Stage 14 - Colmar - Besancon SPOILER

takethehighroad
takethehighroad Posts: 6,812
edited July 2009 in Pro race
Interesting that no ones biothered to start this yet.

Just kicked off 13 riders out front
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  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,812
    Roulston, Big Jens Voigt,Maaskant, Big George Hincapie, Roche, Bennati, Willems, Le Mevel, Minard, Righi, Ivanov, Ciolek, and Timmer 32 seconds ahead.

    Apparently Cav attacked but then sat up
  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    Its gonna be a sprint finish... Cav will have to do something today if he wants Green for Paris
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    I hope this break stays away and Hincapie wins.

    He has to be one of the most deserving pros of a stage win...
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,874
    is hincapie blocking or working?
    "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
  • Cumulonimbus
    Cumulonimbus Posts: 1,730
    Who is best placed on overall? I make Le Mevel at 6.03. I think he's the highest?

    EDIT: Actually Hincapie is at 5.25
  • jimycooper
    jimycooper Posts: 740
    wouldnt it be great for nicolas roche? had a good tour so for, being a solid man for ronaldo.. could establish himself nicely.
  • bikerZA
    bikerZA Posts: 314
    I agree, i'd like to see Hincapie grab a win
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  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Hincapie is highest - about 5'30'' back...
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    A police motorcycle has apparantly hit a few spectators
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • NervexProf
    NervexProf Posts: 4,202
    Break at 5.15 secs - Peleton being controlled by Astana on the front
    Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    emadden,
    are you in Verbiers yet?
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  • NervexProf
    NervexProf Posts: 4,202
    Holm - of HTC says he is NOT going to put riders on the front to chase down the break - he says George Hincapie is virtual leader of the tour on the road and does not intend to chase the break in favour of a Cav win
    Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom
  • robmanic1
    robmanic1 Posts: 2,150
    Perfect situation for Columbia, they can just suck Astana's wheels all day, if Astana bring the breakaway back Cav's your man. Otherwise I fancy GH to break away at 20k or so.
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    7 minutes for the break now. Astana ain't chasing that hard - maybe Lance would rather see Big George win the Tour than Big Bert? 8)
  • robmanic1
    robmanic1 Posts: 2,150
    afx237vi wrote:
    7 minutes for the break now. Astana ain't chasing that hard - maybe Lance would rather see Big George win the Tour than Big Bert? 8)

    I think LA would rather ANYONE won than Bertie
    Pictures are better than words because some words are big and hard to understand.

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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    8 minutes now... Bert having a chat with the Astana car. A long chat.
  • robmanic1
    robmanic1 Posts: 2,150
    afx237vi wrote:
    8 minutes now... Bert having a chat with the Astana car. A long chat.

    Imagine that conversation;

    Bruyneel: "Oi, Bertie, take some drinks up to the team leader"

    Bertie: "Fcuk off Johan!"
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  • Quite Frankly
    Quite Frankly Posts: 386
    iainf72 wrote:
    A police motorcycle has apparantly hit a few spectators

    One person dead and two injured according to the BBC.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    That clock on screen has got to be wrong.
  • Quite Frankly
    Quite Frankly Posts: 386
    afx237vi wrote:
    That clock on screen has got to be wrong.

    Yup, it was over 4 minutes wrong.
  • Quite Frankly
    Quite Frankly Posts: 386
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8157409.stm

    Report on the motorbike accident.
  • stagehopper
    stagehopper Posts: 1,593
    afx237vi wrote:
    That clock on screen has got to be wrong.

    Thanks for preserving my sanity - defo problems with the timings.
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  • Cumulonimbus
    Cumulonimbus Posts: 1,730
    Could be an interesting sub-plot today between Hincapie and Le Mevel. The difference overall is about 40 seconds. Later in the stage we could see le Mevel try to attack and split up the group hoping that Hincapie will get left behind. I think that Hincapie will be alive to this though and know that Le Mevel is the one person he has to mark.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Quite Frankly wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    That clock on screen has got to be wrong.

    Yup, it was over 4 minutes wrong.

    Back down to 8 minutes now.

    Terrible news about the accident. Wasn't a young boy killed a few years ago too?
  • Quite Frankly
    Quite Frankly Posts: 386
    afx237vi wrote:
    Quite Frankly wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    That clock on screen has got to be wrong.

    Yup, it was over 4 minutes wrong.

    Back down to 8 minutes now.

    Terrible news about the accident. Wasn't a young boy killed a few years ago too?

    Yup, a 7-year-old boy was killed back in 2002 as the caravan passed through.
  • gimboid
    gimboid Posts: 24
    Never watched a stage live before; whats the deal with the ag2r guy in the break? Will he be trying to make a nuisance of himself to keep his man in the yellow?
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    gimboid wrote:
    Never watched a stage live before; whats the deal with the ag2r guy in the break? Will he be trying to make a nuisance of himself to keep his man in the yellow?

    Nah, he'll just sit in, not do any work and try for the stage win... AG2R will almost certainly lose yellow tomorrow.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Has George worn yellow before? I can't remember. 14 Tours is a lot never to have a single day in yellow...
  • gimboid
    gimboid Posts: 24
    afx237vi wrote:
    Has George worn yellow before? I can't remember. 14 Tours is a lot never to have a single day in yellow...
    The guy on itv4 is saying he had it for a day in 2006.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    gimboid wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    Has George worn yellow before? I can't remember. 14 Tours is a lot never to have a single day in yellow...
    The guy on itv4 is saying he had it for a day in 2006.

    Cheers, I have a vague memory of him in green and polkadots too. Might be wrong, though.

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