TDF route 2011 v Contador Verdict

northernneil
northernneil Posts: 1,549
edited October 2010 in Pro race
both being released on the same day

:roll:

.... which one makes the most headlines ?

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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    One will be entirely predictable and disappointing.

    The other one will be Contador getting banned.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • northernneil
    northernneil Posts: 1,549
    iainf72 wrote:
    One will be entirely predictable and disappointing.

    The other one will be Contador getting banned.


    hehehehehehehehe

    :lol::lol::lol:
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    On a seriously note, they havent' said yet when anyone on Bert will be announced, have they?

    Mumbles it was going to be Wednesday this week was the last I heard.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • northernneil
    northernneil Posts: 1,549
    just an extremely strong possibility/rumor/conspiracy
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Given the UCI needs ASO to join their new World Tour calendar, any timing of the announcement in order to spoil Prudhomme's big day has the potential to cause real annoyance.

    Prudhomme's got to be uppity already, just how many times can you relaunch a race with the promise of credibility only to see the winner caught cheating? Possibly you can try again for 2011 but having the media going over Contador at the same time won't help.
  • sherer
    sherer Posts: 2,460
    one will be a big news story, apart from us on this forum how many people are really that interested in the tour route ? Has any paper even published it at the time before ?

    Didn't realise the UCI had said they were going to announce anything about Contador
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Depending on the timing, they could use the presentation to formally strip Bertie of his win and present Schleck with his yellow jersey.

    (Although, personally, I'd want to do a little more testing on Andy's samples first. But maybe they have done.)
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    It'll be interesting to see if Bert is at the ceremony. The reigning champ is usually seated in the front row alongside the other podium finishers.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    afx237vi wrote:
    It'll be interesting to see if Bert is at the ceremony. The reigning champ is usually seated in the front row alongside the other podium finishers.

    I think there's more chance of seeing Elvis there.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    I just wish one tour organiser would sort out a TT up a mountain and down the otherside.
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  • finchy
    finchy Posts: 6,686
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    I just wish one tour organiser would sort out a TT up a mountain and down the otherside.

    Me too, but I suppose they'll always bottle it for safety reasons.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    johnfinch wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    I just wish one tour organiser would sort out a TT up a mountain and down the otherside.

    Me too, but I suppose they'll always bottle it for safety reasons.

    *sigh*
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  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    sherer wrote:
    one will be a big news story, apart from us on this forum how many people are really that interested in the tour route ? Has any paper even published it at the time before ?
    :roll: :shock: You do realise there are countries out there where cycling is more popular than in the UK, right?
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    FJS wrote:
    :roll: :shock: You do realise there are countries out there where cycling is more popular than in the UK, right?

    Nonsense. Next thing you'll tell me people use the metric system and roads get completely closed for bicycle races.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • sherer
    sherer Posts: 2,460
    FJS wrote:
    sherer wrote:
    one will be a big news story, apart from us on this forum how many people are really that interested in the tour route ? Has any paper even published it at the time before ?
    :roll: :shock: You do realise there are countries out there where cycling is more popular than in the UK, right?

    I was talking from a UK perspective. I'm sure L'Equipe and Gazzeto will cover this in detail but over here I don't think it will get much coverage
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    edited October 2010
    And I'me hopeful about the 2011 TdF route - if the rumours are to be believed; finish on the Galibier summit, most (!) of the first week flat stages with a hilltop finish; some early stages in the Central Massif; and a final serious mountain trime trial to Chamrousse. But yes, there's always room for disappointment...
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    sherer wrote:
    FJS wrote:
    sherer wrote:
    one will be a big news story, apart from us on this forum how many people are really that interested in the tour route ? Has any paper even published it at the time before ?
    :roll: :shock: You do realise there are countries out there where cycling is more popular than in the UK, right?

    I was talking from a UK perspective.
    yes, I got that; it's just that precisely because the route announcement is never a big story here anyway the UK perspective is less relevant in this case. In case they're announced on one day the ASO will be concerned as it spoils their party in all the countries where they would normally get media attention for such an event.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    FJS wrote:
    and a final serious mountain trime trial to Chamrousse. But yes, there's always room for disappointment...
    Get ready because there's talk of the TT being flat around Grenoble. 50-50.
  • moray_gub
    moray_gub Posts: 3,328
    FJS wrote:
    And I'me hopeful about the 2011 TdF route - if the rumours are to be believed; finish on the Galibier summit, most (!) of the first week flat stages with a hilltop finish; some early stages in the Central Massif; and a final serious mountain trime trial to Chamrousse. But yes, there's always room for disappointment...

    I hope not i hate mountain time trials as generally usually a damp squib in terms of excitement a waste of a good mountain imo. Take Plan de Corones in the Giro ok a lot of fans out and about but in excitement terms its mince.
    Gasping - but somehow still alive !
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Kléber wrote:
    FJS wrote:
    and a final serious mountain trime trial to Chamrousse. But yes, there's always room for disappointment...
    Get ready because there's talk of the TT being flat around Grenoble. 50-50.

    S'what you'd expect.

    The Tour is the only GT that properly tests all rounders, rather than just climbers.
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  • Garrigou
    Garrigou Posts: 145
    Best Pyrenees stage is gonna go via a never-before-used climb called the Hourquette d'Ancizan (which runs parallel to the Aspin), then over Tourmalet to a summit finish at Luz Ardiden. Should be a good un if the GC lads aren't all sitting tight waiting for the final 10km of the final climb in the Alps.
    Between me & Eddy Merckx we've won pretty much everything worth winning on a bike.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Garrigou wrote:
    Should be a good un if the GC lads aren't all sitting tight waiting for the final 10km of the final climb in the Alps.

    So it won't be good then....
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  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Moray Gub wrote:
    I hope not i hate mountain time trials as generally usually a damp squib in terms of excitement a waste of a good mountain imo.
    Or an improvement of a flat TT? mountain time trials in grand tours tend to be in place of flat TTs, not mountain stages. they're not that interesting to watch, but do stifle the GC a bit less

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