TDF Stage 8 *Spoiler* Castres - AX 3 Domaines

tailwindhome

Peloton Watch ‏@PelotonWatch 1m
#TDF 1 Froome 2 Porte +51 3 Valverde +1:08 4 Mollema +1:10 5 Ten Dam +1:16 6 Nieve +1:34 7 Kreuziger +1:45 8 Contador +1:45 9 Quintana +1:45

emadden

That was a great final hour

thegibdog

Big time gaps today. Evans down in 26th.

slim_boy_fat

Pross wrote:

ddraver wrote:

Tell you what Mollema and Ten Dam have done bloody well there too!

So the allergy excuse for Contador again?

Seeing them within 1.30 of Froome suggests all the people going apoplectic up thread are off the mark, they probably need to be asking why some people look a shadow of their old selves (Evans excepted, he's just too old and got the Giro in his legs).

Indeed, most of the other favourites got beaten by people who you would never expect them too. Combination of Froome on a good day and others on a bad day or not got it in the legs.

emadden

Gazzetta67 wrote:

Pross wrote:

I'm staying off the Internet for the rest of July. It's like a time warp back 12 months - man wins race, mention USPS at every opportunity. People will no doubt be moaning about the boring Sky train shortly #panache # true champion #stilldontlikehim.

Wish Quintana had won

To be fair. most of us have watched over 20 - 30 tours and some of our heroes are not very truthfull heroes and the sport is surrounded by cynicism. so watching a team with 5-6 guys on the front rewind banesto. Telekom. US Postal.

^ This.

Rundfahrt

3rd fasted ascent of Ax 3 Domaine and, for the second year in a row one team has two people blow everyone off the mountain. Nothing to see here except clean riding.

DeadCalm

Above The Cows wrote:

Ah Kwiatkowski comes in head of Schleck. 3 mins down. Does he keep the young riders jersey? How old is Quintana?

Young rider:

1. COLQUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 128 MOVISTAR TEAM 05h 05' 03''
2. FRABARDET Romain 82 AG2R LA MONDIALE 05h 05' 52'' + 00' 49''
3. USATALANSKY Andrew 178 GARMIN - SHARP 05h 05' 52'' + 00' 49''
4. POLKWIATKOWSKI Michal 153 OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP 05h 06' 45'' + 01' 42''

emadden

Christy Porte

Gazzetta67

Sean yates makes Shane MacGowan actually sound krystal clear.

Pross

Gazzetta67 wrote:

Am off for a SWIM tomo. as these marginal gains by Sky's SWIMMING coach is paying off even for the likes of that mountain goat Kennaugh & Co.

Kennaugh has been tipped as a potential Tour winner since he was about 19, it's hardly a shock that he can do this. He's built for climbing and has spent this season having trained specifically for this role rather than for riding a 4km pursuit. He will win a GT in the next 5 years.

RichN95.

dougzz wrote:

Just over a minute into Ten Dam, is this that extraordinary? More about others failure

Exactly - 4th, 5th & 6th were Mollema, Ten Dam and Nieve . Riders who featured in nobody's pre-race previews.

ddraver

Oh ah! My first close up of the Sky jerseys....

Blimey!

ddraver

Journal Velo ‏@JournalVelo
So Quintana goes up a climb freely and is a darling ... Froome turns inside out and... well you know the rest

Absolutely perfectly put!

alan_a

Who is guy that looks like a gay nightclub podium dancer off his tits on eckies getting interviewed by Ned B?


That top is even more horrendous in a close up.

AidanOH

dougzz wrote:

Just over a minute into Ten Dam, is this that extraordinary? More about others failure

Good point, amongst all the bitter crap.

Turfle

What we learned:
Froome really good, but not as fast as Laiseka
Contador, not as good as Ten Dam, Mollema, Nieve, Kreuziger.
Movister blew it by throwing Quintana at it from so far out.

disgruntledgoat

RichN95 wrote:

dougzz wrote:

Just over a minute into Ten Dam, is this that extraordinary? More about others failure

Exactly - 4th, 5th & 6th were Mollema, Ten Dam and Nieve . Riders who featured in nobody's pre-race previews.

This.

Are we all assuming Bert is as good as he was in 2007?

Gazzetta67

Alan A wrote:

Who is guy that looks like a gay nightclub podium dancer off his tits on eckies getting interviewed by Ned B?


That top is even more horrendous in a close up.

Scooter Boys from chewin the fat

above_the_cows

That was EPIC! :shock:

In a GOOD way

Shame we seem to have some of these from the Clinic?



Where were the the people who like to cry 'doper' when Qunitana put a minute into people on the Col de Pailhères?

Froome puts a minute into people and he's a doper. Qunitana does it and he's just a plucky little Columbian. I have no problem with skepticism but please be consistent.

thegibdog

Shame that Nibali isn't racing.

Pross

Gazzetta67 wrote:

Pross wrote:

I'm staying off the Internet for the rest of July. It's like a time warp back 12 months - man wins race, mention USPS at every opportunity. People will no doubt be moaning about the boring Sky train shortly #panache # true champion #stilldontlikehim.

Wish Quintana had won

To be fair. most of us have watched over 20 - 30 tours and some of our heroes are not very truthfull heroes and the sport is surrounded by cynicism. so watching a team with 5-6 guys on the front rewind banesto. Telekom. US Postal.

Yeah, been watching since the mid 80s myself. Also you appear to have watched a repeat of last year's Tour. Sky were down to 4 riders 50km from home and 3 by the top of the penultimate climb. Saxo outnumbered them and Movistar had the same amount.

tailwindhome

the Inner Ring ‏@inrng 2m
Tejay van Garderen comes in over 12 minutes down



On the plus side he didn't have to wait for Cadel.

He was showered and changed already

ddraver

John Galloway ‏@wjohngalloway
So, last year Wiggins was too boring and efficient=must be doping. This year Froome is too exciting=must be doping. Make your minds up FFS.

Rundfahrt

Above The Cows wrote:

That was EPIC! :shock:

In a GOOD way

Shame we seem to have some of these from the Clinic?



Where were the the people who like to cry 'doper' when Qunitana put a minute into people on the Col de Pailhères?

Froome puts a minute into people and he's a doper. Qunitana does it and he's just a plucky little Columbian. I have no problem with skepticism but please be consistent.

Are you really trying to use a rider going on the first climb to a rider (and his teammate) blowing everyone away on the final climb? That is absolutely asinine at best. Second year in a row this forum is sounding like American forums from 1999-2005.

ddraver

Froomey's gonna cry!!!!

Oh Bless

Le Commentateur

Pross wrote:

I'm staying off the Internet for the rest of July. It's like a time warp back 12 months - man wins race, mention USPS at every opportunity. People will no doubt be moaning about the boring Sky train shortly #panache # true champion #stilldontlikehim.

Wish Quintana had won

Hold your horses – think how entertaining it might be to see Froome crack and lose it all.

RichN95.

I reckon if Quintana had waited until the final climb he might have stayed with Froome, or at least been a lot closer than Porte was.

above_the_cows

Rundfahrt wrote:

Are you really trying to use a rider going on the first climb to a rider (and his teammate) blowing everyone away on the final climb? That is absolutely asinine at best. Second year in a row this forum is sounding like American forums from 1999-2005.

How exactly is it different, can you please explain?

Edit - And if you don't like the 'American sounding nature of the forum' I think that others are available. Here's a link for you: http://forum.cyclingnews.com/forumdisplay.php?f=20

Sorry if I seem a little curt but I think I'm allowed to take the gloves off when someone calls me stupid.

emadden

Above The Cows wrote:

Where were the the people who like to cry 'doper' when Qunitana put a minute into people on the Col de Pailhères?

Froome puts a minute into people and he's a doper. Qunitana does it and he's just a plucky little Columbian. I have no problem with skepticism but please be consistent.

Do you not realise that Quintana is a pure climber (as mentioned earlier - he was born above 3000m)? Those behind him were not pure climbers

tailwindhome

Just how much time did Quintana lose on the descent.

Shocker.