Dauphine Stage 1 - SPOILER

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  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    afx237vi wrote:
    Velits 2nd? Deffo a DQ offence!
    Did you pick Velits for PTP?

    Yes, it was a sharp move.

    TV says Thomas in third place, not EBH.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Better not be EBH in 3'rd. I was taking the piss out of him in CR report yesterday
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Ahhh, cyclingnews says Biggles opened the sprint too early.

    AGAIN.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Kléber wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    Velits 2nd? Deffo a DQ offence!
    Did you pick Velits for PTP?

    Aye. paul27 had Bole though, so chapeau.
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    He looked too thin for Biggles
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    It was Geraint Thomas in 3rd, no doubt.
  • camerone
    camerone Posts: 1,232
    its Thomas not EBH
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    edited June 2010
    I think the jury might review this one.

    Good pick Andrew. I swapped from Dumoulin to EBH and for a moment saw Dumoulin had been dropped because of a crash and that EBH was third. The moment ended quickly!
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    PTP coup for the monkey..

    astana looked to be taking it all very seriously
    "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
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    Given that Bole finished with Velit's head in his armpit I think a jury review is in order.
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    I think afx might find the only article that says Velits won and use that as the official results for PTP
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    afx237vi wrote:
    Kléber wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    Velits 2nd? Deffo a DQ offence!
    Did you pick Velits for PTP?

    Aye. paul27 had Bole though, so chapeau.

    yeah that was inspired
    "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
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Kléber wrote:
    Paul Martens fell over a wall on the way down but he's ok.
    Must be because I picked him for PTP. Sorry Paul.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Results are up on the official site. Bole wins. Boo!
  • josame
    josame Posts: 1,162
    Why is EBH 5 minutes down for this stage if he led out the sprint?
    'Do not compare your bike to others, for always there will be greater and lesser bikes'
  • Snorebens
    Snorebens Posts: 759
    "The Dauphine Effect" ?
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    josame wrote:
    Why is EBH 5 minutes down for this stage if he led out the sprint?

    Because it wasn't him leading out the sprint. It was Kennaugh.
  • Moomaloid
    Moomaloid Posts: 2,040
    i'm sure Thomas slipped a gear in the sprint too.. maybe he could've done better still. Great result for him either way. I think he may have a good tour ya know.
  • josame
    josame Posts: 1,162
    afx237vi wrote:
    josame wrote:
    Why is EBH 5 minutes down for this stage if he led out the sprint?

    Because it wasn't him leading out the sprint. It was Kennaugh.

    thanks for de-mystifying that one
    'Do not compare your bike to others, for always there will be greater and lesser bikes'
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    Either that or he lead it out waaaaay too early.

    Whatever, looks like it's the ENECO for him again this year
  • avoidingmyphd
    avoidingmyphd Posts: 1,154
    calvjones wrote:
    Definitely for Dave's GC chances.

    Yes, it's bonkers.

    Millar's GC dreams aren't that bonkers really. Considering the climbing and TT miles this race features, the field isn't particularly deep. It certainly makes sense for Garmin to keep the GC tight for now and see what Dave can do on Wednesday.

    Other than Contador, one of the biggest threats to Millar's attempt on this race looks to me to be a breakaway stealing time.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Thomas is in the Green Jersey now...
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    avoidingmyphd wrote:
    calvjones wrote:
    Definitely for Dave's GC chances.

    Yes, it's bonkers.

    Millar's GC dreams aren't that bonkers really. Considering the climbing and TT miles this race features, the field isn't particularly deep. It certainly makes sense for Garmin to keep the GC tight for now and see what Dave can do on Wednesday.

    Other than Contador, one of the biggest threats to Millar's attempt on this race looks to me to be a breakaway stealing time.

    I would *love* to see Dave zoom up the Alpe.



    But I bet he finishes 5 mins down....
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Haimar Zubeldia's Tour de France campaign for Lance Armstrong's RadioShack team is under threat after the Spaniard suffered a fracture in a crash on Monday.

    Zubeldia was one of several riders to crash on the first stage of the Dauphine Criterium, a key warm-up stage race for next month's Tour de France, and has now been ruled out of this week's race.

    RadioShack also said the 33-year-old Spanish climbing specialist had a plate fitted to a fractured radius bone on his right forearm during a minor operation at a local hospital.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Cumulonimbus
    Cumulonimbus Posts: 1,730
    calvjones wrote:
    avoidingmyphd wrote:
    calvjones wrote:
    Definitely for Dave's GC chances.

    Yes, it's bonkers.

    Millar's GC dreams aren't that bonkers really. Considering the climbing and TT miles this race features, the field isn't particularly deep. It certainly makes sense for Garmin to keep the GC tight for now and see what Dave can do on Wednesday.

    Other than Contador, one of the biggest threats to Millar's attempt on this race looks to me to be a breakaway stealing time.

    I would *love* to see Dave zoom up the Alpe.



    But I bet he finishes 5 mins down....

    Last year he finished 2:28 down on Szmyd and Valverde on the Ventoux stage, only finishing 15 seconds behind Contador. Alpe d'huez is not as long a climb but it does have the Croix de Fer beforehand. I think Garmin's main hope is that Millar does well enough in the time trial to take the leader's jersey for a day or two rather than him winning overall. There is also the risoul stage and the chamrousse stage where significant time could be lost.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    josame wrote:
    Why is EBH 5 minutes down for this stage if he led out the sprint?

    Oh come on EBH sort it out.
    Contador is the Greatest

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