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  • okgo
    okgo Posts: 4,368
    Rundfahrt wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Greipels chain broke!!! POWERHOUSE

    Actually Marcato. Although am confused here.

    I just want to know why he kept pedaling after the chain was broken.

    Snapped or not, he wasn't catching Sagan there.
    Blog on my first and now second season of proper riding/racing - www.firstseasonracing.com
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    Rundfahrt wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Greipels chain broke!!! POWERHOUSE

    Actually Marcato. Although am confused here.

    I just want to know why he kept pedaling after the chain was broken.

    Probably because it takes a while for your brain to tell your legs to stop when you are pedalling at 150rpm.
  • Rundfahrt
    Rundfahrt Posts: 551
    Pross wrote:
    Rundfahrt wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    Rundfahrt wrote:
    Cav is getting good at the slow finish!

    Yep, cos it's worth sprinting in 6 minutes down :roll:

    Wow, I made a joking comment about him cruising in later after crashes and you get upset. British Number One Syndrome.

    Your usual response - project your own natural responses onto others :lol:

    Panties still in a bunch I see.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    Lots of abandons tomorrow?
  • Rundfahrt
    Rundfahrt Posts: 551
    nweststeyn wrote:
    He liked the feeling of riding with no resistance. Invincible!

    :lol:
  • MrTapir
    MrTapir Posts: 1,206
    MaxwellBygraves wrote:
    INRNG reporting broken collarbone for Rolland.

    Wow he did well riding like normal then if that is the case, he didn't seem phased in the chasing group.
  • sonny73
    sonny73 Posts: 2,203
    Wow JVS wheeling in, what a mess!!
  • derbygrimpeur
    derbygrimpeur Posts: 822
    crazy stage, but that's racing I guess. Awesome win from Sagan, that boy can motor.

    Looking foward to tomorrow. Think the next two weeks will be a case of who cracks first between Cadel/Wiggins.
  • Jez mon
    Jez mon Posts: 3,809
    Vansummeren just came in, looking beaten up as anything
    You live and learn. At any rate, you live
  • gingermagician
    gingermagician Posts: 326
    Any news on whether EBH and Porte are ok after getting caught up in the carnage?
  • bigmat
    bigmat Posts: 5,134
    Rundfahrt wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    Rundfahrt wrote:
    Cav is getting good at the slow finish!

    Yep, cos it's worth sprinting in 6 minutes down :roll:

    Wow, I made a joking comment about him cruising in later after crashes and you get upset. British Number One Syndrome.

    We don't get many number ones, we're not used to it... :cry:
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Vansummeren looks like he got in a fight with a lion.
  • Rundfahrt
    Rundfahrt Posts: 551
    Have they given any sort of list of who is out and where the pre-race GC guys are sitting in time?
  • Rundfahrt
    Rundfahrt Posts: 551
    BigMat wrote:
    Rundfahrt wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    Rundfahrt wrote:
    Cav is getting good at the slow finish!

    Yep, cos it's worth sprinting in 6 minutes down :roll:

    Wow, I made a joking comment about him cruising in later after crashes and you get upset. British Number One Syndrome.

    We don't get many number ones, we're not used to it... :cry:

    My brother was a tennis player and we always joke about how, at Wimbledon time, they always refer to the top ranked Brit as "the British Number One" and get all worked up.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    So many of these crashes are caused by people 'trying to stay safe' - irony!
  • MrTapir
    MrTapir Posts: 1,206
    GingerMagician wrote:
    Any news on whether EBH and Porte are ok after getting caught up in the carnage?

    Well EBH finished in the Schleck group, not sure about POrte though.

    I like the interview with Zabriskie, he has a cool accent, and also avoided the cheeky (and a bit try-hard) question from the interviewer about the recent USADA rumours thus:

    Interviewer: "was your performance today a response to the USADA thing?"
    DZ: "Nope just plain ol' bike racing"
  • bigmat
    bigmat Posts: 5,134
    Rundfahrt wrote:
    BigMat wrote:
    Rundfahrt wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    Rundfahrt wrote:
    Cav is getting good at the slow finish!

    Yep, cos it's worth sprinting in 6 minutes down :roll:

    Wow, I made a joking comment about him cruising in later after crashes and you get upset. British Number One Syndrome.

    We don't get many number ones, we're not used to it... :cry:

    My brother was a tennis player and we always joke about how, at Wimbledon time, they always refer to the top ranked Brit as "the British Number One" and get all worked up.

    You guys! :lol:
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  • sonny73
    sonny73 Posts: 2,203
    GingerMagician wrote:
    Any news on whether EBH and Porte are ok after getting caught up in the carnage?
    Saw Porte get up and ride off, looked OK.
  • Rundfahrt
    Rundfahrt Posts: 551
    General classification after stage 6
    1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan 29:22:36  
    2 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:00:07  
    3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-QuickStep    
    4 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:10  
    5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:00:13  
    6 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:17  
    7 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:18  
    8 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:19  
    9 Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan    
    10 Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:22  
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    :lol: at Bigmat.
  • brettjmcc
    brettjmcc Posts: 1,361
    the one bonus is that Sky get to probably now get rid of the yellow lids - looks like RSNT are top in the team Comp


    Oh - didn't they say they wouldn't do it :)
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  • sonny73
    sonny73 Posts: 2,203
    afx237vi wrote:
    Vansummeren looks like he got in a fight with a lion.
    Big time!!
  • MaxwellBygraves
    MaxwellBygraves Posts: 1,353
    @millarmind

    'Oh sweet jesus that was scary. Approx 70km/h pile up, like a tidal wave of debris smashing towards us, could do nothing but brake and pray.'
    "That's it! You people have stood in my way long enough. I'm going to clown college! " - Homer
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    brettjmcc wrote:
    the one bonus is that Sky get to probably now get rid of the yellow lids - looks like RSNT are top in the team Comp


    Oh - didn't they say they wouldn't do it :)

    Shame, it was easy to spot them in aerial shots.
  • sonny73
    sonny73 Posts: 2,203
    Pross wrote:
    brettjmcc wrote:
    the one bonus is that Sky get to probably now get rid of the yellow lids - looks like RSNT are top in the team Comp


    Oh - didn't they say they wouldn't do it :)

    Shame, it was easy to spot them in aerial shots.
    Yeah agreed, made it easy to spot Wiggins' whereabouts in all these wrap ups.
  • slim_boy_fat
    slim_boy_fat Posts: 1,810
    MaxwellBygraves wrote:
    @millarmind

    'Oh sweet jesus that was scary. Approx 70km/h pile up, like a tidal wave of debris smashing towards us, could do nothing but brake and pray.'
    Followed by.
    Knee caps smashed, chainring in chest, thigh + ankle bruised. Didn't even notice this scratch... http://yfrog.com/nvgutchj
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Sky are still leading the team competition. They had five in the front group.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    So going into the second weekend and first battle of the GC contenders how does everyone see it? Evans looking good, BMC have ridden well and Evans is about the only contender not to have been held up in a crash (even those inside the last 3km). I think Evans could be in yellow by a few seconds tomorrow night but not far ahead of Wiggins.
  • Snorebens
    Snorebens Posts: 759
    So Nibs vs Wiggo vs Cadel vs Denis? Anyone else left ?!?
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    RichN95 wrote:
    Sky are still leading the team competition. They had five in the front group.

    But EBH was one of their top 3 before. Who was their 4th man, Froome?

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