Stage 18: Annecy ITT SPOILER

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  • skavanagh.bikeradar
    skavanagh.bikeradar Posts: 1,097
    If he doesn't end up at Caisse I'll eat your hat.
  • sportbilly1976
    sportbilly1976 Posts: 524
    Captn America went too fast too early and is now loosing time on the top 4...
  • Moomaloid
    Moomaloid Posts: 2,040
    As i said yesterday in another post. All these Twitters have been so disrespectful to Bertie. A team should be united for one cause, to support the strongest rider and Armstrong, Johan and Levi have constantly undermined the poor boy...

    Can't wait for him to stick 2 fingers up at them all... i just wish he was the sort of person to dish the dirt when he leaves..

    a
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,711
    Kléber wrote:
    It's predicted the storms near Lyon will blow over towards Annecy, possibly in time for the GC leaders.

    Karma would see Freiburg's star student Andreas Kloeden struck by lightning :wink:

    Nothing can touch, "The Phantom", he's almost invisble.
    The weather is obviously part of Satan's tactics.
    Cloud burst over the last 3 riders, Bradley brought down by a guy with huge antlers.
    JB is the master. :P
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Bakunin
    Bakunin Posts: 868
    skavanagh.bikeradar wrote:
    If he doesn't end up at Caisse I'll eat your hat.

    Garmin. They need wins, and I think they have enough attitude to deal with the vortex that is Lance.

    Matt White kills me. I wish he would fire up the team (they all seem to tune him out), the way he handles the media.
  • knedlicky
    knedlicky Posts: 3,097
    Kléber wrote:
    unless it's Bruyneel's magic potion that's the secret.
    Wasn't there once some rumour about Bruyneel's magical Vermicelli Soup?

    Seem to remember hearing that Voeckler, when it was suggested he try Bruyneel's version, said he preferred to make his own vermicelli soup.
  • skavanagh.bikeradar
    skavanagh.bikeradar Posts: 1,097
    I'll still eat your hat, just for the hell of it. What news at Annecy?
  • Cumulonimbus
    Cumulonimbus Posts: 1,730
    Radar shows rain out to the west is starting to move in and may reach Annecy in an hour and a half. Always difficult in thundery situations though.
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Larsson going fast at 2nd checkpoint
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Menchov 39th time at firts check, with all GC-riders still to start
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,711
    Best laugh yet, from the Europsort studio "idiot".......
    ".....and now, it's time to go over to our commentator, Mark......sorry, David Harmon."
    NCIS anyone? :oops: :lol:
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    The Col de Bluffy is causing real problems to the riders, they are struggling in places. Tony Martin was setting some of the best times around the course only to slip several places on the climb.

    Stating the obvious, Millar's said the course's flat parts suits the TT specialists and that the climb is for the climbers but what he meant was that the flat section was so fast he didn't have a big enough gear - I hope Wiggins's mechanic is informed - and that the climb is a nasty effort that no rouleur can tackle. Millar also tipped Wiggins for the win.

    Given the flat section is so fast, the specialists are cruising at 60km/h, I suspect the Schlecks might lose a fair chunk of time.
  • SpaceJunk
    SpaceJunk Posts: 1,157
    skavanagh.bikeradar wrote:
    If he doesn't end up at Caisse I'll eat your hat.

    He should go to Silence; they'll be looking for a new leader soon, and that outfit seems to get the best out of their riders.
  • stagehopper
    stagehopper Posts: 1,593
    Boardman is convinced it's going to rain.
    @stagehopper
  • SpaceJunk
    SpaceJunk Posts: 1,157
    Here comes Big George; broken collar bone and all.
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Best laugh yet, from the Europsort studio "idiot".......
    ".....and now, it's time to go over to our commentator, Mark......sorry, David Harmon."
    NCIS anyone? :oops: :lol:

    James Richardson's a legend. Maybe he watched Star Wars last night.
    Le Blaireau (1)
  • donrhummy
    donrhummy Posts: 2,329
    George is SUPER tough. Wow. He likely has a broken collarbone but refuses to see the doctors or get an x-ray because if they tell him it's broken, he'll have to stop racing. WOW.
  • Chris_Who
    Chris_Who Posts: 137
    Menchov, eh. Where did it all go wrong?
    Fat people are so insensitive
  • donrhummy
    donrhummy Posts: 2,329
    edited July 2009
    That climb is tougher (after more than 2 weeks and 2/3 through a TT) than most people think. It's short but steep.

    I could be wrong (it's an estimate) but judging from the profile pic, it's about 8.9%.
  • drenkrom
    drenkrom Posts: 1,062
    Chris_Who wrote:
    Menchov, eh. Where did it all go wrong?

    The Vienna MikkyD's was out of BigMacs?
  • SpaceJunk
    SpaceJunk Posts: 1,157
    Is that Boonen water skiing in his Belgium national jersey?

    I think he got more airtime then, than he did during any sprint.
  • SpaceJunk
    SpaceJunk Posts: 1,157
    drenkrom wrote:
    Chris_Who wrote:
    Menchov, eh. Where did it all go wrong?

    The Vienna MikkyD's was out of BigMacs?

    Too much soft serve if you ask me.

    BTW - is that water colour in the lake natural? It looks amazing!
  • PeteinSQ
    PeteinSQ Posts: 2,292
    Cadel Evans down over a minute at the first time check. He can't even TT properly anymore. He must either be ill or so pissed off at his team that he has decided to free wheel to Paris.
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  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Chris_Who wrote:
    Menchov, eh. Where did it all go wrong?
    Where? Let's be precise: Julius Tandler Platz 3 in Vienna. That's the McDonalds branch close to the "Humanplasma" clinic.
  • aurelio_-_banned
    aurelio_-_banned Posts: 1,317
    donrhummy wrote:
    George is SUPER tough. Wow. He likely has a broken collarbone but refuses to see the doctors or get an x-ray because if they tell him it's broken, he'll have to stop racing. WOW.
    That's all we need, another Tyler Hamilton... :roll:

    He doesn't seem to be riding one handed, so any 'break', if it exists, can't be more than a minor crack.
  • Bakunin
    Bakunin Posts: 868
    After this tour, Cadel Evans may retire and become a farmer.
  • SpaceJunk
    SpaceJunk Posts: 1,157
    Bakunin wrote:
    After this tour, Cadel Evans may retire and become a farmer.

    Or a character voice for a Pixar animated movie.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    edited July 2009
    Dirty Sanchez sets the second best time on the climb, the last time check before the finish.
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Bakunin wrote:
    After this tour, Cadel Evans may retire and become a farmer.

    I'm certain his concert pianist wife will simply love that.
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • robmanic1
    robmanic1 Posts: 2,150
    SpaceJunk wrote:
    Bakunin wrote:
    After this tour, Cadel Evans may retire and become a farmer.

    Or a character voice for a Pixar animated movie.

    ......or a looky-likey for a werepig.
    Pictures are better than words because some words are big and hard to understand.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/34335188@N07/3336802663/

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