Dauphine Stage 1 - SPOILER

Kléber
Kléber Posts: 6,842
edited June 2010 in Pro race
Group of five riders Rollin (CTT), Kadri (ALM), Ladagnous (FDJ), Minard (COF) and Gautier (BTL) being pegged at 8 minutes by Astana.
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  • jimmythecuckoo
    jimmythecuckoo Posts: 4,716
    Where you watching?
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  • cjw
    cjw Posts: 1,889
    Thanks for heads up - Eurosport 2 :D
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Will we see "The Dauphine Effect" this year?
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • pictit
    pictit Posts: 603
    Any channels covering this on the interweb ?.I used this one for the Giro http://videochat.gazzetta.it/index_giro.shtml and it was great seeing the race live even on a tiny 'screen' with excitable Italian commentators :)
  • skavanagh.bikeradar
    skavanagh.bikeradar Posts: 1,097
    Iain, I don't understand what you mean so I don't know if we will see it or not. :?
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    "The Dauphine Effect" is when people who you'd expect to challenge for the Tour suddenly can't climb or appear to be performing well below the level you'd expect.

    It may or may not have something to do with how much blood they're missing from their systems.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    iainf72 wrote:
    Will we see "The Dauphine Effect" this year?
    You mean when they go hard right up until the TT or the first mountain finish and then, overnight, suddenly they ride like a sack of spanners?
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,474
    iainf72 wrote:
    "The Dauphine Effect" is when people who you'd expect to challenge for the Tour suddenly can't climb or appear to be performing well below the level you'd expect.

    It may or may not have something to do with how much blood they're temporarily missing from their systems.

    Fixed that for you.
  • NervexProf
    NervexProf Posts: 4,202
    view here: http://www.fromsport.com/v-0/0/52/v-5389.html
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  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Exactly, if it's "refill time" in the Tour on the eve of a big stage, it's been common for riders to make a deposit in Banco Fuentes or other rival institutions in the Dauphiné.

    See Landis in the 2005 Dauphine, and others too.

    Very strong TT riding one day: http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/200 ... elibere063

    Bag of spanners on the first mountain the next day: http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/200 ... elibere064
    Not everyone rode that way up Mont Ventoux, obviously. Alexandre Vinokourov, Floyd Landis and George Hincapie looked like they were not trying their best, probably afraid of burning themselves instead of doing solid work in their lead up to the Tour de France. "I think they're coming all off a big break from racing," Leipheimer noticed. "At a point, they weren't pushing as hard as they could, that's what I think."
    That's what Levi thought.
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Garmin doing frantic work in the bunch to close the now 4 minute gap - Why?? Tommy D's classement? Kreder doing something in a narrowed down group sprint?
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    FJS wrote:
    Garmin doing frantic work in the bunch to close the now 4 minute gap - Why?? Tommy D's classement? Kreder doing something in a narrowed down group sprint?

    Tommy D is doing Suisse instead of Dauphine to allow him to recover from the accidenth e had before Cali.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    iainf72 wrote:
    FJS wrote:
    Garmin doing frantic work in the bunch to close the now 4 minute gap - Why?? Tommy D's classement? Kreder doing something in a narrowed down group sprint?

    Tommy D is doing Suisse instead of Dauphine to allow him to recover from the accidenth e had before Cali.

    Thanks for that. Right, so what than? I understand Millar fancies his GC chances, but to be honest, with this route including Alpe d'H, it seems beyond optimistic to start leading the bunch at this stage, if it's not about the stage win...
  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    Loads of links here form eurosport to other european channels

    http://www.steephill.tv/criterium-du-dauphine-libere/

    Isnt backstedt great
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  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    Definitely for Dave's GC chances.

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  • Moomaloid
    Moomaloid Posts: 2,040
    edited June 2010
    Did anyone just hear Kirby say that riders can request what they want food wise from the car and he saw a rider actually ask for a can of coke :shock:, bit of a treat he reckons :roll:
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Cleat Eastwood wrote:
    Isnt backstedt great

    He deserves a medal.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    afx237vi wrote:
    Cleat Eastwood wrote:
    Isnt backstedt great

    He deserves a medal.
    For not strangling Kirby live on air.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Kléber wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    Cleat Eastwood wrote:
    Isnt backstedt great

    He deserves a medal.
    For not strangling Kirby live on air.

    If he did, he'd deserve much more than a medal.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Backstedt could probably do it one-handed, he's a big lad and Kirby's high pitch whine suggests a pencil neck.
  • pictit
    pictit Posts: 603
    NervexProf wrote:
    view here: http://www.fromsport.com/v-0/0/52/v-5389.html

    Many thanks for the link :D

    John
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,711
    Kirby is getting a lot of hate on a lot of cycling forums.
    Maggie has the patience of a saint.

    Info from the crash is non-existent.
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  • Moomaloid
    Moomaloid Posts: 2,040
    They've got this
  • Moomaloid
    Moomaloid Posts: 2,040
    Why did they sit up?
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Bole wins
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,474
    He closed the door a bit too sharply at the line. Disqualification offence?
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Paul Martens fell over a wall on the way down but he's ok. A bit like Ten Dam last July. Sam Dumoulin crashed on the way down too.

    Velits second. EBH third.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,711
    Menchov came home in the big bus.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    andyp wrote:
    He closed the door a bit too sharply at the line. Disqualification offence?

    Velits 2nd? Deffo a DQ offence!
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,474
    I reckon HTC will lodge a complaint. Bole moved way off his line and closed the door on Velits.

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