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  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    There's a race on? Anyone in the cycling world actually focusing on this?
    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.
  • ratsbeyfus
    ratsbeyfus Posts: 2,841
    ...waiting for Eurosport...

    I had one of them red bikes but I don't any more. Sad face.

    @ratsbey
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    TV coverage up

    Break of 4 away - Matteo Montaguti, Troels Rönning Winter, Baden Cooke &Vicente Reynes with 3:15 on the peleton and 58km to go
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Eurosport player still a mess for everyone?
  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    LangerDan wrote:
    TV coverage up

    Break of 4 away - Matteo Montaguti, Troels Rönning Winter, Baden Cooke &Vicente Reynes with 3:15 on the peloton and 58km to go


    Sounds like an extra from Dances with Wolves
    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Harmon hits an all time low. Corporate lacky.
    Bullsh*t excuse and no comment- unlike with Di Luca, Vino and poor old "amateur doper" Ricco.
    With him, he waded straight in, with the first rumour.
    Gave him a right mauling.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • jgsi
    jgsi Posts: 5,062
    Is that another PTP wipeout?
  • jerry3571
    jerry3571 Posts: 1,532
    Why do other Teams other than Liguigas chase the Breaks. Sagan is almost 100% sure to win so why do other Teams chase. I'm tired of throwing things at the Telly in disgust at the tactics so thought I'd better ask other opinions. :evil:

    -Jerry
    “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving”- Albert Einstein

    "You can't ride the Tour de France on mineral water."
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  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    jerry3571 wrote:
    Why do other Teams other than Liguigas chase the Breaks. Sagan is almost 100% sure to win so why do other Teams chase. I'm tired of throwing things at the Telly in disgust at the tactics so thought I'd better ask other opinions. :evil:

    -Jerry

    A small chance of winning is better than no chance.

    Look at the Giro, Cavendish was probably the fastest guy there, but Goss, Ferrari and Guardini all managed to win sprint stages for various reasons so it's worth trying.
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)
  • knedlicky
    knedlicky Posts: 3,097
    inkyfingers wrote:
    jerry3571 wrote:
    Why do other Teams other than Liguigas chase the Breaks. Sagan is almost 100% sure to win so why do other Teams chase. I'm tired of throwing things at the Telly in disgust at the tactics so thought I'd better ask other opinions. :evil:
    -Jerry
    A small chance of winning is better than no chance.
    Look at the Giro, Cavendish was probably the fastest guy there, but Goss, Ferrari and Guardini all managed to win sprint stages for various reasons so it's worth trying.
    The little climb at the end today might suit Cunego, thus perhaps why Lampre are now putting in the effort.

    Earlier Bertogliati was virtual leader briefly, thus why Movistar put the pace up in the peloton then.
  • jerry3571
    jerry3571 Posts: 1,532
    Sagan will still win. :/
    “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving”- Albert Einstein

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    D-u-l-l.
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  • Paulie W
    Paulie W Posts: 1,492
    Yup!! He will
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Sagan almost stopped on the barrier and still wins.
    So far ahead of the rest, it's unreal.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    Sagan wins, though Ben Swift had a good go.

    Sagan practicing his silly celebrations for the Tour.
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)
  • majormantra
    majormantra Posts: 2,094
    I have no idea how Sagan didn't crash on that corner. It looked like he was properly squeezed against the barriers.
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    MajorMantra wrote:
    I have no idea how Sagan didn't crash on that corner. It looked like he was properly squeezed against the barriers.

    When they saw Sagan coming, mentally the barriers were already beaten.
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Trending pretty highly on twitter is Sagan (in London).
    _
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    So pro.

    TT tomorrow then Sat is a cat2 followed immediately by a HC MTF

    Sunday contains two HC followed by a cat 2 MTF

    Hoping for some excitement.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    How good was that from Sagan!
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Good sprint from Swift too, cos that finish was far more suited to Sagan.
  • brucey72
    brucey72 Posts: 1,086
    Although I admire the dominance of Sagan in these sprint finishes I'm finding the whole thing pretty dull. I sat watching today's stage thinking about last years race which included one of the most exciting stage finales of the year:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-iuQ2df ... ure=relmfu

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtpQ_7Bj_YM

    Here's hoping that the mountain stages help liven things up a bit.
  • oldwelshman
    oldwelshman Posts: 4,733
    Will be interesting to see how he copes with crazily fast lead outs for 8km in tour with many more real sprinters though.
    One sprint he pulled foot out to stay up, another he picked outside line and nearly got boxed into barrier, each time managed to get away with it, in tour with more contesting may not get second chanes, good handling skills though :D
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK5Bfqj5fxY
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    brucey72 wrote:
    Although I admire the dominance of Sagan in these sprint finishes I'm finding the whole thing pretty dull. I sat watching today's stage thinking about last years race which included one of the most exciting stage finales of the year:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-iuQ2df ... ure=relmfu

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtpQ_7Bj_YM

    Here's hoping that the mountain stages help liven things up a bit.

    That was a brilliant stage. I remember sitting and watching it this that this is the sort of stage that could turn somebody in to a cycling fan.
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Like I said, we have the weekend. If the racers are up for it, could be some classic racing.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    This salute is very worrying and should never occur again. Does this guy know his history?

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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    I think he's aiming for this and making a mess of it:

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  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    Wow godwins law and no one is even arguing! :)
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    First check we have Cancellara in 21.40

    ....Meyer in 20.44

    It is at the top of a hill though.

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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    And O'Grady in 20.45
    Contador is the Greatest

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