STAGE 19 SPOILER - let the culling continue

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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,795
    RichN95 wrote:
    fastercyclist wrote:

    Anyone else finding Pierre Rolland outrageous? Much gnashing of teeth here. Feels like Europcar brought a whole herd in Spain.

    Not really, he's long been seen as a big climbing talent. He was top ten in the Dauphine last year (despite losing four minutes in the TT). He was 21st in the 2009 Tour aged 22 (again, losing twelve minutes in the various TTs).

    i think there is a concertina effect where the front guys are not juiced up as much and the gaps in ability get crunched up

    IE is it more real?

    2006 landis went truly solo across 3 mountains at 37kph! :shock:

    andy with a fast start for 100km sitting in the bunch and help across the valley floor managed 32kph

    harder hills though

    there has been no trains pulling all day long in the mountains on any stage

    probably the best was Eurocar... LEO where surprisingly ineffective the few times they tried it going into the final climb

    the doping is still there the effect is subdued is the impression
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  • mz__jo
    mz__jo Posts: 398
    Bronzie wrote:
    fastercyclist wrote:
    Anyone else finding Pierre Rolland outrageous? Much gnashing of teeth here. Feels like Europcar brought a whole herd in Spain.
    Juiced? What are you basing your suspicion on?

    Cyclisme a un vitesse? TM

    Everyone says that having the yellow jersey boosts your performance, ups your thresholds, inspires you. I think that in Pierre Rolland's case being the support to the race leader has exactly the same effect. There's no dope like euphoria and you can't buy it in the local chemists).
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  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    mz__jo wrote:
    Bronzie wrote:
    fastercyclist wrote:
    Anyone else finding Pierre Rolland outrageous? Much gnashing of teeth here. Feels like Europcar brought a whole herd in Spain.
    Juiced? What are you basing your suspicion on?

    Cyclisme a un vitesse? TM

    Everyone says that having the yellow jersey boosts your performance, ups your thresholds, inspires you. I think that in Pierre Rolland's case being the support to the race leader has exactly the same effect. There's no dope like euphoria and you can't buy it in the local chemists).

    Rollands been a fantastic lieutenant to TV, so much mutual respect and support. It's summarised the TdF for me.

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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Could Rolland be a serious GC contender in the future? It seems rather unreal to be asking that question about a French rider.
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    afx237vi wrote:
    Could Rolland be a serious GC contender in the future? It seems rather unreal to be asking that question about a French rider.

    Yes, along with about a dozen other French riders if they learned to TT (Yes, I'm talking to you Christophe).
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  • Bronzie
    Bronzie Posts: 4,927
    Graham Watson
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    Leopard's big men - Cancellara, Voigt, Gerdemann and O'Grady - have been warming up near Modane, not often u see that on the Tour! It's war!
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  • LeicesterLad
    LeicesterLad Posts: 3,908
    Im at work, are we racing yet or what?
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  • Bronzie
    Bronzie Posts: 4,927
    From Inner Ring - 4 men away:
    It's Burghart, Hoogerland, Buffaz and Perez Urtasaun
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  • gabriel959
    gabriel959 Posts: 4,227
    yes they are
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  • gabriel959
    gabriel959 Posts: 4,227
    14 riders away!
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    afx237vi wrote:
    Could Rolland be a serious GC contender in the future? It seems rather unreal to be asking that question about a French rider.

    He'd need to improve his time trialling. It's pretty rancid.
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  • gabriel959
    gabriel959 Posts: 4,227
    Break: Hoogerland, Pineau, Izagirre, Urtasaun, Iglinsky, Guiterrez, Rui Costa, Riblon, Koren, Flecha, Burghardt, Greipel, Duque + Buffaz
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Johnny, Johnny, Johnny.

    How many points does he need?
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    A little pre-amble. Yesterday, on top of the Galibier

    http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1072111

    Cadel gets (rightly) a little angry with the journos.

    Does eventually give them the interview.
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  • samiam
    samiam Posts: 227
    contador attacks
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Haaaaaaa. Contador attacks.
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    This is proper grand tour racing :) .
  • Neil McC
    Neil McC Posts: 625
    oh wow
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Is this the 1950s?
  • samiam
    samiam Posts: 227
    Group of 6:

    Contador, Navarro, F & A Schleck, Evans.. +1 other
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,246
    Incroyable!
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    Well, I don't think anyone expected that
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  • samiam
    samiam Posts: 227
    Voeckler riding across haha, this is awesome!
  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    voeckler crossing the gap.
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    momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
  • stokepa31
    stokepa31 Posts: 560
    its the dogs danglies already. Bertie,frank, andy, cadel going at it. TV just joined them
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  • zippypablo
    zippypablo Posts: 398
    Followed by the Schlecks. Tommy makes it too
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  • Mac9
    Mac9 Posts: 134
    Voekler crosses the gap!

    What a race this will be today. If Contador was bluffing yesterday then I'll eat my hat!
  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
    RichN95 wrote:
    Well, I don't think anyone expected that

    ffs.. Went away to glue on some tubs and come back and everything has kicked off.. Replay needed!!
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  • samiam
    samiam Posts: 227
    Contador wasn't bluffing yesterday..
  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    baredo, contador, sclecks,evans and Tv.

    Evans has burhardt up the road though.
    The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns
    momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.

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