Stage 12 *spoiler*

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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Is Cancellara riding or has he dropped out?
    Contador is the Greatest
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    Cancellara withdrew yesterday
    Le Blaireau (1)
  • Quite Frankly
    Quite Frankly Posts: 386
    Wiggins fastest by 24 seconds at first check point.
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    DaveyL wrote:
    His Lordship seems to have a resonably high cadence again today. He's not riding that horrific paint job bike so is he on his TT rig?

    He has another road bike in plain black and white Livestrong colours that he's riding.
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    le patron wrote:
    LangerDan wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    Two 6 foot blonde Russian clones playing tennis on Eurosport. What a surprise.

    There must be some kind of factory on the outskirts of Vladivostok pumping out identikit tennis players at the rate of one per week or something. Scary thought.

    You wouldn't have the address on their online shop, BTW?

    I'm interested in the aforementioned factory too, does it do tours ?

    Just to let you know I've taken on the UK and Ireland agency and am expecting the new season stock to arrive shortly. Look out for the ads appearing in the Personal section of Loot......
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    DaveyL wrote:
    Cancellara withdrew yesterday

    No way! What a disappointment. Any reasons yet?
    Contador is the Greatest
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    frenchfighter wrote:
    DaveyL wrote:
    Cancellara withdrew yesterday

    No way! What a disappointment. Any reasons yet?

    Have you been paying attention to how he's riding this year?

    Of.Spanners.Sack - Assemble into a phrase
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    iainf72 wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    DaveyL wrote:
    Cancellara withdrew yesterday

    No way! What a disappointment. Any reasons yet?

    Have you been paying attention to how he's riding this year?

    Of.Spanners.Sack - Assemble into a phrase

    Yes every single race. Just asking whether there was a particularly interesting reason. Well done for not answering a straight forward question easily.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    Lance is motoring up those climbs. If he's got the endurance to keep that pace up he'll be in with a shout. Long way to go still...
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    36km/h average or thereabouts for the leaders.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    frenchfighter wrote:

    Yes every single race. Just asking whether there was a particularly interesting reason. Well done for not answering a straight forward question easily.

    "It has been our plan all along that I would be taking it day by day in the Giro," said the Swiss rider. "I'm very happy with the part of it that I have raced and the atmosphere here at the Giro is always really

    So basically, he's riding like a sack of spanners :wink:
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Garzelli beats Wiggins' first time.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Are they allowed to take on food from their cars?
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  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Are they allowed to take on food from their cars?

    It's only an hour and a half. I think they can manage to go without eating.
  • stagehopper
    stagehopper Posts: 1,593
    eurosport gone live ten minutes early
    @stagehopper
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Pokerface wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Are they allowed to take on food from their cars?

    It's only an hour and a half. I think they can manage to go without eating.

    LOL some of you guys are hilarious. You know how often these guys eat during a stage and I am not talking sandwiches here, gels etc count. In any case it is perfectly normal to think they would want to take something on with 100mins of riding, especially when they are riding at very high heart rates and so carbs as a % of energy are increased.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Not from cars but they can take from the roadside at designated feed points.

    What's with the John Tesh style tunes on the Rai TV generics?
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Pro victories for Lance: 90

    Pro victories for Merckx: 525
    Contador is the Greatest
  • le_patron
    le_patron Posts: 494
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Pro victories for Lance: 90

    Pro victories for Merckx: 525

    I love that stat, amazing
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Lövkvist looks great. TT helment but no bars though.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    But how many of Eddy's 525 were against factory workers and coal miners in village fete crits? You counted everything in those days.
  • le_patron
    le_patron Posts: 494
    Yes, but so could all everyone else
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Only mentionned it as it came up on the live feed (well LA's victories). Don't want to start a debate on who is the greatest as that can be done elsewhere!
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    It looks like Sastre has opted for the deepest back wheel I have seen - anyone see what back wheels Millar or Wiggins had?
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  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    Armstrong 42 seconds down at first time check.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    edited May 2009
    Lovkvist's cadence looks to be about 60rpm...smooth though.
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Visconti beats Millar by 2:29 at the finish.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    The RAI commentator just said mamma mia when he saw Visconti's time :lol:
  • Quite Frankly
    Quite Frankly Posts: 386
    Did Navarro (Astana) withdraw before the start?
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Kléber wrote:
    The RAI commentator just said mamma mia when he saw Visconti's time :lol:

    You'll be telling us next that French people really do say sacrebleu!

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