TDF 2013 - Stage 4 TTT *Spoilers*

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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    God that Shack team look messy, no sign of a straight line anywhere!
  • andytee87
    andytee87 Posts: 414
    Pross wrote:
    OGE are riding like a team that needs a GC contender. Anyone know a rider with Aussie roots who may be looking for a new team next season and could compete in a GT?

    Cadel :wink:
  • josame
    josame Posts: 1,162
    Lamp(rey)re is a smelly fish that supposed killed a king - make of that what you will

    Pedants.. don't even bother 8)
    'Do not compare your bike to others, for always there will be greater and lesser bikes'
  • brucey72
    brucey72 Posts: 1,086
    brucey72 wrote:
    Orica Green Edge are 27/1 for the win and 5/1 for top 3 on Betfair at the moment - seems decent odds so have put a couple of quid on them.

    Yay, I think that's the first time I have ever won a bet on cycling :D
  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    OGE win the TTT. Gerrans in yellow as RadioShack come in 29" down.
  • hammerite
    hammerite Posts: 3,408
    Pross wrote:
    OGE are riding like a team that needs a GC contender. Anyone know a rider with Aussie roots who may be looking for a new team next season and could compete in a GT?

    can't be Porte, he's Tasmanian, not Australian :wink:
  • oneof1982
    oneof1982 Posts: 703
    Well that was fun. A bit like a 20/20 cricket match in the middle of a test series.
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    brucey72 wrote:
    brucey72 wrote:
    Orica Green Edge are 27/1 for the win and 5/1 for top 3 on Betfair at the moment - seems decent odds so have put a couple of quid on them.

    Yay, I think that's the first time I have ever won a bet on cycling :D

    Nice little Brucey Bonus for you.

    Sorry.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Ted King makes the cut.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Pross wrote:
    OGE are riding like a team that needs a GC contender. Anyone know a rider with Aussie roots who may be looking for a new team next season and could compete in a GT?

    OK I'll bite, do they have the initials BW?
    Correlation is not causation.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    edited July 2013
    FYI, if the stupid aus orica bus was not under the banner and caused that huge crash then Martin would have been 100% and OPQS would have won.

    They cause a huge mess and get two stages and the yellow jersey. Where is the karma.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    Neil Stephens: The man who was taking vitamin supplements intravenously - not EPO :lol::lol: Wonder if he has a Festina watch :lol:
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  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    oneof1982 wrote:
    Well that was fun. A bit like a 20/20 cricket match in the middle of a test series.

    Just right really. Not too much time for the GC contenders to lose as individuals, but enough to make it worth the effort.
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    edited July 2013
    Turfle wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    OGE are riding like a team that needs a GC contender. Anyone know a rider with Aussie roots who may be looking for a new team next season and could compete in a GT?

    Rogers?


    Takes more than hiring a ready-made GT guy. It takes a whole set up geared to supporting a serious GT assault, that OGE dont have. When there was speculation about Porte earlier this year, Gerrans explained it pretty well here:

    http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/03/ ... 014_277903

    But otherwise...yeah, a tall skinny bloke with a big conk and sideys - and an Aussie dad...
  • MrTapir
    MrTapir Posts: 1,206
    Pross wrote:
    OGE are riding like a team that needs a GC contender. Anyone know a rider with Aussie roots who may be looking for a new team next season and could compete in a GT?

    Doesnt Wiggo have some Aussie in him?
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    1.Orica-GreenEdge 25.56
    2.Omega Pharma-QuickStep +0:01
    3.Sky +0:03
    4.Saxo-Tinkoff +0:09
    5.Lotto Belisol +0:17
    6.Garmin-Sharp +0:17
    7.Movistar +0:19
    8.Lampre +0:15
    9.BMC +0:26
    10.Katusha +0:28
    11.Radio +0:29
    12.Vacansoleil +0:33
    13.Cannondale +0:34
    14.Belkin +0:37
    15.FDJ.FR +0:42
    16.Astana +0:56
    17.AG2R +1:04
    18.Sojasun +1:10
    19.Europcar +1:13
    20.Cofidis +1:20
    21.Euskaltel +1:24
    22.Argos-Shimano +1:47
    Contador is the Greatest
  • Crankbrother
    Crankbrother Posts: 1,695
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Ted King makes the cut.
    Good ... would be a crappy way to leave, especially after last years reprieve's ...
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    andytee87 wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    OGE are riding like a team that needs a GC contender. Anyone know a rider with Aussie roots who may be looking for a new team next season and could compete in a GT?

    Cadel :wink:

    Cadel has more class and european flair.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    How does Gerrans have a neck when he is not riding a bike... but when he is on the bike, it disappears... Something fishy going on there.
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  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    MrTapir wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    OGE are riding like a team that needs a GC contender. Anyone know a rider with Aussie roots who may be looking for a new team next season and could compete in a GT?

    Doesnt Wiggo have some Aussie in him?

    His estranged dad was Australian.
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    emadden wrote:
    How does Gerrans have a neck when he is not riding a bike... but when he is on the bike, it disappears... Something fishy going on there.

    Really heavy helmet. Obvious innit.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,434
    Just in. Haven't seen it.

    Did Garmin have a problem? 17s down seems poor....
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    emadden wrote:
    How does Gerrans have a neck when he is not riding a bike... but when he is on the bike, it disappears... Something fishy going on there.

    He gets rid of it to save weight.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,434
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Where is the karma.

    You're leading with your chin there young fella. :lol:
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    MrTapir wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    OGE are riding like a team that needs a GC contender. Anyone know a rider with Aussie roots who may be looking for a new team next season and could compete in a GT?

    Doesnt Wiggo have some Aussie in him?

    Ooh yes, I didn't think of that :wink:
  • hammerite
    hammerite Posts: 3,408
    afx237vi wrote:
    emadden wrote:
    How does Gerrans have a neck when he is not riding a bike... but when he is on the bike, it disappears... Something fishy going on there.

    Really heavy helmet. Obvious innit.

    Strax
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    Simon Gerrans

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  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    adr82 wrote:
    FF doesn't debate though. He just trolls, blatantly.

    I don't think that's true. A Troll posts with the intent of winding someone up.
  • andytee87
    andytee87 Posts: 414
    Contador has better English than Nico Roche- his twitter is terrible! Plastic Paddy
  • andytee87
    andytee87 Posts: 414
    frenchfighter wrote:
    andytee87 wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    OGE are riding like a team that needs a GC contender. Anyone know a rider with Aussie roots who may be looking for a new team next season and could compete in a GT?

    Cadel :wink:

    Cadel has more class and european flair.

    Class yes, I'll not disagree- but european flair? Grit and determination for sure, but it takes more than an Italian wife and Ethiopian child to make you cosmopolitan
  • Crankbrother
    Crankbrother Posts: 1,695
    Vodka and cranberry usually ...

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