TDF 2011 - Stage 11 Spoiler

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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Lotto make a dog's dinner of the intermediate sprint.
    Welcome to Hoogerland: the shirt.
    http://twitpic.com/5p5a1m
    That's ace!

    As a related point, has anyone received their WW 108 shirt from them yet? 2 months since purchase and no sign of shipping yet...
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  • PBo
    PBo Posts: 2,493
    JonGinge wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Lotto make a dog's dinner of the intermediate sprint.
    Welcome to Hoogerland: the shirt.
    http://twitpic.com/5p5a1m
    That's ace!

    As a related point, has anyone received their WW 108 shirt from them yet? 2 months since purchase and no sign of shipping yet...

    one of the commenters on twitpic says they are wearing a 108 t shirt...so someone's got theirs!
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    LangerDan wrote:
    From CN

    "14:06:52 BST
    Voeckler is eating again, without taking his hands off the bars. He just seems to suck in the energy bars like a stork eating fish."

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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    PBo wrote:
    JonGinge wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Lotto make a dog's dinner of the intermediate sprint.
    Welcome to Hoogerland: the shirt.
    http://twitpic.com/5p5a1m
    That's ace!

    As a related point, has anyone received their WW 108 shirt from them yet? 2 months since purchase and no sign of shipping yet...

    one of the commenters on twitpic says they are wearing a 108 t shirt...so someone's got theirs!
    Ta. A UK resident, too. Just me then :(
    FCN 2-4 "Shut up legs", Jens Voigt
    Planet-x Scott
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  • knedlicky
    knedlicky Posts: 3,097
    RichN95 wrote:
    OPL screw up the inter sprint
    Cav
    Rojas
    Ventoso
    Greipel !!
    Gilbert
    It’s only a couple of points lost by Gilbert ... Delage (again) and his 5 companions up front took the more valuable points.
    Perhaps Gilbert is not too bothered - I read today he is hoping to push hard on one of the mountain stages so that Cavendish falls outside the time limit!

    Delage has now bagged about 80 pts, most if not all from just the Intermediates! I wonder if he can keep it up through the mountains, maybe Hushovd getting a few then too, so they both come closer the Points podium.
    I imagine the Tour organisers were hoping that the Points competition would be a bit more open than already down to just 3 contenders (Gilbert, Rojas, Cavendish) - although I suppose in a week or so Evans will be right up there too.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    knedlicky wrote:
    It’s only a couple of points lost by Gilbert ...

    They screwed up because Greipel finished ahead of Gilbert
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  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    I hope Mark absolutely shoves it up everyone's @rse today.

    Go Cav.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    RichN95 wrote:
    knedlicky wrote:
    It’s only a couple of points lost by Gilbert ...

    They screwed up because Greipel finished ahead of Gilbert

    I think the idea was that Gilbert knows he can't beat Cavendish, so send Greipel up to deny him a point. But it backfired obviously.
  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    How many points did Mark get for the Intermediate please?
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    The Mad Rapper wrote:
    How many points did Mark get for the Intermediate please?

    Cav 9
    Rojas 8
    Ventoso 7
    Greipel 6
    Gilbert 5
  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    afx237vi wrote:
    Cav 9
    Rojas 8
    Ventoso 7
    Greipel 6
    Gilbert 5

    Thank you.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,558
    A Cav win, Rojas no better than 3rd and Gilbert no better than 6th would i think put Cav in green.

    But I could be wrong, and Cav might not win!!!
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    You know it's going to be a bunch sprint when the commentators have spent the last ten minutes talking about Chateaux's and obscure 1970's TV shows!
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)
  • avoidingmyphd
    avoidingmyphd Posts: 1,154
    knedlicky wrote:
    Perhaps Gilbert is not too bothered - I read today he is hoping to push hard on one of the mountain stages so that Cavendish falls outside the time limit!
    He's not superman.
  • nevman
    nevman Posts: 1,611
    27k to go,6 away by 1.20 mins sun shining-thats it I`m out till 7pm lah lah lah....
    Whats the solution? Just pedal faster you baby.

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  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    avoidingmyphd wrote:
    knedlicky wrote:
    Perhaps Gilbert is not too bothered - I read today he is hoping to push hard on one of the mountain stages so that Cavendish falls outside the time limit!
    He's not superman.

    Is he planning to get Greipel eliminated as well then?
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    avoidingmyphd wrote:
    knedlicky wrote:
    Perhaps Gilbert is not too bothered - I read today he is hoping to push hard on one of the mountain stages so that Cavendish falls outside the time limit!
    He's not superman.

    It's a lousy tactic anyway. It will wear Gilbert out and won't get rid of Rojas.
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  • StageWinner
    StageWinner Posts: 202
    Rojas puncture. Might be tough to get back in for him.
  • derbygrimpeur
    derbygrimpeur Posts: 822
    avoidingmyphd wrote:
    knedlicky wrote:
    Perhaps Gilbert is not too bothered - I read today he is hoping to push hard on one of the mountain stages so that Cavendish falls outside the time limit!
    He's not superman.

    yeah, I thought that was strange. It would have to be a monster ride. Cav would also have to finish outside the time limit and on his own. Can't see it happening.
  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    inkyfingers wrote:
    avoidingmyphd wrote:
    knedlicky wrote:
    Perhaps Gilbert is not too bothered - I read today he is hoping to push hard on one of the mountain stages so that Cavendish falls outside the time limit!
    He's not superman.

    Is he planning to get Greipel eliminated as well then?
    A stated tactic like that would p!ss half the peloton off, no? :?
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    SK: "i don't think so" :lol:
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  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    JonGinge wrote:
    SK: "i don't think so" :lol:

    Have Dave and Carlton not heard of the magic 1 minutes per 10KM rule?
    :wink:
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    derbygrimpeur wrote:
    avoidingmyphd wrote:
    knedlicky wrote:
    Perhaps Gilbert is not too bothered - I read today he is hoping to push hard on one of the mountain stages so that Cavendish falls outside the time limit!
    He's not superman.

    yeah, I thought that was strange. It would have to be a monster ride. Cav would also have to finish outside the time limit and on his own. Can't see it happening.

    I agree it's a stupid tactic, but if a big group finishes outside the time limit, they're liable to get a points deduction rather than being excluded. So he still needs to be careful.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Heavy rain at the finish.
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  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    I dont care what they say or the speedo read on the motorbike, but they were not going 80kmph... Riders were still turning gears... at 80kmph you are already spinning out a 53x11... I think the speed on the motobike is fixed like that for effect
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  • camerone
    camerone Posts: 1,232
    winner is coming from break today?
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    BMC and Leopard mixing it up at the front. Cav'll be happy.
  • AidanR
    AidanR Posts: 1,142
    afx237vi wrote:
    derbygrimpeur wrote:
    avoidingmyphd wrote:
    knedlicky wrote:
    Perhaps Gilbert is not too bothered - I read today he is hoping to push hard on one of the mountain stages so that Cavendish falls outside the time limit!
    He's not superman.

    yeah, I thought that was strange. It would have to be a monster ride. Cav would also have to finish outside the time limit and on his own. Can't see it happening.

    I agree it's a stupid tactic, but if a big group finishes outside the time limit, they're liable to get a points deduction rather than being excluded. So he still needs to be careful.

    Frankly he would have to be on a heroic amount of drugs to pull that off.
    Bike lover and part-time cyclist.
  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    Boom... em.. no.
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Frank Schleck could end up giving Cav a lead-out at this rate.

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