Tour Méditerranéen 2011 **Spoilers**

frenchfighter

Wow. Not only is it Voeckler that bags stage 1. Check this out!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hayk2yAmxc

Garry H

Great shot. Picture of the season so far!

frenchfighter

100kms out the front too with 4 others. This guy is is so damn likeable.

frenchfighter

frenchfighter

This race was amazing last year. So cold and so fast.

Endura racing again - Jack Bauer is there.

Also have Dan Martin, who I wouldn't be surprised if he lit it up on Mont Faron.

frenchfighter

Notice anything odd with these results...

134 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
135 Mads Christensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
136 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Team Europcar
137 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
138 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team
139 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
140 Dimitri Le Boulch (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93

Tom BB

frenchfighter wrote:

Endura racing again - Jack Bauer is there.

Great to see all the continetal races Endura are doing this year....they've got a great website to follow them, which is updated regularly....and a twitter feed.

Dave Clarke is also riding (think he was the rider in FFs video at the back of the peloton @1.10ish).....one of my favourite British riders I rode with him two weekends ago at the Tour de Nock yay! Bit quick for me up the first climb though!

Tom BB

Fair ride from that by Ricco considering he is suffering from kidney failure!........guessing that blood transfusion helped :twisted:

inkyfingers

Cheers for that Frenchie...

(Yes, that is me being nice to counteract the fact I just insulted you in the Contador thread)!

Doobz

It sucks that there is no coverage for this race.. Been sitting on france 3 trying to figure out if its gonna even be on as a highlights package..

Tom BB

Doobz I think that some of the later stages of the race will have highlights shown on french tv.....

calvjones

Some lovely riding around Pertuis and Bonneiux (sp). Brought back some good memories. Cheers FF

takethehighroad

Tom BB wrote:

Doobz I think that some of the later stages of the race will have highlights shown on french tv.....

Generally they have Saturday's and Sunday's stages on live, but it might depend on the rugger.

OT Watching that vid reminded me how much I miss speaking French. I must watch more French news this year. I must I must I must.

Tom BB

Steephill.tv are saying 'highlights of later stages' and 'no live coverage'....like you say, rugger is on etc....suppose its all subject to change though

nicensleazy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVFdJpDm ... dded#at=80

Doobz

1st Romain FEILLU (Vacansoleil),
2nd Davide APPOLLONIO (Sky),
3rd Danilo NAPOLITANO (Acqua e Sapone)

frenchfighter

Stage 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIPpGpB5rmI

Love Feillu in this photo from y'day:
http://www.grassyknolltv.com/2011/tour- ... C_0213.jpg

Anyone know why Voeckler was using a different bike yesterday?

Stage 3:

frenchfighter

Feillu bads the 3rd from a mass sprint.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIBKuC86bTA

frenchfighter

Stage4 has a 1km 7% uphill finish:

mroli

Alex Blain of Endura 6th and riding consistently again. He seems a v decent rider.

Tom BB

mroli wrote:

Alex Blain of Endura 6th and riding consistently again. He seems a v decent rider.

Yep very good rider.....great to see Endura doing such a big calendar of abroad racing.

frenchfighter

And Feillu takes a third! Surprised given the supposed steepness.
http://www.cyclismactu.net/news-tour_me ... 12541.html

Doobz

frenchfighter wrote:

And Feillu takes a third! Surprised given the supposed steepness.
http://www.cyclismactu.net/news-tour_me ... 12541.html

Maybe he has some of the Climbing genes we see in Brice Feillu - Made up for Vacansoleil and Romain Feillu

victorponf

Hope Mauricio Soler winning tomorrow

hommelbier

http://provence-alpes.france3.fr/info/premier-bilan-du-tour-mediterraneen-67340662.html?onglet=videos&id-video=mars_1360418_130220111036_F3

Brief review of today's final stage up Mont Faron - features some Irish fella speaking pretty good French (better than me anyway)

frenchfighter

Just realised that Martin was 3rd yesterday. Hoping he can take the win today.

Highlights from yesterday - why do all the French smaller races have rubbish coverage - the same in Spain have much better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J8yTSdhupU

Finish today:

Cumulonimbus

Moncoutie, Peraud is the one-two on both stage and overall.

http://www.cyclismactu.net/news-t_medit ... 12560.html

josame

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lfnhdIc0Rk

Doobz

frenchfighter wrote:

Highlights from yesterday - why do all the French smaller races have rubbish coverage - the same in Spain have much better.

Its crazy. You see from the highlights how big the crowds are at the finish and you would expect with the French riders doing so well they would have better coverage..

Maybe next year they will get their finger out.

frenchfighter

Cummings placed well at 7th.

VS have put in a good showing.