Tour de France Stage 11 *spoiler*
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frenchfighter wrote:I guess the speed at least points to a cleaner peloton.
Tuesday climb had many rolling their eyes.
It's really hot, they're taking it easy. Fair enough. It is bloody boring though.Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.0 -
Indeed - but the favourites will have to attack at some stage, even if the weather continues.x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x
Commuting / Winter rides - Jamis Renegade Expert
Pootling / Offroad - All-City Macho Man Disc
Fast rides Cannondale SuperSix Ultegra0 -
Selling the Tour de Pologne like a Hollywood film doesn't guarantee it will BE like a Hollywood film0
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frenchfighter wrote: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.
WTF, a bit random?0 -
Talking about La Grande Porte as in the quote I posted the other day. I came across this quote from Hinault. Brilliant stuff.
If Lance Armstrong does not win, will he have left by the big door or the little door? I don’t see what it is that brings him back again. Maybe there are ulterior political motives. He’s an American.
You have likely seen the article back in April but reading it now it is quite interesting:
http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/3945/ ... -Tour.aspxContador is the Greatest0 -
Didn't know Romminger was his manager. I guess not riding on the rest day contributed to Cadel's defaillance.
“Speaking with my manager Tony Rominger last night he said that the Madeleine was the hardest climb in the world for him so that made me feel a little better about everything yesterday,” Evans explained.
Evans also revealed that while he lost the Tour on the climb of the Madeleine, the descents of stage nine did not help his cause.
“The thing that was difficult yesterday [due to the fractured elbow] was the descents and on the rest day, I couldn’t go training because we were staying up in the mountains and we could only ride downhill."Contador is the Greatest0 -
All of Sean's "funny animal anecdotes" seem to involve dogs being horribly injured :shock:0
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frenchfighter wrote:If Lance Armstrong does not win, will he have left by the big door or the little door? I don’t see what it is that brings him back again. Maybe there are ulterior political motives. He’s an American.
Got to have something to do after racing. Hey, what the heck, Arnold is a Governor and probably would try for the Presidency if he had been born here.0 -
Kléber wrote:
It's the direct sunshine as well as the tarmac being hot, there are not "in the shade" readings.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.
Yep, forecasts etc are the temp in the shade.
My computer maxed at 50C on Sunday going up Ramaz and average of 35C for 9 hours.
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frenchfighter wrote:Didn't know Romminger was his manager. I guess not riding on the rest day contributed to Cadel's defaillance.
“Speaking with my manager Tony Rominger last night he said that the Madeleine was the hardest climb in the world for him so that made me feel a little better about everything yesterday,” Evans explained.
Evans also revealed that while he lost the Tour on the climb of the Madeleine, the descents of stage nine did not help his cause.
“The thing that was difficult yesterday [due to the fractured elbow] was the descents and on the rest day, I couldn’t go training because we were staying up in the mountains and we could only ride downhill."
That's odd, I'm sure I saw pictures of Cadel training on the rest day? He was staying towards the bottom of Avoriaz anyway, so he could have cycled up and got the lift down - excuses excuses...0 -
frenchfighter wrote:Didn't know Romminger was his manager. "
I was told something about him a few years ago, but I'll wait for the right doping thread before I tell.0 -
Rominger's introduced various riders to Ferrari and I think one court room testimony suggested he was on commission, that the deal between a rider and the coach also included payments to Rominger.
That element of his past aside he's also a legit manager these days, he was managed by IMG and upon retirement, joined them as a staff member.
Worth adding is that Evans works with Aldo Sassi, a coach who is pretty outspoken on doping these days, a million miles from Ferrari.0 -
and on the rest day, I couldn’t go training because we were staying up in the mountains and we could only ride downhill.
What kind of excuse is that? Even if he couldn't ride downhill because of his elbow, then surely the team car could have driven him down to Morzine and he could have ridden back up, from what I remember it is a really smooth road anyway (admittedly i rode it on a FS mtb).
They should have taken the day out to do a few runs of the Pleney downhill track into Morzine, awesome fun that.0 -
Kléber wrote:Rominger's introduced various riders to Ferrari and I think one court room testimony suggested he was on commission, that the deal between a rider and the coach also included payments to Rominger.
That element of his past aside he's also a legit manager these days, he was managed by IMG and upon retirement, joined them as a staff member.
Worth adding is that Evans works with Aldo Sassi, a coach who is pretty outspoken on doping these days, a million miles from Ferrari.
Evan's agent/manager at the moment is Rominger. He said so in cyclingnews the other day. Virenque found Ferrari too pricey according to Voet or it came out at the Festina trial.0 -
Green jersey as of this morning
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team 138 pts
2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 131
3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha 116
4 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 98
5 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team HTC - Columbia 97
6 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 86
7 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Professional Cycling Team 82
8 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team 74
9 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram 71
10 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step 69Contador is the Greatest0 -
Breakaway and peloton playing a fascinating game of "who can pedal slowest". Fun fun fun.0
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Was that the case or was it that the team doctor was called "Dr Punto" as a joke because he was cheaper than Ferrari?0
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Getting lively now with the crosswinds0
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Chavanel and Popo attack, but it's pretty futile. HTC have had an easy day until now.0
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Farrar got blocked there by Renshaw0
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Cav wins with a very long sprint. Some mega headbutt action from Renshaw... reminiscent of McEwen v O'Grady. Wasn't McEwen penalised for that?0
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Renshaw was being driven into the barriers, he tried to headbutt his way out. Then once his effort was done he rode across Farrar's path.0
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Cav won because Renshaw was blocking. Cav can't be penalised but Renshaw will get a wrap on the knuckles0
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Great riding from Cavendish and Renshaw.0
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But I suppose that even if Renshaw gets penalised, doesn't make any difference to Cav's win.0
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Dirty dirty dirty, Chav's leadout man deserves 2 x fines for the headbutts and then the swerving. He was not being driven into the barriers, nothing of the sort, overhead proves it.
Not like Farrar would've come back but that's not the point. That was some poor un-sportsman-like defending by Renshaw (if it was him). Really poor.
Overshadows a great sprint by Cav, although this time Petacchi was close, but again he wasn't going to come back - no matter where the finish line was - good win.When a cyclist has a disagreement with a car; it's not who's right, it's who's left.0 -
Yeah Dean started it by being a plonker and Renshaw finished it in style!Mañana0
