If you were Prudhomme . . .

Birillo
Birillo Posts: 417
edited September 2011 in Pro race
. . . would you invite Geox to the 2012 TDF after their remarkable performance in the Vuelta?

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  • Gazzetta67
    Gazzetta67 Posts: 1,890
    Will you be testing Chris Froome at next years tour ?
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Birillo wrote:
    . . . would you invite Geox to the 2012 TDF after their remarkable performance in the Vuelta?

    Not really been a remarkable team performance, has it? Menchov is riding like you expect him to, Sastre has been rubbish all year, Duarte has shown nothing in this Vuelta. Cobo is the only one doing anything out of the ordinary, and it's not that unusual.
  • Tusher
    Tusher Posts: 2,762
    'cos he'll be the GC guy for GreenEdge.
  • Tusher
    Tusher Posts: 2,762
    Gazzetta67 wrote:
    Will you be testing Chris Froome at next years tour ?

    was wot I woz replying to.




    Think I'll just go and finish that bottle of gin. My posts always improve then.





    (had a long, hard day, yet again missing some excellent racing.)
  • Ron Stuart
    Ron Stuart Posts: 1,242
    Maybe not......

    The rumours and innuendo now surround Ricco's team, Saunier Duval, whose climbers, Leonardo Piepoli and Juan José Cobo, placed first and second at the summit finish of Hautacam on Monday. Asked last night if he suspected systematic doping, the Tour director, Christian Prudhomme, said: "I was pretty disturbed when I saw the superiority of two riders from the same team on the stage to Hautacam. Like the rest of you were, I'm sure."

    Saunier Duval withdrew the entire team after the snake was caught I wonder why?

    Cobo finished yesterdays stage at the top of the Angliru fresh as a daisy, for me not a good sign, as everyone else looked completely done in. Cobo nearly broke Contadors time for the climb :shock:
  • rocksteadyeddie
    rocksteadyeddie Posts: 294
    Ron Stuart wrote:
    Cobo nearly broke Contadors time for the climb :shock:

    Do you have a site reference for that?
  • B3rnieMac
    B3rnieMac Posts: 384
    seen it on twitter:

    Angliru
    2011:12,6 km@10%---
    2008:12,6 km@10%---43:12---average speed 17.50 km/h(Alberto Contador)
    2002:12,6 km@10%---43:41---average speed 17.30 km/h(Roberto Heras)
    2000:12,6 km@10%---41:55---average speed 18.03 km/h(Roberto Heras)
    1999:12,6 km@10%---44:50---average speed 16.86 km/h(Jose Maria Jimenez-Pavel Tonkov)
    41:55 2002 heras
    43:12 2008 contador
    43:24 2002 tonkov
    43:24 2002 laiseka
    43:54 2008 valverde
    44:10 2008 purito
    44:13 2002 rumsas
    44:17 2008 leipheimer
    44:43 2002 escartin
    44:44 2008 sastre
    44:45 2002 Txema del Olmo
    45:08 2008 gesink
    45:30 2008 mosquera
    45:36 2002 virenque
    45:36 2002 casero
    45:40 2008 zaugg

    Cobo at 43:44


    timed from 6km to summit - Heras (2000) 21m58, Heras (2002) 22m29 Contador (2008) 23m09 Cobo (2011) 23m01
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    That 43.44 time was calculated by someone on the Cycling News forum based on the timing of text updates on the CN live ticker. As such it's accurate to the nearest two minutes.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    And 40s down on Bertie isn't really 'nearly' is it?
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  • Ron Stuart
    Ron Stuart Posts: 1,242
    Rocksteadyeddie wrote:
    Ron Stuart wrote:
    Cobo nearly broke Contadors time for the climb :shock:

    Do you have a site reference for that?

    From here... http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread ... 163&page=6

    OK maybe nearly broke is a slight exaggeration :wink:

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