TDF Stage 18 *spoiler*
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It's the way he does a double take as Cav goes past him, then you can almost see the cogs in his head spinning for a couple of seconds, then his head drops, he stops pedalling and throws his hand up in the air, before suddenly realising that he needs to keep pedalling to get a decent placing on the stage.Luckao wrote:Graeme_S wrote:only matched by LLS's reaction when Cav went past him.
"I've got it, I've got it! Ah, bollocks to it, I already have one."0 -
The overhead shot was amazing but the lower shot of LLS giving up and gesturing as he goes past will surely be one of Cavs 'career highlight reel' moments.0
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The Mad Rapper wrote:AMAZING sprint from Cavendish :shock:
Why the **** didn't he do that for the stages he either didn't contest or lost?
I don't mind saying, when Mark sprints like that he gives me wood!
Who knows, fatigue lack of motivation, having another role to play. Today it was for him and he was up for it...as are you by the sounds of it Rapper!0 -
Tried to post that message 4 times. Someone needs to turn off that ******* annoying preview crap.0
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Rick Chasey wrote:LLS Sanchez has been good value this Tour.
I think having wrist fractures or bad knee's is an indication you'll do something in the 3rd weekFckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.0 -
I hope the helicopter stays in there air later. There's a Frenchman in 21st place so hopefully no froggy aircraft mechanic gets any big ideas - maybe that's why riders battle for 20 odd place
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iainf72 wrote:Rick Chasey wrote:LLS Sanchez has been good value this Tour.
I think having wrist fractures or bad knee's is an indication you'll do something in the 3rd week
Was thinking about this.
You know that shot in the first week where they had 3 riders in a row all with left hand wrist breaks?
Euro-set up - front brake on the left....
Similarly, I thought funny how most sprinters always end up with road rash on their back rather than broken wrists.
They're not braking
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I've heard exactly that theory discussed at some point during the tour. Can't remember if it was Eurosport, ITV4 or the ITV4 podcast, but they were suggesting exactly the same thingRick Chasey wrote:iainf72 wrote:Rick Chasey wrote:LLS Sanchez has been good value this Tour.
I think having wrist fractures or bad knee's is an indication you'll do something in the 3rd week
Was thinking about this.
You know that shot in the first week where they had 3 riders in a row all with left hand wrist breaks?
Euro-set up - front brake on the left....
Similarly, I thought funny how most sprinters always end up with road rash on their back rather than broken wrists.
They're not braking.
. It does make sense when you think about it. 0 -
I get the impression none of the riders recognise M Hollande!0
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Yellow Peril wrote:...as are you by the sounds of it Rapper!
The boys had us up at 0430 hrs (not sleeping well this holiday for some reason), so Mrs Mad Rapper is tired. No excitement for me later
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Rick Chasey wrote:LLS Sanchez has been good value this Tour.
As he always is - probably my favourite rider.
I'm not sure if his reaction at the end was because he thought he'd got jumped by Roche or one of the other breakaways and then realised it was Cav.0 -
appletrees wrote:I'll just watch the highlights tonight on frame by frame then...having skipped the first 45 mins of guff from the chuckle brothers. Cavendish clearly dug deep into his suitcase of courage this afternoon.
They made a very clear reference to Paul's suitcase about halfway through today's commentary!
Great finish - combination of edge-of-seat stuff with the breakaway almost making it, and Cav's emphatic show of speed and strength to blast past the remnants while leaving the other sprinters trailing in his wake.
I think Cav could have won many more stages if there had been fewer crashes and more support, but Sky's priorities had to be elsewhere for most of the last 3 weeks.
What's going to happen Sunday? I hope it stays dry.They use their cars as shopping baskets; they use their cars as overcoats.0 -
Bradley Wiggins: "Cavendish is a True Champion"0
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Rick Chasey wrote:Pip's got a suspected broken wrist.
Punched that 5 year old girl too hard, common injury among drunken brawlers 0 -
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iainf72 wrote:MrTapir wrote:I think sunday is going to be exciting, Wiggins last man leading out Cav would be superb.
Risky though
May as well leave it to the proles from 1km out
does the 3km rule not count? if so, only risk is egg on face, not loss of GC. and at least the egg will match the jersey 0 -
How would Cav do if he lined up against Hoy or Kenny?0
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Dorset Boy wrote:I get the impression none of the riders recognise M Hollande!
It's because the election was boring. Sarkozy could have won if he really wanted to...0 -
The Cyclist of Catan wrote:
What's going to happen Sunday? I hope it stays dry.
Thought about this too after seeing the rain today, wouldn't fancy cobbles inthe rain.
Forecast is dry & sunny.0 -
The Mad Rapper wrote:Graeme_S wrote:...only matched by LLS's reaction when Cav went past him.
That was excellent! He was like 'Oh FFS!'
So near, yet so far.... I think it he wouldn't have reacted like that if it had been a pack of half a dozen sprinters, but it was just a rainbow rocket.0 -
nweststeyn wrote:Peta Todd @petatodd Any chance???
I guess when your bloke's been away for 3 weeks you get 'needy' but to randomly tweet like that sounds desperate. Did anyone tweet back "yes please"? 0 -
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Dorset Boy wrote:How would Cav do if he lined up against Hoy or Kenny?
He'd win by about 200km0 -
Dorset Boy wrote:How would Cav do if he lined up against Hoy or Kenny?
Depends whether they've ridden a 200km stage first or not...0 -
Pross wrote:Dorset Boy wrote:How would Cav do if he lined up against Hoy or Kenny?
He'd win by about 200km
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