TdF stage 6 *spoiler*

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  • Gazzaputt
    Gazzaputt Posts: 3,227
    deejay wrote:
    Tom BB wrote:
    Ha even Sean has given up listening and started reading his paper :lol:
    Well he obviously collects a lot of newspapers of many languages in the Depart Village.
    In the old days he would be asked how the race is and give the update.
    With Harmon it's the same thing everyday and he only gets interupted from the papers when a stupid question is asked once again or
    Sean gets out of the box to meet friends because the noise is too painful and the only way he can mute the s.o.b.

    Jesus deejay you've a real vendetta against Harmon.

    Who's commentary would you like to hear or could you do better?
  • Gazzaputt
    Gazzaputt Posts: 3,227
    deejay wrote:
    Tom BB wrote:
    Ha even Sean has given up listening and started reading his paper :lol:
    Well he obviously collects a lot of newspapers of many languages in the Depart Village.
    In the old days he would be asked how the race is and give the update.
    With Harmon it's the same thing everyday and he only gets interupted from the papers when a stupid question is asked once again or
    Sean gets out of the box to meet friends because the noise is too painful and the only way he can mute the s.o.b.

    Jesus deejay you've a real vendetta against Harmon.

    Who's commentary would you like to hear or could you do better?
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,228
    WTF was the point in those two attacking and joining a doomed break? :?
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,711
    DaveyL wrote:
    Silly of Boom to fall asleep.
    Harmon: "They have a tailwind in the last 30kms, so it will speed up."
    Km 29 and the peloton almost at a standstill. :oops:

    Are you suggesting they speed up to catch the break with 20 km still to go?

    I was expecting the Shack to blow the race apart on that huge 4th cat.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    DaveyL wrote:
    Silly of Boom to fall asleep.
    Harmon: "They have a tailwind in the last 30kms, so it will speed up."
    Km 29 and the peloton almost at a standstill. :oops:

    Are you suggesting they speed up to catch the break with 20 km still to go?

    I was expecting the Shack to blow the race apart on that huge 4th cat.

    Must be delirium from the heatwave :D
    Le Blaireau (1)
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,228
    Break caught, didn't see that happening :lol:
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    I wonder if someone will have a dig from about a km out, a la Chinny.
    Le Blaireau (1)
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,228
    Why are Shack riding on the front? Are they expecting things to split when they change direction?
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    Lots of GC guys coming up now. Sean reckons it's a bit nervy and they are worried about splits in the bunch.
    Le Blaireau (1)
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    All the GC guys up there. The look on Hondo's face is class: "Who the f--- are you people?!"
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    Big sidewind there - explains it.
    Le Blaireau (1)
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,228
    Not doing the best job of stringing it out though. Expect the sprinters teams to take control again soon.
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    Garmin, Cervelo and Lampre present at the front, but some Astana dude still hanging about up there.
    Le Blaireau (1)
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    Is it Vino up at the front?
    Le Blaireau (1)
  • Orleandrew
    Orleandrew Posts: 61
    Cav again, get in!
  • seven7faces
    seven7faces Posts: 360
    god, cav's finished after this
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    Bloody hell, Renshaw certainly earns his corn. Cav wins again.
    Le Blaireau (1)
  • Renshaw - what a lead out rider!
  • camerone
    camerone Posts: 1,232
    how fast was that finish!!
  • Noodley
    Noodley Posts: 1,725
    Yay Cav!
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,711
    Collective sigh of relief. The climbers get to the mountains intact.
    How good is Renshaw?
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Petacchi in green?
  • donrhummy
    donrhummy Posts: 2,329
    Great ride by Cav, perfect jump. But the most amazing thing? Tyler Farrar with a BROKEN wrist actually rode the same exact speed as Cav that whole time to the line! He just jumped too late. Impressive.
  • Gazzaputt
    Gazzaputt Posts: 3,227
    Well done cav.
  • jibberjim
    jibberjim Posts: 2,810
    Thomas gains 3 seconds on his GC rivals...
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,228
    Cav back to his best. It seems HTC have decided to hang in on the other riders trains and just have Renshaw to do the final lead out. A good switch of tactics if that is the case after the other teams started messing up their train. Renshaw again showing what a team player he is, happy to do the donkey work for a team win - Greipel could learn from him! EBH in 8th, not bad for someone who can't last more than 180km. Good to see Farrar back as well, he's my sprinter in the road.cc fantasy Tour thing so about time he earned his corn - almost dropped him earlier but missed the window :D
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    afx237vi wrote:
    Petacchi in green?

    I remember him giving up in the mountains while wearing green, think it was 03.
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    afx237vi wrote:
    Petacchi in green?

    No, I just had a look.

    Thor - 118 pts, Petacchi 112 (and Cav further back on 85, so he's not out of it yet)
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  • FransJacques
    FransJacques Posts: 2,148
    well the garmin guys were out in the wind too long, Rickshaw and Chav timed it perfectly.

    Chav really has found the magic formula again, again, no one came back on him in the last 20-30 meters. Really good final speed - left Petachi for dead - granted Petacchi was a little exposed in the finale.

    I reckon he has 1 or 2 more in him in the tour. Is he going the distance or his he pulling ot to train for other objectives?
    When a cyclist has a disagreement with a car; it's not who's right, it's who's left.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,711
    edited July 2010
    Cav: "We only have 4 guys for the lead out." (and 2 for the all day train).....
    ........and Mick "Lonesome Dove" Rogers.
    jibberjim wrote:
    Thomas gains 3 seconds on his GC rivals...
    That should see him right for the Alps.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.