Tour de France Stage 12 *spoiler*

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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Charteau regains the Polka dot.

    Vino won in Mende in 1999

    Now if Contador had taken the jersey it would have been Astana and not Saxo doing the work, although they are more than capable.

    From Cnews...
    Andy Schleck is having a well-known black-coloured soda drink, banned in other teams for its high acidity... If it helps!
    Contador is the Greatest
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,811
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Andy Schleck is having a well-known black-coloured soda drink, banned in other teams for its high acidity... If it helps!

    Guiness?
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,813
    saxo looking stuffed here comes rabo
    "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
    andyp wrote:
    I find it hard to fathom why a team would spend so much effort on the team classification yet neglect the KoM jersey? One is significantly more valuable than the other in publicity yet very few teams ever seem to try for the latter.

    caisse have a shot at both with Moreau
    "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
    TakeTheHighRoad wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Andy Schleck is having a well-known black-coloured soda drink, banned in other teams for its high acidity... If it helps!

    Guiness?

    Jaegermeister?
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,813
    Saxo doing a banesto and starting to break down

    75k to go
    "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
  • chriskempton
    chriskempton Posts: 1,245
    Gap going out quite quickly
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,711
    Saxo guys looked strained on that last climb. Astana getting it easy.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,813
    Riis has to get on the phone
    "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
    2.40

    Next int sprint in 18km
    Contador is the Greatest
  • chriskempton
    chriskempton Posts: 1,245
    More melty tarmac by the look of it
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Gap is coming down. Yes he is on the front.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    Carlton's just done an impersonation of Nelson Mandela :roll:
    Le Blaireau (1)
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Hushovd back in green by 6.
  • chriskempton
    chriskempton Posts: 1,245
    How far down do points go for today's finish?
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,813
    edited July 2010
    chriskempton wrote:
    How far down do points go for today's finish?

    top 15?

    edit no 20
    "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
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    mididoctors wrote:
    chriskempton wrote:
    How far down do points go for today's finish?

    top 15?

    According to letour.fr, this is a "plain" stage... so top 25.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,711
    Vino dumps the rest.
    Ryder and Kiryenka for company.
    Up comes The Freiburg Phantom.

    Levi interviewed on Versus says he intends to suck on Menchov's wheel at Mende.
    Inspiring.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,813
    afx237vi wrote:
    mididoctors wrote:
    chriskempton wrote:
    How far down do points go for today's finish?

    top 15?

    According to letour.fr, this is a "plain" stage... so top 25.

    really?

    i had it moyenne
    "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
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    mididoctors wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    According to letour.fr, this is a "plain" stage... so top 25.

    really?

    i had it moyenne

    You'd have thought so, but not according to: http://www.letour.fr/2010/TDF/LIVE/us/le_parcours.html

    The only medium stages were Station des Rousses and Gap.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,711
    3'-25" Saxo in trouble.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • camerone
    camerone Posts: 1,232
    will saxo be over concerned about these four? Vino and Ryder will lose time in the Pyrenes with the steepness of the climbs?
  • mroli
    mroli Posts: 3,622
    Won't Rabo/Lampre etc be more concerned as these aren't challengers to Schleck, but to their riders?
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  • PBo
    PBo Posts: 2,493
    afx237vi wrote:
    mididoctors wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    According to letour.fr, this is a "plain" stage... so top 25.

    really?

    i had it moyenne

    You'd have thought so, but not according to: http://www.letour.fr/2010/TDF/LIVE/us/le_parcours.html

    The only medium stages were Station des Rousses and Gap.

    Their own site is inconsistent - the narrative on the rhs says 9 flat and 4 medium, but the table shows 11 and 2.

    suspect the table is wrong....
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Peloton being shown 2'30" by chalkboard lady. Gap is 4 minutes. Erm... radios?
  • chriskempton
    chriskempton Posts: 1,245
    What are CTT riding for?
  • Pirahna
    Pirahna Posts: 1,315
    4 riders off the front with 30 seconds on the break. The break is 3.10 in front of the peleton.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    chriskempton wrote:
    What are CTT riding for?
    Cash? :wink:
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    afx237vi wrote:
    Peloton being shown 2'30" by chalkboard lady. Gap is 4 minutes. Erm... radios?

    From whom, and how, does the chalkboard lady get her info?
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,473
    Looks like Saxo Bank's poker tactics have paid off, other teams move up to chase now.

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