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  • pitchshifter
    pitchshifter Posts: 1,476
    Any links to a decent feed?
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    pitchshifter wrote:
    Any links to a decent feed?

    http://88.80.5.80/w00t/20130312/vv513f9b307b178866981473-541500.html
    Correlation is not causation.
  • jotko
    jotko Posts: 457
    pitchshifter wrote:
    Any links to a decent feed?

    Just use for a load of different links - http://www.wiziwig.tv/competition.php?p ... ne=cycling
    strava - http://app.strava.com/athletes/1217847
    trainerroad - http://www.trainerroad.com/career/joeh
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    CVV crashed and broke wrist apparently
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • nic_77
    nic_77 Posts: 929
    Edet has had it.
    JVdB having a go, Sky bringing up the diesels now.
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  • nic_77
    nic_77 Posts: 929
    2km to go VdB brought back. Still a big old pack.
    Tom Danielson off now.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    edited March 2013
    Wiggo Attack! :D

    Shortlived, decimated the main bunch though.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    All together with 1km. FAIL
    Contador is the Greatest
  • nic_77
    nic_77 Posts: 929
    Wiggins and Quintana go... What Panache! :)
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Quintana and Pinot right up there
    Contador is the Greatest
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    edited March 2013
    FF has shut down, sparks and smoke everywehre as logic circuits melt...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    nic_77 wrote:
    Wiggins and Quintana go... What Panache! :)

    Attacking with 1km to go is negative panache.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    edited March 2013
    They could have designed the last 12km completely flat and I would have said 'go for it'...
  • nic_77
    nic_77 Posts: 929
    nic_77 wrote:
    Wiggins and Quintana go... What Panache! :)
    He made it about 5 yards up the road!
    Quintana went again. Followed by Valverde and J-Rod. Wiggins back on the wheels.

    Quintana wins! Few seconds over the other three.
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  • thamacdaddy
    thamacdaddy Posts: 590
    frenchfighter wrote:
    nic_77 wrote:
    Wiggins and Quintana go... What Panache! :)

    Attacking with 1km to go is negative panache.

    I call BS. Made the selection and now has some time gaps. Good move, shame dirty valverde got second.
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Great effort, Brad. Quintana too good.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Interesting that Wiggins shut down J-Rod's attempt to do his usual.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Again the time bonuses to those who sat on the longest.
  • nic_77
    nic_77 Posts: 929
    frenchfighter wrote:
    nic_77 wrote:
    Wiggins and Quintana go... What Panache! :)

    Attacking with 1km to go is negative panache.
    Yep. I was being pretty sarcastic. Tactically a decent move though, on what could have been a dangerous stage.
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  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Stetina right up there. Go on, young man.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    THere are at least 10 lines off of that ridge I'd love be able to ski...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Making a mockery of mountain stages. What a total joke. All the riders.

    Basically turning mountains into TT rides then sprints. With the inevitable Valverde and JRod spurt of speed which is getting very tiring.

    So boring, so lacking in flair.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • nic_77
    nic_77 Posts: 929
    I'm afraid that's science - it will pretty much always beat artistry.
    You have to try and see the beauty in science.
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Duff stage but I blame the organisers.

    Do we need finishes like this in March? Perhaps something shorter and more punchy.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Last 1km was enjoyable (apart from Piti, obvs)

    Wiggins on the attack in the mountains...priceless...

    Erm...anyone else thinking Hesjedal's left it a tad late for the Giro?
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    Last 1km was enjoyable (apart from Piti, obvs)

    Wiggins on the attack in the mountains...priceless...

    Erm...anyone else thinking Hesjedal's left it a tad late for the Giro?

    Not looking pretty, but he was in very average form in this race last year too.
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    nic_77 wrote:
    I'm afraid that's science - it will pretty much always beat artistry.
    You have to try and see the beauty in science.

    I hate this quote.

    Riding like this has nothing to with being clean or being doped.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    Erm...anyone else thinking Hesjedal's left it a tad late for the Giro?

    And this is the other interesting thing (beyond the Sisyphean argument that is the panache/boring mountain stage argument that will never be resolved) along with Wiggin's attack and neutralising of J-Rod to take from today's stage.

    In short, yes, he seems to have left it too late. Although he could have been having a bad day, but he hasn't really shown himself at all. He missed the split in stage 1 and today, he was way way down.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    Erm...anyone else thinking Hesjedal's left it a tad late for the Giro?

    And this is the other interesting thing (beyond the Sisyphean argument that is the panache/boring mountain stage argument that will never be resolved) along with Wiggin's attack and neutralising of J-Rod to take from today's stage.

    In short, yes, he seems to have left it too late. Although he could have been having a bad day, but he hasn't really shown himself at all. He missed the split in stage 1 and today, he was way way down.


    He's started his season 2 months later than he did last year. No idea what the thinking is...unless its sand-bagging and really his main focus is the Tour not the Giro.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    God AtC is back. Sigh....

    *Googles Sisypheam*

    ;)
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver

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