Stage 13 TDF *spoilers*

afx237vi
afx237vi Posts: 12,630
edited July 2008 in Pro race
The spoiler is, there are no spoilers. Nothing is happening.

So far today we've learned the origin of the phrase "close but no cigar", a brief history of French textile export and an interesting snippet about Britain's oldest colony of carp. Thanks David Harmon. I'm eagerly awaiting today's lesson about Simon De Montfort's various run-ins with the Cathars.
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  • will3
    will3 Posts: 2,173
    With no time bonuses one wonders what the point of this sort of stage is. Sure the green ones and the spotty ones get a few points here and there but the GC is never changed much.
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    Don't think the GC ever changed much on stages like this thanks to time bonuses - maybe if a break stayed away, but nowt to do with time bonuses.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    will3 wrote:
    With no time bonuses one wonders what the point of this sort of stage is. Sure the green ones and the spotty ones get a few points here and there but the GC is never changed much.

    It gives riders a rest between the two mountain ranges. Five consecutive mountain stages would be a bit much to ask. Plus it gives the French riders something to do.
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  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
    It looks like someone decided this years tour was a bit boring so decided to start setting fire to a set of cars on the side of the road.. How bizarre
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  • will3
    will3 Posts: 2,173
    RichN95 wrote:
    will3 wrote:
    With no time bonuses one wonders what the point of this sort of stage is. Sure the green ones and the spotty ones get a few points here and there but the GC is never changed much.

    It gives riders a rest between the two mountain ranges. Five consecutive mountain stages would be a bit much to ask. Plus it gives the French riders something to do.

    Not suggesting endless mountain stages, but surely there must be some way of livening up these stages?
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    Landmines?
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  • will3
    will3 Posts: 2,173
    calvjones wrote:
    Landmines?

    For example.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Maybe they could have a stage where they don't close the roads - something for the common man to relate to.
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  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    Wouldn't surprise me if they add such a novelty to next year's Giro, in search of more entertainment. Or an ITT up the side of the leaning tower of Pisa.
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    calvjones wrote:
    Landmines?

    You missed the burnt out cars, then?
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    afx237vi wrote:
    calvjones wrote:
    Landmines?

    You missed the burnt out cars, then?

    That was just Saunier Duval getting rid of evidence.
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  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    afx237vi wrote:
    calvjones wrote:
    Landmines?

    You missed the burnt out cars, then?

    Yes, currently calculating 950 'distances from home to stadium' by tediously inputting each home postcode into a route planner.

    Still having more fun than anyone watching the stage.
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  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
    not as fun as watching the cycling and the cricket at the same time. I loved watching England get thumped :p

    come to think of it I also saw Princess Anne go past my window at work as she is here in Liverpool checking out all the Tall Ships
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  • Pirahna
    Pirahna Posts: 1,315
    That bike has snapped in half!
  • Adieu
    Adieu Posts: 83
    Jeez... Cavendish is pretty darn good.
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    Wow
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  • Pirahna
    Pirahna Posts: 1,315
    Superb!!!
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    He's starting to bore me now.
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    How many times does he have to win before y'all get bored? :evil:

    He could win 3 more in theory.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • 007stucumber
    007stucumber Posts: 671
    Wooohooo!
  • Moomaloid
    Moomaloid Posts: 2,040
    He's tired eh?!
  • donrhummy
    donrhummy Posts: 2,329
    Cavendish is in a zone this TDF! However, I do think if McEwen wasn't forced to work so hard for Evans (fetching bottles, sitting at the front to relay attack info, etc) he might have taken that stage.
  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    Awesome, especially for completely stuffing McEwen!
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    Bet that tiredness just disappears when his team drop him off in the last few hundred metres and he gets a sniff of the finish line.

    If he makes it to Paris he is a stick-on for that stage.
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  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    He's made sounds that he's going to pull out tomorrow...
  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    The previous poster must have been watching a different race!
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..
  • Peakraider
    Peakraider Posts: 143
    If he can carry it into the classics, he's going to be one of the true greats.
  • Moomaloid
    Moomaloid Posts: 2,040
    and so he should pull out. Why ruin your form when u are odds on for a gold medal.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Moomaloid wrote:
    and so he should pull out. Why ruin your form when u are odds on for a gold medal.

    Because he can earn a lot more money winning stages in the Tour than he ever could from an Olympic gold?
  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    The speed he pulls away from the peleton at is unreal. He wouldn't be any faster if you fired him out of a cannon!

    I wonder if its his track experience that helps him get his positioning in bunch sprints, and has helped him hone that terrifying acceleration.

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