Tour de France Stage 11 *spoiler*

DaveyL
DaveyL Posts: 5,167
edited July 2010 in Pro race
Can't see that there's a thread up already.

Boardman tweeting that there are strong crosswinds today...
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  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    180 km from Sisteron to Bourg-lès-Valence. Looking forward to some nice shots of Sisteron, it's quite a spectacular place, going by my memory of footage from the 2003 Tour.

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  • chriskempton
    chriskempton Posts: 1,245
    Will Cav go for intermediate sprints, I wonder, or was yesterday's dig just to remind who's quickest?
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Hopefully some super fast speeds. I guess the sprinter's teams will need to keep an eye on the time gap if there is a breakaway as it will might be tougher to pull them back.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    DaveyL wrote:
    going by my memory of footage from the 2003 Tour.

    Goodness you must have a good memory!
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  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    frenchfighter wrote:
    DaveyL wrote:
    going by my memory of footage from the 2003 Tour.

    Goodness you must have a good memory!

    And I've watched "Hoellentour a few times recently...

    Not Hoellentour but I think this shares some of the same footage (like the Galibier summit flyover).

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EsWJgU9GmA

    I think the town at 1:53 is Sisteron. Not sure though, happy to be corrected.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,909
    mistral....
    "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
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    Hunter DNS due to his arm injury.
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  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Garmin are having a very unlucky time.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,909
    Kléber wrote:
    Garmin are having a very unlucky time.

    never got over the stockeau

    Parcours in the last 20-30 k puts a lot of side/side tail wind on the bunch if the wind keeps up
    "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
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    CW tweeting that Charly Wegelius also DNS today.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    I wonder if Dave Z will do anything at all this Tour.

    Keeping a low profile on purpose maybe or simply doesn't have the same abilities...
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  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    Well, Z rode pretty well in support of VDV and Wiggo the last two years, but with VDV out this year I guess he is riding in support of Hesjedal. I haven't really seen any evidence of this, but haven't been looking for it either.
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  • stagehopper
    stagehopper Posts: 1,593
    Sisteron is spectacular - incredible views of the Alps and the steep gorge from the citadel. And it's only about 20-30 miles from Ventoux and just up the road from Digne-les-Bains so handily placed.
    @stagehopper
  • dave milne
    dave milne Posts: 703
    currently a break with about 4 minutes, maybe they will hoover up all the sprint points, be good for cav and petacchi I suppose
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Oh God, here we go again.
    Race average speed thus far 37kph.
    Current speed 28.8kph.:eek:
    145kms and the climb still to go.
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  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Oh God, here we go again.

    Exactly what I thought when I saw you'd posted on the thread...
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    DaveyL wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Oh God, here we go again.

    Exactly what I thought when I saw you'd posted on the thread...

    Fine, I'll leave you to it.
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Sky news keep having Cavendish on today. Have your own team, put the guy on from the American team :wink:
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    iainf72 wrote:
    Sky news keep having Cavendish on today. Have your own team, put the guy on from the American team :wink:
    That's because he actually wins.

    As respectable as 17th on GC is, it's a hard sell to the audience who might have been fed higher expectations about Wiggins.
  • BikingBernie
    BikingBernie Posts: 2,163
    Kléber wrote:
    As respectable as 17th on GC is, it's a hard sell to the audience who might have been fed higher expectations about Wiggins.
    Hype and expectations aside, I think that Wiggins generally deserves more credit that he is getting for the way he is going. It is a credible performance, in more ways than one. Would people really prefer it if he were giving Contador a hard time? :wink:
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Oh God, here we go again.
    Race average speed thus far 37kph.
    Current speed 28.8kph.:eek:
    145kms and the climb still to go.
    http://gaps.letour.fr/fr.php

    WTF, this is meant to be the hardest race in the World.

    I expect them to ride at 60km/h for the duration of the descent.

    I see it now as 33 av and 18 current....maybe they have poor calculations
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Wegelius was hit by the intestinal virus, and is unable to retain any food or drink

    Maybe that is why he wasn't helping VDB much, although I wasn't really looking out for him.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    From Cnews.

    There is a competition each day for an aero wheelset.
    Underneath there is a hint to the question
    The link in the hint gives the answer.......

    I wonder who is bank rolling those Eastons....can't see what they are gaining
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,259
    edited July 2010
    Kléber wrote:
    iainf72 wrote:
    Sky news keep having Cavendish on today. Have your own team, put the guy on from the American team :wink:
    That's because he actually wins.

    As respectable as 17th on GC is, it's a hard sell to the audience who might have been fed higher expectations about Wiggins.

    I watch Sky Sports News a bit and they've been quite sensible in their coverage. They give the impression that they're just happy to be there really
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  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    frenchfighter wrote:
    WTF, this is meant to be the hardest race in the World.

    I expect them to ride at 60km/h for the duration of the descent.
    No offence intended but you are almost becoming a parody of yourself here! :wink:

    It's because it's the hardest race that they can't ride like maniacs. It's a three week stage race that is usually decided by a few moments, a huge feat of endurance can't be sustained at 60km/h. Now a Belgian kermesse...
  • gabriel959
    gabriel959 Posts: 4,227
    Kléber wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    WTF, this is meant to be the hardest race in the World.

    I expect them to ride at 60km/h for the duration of the descent.
    No offence intended but you are almost becoming a parody of yourself here! :wink:

    It's because it's the hardest race that they can't ride like maniacs. It's a three week stage race that is usually decided by a few moments, a huge feat of endurance can't be sustained at 60km/h. Now a Belgian kermesse...

    I thought he was joking :wink:

    Contador saying in Spanish papers that is really difficult to ride fast in this conditions due to the heat. Apparently his computer was showing 47C yesterday. They are all very tired, even at this pace and these short stages.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Boonen crashed in Cali (someone elses fault) and injured his knee.

    He was coming back to form but after Mr Cavendish took him out in Suisse he has had bad problems.

    He was targetting the Green Jersey but was unable to compete.

    He has now had an operation and is off the bike for a month.

    Pretty annoyed.
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  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,823
    I'm not doubting that it's hot, but these readings are a little false, as they're sat in a group of riders who are sweating and giving off heat so it will obviously be warm.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    gabriel959 wrote:
    Apparently his computer was showing 47C yesterday.

    I think he needs to sell that....

    I guess the speed at least points to a cleaner peloton.
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  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    TakeTheHighRoad wrote:
    I'm not doubting that it's hot, but these readings are a little false, as they're sat in a group of riders who are sweating and giving off heat so it will obviously be warm.
    It's the direct sunshine as well as the tarmac being hot, there are not "in the shade" readings.

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