Tour stage 1 *spoiler*

iainf72
iainf72 Posts: 15,784
edited July 2008 in Pro race
8 riders 7 minutes up the road including Voeckler
Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
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  • deltadawn
    deltadawn Posts: 168
    Goodmorning, Iain!

    I was just about to start this thread myself. :)

    Dawn
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    130km left - break down to 5'30"
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  • tabmaster
    tabmaster Posts: 38
    115km to go, peloton @ 4'19"
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    115km left - down to 4'19" :wink:
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  • tabmaster
    tabmaster Posts: 38
    Lilian Jégou (Française des Jeux), Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) and Björn Schröder (Team Milram) over the top (3-2-1 points)
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Duclos-Lassalle (Cofidis) has fallen in the feed zone - off his bike with injured hand :(
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  • owaingibby
    owaingibby Posts: 240
    I think Duclos-Lassalle is out (TBC), shame on the first day really.
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Duclos-Lassalle has abandoned :(

    Update - broken wrist
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  • moray_gub
    moray_gub Posts: 3,328
    iainf72 wrote:
    8 riders 7 minutes up the road including Voeckler

    Still not interested Iain ? :D

    cheers
    MG
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  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    40km left - break now at 2'23".
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Moray Gub wrote:
    iainf72 wrote:
    8 riders 7 minutes up the road including Voeckler

    Still not interested Iain ? :D

    I'm trying. I just woke up on the sofa after a 30 minute nap. It's hypnotic.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    34km - down to 1.30. De La Fuente and Jegou 10" off the front of the break..
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  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Just De La Fuente and Jegou left in front - 1'26" ahead
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  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    15 second gap, sprinters getting warmed up. Evans, McEwan, Cancellara up there...
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  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Soler off and holding his wrist...but back on the bike...
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  • owaingibby
    owaingibby Posts: 240
    Soler just had another close shave with the barriers, misinterpreted a corner probably due to the haste of catching up with the peloton.
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Valverde wins
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  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Soler 3'03" back...
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  • owaingibby
    owaingibby Posts: 240
    Soler comes in 3:01 down, although he'll probably make up double digit times once the mountains kick in.
  • sing_for_absolution
    sing_for_absolution Posts: 1,908
    I'm disappointed to see Valv.piti win. He was my bet on the scandal pundit for this race.
  • scwxx77
    scwxx77 Posts: 1,469
    But why, surely it's too early to be in yellow?
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    scwxx77 wrote:
    But why, surely it's too early to be in yellow?

    Valv always tries to win. And it sends a message.


    Good sprint by him - Showed his class.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • Once_In_A_Blue_Moon
    Once_In_A_Blue_Moon Posts: 269
    Was by no means a classic, but I didn't expect much form the first stage. As mentioned above- Valv is sending a message.
  • oily sailor
    oily sailor Posts: 235
    Great sprint from Valverde, he closed the gap to Grim Kim in style.

    Pleased for him too, it annoys me how he gets loads of abuse from fans despite many other probable naughty lads getting a free ride. And it will annoy the increasingly po-faced fella who writes cyclingfansanonymous.
  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    owaingibby wrote:
    Soler just had another close shave with the barriers, misinterpreted a corner probably due to the haste of catching up with the peloton.

    nope he is just a useless bike handler .... What the hell was he doing at the back of the bunch anyway...Any top rider worth his salt knows how bad the back of the bunch is during the first few days - crash after crash
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  • scwxx77
    scwxx77 Posts: 1,469
    edited July 2008
    iainf72 wrote:
    scwxx77 wrote:
    But why, surely it's too early to be in yellow?

    Valv always tries to win. And it sends a message.


    Good sprint by him - Showed his class.

    I guess he can lose yellow tomorrow by his finishing position and not lose any time. Can anyone confirm?
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    scwxx77 wrote:

    I guess he can loose yellow tomorrow by his finishing position and not loose any time. Can anyone confirm?

    In order to lose it he'd have to be gapped by the winner. So he might keep it until the TT unless there is a successful break.

    Hmmm, or you could be right. I thought I'd read he'd got a 1s lead somewhere.

    Although, he could keep it in the TT too if the Dauphine was anything to go by.
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  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    iainf72 wrote:
    scwxx77 wrote:

    I guess he can loose yellow tomorrow by his finishing position and not loose any time. Can anyone confirm?

    In order to lose it he'd have to be gapped by the winner. So he might keep it until the TT unless there is a successful break.

    Hmmm, or you could be right. I thought I'd read he'd got a 1s lead somewhere.

    Although, he could keep it in the TT too if the Dauphine was anything to go by.

    Won't they countback finishing places? Or does the current yellow keep it regardless if the time is the same? could be a long week for Caisse.
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  • scwxx77
    scwxx77 Posts: 1,469
    They have just given him the 1sec lead on the offical site therefore he will have to lose time to lose yellow now. Tactical error to lead from the off with no time bonuses this year, in my opinion.
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  • Cumulonimbus
    Cumulonimbus Posts: 1,730
    He was given a second advantage at the end. Therefore, if no breaks succeed then there will have to be a split in the main group for anyone to take the yellow jersey before the TT. If a split occurs due to a crash then it depends how close to the finish it was - is 3km or 1km the point at which if there is a crash thereafter then you get the same time as the main group? Quite a nice one for Valverde actually as it means the sprinters' teams will do the pulling back and he'll take the jersey even though he probably doesnt really care that much about keeping it.

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