
Long way to go, and much can happen
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Re: 2011 Tour de France
Postby brentono » Sun Jul 03, 2011 11:15 am
+1wheels46 wrote:Just want to know if Ligget and particularly Sherwen are on a cash per comments basis for saying "Mark Cavendish" with an extra dollar thrown in for when Sherwen gets a woody in the process?
Yeah, think they must get doughy, each time they say it.
Anyway, the new sprint rules, ends the "one-sprint-wonder" and his chances of green. IMO
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Re: 2011 Tour de France
Postby Aushiker » Sun Jul 03, 2011 12:01 pm
Mmm that is going to make it that much harder for Cadel .. glad he made a dash for the line; every second will count.gdt wrote:The letour website now has A Schleck at -:06, Contador remaining at -1:20. I assume that means that A Schleck was seen in the leading bunch after the first accident.
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Re: 2011 Tour de France
Postby Aushiker » Sun Jul 03, 2011 12:03 pm
Felt sorry for him ... he did try to do the right thingnorbs wrote:- Vanendert's failed bunny hop and subsequent heavy stack about 70kms into the race.
+ 1 ... great to see BMC working as a team.- The mayhem when the spectator got cleaned up and slowed up Contador.
- Team BMC getting to the front to protect Evans
- Gilbert's finish
- Evans finish
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Re: 2011 Tour de France
Postby cherrycam » Sun Jul 03, 2011 1:07 pm
He was trying to do the right thing, and there was also a speed hump from what I could see - he wasn't watching where he was going either.Aushiker wrote:Felt sorry for him ... he did try to do the right thingnorbs wrote:- Vanendert's failed bunny hop and subsequent heavy stack about 70kms into the race.
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Re: 2011 Tour de France
Postby heay » Sun Jul 03, 2011 1:20 pm
Not saying he is not a great sprinter but I have always thought that he could not win without the lead train. Look at how quickly he gave up when they went pass him in the middle sprint last night.brentono wrote:+1wheels46 wrote:Just want to know if Ligget and particularly Sherwen are on a cash per comments basis for saying "Mark Cavendish" with an extra dollar thrown in for when Sherwen gets a woody in the process?
Yeah, think they must get doughy, each time they say it.
Anyway, the new sprint rules, ends the "one-sprint-wonder" and his chances of green. IMO
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Re: 2011 Tour de France
Postby Strange Rover » Sun Jul 03, 2011 4:43 pm
I think if you look back at the TdF last year, Cavendish had to operate with a very weak lead out train (sometimes non existant) once Renshaw got evicted...and he still won. I think last year Cavendish really displayed his incredible tallent where he had to think and fight for himself and follow wheels (not of his train) and win.heay wrote: Not saying he is not a great sprinter but I have always thought that he could not win without the lead train. Look at how quickly he gave up when they went pass him in the middle sprint last night.
Last night was more of a case of his train not being any where near fast enough to launch from...I dont think from lack of horsepower...probably more lack of commitment. I carnt imagine they will make the same mistake again.
Awesome result for Cadel...great work by the BMC boys...really solid.
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Re: 2011 Tour de France
Postby Vipul » Sun Jul 03, 2011 5:31 pm
Wait until the mountain stages and Contador is going to DESTROY the peloton.
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Re: 2011 Tour de France
Postby chill » Sun Jul 03, 2011 7:03 pm
I really hoped Cadel would get the break on Nancy, I mean, Andy Schleck as well.
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Re: 2011 Tour de France
Postby Chuck » Sun Jul 03, 2011 7:47 pm
Covered Fab's attack with ease What form he hasMulger bill wrote:Perfectly ridden final klick by Gilbert.
Strong finish by Cadel Good to see him going for the stage win, shame he couldn't get out earlier....
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/evans-p ... ance-gains
Got up and did a mountain of work for the team and Gilbert, respectcherrycam wrote:He was trying to do the right thing, and there was also a speed hump from what I could see - he wasn't watching where he was going either.Aushiker wrote:Felt sorry for him ... he did try to do the right thingnorbs wrote:- Vanendert's failed bunny hop and subsequent heavy stack about 70kms into the race.
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Re: 2011 Tour de France
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Re: 2011 Tour de France
Postby Chris249 » Mon Jul 04, 2011 8:09 am
Would it be putting the mockers on to say that Cadel could now be the favourite? If he can do so much work on the front and still beat the Schlecks, who were looking strained just sitting on Cancellara's wheel, surely he has to be in superb form and will be able to take considerable time off Andy in the individual TT. Cadel seems to have a loyal team and is attacking whenever possible. Not that I know anything but surely this could finally be The Year.
After all that time hearing people blame Cadel's leadership for Lotto's TTT woes of earlier years, it was interesting to see that they failed to defend the yellow jersey when it was worn by someone else.
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Re: 2011 Tour de France
Postby MichaelB » Mon Jul 04, 2011 8:40 am
Go cuddles, and BMC did really well in the TTT as well.
Brilliant.
Looking fwd to the next few stages in seeing how the green jersey comp shapes up.
Had to laugh about Greipel's stack in the neutral zone as well as his 100m of aqll out effort onm the front when they hit the climb - even the Liggett/Sherwin duo had a laugh.
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Re: 2011 Tour de France
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Re: 2011 Tour de France
Postby MichaelB » Mon Jul 04, 2011 1:09 pm
Lets hope !!!jules21 wrote:cuddles is in the box seat. he's got 1:20 on dertie, he's rid himself of the useless Lotto team, has had a light racing schedule and (touch wood) he has no broken bones. if it's gonna happen, it will be this year!
Pity that last crash on Stage 1 didn't happen 200m earlier !! Then he really would have been in the box seat
I was really surprised at how well the guys did in the TTT. Lets hope that lady luck is on his side for a change and the haters stop and focus on someone else for a while.
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Re: 2011 Tour de France
Postby brentono » Mon Jul 04, 2011 1:16 pm
"The elastic has snapped." as Phil would say.heay wrote:Not saying he is not a great sprinter but I have always thought that he could not win without the lead train. Look at how quickly he gave up when they went pass him in the middle sprint last night.brentono wrote:+1wheels46 wrote:Just want to know if Ligget and particularly Sherwen are on a cash per comments basis for saying "Mark Cavendish" with an extra dollar thrown in for when Sherwen gets a woody in the process?
Yeah, think they must get doughy, each time they say it.
Anyway, the new sprint rules, ends the "one-sprint-wonder" and his chances of green. IMO
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Re: 2011 Tour de France
Postby igstar » Mon Jul 04, 2011 1:20 pm
Although most others are still breathing down his neck. Both Schlecks and Wiggins are only 3 seconds behind and the others are not much further back.jules21 wrote:cuddles is in the box seat.
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Re: 2011 Tour de France
Postby jules21 » Mon Jul 04, 2011 1:31 pm
evans' popularity seems much higher nowadays. his new attacking style is a winner with the tifosi - he won't die wondering, which is good. dertie has demonstrated that it's not all about winning - his palmares are great, but he is unlikely to be remembered fondly.MichaelB wrote:I was really surprised at how well the guys did in the TTT. Lets hope that lady luck is on his side for a change and the haters stop and focus on someone else for a while.
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