Stage 19 - Bourgoin-Jallieu > Aubenas SPOILER

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  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    yes, it's flat stage, 35 points for the winner
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    And they are caught.
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    Real nail biter
  • chriskempton
    chriskempton Posts: 1,245
    no train for Cav!
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    CAV!!!!!!!!!!!
  • chriskempton
    chriskempton Posts: 1,245
    Wicked effort from a loong way out
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    Bring on the Cav haters. It's been a while.....
  • SpaceJunk
    SpaceJunk Posts: 1,157
    Get a grip Cav!
  • thamacdaddy
    thamacdaddy Posts: 590
    Really hope he gets the sixth in Paris too....
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,726
    I reckon Armstrong just pinched 4 seconds or so, on his rivals.....
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Nice bit of cyclocross from Oscarito there.
  • chriskempton
    chriskempton Posts: 1,245
    Roche on Eurosport gritting his teeth like a disapproving school teacher at parents evening after an unexpected A grade
  • bipedal
    bipedal Posts: 466
    Wiggin's lost 4" to Armstrong
  • mrushton
    mrushton Posts: 5,182
    Excellent win that will provoke the usual haters to leave their anti-Lance/what's Wiggo on threads. Anyway, I have a feeling HTC will want the Paris stage to stick it to those who 'denied' Hinchapie and Cav their jerseys.
    M.Rushton
  • SpaceJunk
    SpaceJunk Posts: 1,157
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    I reckon Armstrong just pinched 4 seconds or so, on his rivals.....

    Certainly did; every second counts.
  • Stuey01
    Stuey01 Posts: 1,273
    How'd LA manage that then?
    Wily ol' sod!
    Not climber, not sprinter, not rouleur
  • SpaceJunk
    SpaceJunk Posts: 1,157
    mrushton wrote:
    Excellent win that will provoke the usual haters to leave their anti-Lance/what's Wiggo on threads. Anyway, I have a feeling HTC will want the Paris stage to stick it to those who 'denied' Hinchapie and Cav their jerseys.

    Yeah Cav won, so I hate Lance ?? WTF???
  • Moomaloid
    Moomaloid Posts: 2,040
    Great sprint from Cav. I've been a massive supporter of him, but even i had to hang my head at some of his comments this past week. But again he proves he's the best, and no arguments about him being propelled this time...
  • Obelix
    Obelix Posts: 18
    Exceptional by Cavendish ... makes me remember milan san remo. By far his best sprint win of the tour de france.
    Great little move by armstong to get those extra seconds. Hope they don't count against wiggo on the ventoux.

    Hopefully some soft legs for tomorrow!
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    So, let's see. Cav wins in Paris, Thor comes 17th, neither get any intermediate sprint points, and Cav get the Green. :?
  • Stuey01
    Stuey01 Posts: 1,273
    Can't see Thor finishing that far down without some sort of misfortune befalling him.
    Not climber, not sprinter, not rouleur
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    Stuey01 wrote:
    Can't see Thor finishing that far down without some sort of misfortune befalling him.

    No - obviously not. Would need a crash or puncture or divine intervention.
  • chriskempton
    chriskempton Posts: 1,245
    Stuey01 wrote:
    Can't see Thor finishing that far down without some sort of misfortune befalling him.

    Is that bloke from Etape Caledonia available on sunday?
  • lurcio
    lurcio Posts: 22
    Or someone with a pellet gun :shock:
  • Philip S
    Philip S Posts: 398
    Stuey01 wrote:
    How'd LA manage that then?
    Wily ol' sod!

    He hung onto the back of the sprinters group - you get a good view of it from the helicopter footage of the finish as they head into the final corner. He's a wily old fox, indeed. Bradley, two places back from Lance, doesn't appear to have learnt his lesson from last time...
  • teagar
    teagar Posts: 2,100
    Have to say, not much of a Columbia or a Cavendish fan (though I do realise they're not mutually exclusive), I thought they really rode this one well. That was a proper sprint!

    Though Rabobank are really having a proper sh!t one.

    Seeing all those bandages wizzing at the front of the peleton for no result. Gutting.
    Note: the above post is an opinion and not fact. It might be a lie.
  • sportbilly1976
    sportbilly1976 Posts: 524
    chriskempton wrote:
    Stuey01 wrote:
    Can't see Thor finishing that far down without some sort of misfortune befalling him.

    Is that bloke from Etape Caledonia available on sunday?


    can he get day release arranged for Sunday??
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,726
    Stuey01 wrote:
    How'd LA manage that then?
    Wily ol' sod!

    He was doing the same thing, in early stages, similar to this, in his Tour wins.
    Knows to stay close to the front at crucial times.
    With 600 metres to go, the situation was worse. Wiggins was way off, when the compuslory Euskatel rider, lost "Black Hat's" wheel.

    Either a sign of ever improving form, or desperation.....
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    cavs best win this yr...

    was there a split between lance and wiggins?
    "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
    4 seconds!

    you got to give it to lance he knows how to steal that little bit of time here and there
    "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

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