Tour de Suisse stage 9 *spoiler*

iainf72
iainf72 Posts: 15,784
edited June 2010 in Pro race
Cancellera leads with DZ in second place so far.

Roads a bit wet.
Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.

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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Everyone on the road now. We'll know who won the GC in 30 minutes.

    Still Chinny ahead of Z.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Tony Martin shoots a traveller... I mean, takes the best time!
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    iainf72 wrote:
    Tony Martin shoots a traveller... I mean, takes the best time!

    He must have quite an aero shotgun holster....
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    11th best time for Armstrong. Which is slower than Levi and Klodi.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    WTF are cyclingnews.com on? "Not a bad time at all" ???
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Frank Schleck takes the overall.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    Blimey, still good enough to take him up to 2nd on GC. F. Schleck takes the overall. Gesink lost loads of time there.
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    DaveyL wrote:
    Blimey, still good enough to take him up to 2nd on GC. F. Schleck takes the overall. Gesink lost loads of time there.

    Aye. But when Frank finishes so close to the time Lance did it does tell you his TT'ing ain't what it used to be.

    But all credit, a very good ride overall.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • deejay
    deejay Posts: 3,138
    What a turn up that I doubt any of us saw coming.

    I remember being at Lugano when Ullrich pinched it by 1 second.

    The next couple of weeks the media are going to wet themselves with Hype. (eerm a bit like the football WC).
    So I hope we see a better TDF than that Group Sportif last year. (I mean I hope there is a race this year)
    Organiser, National Championship 50 mile Time Trial 1972
  • AidanR
    AidanR Posts: 1,142
    I'm sorry, Frank Schleck wins a race in the final TT? Has the world gone mad? Well done to him though!
    Bike lover and part-time cyclist.
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    Is it just me or does everyone just assume Gesink can TT? He's awful
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    now that is surprising...
    "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
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    AidanR wrote:
    I'm sorry, Frank Schleck wins a race in the final TT? Has the world gone mad? Well done to him though!

    Just shows how mediocre the rest were, although Armstrong fans will find consolation in his overall second.
    Even though it was another, less than stellar TT by the ex-master.

    Wasn't live on tv, show I've just watched the "as live" coverage.
    Not pretty.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Well I guess congatulations are in order for that Martin. Looks like Fabu was off form this TdS - quite a difference from previous performances in this race.

    I would have preferred that Gesink held on and am surprised that Gesink is soooo far behind. Andy TTs better than Frank so am surprised too to see that difference although I guess Andy didn't have much to try for. Kreuziger is a bit far back as is LLS.

    Not a great TdS really apart from stunning shots and Gesink's great move.
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  • Richrd2205
    Richrd2205 Posts: 1,267
    Cyclingnews have just done a fairly decent piece of Lance-centric reporting on the race which is here.
    It contains one of my favourite quotes ever:
    Lance Armstrong wrote:
    It was a hard TT, it was relentless. It gradually went up the whole way and there was no recovery, apart from the downhill.
    :lol::lol::lol:
    The downhill of course was only just over half of the course!
    (To be fair, he was prob actually saying that he needing to push hard on the downhill, so there was no respite & was prob interviewed just after he had finished. I still think it's funny but)

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