Tour de France Stage 11 *Spoiler*

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  • Jez mon
    Jez mon Posts: 3,809
    Sky look to have closed most of the gap =(
    You live and learn. At any rate, you live
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    calvjones wrote:
    And there's me thinking Mick has been sh1t for years.

    This doesn't look sh!t to me:

    2009
    1st National Time Trial Champion
    3rd Overall Tour of California
    6th Overall Tour Down Under
    7th Overall Giro d'Italia
    8th Overall Vuelta al País Vasco
    2010
    1st Overall Tour of California
    1st Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
    2nd Overall Critérium International
    3rd Montepaschi Strade Bianche
    3rd Overall Tour de Romandie
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    Maybe they should cut teams to 5 riders.
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  • oldwelshman
    oldwelshman Posts: 4,733
    martin cracked, sky will leave evans out there until summit. Cant believe kirby suggesting he is keeping somethin back, you dont attack then save yourself ffs. basso wont last, so can see nibs gaining on decent with three sky riders left, they will have all of them after decent but rodgers will drop
    http://s290.photobucket.com/albums/ll245/oldwelshman/
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK5Bfqj5fxY
  • andyjr
    andyjr Posts: 635
    Evans caught. Will sky now try to lose him before the top?
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    RichN95 wrote:
    calvjones wrote:
    And there's me thinking Mick has been sh1t for years.

    This doesn't look sh!t to me:

    2009
    1st National Time Trial Champion
    3rd Overall Tour of California
    6th Overall Tour Down Under
    7th Overall Giro d'Italia
    8th Overall Vuelta al País Vasco
    2010
    1st Overall Tour of California
    1st Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
    2nd Overall Critérium International
    3rd Montepaschi Strade Bianche
    3rd Overall Tour de Romandie

    Was 2010 not years ago then? :wink:
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  • derbygrimpeur
    derbygrimpeur Posts: 822
    oldwelshman wrote:
    sky will leave evans out there until summit
    good call ;)
  • samiam
    samiam Posts: 227
    Oh well, this years Tour is over. :P
  • derbygrimpeur
    derbygrimpeur Posts: 822
    calvjones wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    calvjones wrote:
    And there's me thinking Mick has been sh1t for years.

    This doesn't look sh!t to me:

    2009
    1st National Time Trial Champion
    3rd Overall Tour of California
    6th Overall Tour Down Under
    7th Overall Giro d'Italia
    8th Overall Vuelta al País Vasco
    2010
    1st Overall Tour of California
    1st Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
    2nd Overall Critérium International
    3rd Montepaschi Strade Bianche
    3rd Overall Tour de Romandie

    Was 2010 not years ago then? :wink:

    technically it's only 2011 he's been "shit", which is one year, no? :P
  • oldwelshman
    oldwelshman Posts: 4,733
    calvjones wrote:
    Maybe they should cut teams to 5 riders.
    ffs have you ever followed cycling?
    http://s290.photobucket.com/albums/ll245/oldwelshman/
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK5Bfqj5fxY
  • Gazzetta67
    Gazzetta67 Posts: 1,890
    Carlton Kirbky knows sweet F**k all about cycling....better off with alan Partridge
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    Kern looking like I expect to at the end of the Tour of the Black Mountains on Sunday!!
  • bigmat
    bigmat Posts: 5,134
    calvjones wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    calvjones wrote:
    And there's me thinking Mick has been sh1t for years.

    This doesn't look sh!t to me:

    2009
    1st National Time Trial Champion
    3rd Overall Tour of California
    6th Overall Tour Down Under
    7th Overall Giro d'Italia
    8th Overall Vuelta al País Vasco
    2010
    1st Overall Tour of California
    1st Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
    2nd Overall Critérium International
    3rd Montepaschi Strade Bianche
    3rd Overall Tour de Romandie

    Was 2010 not years ago then? :wink:

    He was ill / injured most of last year but came back strongly towards end of the season, seems to have had a good winter and been strong all year this time round. People forget that he was vying for yellow in 2007 before he crashed in a breakaway with the chicken, back then him and Evans were on a pretty similar level. He's not as old as he looks either!
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/41991871@N ... otostream/
  • samiam
    samiam Posts: 227
    Wiggins looks white as a sheet..
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    oldwelshman wrote:
    calvjones wrote:
    Maybe they should cut teams to 5 riders.
    ffs have you ever followed cycling?


    No this is my first ever race. How stupid of me to think cycling might work better by reducing the dominance you can but with a raft of top domestiques. Cycling could never work with 5 riders per team.

    :roll:

    What? Olympics you say
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  • oldwelshman
    oldwelshman Posts: 4,733
    derbygrimpeur wrote:
    oldwelshman wrote:
    sky will leave evans out there until summit
    good call ;)
    ha ha they were leaving him and Evans knew it so eased up :wink: or maybe bmc monitor our posts? lol
    http://s290.photobucket.com/albums/ll245/oldwelshman/
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK5Bfqj5fxY
  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    Short descent to next climb... really short... 3km to top of Glandon is horrible... the 3 km to Croix de Fer are relatively easy
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    Excuse my ignorance but why is this two climbs in one? Do they turn off the Glandon road onto another to the summit of the Croix de Fer?
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Man down!
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    BigMat wrote:
    calvjones wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    calvjones wrote:
    And there's me thinking Mick has been sh1t for years.

    This doesn't look sh!t to me:

    2009
    1st National Time Trial Champion
    3rd Overall Tour of California
    6th Overall Tour Down Under
    7th Overall Giro d'Italia
    8th Overall Vuelta al País Vasco
    2010
    1st Overall Tour of California
    1st Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
    2nd Overall Critérium International
    3rd Montepaschi Strade Bianche
    3rd Overall Tour de Romandie

    Was 2010 not years ago then? :wink:

    He was ill / injured most of last year but came back strongly towards end of the season, seems to have had a good winter and been strong all year this time round. People forget that he was vying for yellow in 2007 before he crashed in a breakaway with the chicken, back then him and Evans were on a pretty similar level. He's not as old as he looks either!

    Sorry, this post was somewhat in jest referring to Mick's well known inability to challenge in major (& more recently minor) tours which has cost me dear in a number of former PTP punts. Freiberg Mick is genuinely a favourite of mine
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  • oldwelshman
    oldwelshman Posts: 4,733
    calvjones wrote:
    oldwelshman wrote:
    calvjones wrote:
    Maybe they should cut teams to 5 riders.
    ffs have you ever followed cycling?


    No this is my first ever race. How stupid of me to think cycling might work better by reducing the dominance you can but with a raft of top domestiques. Cycling could never work with 5 riders per team.

    :roll:

    What? Olympics you say
    sorry I used wrong wuoye :shock: I meant with your comment about Rodgers being shite, he has always been qialitly and won world TT more than once, and was once touted and TDF winner. He was a shrewd signing for sky
    http://s290.photobucket.com/albums/ll245/oldwelshman/
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK5Bfqj5fxY
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Pross wrote:
    Excuse my ignorance but why is this two climbs in one? Do they turn off the Glandon road onto another to the summit of the Croix de Fer?

    Yup.
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  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    oldwelshman wrote:
    calvjones wrote:
    oldwelshman wrote:
    calvjones wrote:
    Maybe they should cut teams to 5 riders.
    ffs have you ever followed cycling?


    No this is my first ever race. How stupid of me to think cycling might work better by reducing the dominance you can but with a raft of top domestiques. Cycling could never work with 5 riders per team.

    :roll:

    What? Olympics you say
    sorry I used wrong wuoye :shock: I meant with your comment about Rodgers being shite, he has always been qialitly and won world TT more than once, and was once touted and TDF winner. He was a shrewd signing for sky


    See post above yours! Where's my feed gone
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  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    edited July 2012
    Pross wrote:
    Excuse my ignorance but why is this two climbs in one? Do they turn off the Glandon road onto another to the summit of the Croix de Fer?
    Inrng wrote:
    It’s marked Col de la Croix de Fer… but in fact the race climbs the Col du Glandon, only switching at the top to the Croix de Fer.
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    Menchov?
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    Evans looks to be struggling, you rarely see him sat at the back like this.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    calvjones wrote:
    Menchov?

    MIA, along with Monfort and Zubeldia.
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    Where's Pinot on GC?
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  • Gazzetta67
    Gazzetta67 Posts: 1,890
    Evans looks cooked - Oh well if were looking for attacks it's now up to Nibali & Van den Broucke.

    Reminding me this like the start of the Indurain tours just replace Evans with Tony Rominger 2nd best once again.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    No, Zubeldia is still there.

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