TDF 2013 Stage 9 *SPOILER*

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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,661
    Sean more excited that I ve ever heard him (I missed LBL)

    Almost a shame one of these tow has to lose
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • Rundfahrt
    Rundfahrt Posts: 551
    Go on Danny boy!


    (Looks like I hurt somebody's feelings)
  • kleinstroker
    kleinstroker Posts: 2,133
    "Foogleslang" for the win
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Dan Martin has a good sprint. Fug is decent also though. Close call.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    ddraver wrote:
    Jonathan Vaughters ‏@Vaughters
    We need a panda, now. Anyone? Panda! Hurry the F up with the Panda!

    Someone should send this to Vaughters. "Never Say No to Panda" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyRvzeNuqa4
    Correlation is not causation.
  • alan_a
    alan_a Posts: 1,583
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  • Rundfahrt
    Rundfahrt Posts: 551
    Vaughters is just strange.
  • Rundfahrt
    Rundfahrt Posts: 551
    DANNY!!!!
  • thegibdog
    thegibdog Posts: 2,106
    Great win from Dan Martin. Sean Kelly called it right regarding that last corner.
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  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,242
    DeadCalm wrote:
    Fuglsang has this I think.
    I know nothing. Way to go Dan!
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    edited July 2013
    Martin stopped pulling with 2km to go.. Ugly *****
    (yeah, I'm mad)
  • alan_a
    alan_a Posts: 1,583
    yeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaa Dan
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Wey hey Dan Martin!

    Well done Kwiatkowski. :D
    Correlation is not causation.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    You have to hand it to Garmin and Vaughters, they do come to races to actually race and not just make up the numbers. Always animating.

    Great win by Martin, very happy. They did very well to hang on with that long open descent.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,661
    GO ON!!!!

    Confess Carlton called that last km rather well....

    Utter Failure from Saxo and Movistar, Utter Utter failure! Awesome ride Chris Froome!!
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,174
    Well that promised to be the best stage for years but ultimately an anti-climax although I'm chuffed to bits for Dan :)

    I can only assume that Bertie and Valv didn't have the legs to make all that early work count. Nice to see Andy in the big boys group and Kwiatowski too.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Chapeau to Chris Froome! Surely he's silenced some of his doubters now?
    Correlation is not causation.
  • thegibdog
    thegibdog Posts: 2,106
    Martin up to 8th overall too.
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  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    ddraver wrote:
    Sean more excited that I ve ever heard him (I missed LBL)

    Almost a shame one of these tow has to lose
    I think he got a bit emotional at LBL as he went very quiet indeed. I imagine a single manly tear rolling down his cheek
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Froome's going to be exhausted through nerves. Which I think is what one of the ex-winners said would be his undoing.

    Good racing.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • slim_boy_fat
    slim_boy_fat Posts: 1,810
    Well done Martin! Hard to tell if the others made a mess of it or just didn't have the legs but either way Froome withstood a stern test today. Be some tough conversations on the Sky bus tonight.
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    What an almost brilliant stage.
    Fantastic for Dan. So glad Garmin got the win, as they made the stage.
    Can't help but think Movistar blew it. Incredibly calm final 80km or so.
    One (?) attack from Valverde on the flat. None from Contador.
    A group of 22+ should not have been cresting that final climb together.
    Utterly magnificent from Froome.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,174
    ThomThom wrote:
    Martin stopped pulling with 2km to go.. Ugly *****
    (yeah, I'm mad)

    Well, 1km actually as absolutely any rider in that position would have done.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,549
    frenchfighter wrote:
    You have to hand it to Garmin and Vaughters, they do come to races to actually race and not just make up the numbers. Always animating.

    Great win by Martin, very happy. They did very well to hang on with that long open descent.

    Too true. The contrast with Saxo today was very telling.
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  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,242
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    Romain Bardet combatif du jour. #TDF

    Well deserved.
  • kleinstroker
    kleinstroker Posts: 2,133
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Chapeau to Chris Froome! Surely he's silenced some of his doubters now?

    I very much doubt that....
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    iainf72 wrote:
    Froome's going to be exhausted through nerves. Which I think is what one of the ex-winners said would be his undoing.

    Good racing.

    Could indeed be or it could be the making of him. Realising he can do it without his comfort blankets.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    I'm Irish - 100%, but Dan aint no Irishman. Still, great win for him - congrats.
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  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Jonathan Vaughters @Vaughters

    We need a panda, now. Anyone? Panda! Hurry the F up with the Panda!

    :D:D:D
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    edited July 2013
    iainf72 wrote:
    Froome's going to be exhausted through nerves. Which I think is what one of the ex-winners said would be his undoing.

    Good racing.

    Absolutely. The mental aspect is always underrated.

    I thought he did pretty well today given he didn't have his mates for company. Would have liked to see Kreuziger and Quintana put him under more pressure today on Val-Louren although it was a little too far out and with such a long descent it was always going to be hard.
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