Dauphine - Stage 7 *Spoiler*

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  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    frenchfighter wrote:
    P R O:
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    That was panache. A well deserved win, he looked like he was going to actually die on the run up then exploded when he got to the finish, nice bit of descending too.
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  • Crankbrother
    Crankbrother Posts: 1,695
    Frenchie ...

    'Roll'/ROLE ... sorry to be a pedant but you can't cite panache, true champion etc. and get basic English wrong ... you'll be there/their/they're-ing next ...
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,890
    Crankbrother wrote:
    Frenchie ...

    'Roll'/ROLE ... sorry to be a pedant but you can't cite panache, true champion etc. and get basic English wrong ... you'll be there/their/they're-ing next ...

    It always puzzles me why people feel the need to point out spelling and grammar errors when the meaning is clear. This is a pro racing forum and not a language one - otherwise I would be suggesting that there is more punctuation available than the ellipsis.
  • knedlicky
    knedlicky Posts: 3,097
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Nice to see Contador doing a good super domestique roll but what is the point if Roger's is not attacking Porte. However I suppose shedding Dennis and putting enough time in was worth it.
    I think Contador helping Rogers wasn’t just to drop Dennis (and anyone else they could), but also to ensure Fuglsang didn’t get too far ahead.
    At the start of today, Fuglsang was only 43 secs behind Rogers and at one point he and Sanchez were 30 secs up on the Contador group. Had their lead kept on increasing, it would have been Fuglsang, not Rodgers, looking at a podium place this evening.
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    knedlicky wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Nice to see Contador doing a good super domestique roll but what is the point if Roger's is not attacking Porte. However I suppose shedding Dennis and putting enough time in was worth it.
    I think Contador helping Rogers wasn’t just to drop Dennis (and anyone else they could), but also to ensure Fuglsang didn’t get too far ahead.
    At the start of today, Fuglsang was only 43 secs behind Rogers and at one point he and Sanchez were 30 secs up on the Contador group. Had their lead kept on increasing, it would have been Fuglsang, not Rodgers, looking at a podium place this evening.
    Good point. I hadn't realised Fuglsang was so close. I also got the impression that Contador was doing it for the sheer devilment of it.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    TheBigBean wrote:
    It always puzzles me why people feel the need to point out spelling and grammar errors when the meaning is clear.
    I agree. Its as if all they have in there lifes' is pedentry and their people for who its about grammer.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Ps. forgot to say thanks to you knedlicky for the first post.

    Was perfect for me to catch up on the race in a short time rather than scrolling through the whole ticker. Need more posts like that in spoiler threads.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Crankbrother wrote:
    Frenchie ...

    'Roll'/ROLE ... sorry to be a pedant but you can't cite panache, true champion etc. and get basic English wrong ... you'll be there/their/they're-ing next ...

    It always puzzles me why people feel the need to point out spelling and grammar errors when the meaning is clear. This is a pro racing forum and not a language one - otherwise I would be suggesting that there is more punctuation available than the ellipsis.

    I'm glad you read my posts so closely Crankie.

    You should also read BigBean's that way - he doesnt post that often but they are always worth reading.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    "I’ve suffered a lot, especially in the last three kilometers", Sanchez said at the finish. "Fuglsang was very strong but I gave everything I had to beat him at the end. It’s going to be wonderful for Euskaltel to start the Tour de France with this prestigious victory. We had just won two races [stages at the Tour of Castilla and Leon with Pablo Urtasun and Juan José Lobato] this year but nothing in the World Tour. We didn’t get what we wanted from the Giro d’Italia, so it was good to keep going and come to here looking for something like this. Personally, I won’t race the Tour this year. I need to take a rest. It means a lot to me and the team to win at the Dauphiné. I dedicate it to my friend and team-mate Victor Cabedo who died a few months ago.”
    Contador is the Greatest
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    Is Fuglsang ever going to follow up his "promise" with a big win?
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    Think he goes in the same category as EBH (and possibly JTL)
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    In the absence of a 'big' win, Fuglsang is working on his 'big' hair.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    RichN95 wrote:
    TheBigBean wrote:
    It always puzzles me why people feel the need to point out spelling and grammar errors when the meaning is clear.
    I agree. Its as if all they have in there lifes' is pedentry and their people for who its about grammer.
    :lol:

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