Stage 11 - Vatan > Saint-Fargeau SPOILER

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  • singlespeedexplosif
    singlespeedexplosif Posts: 1,564
    Let's play "What position did Boonen get in the sprint"!!!

    My guess is 18th.

    looked more like 16th
  • heavymental
    heavymental Posts: 2,091
    Well, pleased for Cav. Boonen must be finding it hard to look anyone in the face at the dinner table. Where was he again?
  • Moomaloid
    Moomaloid Posts: 2,040
    And Cav mentions the 'internet forum' people, as sayin the finish wasn't suited to him... :wink: Well done Cav!!
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Moomaloid wrote:
    And Cav mentions the 'internet forum' people, as sayin the finish wasn't suited to him... :wink: Well done Cav!!

    LOL, I thought he said foreign people! :lol: :oops: OOPS.
  • Edwin
    Edwin Posts: 785
    Good sprint, great interview afterwards:

    Interveiwer: People said that finish didn't suit you?

    MC: Who said that? Internet forum people?

    Brilliant!
  • Moomaloid
    Moomaloid Posts: 2,040
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Oh well, there goes the Hushovd theory.
    What is left to say about the dullness of these proceedings?
    A follows B follows C, everyday.

    Not only is Cav miles quicker than the rest, who are the rest?
    They seem to comprise of only Farrar and Hushovd, each day.

    At this rate, Farrar could pinch one to make his Tour a dream.
    Mine? Remains a nightmare of daily deja vu. :(

    Agreed Blazing, its just a waiting game between mountain ranges, although the first of those didn't prove much did it...
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    It's "Breaking News" on Sky news. (they have it on at work)

    Chap next to me said "who is Mark Cavendish?"
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    singlespeedexplosif wrote:
    Let's play "What position did Boonen get in the sprint"!!!

    My guess is 18th.

    looked more like 16th

    Correct. Just managed to beat that well-known sprinter Andreas Kloden.
  • thamacdaddy
    thamacdaddy Posts: 590
    I know people are bored of the wins but you can't blame cav and htc for simply being the best. One of three things may happen over time:

    1/ The Columbia team fails to keep such a super lead out team together or the mix gets messed up making it much harder for a cav win.

    2/ Cav gets a little older loses some speed and can't rely on explosive power soley outgun others.

    3/ Another great talent or a team with a decent talent will get their tactics right, crack the riddle on how to beat HTC and make it more competative. I guess thats hard when they only have six chances per tour to try out their theory.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,550
    iainf72 wrote:
    It's "Breaking News" on Sky news. (they have it on at work)

    Chap next to me said "who is Mark Cavendish?"
    What did you reply? I hope you didn't mention racism. :wink:
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    iainf72 wrote:
    It's "Breaking News" on Sky news. (they have it on at work)

    Chap next to me said "who is Mark Cavendish?"

    "Well, he's like Richard Littlejohn, but a bit faster..." :wink:
  • Moomaloid
    Moomaloid Posts: 2,040
    From the overhead you can see that Thor was trying to turn a massive gear compared to Cav...
  • DomPro
    DomPro Posts: 321
    Awesome sprint finish by Cav. He really is untouchable.

    Got a bit pushy towards the end, Tony Martin didn't seem to like having the Milram guys next to him.
    Shazam !!
  • Mettan
    Mettan Posts: 2,103
    He was only 3/4 of a bike length ahead of Farrar - pretty close really. Farrar had a good enough run at him and got pretty close to be fair.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Oh well, there goes the Hushovd theory.
    What is left to say about the dullness of these proceedings?
    A follows B follows C, everyday.

    Not only is Cav miles quicker than the rest, who are the rest?
    They seem to comprise of only Farrar and Hushovd, each day.

    At this rate, Farrar could pinch one to make his Tour a dream.
    Mine? Remains a nightmare of daily deja vu. :(

    guess you are on the list of people cav has insulted now :wink:
    "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 pm
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,726
    mididoctors wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Oh well, there goes the Hushovd theory.
    What is left to say about the dullness of these proceedings?
    A follows B follows C, everyday.
    Not only is Cav miles quicker than the rest, who are the rest?
    They seem to comprise of only Farrar and Hushovd, each day.
    At this rate, Farrar could pinch one to make his Tour a dream.
    Mine? Remains a nightmare of daily deja vu. :(

    guess you are on the list of people cav has insulted now :wink:

    Hushovd said that he was surprised by the final slope. He thought it would be 2-3% so he went in using a wrong gear ratio. He should've read this thread I suppose.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    "Fail to prepare, prepare to fail". :wink:

    Hushovd should have read the road book. In addition, someone from the team should have scouted the finish, if not before the race then at least today one of the soigneurs at the finish should have got on the phone to describe the finish so the info could reach Hushovd by phone. Cav said he used the 13 or 14 sprocket instead of his customary 11T. Hushovd was floundering in too big a gear.

    Incidentally the road book is WRONG for tomorrow's stage, it shows this:
    PROFILKMSVIGNETTE.gif
    But the "244m - Avenue Georges Clemenceau" should read 344, there is no way they climb 105m in the final 500m.
  • mgcycleguy
    mgcycleguy Posts: 292
    Well I'm not bored watching Cav... Its fantastic watching a clinical professional team doing their stuff... I'm screaming at the tele every night... great entertainment
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Blazing Saddles wrote:

    Hushovd said that he was surprised by the final slope. He thought it would be 2-3% so he went in using a wrong gear ratio. He should've read this thread I suppose.

    I hear your cycling excuses :wink:
    "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 pm
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Kléber wrote:
    "
    But the "244m - Avenue Georges Clemenceau" should read 344, there is no way they climb 105m in the final 500m.

    that's a 20%er
    "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 pm
  • Philip S
    Philip S Posts: 398
    Mettan wrote:
    He was only 3/4 of a bike length ahead of Farrar - pretty close really. Farrar had a good enough run at him and got pretty close to be fair.
    Aye - and Farrar had to go the long way around Hushovd as he faded. Without that sizeable obstruction he may have been even closer.

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