Stage 19 - Bourgoin-Jallieu > Aubenas SPOILER

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  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    It's going to be an interesting finish. Several Rabo riders are at the back, too tired after chasing to do much more. But it'll take an organised team to keep the pace high on the climb if teams want their sprinter to win, otherwise it'll start attacking all the time. Can Cavendish hold on?
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    lots of people just taking it easy seems. many dropping who could follow if they wanted
  • Moomaloid
    Moomaloid Posts: 2,040
    My PTP Glenn Close is out the back!!! So much for KOTM Franco!! :roll:
  • Moomaloid
    Moomaloid Posts: 2,040
    is Thor still in there?
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    thor & cav still in there
  • chriskempton
    chriskempton Posts: 1,245
    Cav looking comfy for now
  • Moomaloid
    Moomaloid Posts: 2,040
    Ballan looking strong... lampre have done their usual F'All this tour...
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    edited July 2009
    Kléber wrote:
    .... the final climb itsn't too hard, it is wide and hard to launch a surprise move. You'd climb it in the big ring.



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    You certainly can't be referring to me when you say "you'd climb it in the big ring"? :wink::wink:
  • Moomaloid
    Moomaloid Posts: 2,040
    Ballan is gonna go for a solo i reckon...
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    The remainder of the climb is 3% but with one 600m section at 6%. If Cav holds on...
  • SpaceJunk
    SpaceJunk Posts: 1,157
    Go Ballan!
  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    edited July 2009
    Cervelo should have a dig to ditch him (Cavendish)
    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.
  • Moomaloid
    Moomaloid Posts: 2,040
    oh u gotta love him!!
  • thamacdaddy
    thamacdaddy Posts: 590
    I think this is cav's providing his team can pull in whoever goes off the front. I don't doubt he can get over this climb without issue
  • Philip S
    Philip S Posts: 398
    Moomaloid wrote:
    Ballan is gonna go for a solo i reckon...
    Hope so! 8)
  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    Philip S wrote:
    Moomaloid wrote:
    Ballan is gonna go for a solo i reckon...
    Hope so! 8)

    Yes, he's done nothing so far this tour.
    Un uomo solo al commando
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Timoid. wrote:
    If Cav makes it to the top of this climb with the selection I'll eat my hat.
    mayonaise on the side?
  • chriskempton
    chriskempton Posts: 1,245
    The two being reeled in by Mechov on front of peloton
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Nice to see the rainbow jersey in action but with a wide descent into a tailwind, Ballan and Lefevre will need a lot of luck, especially given the number of Columbia riders able to chase. Voeckler is poised with the leaders to respond in case the duo are caught.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Timoid. wrote:
    If Cav makes it to the top of this climb with the selection I'll eat my hat.
    Would sir care for some sauce with that? :wink:
  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    With this descent it could be a re-enactment of Sanremo.
    Un uomo solo al commando
  • jim one
    jim one Posts: 183
    Rain to add to the excitement!!
  • sportbilly1976
    sportbilly1976 Posts: 524
    thunder & lightening is further ahead up the course...

    could prove interesting if it gets to a bunch sprint ...Cav - keep a straight line, no dodging round puddles in front of Thor! :D
  • Jez mon
    Jez mon Posts: 3,809
    How's the hat timoid?
    You live and learn. At any rate, you live
  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    Kléber wrote:
    Timoid. wrote:
    If Cav makes it to the top of this climb with the selection I'll eat my hat.
    Would sir care for some sauce with that? :wink:

    It won't be the first hat I've eaten.
    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Still going to be hard for Cav. His team mates are busting a gut on the descent, stopping attacks in the last 5km won't be easy. They need two fresh riders for the final 1000m. And that's before the commissaires appear :wink:
  • Jez mon
    Jez mon Posts: 3,809
    Thor is also in the group with cav
    You live and learn. At any rate, you live
  • thamacdaddy
    thamacdaddy Posts: 590
    Jez mon wrote:
    Thor is also in the group with cav

    Not just the group he is close enough to kiss cav's ass... :twisted:
  • sportbilly1976
    sportbilly1976 Posts: 524
    is today classified as a flat stage - how many points for the top places for Cav / Thor to fight over?
  • Jez mon
    Jez mon Posts: 3,809
    Milram helping on the chase, possibility of counter attacks if/when the two are dragged back?
    You live and learn. At any rate, you live

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