Tour de France Stage 7 *spoiler*

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  • tremayne
    tremayne Posts: 378
    Polka dot also for sky??

    Best day yet for british cycling in TDF?
  • Will.C
    Will.C Posts: 245
    Last TT in the dauphine Froome was a minute and a half back behind wiggins, can't see him taking the lead unless he attacks his team leader.
  • cycling5280
    cycling5280 Posts: 279
    TheBigBean wrote:
    cycling5280 wrote:
    USPS didn't even have domestiques pull hard for last 2km and then take the stage. Sky must have something really special.

    You don't remember Heras?

    exactly my point
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  • arnuf
    arnuf Posts: 98
    Will.C wrote:
    Last TT in the dauphine Froome was a minute and a half back behind wiggins, can't see him taking the lead unless he attacks his team leader.

    He did in Spain.
  • alwaystoohot
    alwaystoohot Posts: 252
    peterst6906 wrote:
    Wiggins not so much on the ropes, but not exactly able to jump with Cadel and caught back up over the top. Will be interesting in the bigger mountains of week 3.

    Anyway a rest day coming up soon, so I'm sure UKPS (oops, I mean Sky) will keep on keeping on...(just a little humour).

    Cadel stood up and attacked - Brad never stood up, just kept spinning from the saddle. I wonder if Brad thought he was in being danger of being dropped he would have stood up?
    'I started with nothing and still have most of it left.'
  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    Crankbrother wrote:
    Froome doing another Vuelta and showing Wiggins how it's done ...

    Sadly you know he'll be told to take a packet just beore the last TT ...

    Wiggins only had to follow Evans' wheel. Froome's attack was a little jab at Evans who wasn't able to follow – helps sow the seeds of self-doubt. Get Evans stressed and he'll start to lose the race.
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  • Gazzetta67
    Gazzetta67 Posts: 1,890
    Wiggins on the ropes ???? FFs some folk are sounding as if they want Wiggins to fail !!! - We have waited nearly 30 years since Robert Millar to try and get a Brit on the podium. Can you imagine what a win would do for cycling in britain.....Bigger Picture guys C'mon. :roll:
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Will.C wrote:
    Last TT in the dauphine Froome was a minute and a half back behind wiggins, can't see him taking the lead unless he attacks his team leader.

    Some inter-team polemica is the only thing that's going to make the next two weeks interesting as far as the GC goes.
  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    Gazzetta67 wrote:
    Wiggins on the ropes ???? FFs some folk are sounding as if they want Wiggins to fail !!! - We have waited nearly 30 years since Robert Millar to try and get a Brit on the podium. Can you imagine what a win would do for cycling in britain.....Bigger Picture guys C'mon. :roll:

    Dude... not everyone on here is British
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  • Jez mon
    Jez mon Posts: 3,809
    cycling5280 wrote:
    USPS didn't even have domestiques pull hard for last 2km and then take the stage. Sky must have something really special.

    They just transformed a rider who was apparently a sprinter into some one who won mountain stages and was touted as a GC contender. Besides I doubt the texan's ego would be able to take loosing a stage to a team mate.
    You live and learn. At any rate, you live
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    At least this warming down on the rollers business gives interviewers a chance to ask questions. Better than hiding away in a bus.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    emadden wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    emadden wrote:
    Wiggins on the ropes there

    ??? Compared to who exactly?

    Well done Froome. Wonder if Nibs is more impressed now?

    Compared to Froome and Evans!

    He was glued to Evans wheel on a 20% climb, you know the sort everyone says Wiggo's crap at and on which Evans would have been favourite. I expected Evans to pull back a handful of seconds today so I'd say it was a very good stage for Wiggins. It was a good sign that Froome looked so good but I would expect riders sprinting up a 20% climb to look on the ropes. I'm not sure there are any other GC contenders who woildn't have swapped places with him!!
  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    I wonder will they rip up the new road tomorrow now that the race is finished. I was half expecting a protest by the locals today!
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  • Scrumple
    Scrumple Posts: 2,665
    How skinny is Froome!
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Crankbrother wrote:
    Froome doing another Vuelta and showing Wiggins how it's done ...

    Sadly you know he'll be told to take a packet just beore the last TT ...

    You do realise that he's already 1.32 behind Wiggins, don't you?
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  • OffTheBackAdam
    OffTheBackAdam Posts: 1,869
    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/samuel- ... les-filles

    Whoops, somebody's crystal ball needs a bit of a polish! :lol:
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Crankbrother wrote:
    Froome doing another Vuelta and showing Wiggins how it's done ...

    Sadly you know he'll be told to take a packet just beore the last TT ...

    Why? Wiggins is nearly 2 minutes ahead already :roll:
  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    I'd say Dan Martin is feeling a bit down in himself after that stage.
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  • Will.C
    Will.C Posts: 245
    Who's that guy on eurosport who just called pip Phillip Gil Bert? LOL
  • alwaystoohot
    alwaystoohot Posts: 252
    Many big names suffered today, the TT will again put time between the usual contenders and then it becomes a case of the rabbits trying to open up a few more seconds and the rest playing catch up. 3 key stages - yesterday with the accidents, today's killer climb and the TT, will really shake out the GC contenders.
    'I started with nothing and still have most of it left.'
  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    In a situation like this, teams would be sending Froome up the road in the next mountain stages so that other teams will be forced to chase. I wonder if there will be any internal "politics"/"worries" about giving Froome such leeway> I suppose Porte would be another more diplomatic option,
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  • Riserva
    Riserva Posts: 13
    How was Wiggins 'on the ropes'? He didn't even stand up, he looked fairly comfortable even though he doesn't like the steeper climbs.
  • Tom BB
    Tom BB Posts: 1,001
    What a well spent day for Garmin-where exactly did Dan Martin finish? I bet Farrar is chuffed!
  • fluff.
    fluff. Posts: 771
    No xxxs polka dot jerseys about then.
  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    Nice Pinarello mountain bike there by the Sky van
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Have the CN forums gone into meltdown? gateway not found. :P

    Has Horner finished yet? :roll: :)
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  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    Riserva wrote:
    How was Wiggins 'on the ropes'? He didn't even stand up, he looked fairly comfortable even though he doesn't like the steeper climbs.


    Read previous posts... basically he looked under pressure in the face of an explosive burst... but he did manage to claw back, which is kudos to him. But I do think that is where he weakness is.
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  • alwaystoohot
    alwaystoohot Posts: 252
    Will.C wrote:
    Who's that guy on eurosport who just called pip Phillip Gil Bert? LOL

    I'm watching down in Brazil where the commentary is 'painful' believe me. When Froome attacked it was " Wiggins, Wiggins. Wiggins!!' Only when he crossed the line did he switch to From (they pronounce every freak'in name wrong eg Can-sell-ara...) and didnt even apologise!
    'I started with nothing and still have most of it left.'
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Unbelievable ride from Sky there. I actually thought Wiggins could lose ~30 seconds today because it's these short, incredibly steep climbs where he's more vulnerable. I had someone like Rolland or Sanchez putting their hands up as a podium contender.

    It's worrying from Cadel's point of view in that this was the kind of stage where he had to pick up a few seconds off Wiggins. I can't see him dropping Brad on some of the big mountain stages because they are both very similar riders; they just set a high tempo and chug along. At the same time Wiggins is a better overall TT rider than Cadel so you have to ask yourself where Cadel is going to pick up the time on him. Still it's only 10 seconds with two weeks to go.

    Good job Froome had that puncture :wink:
  • Cumulonimbus
    Cumulonimbus Posts: 1,730
    Verdugo and Farrar were the last finishers today, finishing together at 20.29. Van summeren finished at 17.49 just behind a group.

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