Wiggins Off Early

disgruntledgoat
disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
edited July 2010 in Pro race
Marginal gains apparantly...

Stating the bleeding obvious, Brailsford commented "You're never sure with the weather"
"In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

@gietvangent

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  • ridgerider
    ridgerider Posts: 2,852
    Not a bad move.

    If nothing else, it might sow some seeds of doubt in the opposition that will fester for a few hours in their heads this morning and into the evening
    Half man, Half bike
  • Cheesyman99
    Cheesyman99 Posts: 60
    It means he's going before the TV coverage starts :(
  • Cumulonimbus
    Cumulonimbus Posts: 1,730
    http://www.knmi.nl/

    Looks like rain coming across in the next few hours...
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    According to Twitter it's already raining. Oops.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    fail_rain.png
    Contador is the Greatest
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    lucyverasamy2.jpg
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    Was that Wiggins OFF or OUT early.

    Either way - already 30 seconds down on Contador and not looking good. I mean - where can he get time back if not in a TT!!??
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    He should pack his bags now then, if that's the end of his Tour.

    It's the Prologue, there's 20 stages left for him, and everyone else, to race yet. :roll:
  • Gazzetta67
    Gazzetta67 Posts: 1,890
    Who has the biggest red face Wiggins or Brailsford ? I even think Carlos sastre beat him today and he had the rain to contend with also. I wonder what excuse book will be banded about tonight
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    andyp wrote:
    He should pack his bags now then, if that's the end of his Tour.

    It's the Prologue, there's 20 stages left for him, and everyone else, to race yet. :roll:


    Actually, you are right. He might as well go home now. No chance of him getting that time back on Contador. Oh wait - he miight outclimb him in the Pyrenees. Yeah. Right. :roll: :roll:
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Kléber wrote:
    lucyverasamy2.jpg

    Ahhh, can't go wrong with a picture of the lovely lovely Lucy.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • mididoctors3
    mididoctors3 Posts: 76
    30-50 secs

    ..potential podium splitting(missing) time gap
  • wicked
    wicked Posts: 844
    Glad to see some happy daylight deprived forum people.
    FFS :roll:
    It’s the most beautiful sport in the world but it’s governed by ***ts who have turned it into a crock of ****.
  • cooper.michael1
    cooper.michael1 Posts: 1,787
    Gazzetta67 wrote:
    Who has the biggest red face Wiggins or Brailsford ? I even think Carlos sastre beat him today and he had the rain to contend with also. I wonder what excuse book will be banded about tonight

    I cant see what the point was, surely you want to go out at the same time as the other contenders so you dont't risk different conidtions. Fecking disaster.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    the buienradar.nl 3 hr outlook seems pretty accurate. 15:00 and it's raining. guys who hoped to beat the rain will be disappointed

    -Robbie McEwen
    Contador is the Greatest
  • fastercyclist
    fastercyclist Posts: 396
    Hindsight makes the greatest idiots look like a genius, and genius look like idiocy. Rather then comment on it from a perspective after the event when slagging Wiggins/Brailsford off at least view it from their perspective before it started raining.

    It may cost Brad his place on the podium - but you're never going to get on it if you're not willing to take risks. This was one of them. It's unfortunate it counted against him, but that doesn't make taking the risk itself a mistake.

    Only one cyclist can ride the Tour conservatively and that's Contador because he's the strongest. Everyone else has to throw the dice and pray it comes up better then Contador.
    The British Empire never died, it just moved to the Velodrome
  • wicked
    wicked Posts: 844
    fastercyclist wrote:
    Hindsight makes the greatest idiots look like a genius, and genius look like idiocy. Rather then comment on it from a perspective after the event when slagging Wiggins/Brailsford off at least view it from their perspective before it started raining.

    It may cost Brad his place on the podium - but you're never going to get on it if you're not willing to take risks. This was one of them. It's unfortunate it counted against him, but that doesn't make taking the risk itself a mistake.

    Only one cyclist can ride the Tour conservatively and that's Contador because he's the strongest. Everyone else has to throw the dice and pray it comes up better then Contador.

    Well said sir! +1 million
    It’s the most beautiful sport in the world but it’s governed by ***ts who have turned it into a crock of ****.
  • KevGuinness
    KevGuinness Posts: 74
    fastercyclist wrote:
    Hindsight makes the greatest idiots look like a genius, and genius look like idiocy. Rather then comment on it from a perspective after the event when slagging Wiggins/Brailsford off at least view it from their perspective before it started raining.

    It may cost Brad his place on the podium - but you're never going to get on it if you're not willing to take risks. This was one of them. It's unfortunate it counted against him, but that doesn't make taking the risk itself a mistake.

    Only one cyclist can ride the Tour conservatively and that's Contador because he's the strongest. Everyone else has to throw the dice and pray it comes up better then Contador.

    Agreed, everyone would be praising it as a masterstroke (even if the feeling would be he still wont be there come Paris) if it had paid off and he set off in blazing sunshine while his major rivals suffered in torrential rain.
    Still think it was a disappointing run despite the poor conditions, the 2nd place finisher set off not that far removed from Wiggins I think?
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    i feel I should point out here, I put that up before anyone had started, never mind Wiggins. It was the combination of Sky applying their "outside the box" approach that sometimes makes them come across a bit silly and pompous and Brailsford's absolutely mundane summat-your-dad-would-say explanation that appealed to me.
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • pedro118118
    pedro118118 Posts: 1,102
    It was worth a try.
    Does smack a little of desperation though - trying to gain time by betting on the weather conditions?
    Marginal rains.
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    andyp wrote:
    He should pack his bags now then, if that's the end of his Tour.

    It's the Prologue, there's 20 stages left for him, and everyone else, to race yet. :roll:


    So he lost time in the prologue and now in the mountains. Maybe he's going to pull back minutes in that final TT. :lol::lol:
  • morstar
    morstar Posts: 6,190
    Pokerface wrote:
    andyp wrote:
    He should pack his bags now then, if that's the end of his Tour.

    It's the Prologue, there's 20 stages left for him, and everyone else, to race yet. :roll:


    So he lost time in the prologue and now in the mountains. Maybe he's going to pull back minutes in that final TT. :lol::lol:
    He will on a lot of riders.
  • pedro118118
    pedro118118 Posts: 1,102
    I can't see him gaining bags of time on the likes of Evans, Contador, Menchov in the final TT. Schleck, Basso etc are a different kettle of fish though, as Wiggo could gain minutes depending on fatigue etc.

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