Stage 5 - Le Cap d'Agde > Perpignan SPOILER
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Bike Radar Pro tour pundit (like fantasy football) - nowt to do with the race itselff0
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the peloton effectively ripped its own legs off in the battle of the causeway...
the result is gesink is taken out of the game...
columbia are going to need recovery somehow.. Eidsel looked hammered in the TTT
Cav is going to have to settle for placings if he wants that jersey cos his team have expeded a lot of effort so far."If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
sportbilly1976 wrote:what are PTP points, and why was the stage neutralised?
The Bikeradar cycling prediction game. There's a sticky thread at the top of the forum that explains all, and another thread where people post their predictions for the Tour de France.0 -
Just showed a shot of Gesink with blood all over his legs.
Also, a hilarious scene where after Boonen set off after his wheel change, he had to swerve as a photographer stepped right in front of him and then the mechainc ran at the p.g. and raised the wheel as if to hit him and the p.g. moved pronto and flinchedContador is the Greatest0 -
mididoctors wrote:the peloton effectively ripped its own legs off in the battle of the causeway...
the result is gesink is taken out of the game...
columbia are going to need recovery somehow.. Eidsel looked hammered in the TTT
Cav is going to have to settle for placings if he wants that jersey cos his team have expeded a lot of effort so far.
Cav's lead is already big enough that he doesn't need to have Columbia fighting for the stage win each day. He could just let break after break go and pick up minor points.0 -
mididoctors wrote:the peloton effectively ripped its own legs off in the battle of the causeway...
That the way I see it too.0 -
All for the cost of another potential ray of mountain sunshine, in Robert Gesink. He is officially out of the Tour.
The Dutch answer to Frank Schleck."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
afx237vi wrote:mididoctors wrote:the peloton effectively ripped its own legs off in the battle of the causeway...
the result is gesink is taken out of the game...
columbia are going to need recovery somehow.. Eidsel looked hammered in the TTT
Cav is going to have to settle for placings if he wants that jersey cos his team have expeded a lot of effort so far.
Cav's lead is already big enough that he doesn't need to have Columbia fighting for the stage win each day. He could just let break after break go and pick up minor points.
yes that's what i mean by "settle for placings""If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
afx237vi wrote:
Cav's lead is already big enough that he doesn't need to have Columbia fighting for the stage win each day. He could just let break after break go and pick up minor points.
Yebbut his stated goal is to win stages. Green jersey, he says, is not as important. It's just a by-product of stage wins.<hr>
<h6>What\'s the point of going out? We\'re just going to end up back here anyway</h6>0 -
Eurostar wrote:afx237vi wrote:
Cav's lead is already big enough that he doesn't need to have Columbia fighting for the stage win each day. He could just let break after break go and pick up minor points.
Yebbut his stated goal is to win stages. Green jersey, he says, is not as important. It's just a by-product of stage wins.
But he already showed today that he's willing to sprint for 3rd place to keep the cushion of his green jersey lead.
Plus, Columbia also have at least some interest in the GC with Rogers and Kim Kirchen. Stapleton has to decide what's more important - more stage wins or a high GC placing.0 -
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afx237vi wrote:mididoctors wrote:the peloton effectively ripped its own legs off in the battle of the causeway...
the result is gesink is taken out of the game...
columbia are going to need recovery somehow.. Eidsel looked hammered in the TTT
Cav is going to have to settle for placings if he wants that jersey cos his team have expeded a lot of effort so far.
Cav's lead is already big enough that he doesn't need to have Columbia fighting for the stage win each day. He could just let break after break go and pick up minor points.
You think so with Cavendish on 96 points and Hushovd on 70 points.
I had to smile yesterday when Columbia lost 41 secs to Garmin after their previous days efforts to gain 40 secs.Organiser, National Championship 50 mile Time Trial 19720 -
deejay wrote:[
I had to smile yesterday when Columbia lost 41 secs to Garmin after their previous days efforts to gain 40 secs.
They won the stage and punished all the other sprinter teams for not helping chace. Mission accomplished.0