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  • ilm_zero7
    ilm_zero7 Posts: 2,213
    Morkov, Curvers and Engoulvent lead the peloton by 4:30.
    http://veloviewer.com/SigImage.php?a=3370a&r=3&c=5&u=M&g=p&f=abcdefghij&z=a.png
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  • ilm_zero7
    ilm_zero7 Posts: 2,213
    live feed here: http://sports-livez.com/channel/ch-8.php
    http://veloviewer.com/SigImage.php?a=3370a&r=3&c=5&u=M&g=p&f=abcdefghij&z=a.png
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Who's on the front?

    Sky. Displaying all the urgency of a pot smoking sloth.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    RichN95 wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Who's on the front?

    Sky. Displaying all the urgency of a pot smoking sloth.

    To be fair there is no point in doing anything else unless someone dangerous goes up the road, they probably have to do their "duty" having the leaders jersey, but they need to save their legs for the stages when Wiggins is going to need more help.
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    inkyfingers wrote:
    To be fair there is no point in doing anything else unless someone dangerous goes up the road, they probably have to do their "duty" having the leaders jersey, but they need to save their legs for the stages when Wiggins is going to need more help.

    It wasn't a criticism. It's exactly what I'd tell them to do.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • ilm_zero7
    ilm_zero7 Posts: 2,213
    oops - a bit of road kissing in the rear of the peloton - what a good job Sky are up keeping Wiggo and themselves tidy
    http://veloviewer.com/SigImage.php?a=3370a&r=3&c=5&u=M&g=p&f=abcdefghij&z=a.png
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Moncoutie doesn't fully wake from hibernation until late July, hence the little nap on the roadside.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    afx237vi wrote:
    Moncoutie doesn't fully wake from hibernation until late July, hence the little nap on the roadside.

    I know he properly hates the cold (know the feeling), but why don't they make him do cross over winter so that he's in some reasonable shape come the first half of the season?
    _
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    Moncoutie doesn't fully wake from hibernation until late July, hence the little nap on the roadside.

    I know he properly hates the cold (know the feeling), but why don't they make him do cross over winter so that he's in some reasonable shape come the first half of the season?


    Oh my god, what a thought. Would he last one lap without crashing and breaking something?
  • ilm_zero7
    ilm_zero7 Posts: 2,213
    Sky doing all the front running again - i hope they last the week at this rate
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  • ilm_zero7
    ilm_zero7 Posts: 2,213
    Valverde punctures, and 4 teammates wait to pull him back up
    http://veloviewer.com/SigImage.php?a=3370a&r=3&c=5&u=M&g=p&f=abcdefghij&z=a.png
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  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    afx237vi wrote:
    Moncoutie doesn't fully wake from hibernation until late July, hence the little nap on the roadside.

    Amazingly, he won the Tour of the Med last year.
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    inkyfingers wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    Moncoutie doesn't fully wake from hibernation until late July, hence the little nap on the roadside.

    Amazingly, he won the Tour of the Med last year.

    That is amazing. There must have been a mid February heatwave in the South of France or something.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    Moncoutie doesn't fully wake from hibernation until late July, hence the little nap on the roadside.

    I know he properly hates the cold (know the feeling), but why don't they make him do cross over winter so that he's in some reasonable shape come the first half of the season?

    Cross? Getting him to do some training would be a start.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    RichN95 wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    Moncoutie doesn't fully wake from hibernation until late July, hence the little nap on the roadside.

    I know he properly hates the cold (know the feeling), but why don't they make him do cross over winter so that he's in some reasonable shape come the first half of the season?

    Cross? Getting him to do some training would be a start.

    I'd set him races that he had to show a good performance in (perhaps via wattage rather than results) across the season, else I'd f*ck his pay.

    You want money for January and February? I want good numbers in TDU and Tour of Med.

    March April? Paris Nice please.

    May June?

    Romandie

    etc.
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Pfft. Moncoutié has been with Cofidis for about 40 years, I'm sure that kind of loyalty means they cut him some slack when it comes to winter training. He'll pay the team back in the Vuelta.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    afx237vi wrote:
    Pfft. Moncoutié has been with Cofidis for about 40 years, I'm sure that kind of loyalty means they cut him some slack when it comes to winter training. He'll pay the team back in the Vuelta.

    If reading FF's posts has shown me something, it's that cycling fans are as fickle as they come, but when it comes always being liked/respected, you must always be seen to turn your guts inside out at every opportunity.
    _
  • Benjamin Hall
    Benjamin Hall Posts: 608
    That looked painful!
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  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    [If reading FF's posts has shown me something, it's that cycling fans are as fickle as they come, but when it comes always being liked/respected, you must always be seen to turn your guts inside out at every opportunity.

    Isn't that what Andy Schleck did on the team bus this morning before he went home?
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    Benjamin Hall wrote:
    That looked painful!

    Looked like the Leakygas rider used the Katusha rider as a trampoline
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    LangerDan wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    [If reading FF's posts has shown me something, it's that cycling fans are as fickle as they come, but when it comes always being liked/respected, you must always be seen to turn your guts inside out at every opportunity.

    Isn't that what Andy Schleck did on the team bus this morning before he went home?
    :lol:

    Sounds like a cover. Think he was really upset with all the twitter heat he was getting for his TT. :|
    _
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    LangerDan wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    [If reading FF's posts has shown me something, it's that cycling fans are as fickle as they come, but when it comes always being liked/respected, you must always be seen to turn your guts inside out at every opportunity.

    Isn't that what Andy Schleck did on the team bus this morning before he went home?
    :lol:

    Sounds like a cover. Think he was really upset with all the twitter heat he was getting for his TT. :|

    He's proabably all better now, at home, glass of hot milk and his feety pyjamas, playing "Just Dance" on the Wii.
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    He really is rubbish at TTs.

    I was there in person in Rotterdam and he was visibly slower - not just by his body-language, but actually moving more slowly. Lost a minute over 8km or something.

    He only copes in the final TTs because he's been lugging 10kg less than everyone else for a good 3,000km at that point.
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    First points of the year, muchos gracias Valv.piti.
  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    Valverde by a nose. Gerrans didnt quite get him at the line.
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    Valverde
    Gerrans
    Meersman
    LL Sanchez
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    Boonen lost out on the last climb.
    Top 3 on GC now:

    Wiggins
    Leipheimer
    Van Garderen
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Valverde. Nice.

    Cant keep a champ down.

    Did anyone know Gerrans was riding? Did he just show his nose in the final few metres? I didn't watch it but cnews ticker makes it sound that way.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    1 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 9:09:51
    2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:00:06
    3 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:11
    4 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:00:14
    5 Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:18
    Contador is the Greatest
  • LeicesterLad
    LeicesterLad Posts: 3,908
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Valverde. Nice.

    Cant keep a champ down.

    Did anyone know Gerrans was riding? Did he just show his nose in the final few metres? I didn't watch it but cnews ticker makes it sound that way.

    Gerrans came from an age back, great sprint by him, just pipped on the line by valverde...
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