Tour de France Stage 12 *spoiler*

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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,813
    G and pineau crash

    pineau crashes again... I think he is going to struggle in the Pyrenees to keep that polka dot
    "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
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,813
    pulling them back
    "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
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,813
    surprise surprise its the shack pulling it back
    "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
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,813
    actually a team battle over 31 secs of GC for 1000+k could be pretty funny
    "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
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,813
    well do it all again on the next climb guys.... 57kph
    "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
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,813
    cunego to hoover the sprints


    chavenal to hoover the KOM
    "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
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,813
    not going anywhere by the looks of it
    "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
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Contador also won on Mende in 2007 PN.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,813
    what a decent bit of tv that would have been?...49kph average 1st hour
    "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
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,813
    well if you want to get into a break between here and Paris, either make sure there are no Radioshack or Caisse riders in the break or a equal number of each
    "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
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    I find it quiet tragic the Shack are taking the team competition so seriously.

    Imagine if you were Bottle, your team clearly have no faith in you for the GC.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    I find it quiet tragic Caisse are taking the team competition so seriously.

    Imagine if you were LLS, your team clearly have no faith in you for the GC.

    :D
    Le Blaireau (1)
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    PROFIL.gif
    Contador is the Greatest
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,711
    Should all be still together for the first sprint, which might be interesting.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,813
    iainf72 wrote:
    I find it quiet tragic the Shack are taking the team competition so seriously.

    Imagine if you were Bottle, your team clearly have no faith in you for the GC.

    yeah from levi's POV its like "who cares about you"

    but then again no one does really :lol:


    he is going to lose time everyday in the Pyrenees in all likelihood anyway but OTOH he could pull back serious time on the 3rd step in the finall TT so the podium is not impossible (thou unlikely )

    as for the team GC... well why not a epic absurd battle for 1500k over a hand ful of secs..

    interesting to see if the guys in the bunch get p1ssed off with it if it effects the racing day in day out... but then again its a classement

    why not take it seriously?

    could make some interesting hard racing
    "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
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,813
    DaveyL wrote:
    I find it quiet tragic Caisse are taking the team competition so seriously.

    Imagine if you were LLS, your team clearly have no faith in you for the GC.

    :D

    point... frankly thou levi has a better shot thou..but not much

    I'm up for this caisse vs the shack p1ssing contest
    "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
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    "I will try to win some more time, and who knows, maybe I can win another stage. I expect that Contador will attack, but I also expect that I can follow him. It will be like the finale at Morzine-Avoriaz, so there are opportunities to create some time gaps. It is a sharp rise that fits me well."

    Andy
    Contador is the Greatest
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,813
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Should all be still together for the first sprint, which might be interesting.
    we will see who is in that front group
    "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: 22,711
    DaveyL wrote:
    I find it quiet tragic Caisse are taking the team competition so seriously.

    Imagine if you were LLS, your team clearly have no faith in you for the GC.

    :D

    Nope. Nice try but it just doesn't work.
    By comparing Levi to LLS as a GT rider you have put down the Shack even more than Iain's dig at Bottle.

    Caisse, 2nd twice, still chasing that illusive win that the Shack have under their belt.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,813
    charteau has Kiryienka with him...hope he brought a shack rider too :lol:
    "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
    Well, LLS is there on merit, just as much as Levi is, no?
    Le Blaireau (1)
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,813
    the way I see it all the shack has to do is ride tempo at the front for 1600K at 40kph so there are no breaks at all then steal back the time with levi in the ITT

    victory!
    "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
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,813
    vino is out front
    "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
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,813
    DaveyL wrote:
    Well, LLS is there on merit, just as much as Levi is, no?

    I say this for caisse they are the ones needing to get into the breaks rather than the shack because of the ITT

    hence they are making the running and the shack covers defensivily


    can you really believe this is going on.... this stuff must be running throu the heads of the DS at the shack and Caisse...

    i think its awesome and somewhat novel...
    "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
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,813
    thor in front group

    bole to try and mug him
    "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
  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    Clever old Thor is out to grab the intermediate sprint points again.


    And Bole is runining my prediction for Lantern Rouge. Damn him!
    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,813
    only one shack rider to caisse's 2
    "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
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,813
    ryder and vino

    saxo have it all to do maybe rabo will help
    "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
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    18 riders 1min off the front including Vino (6.31off) and Hesjedal (5.42off)
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Vino, Kloden, Hesjedal, Casar, Hushovd, Aerts, Sivtsov, Santambrogio, Barredo, Kiriyenka, Charteau, Perget, Kern, Moinard, Pauriol, Verdugo, Bole, Valls Ferri
    Contador is the Greatest

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