Dauphine - Stage 6 "Spoiler"

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  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    ddraver wrote:
    DeadCalm wrote:
    Dorset Boy wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Oh look who won. My man. Knows how to race that boy. Good.

    Astana FAIL.

    Make up your mind - isn't contador your man today? :roll:
    Do you contribute anything to the forum other than this puerile baiting of FF?

    I enjoy it...
    Good for you. I find it incredibly tedious. Or at least I did. He's now blocked.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    Way to keep your mind open to other opinions there bud
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • Crozza
    Crozza Posts: 991
    I swear on my life that I thought TV was going to win today

    just because I didn't tell anyone or put any money on it, doesn't make it less true
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Enjoyed that stage far more than yesterday.
    Astanarama! What was that?
    Dumber than a bag of spanners.
    Voeckler the quickest, as per usual the freshest, cos he always does the minimum work on the front.
    Some effort to get the last 2 spots out of 4. :oops:

    Seeing that all the sprinters were gone, I wonder what EBH feels about the total lack of commitment to bring back one minute?
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Nice photos davidof.
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  • jimmythecuckoo
    jimmythecuckoo Posts: 4,718
    Great pics. Cheers :)
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  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,116
    I'd like to get the times for the various climbs today, any idea how I could do that? maybe watch a replay of the race somewhere? They are our training climbs and it would be depressing to see how slow we are :-)
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    davidof wrote:
    I'd like to get the times for the various climbs today, any idea how I could do that? maybe watch a replay of the race somewhere? They are our training climbs and it would be depressing to see how slow we are :-)

    Might be uploaded here in full in a few days time:
    http://i.youku.com/u/UODczMTMzMDg=
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  • shazzz
    shazzz Posts: 1,077
    davidof wrote:
    I'd like to get the times for the various climbs today, any idea how I could do that? maybe watch a replay of the race somewhere? They are our training climbs and it would be depressing to see how slow we are :-)


    Laurens Ten Dam is loading his data to Strava, eg
    http://app.strava.com/activities/58606835
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,556
    That's an impressive set of KOMs there!
    Frightening how fast the top pros ride - 37.6 kmh average over that terrain :shock:
  • the article don
    the article don Posts: 578
    11,300km and it's not even half way through the year. Puts my 3 trundles to work a week in the shade somewhat :oops:
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  • dsoutar
    dsoutar Posts: 1,746
    the article don wrote:
    11,300km and it's not even half way through the year. Puts my 3 trundles to work a week in the shade somewhat :oops:

    Pales into total insignificance

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Godw ... _born_1912)

    Considering the equipment, clothing, roads, nutrition etc and also the weather - that winter was particularly harsh

    The fact that even to this day it's unbroken is testament to the feat
  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,116
    shazzz wrote:
    davidof wrote:
    I'd like to get the times for the various climbs today, any idea how I could do that? maybe watch a replay of the race somewhere? They are our training climbs and it would be depressing to see how slow we are :-)


    Laurens Ten Dam is loading his data to Strava, eg
    http://app.strava.com/activities/58606835

    Laurens is good in the hills too. I found three riders on Strava in the end, that will seriously put some of the local KoMs' noses out of joint. Lucky our Real Col des Ayes segment is protected from the pro riders as it starts from the effective start of the climb not the descent from Barioz.
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  • frenchfighter
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    "It brings good feelings back!", Voeckler reacted. "I'm not used to reaching the month of June without the pleasure of winning. Doubt had taken place in my mind, I must admit. What reassured me since the beginning of the season was the great performances of our team. But personally, I wasn’t very successful. I was worried by the Movistar rider. I didn’t know if he was fast or not. Otherwise, I told myself to profit from the excessive numbers of the Astana team in the breakaway. I still know how to win races. In 2004, on this same finishing line here, I finished third as I won a sprint [of 20 riders including Lance Armstrong, Tyler Hamilton, Floyd Landis, etc.] for third place behind [Michael] Rasmussen and [Ivan] Basso. I knew the final straight line. Everyone remembers when I’ve won but I’ve also failed many times like recently at the Tour of Belgium when many people thought I’d get a stage win. Today, I really didn’t want to miss out. I hope the hard times are behind me. I’m often told that my break will help me now but I’ve missed the Amstel Gold Race, Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the Tour de Romandie and the Four Days of Dunkirk for which I had a good form."
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