TDF 2013 Stage 12 ***Spoilers*** Fougeres - Tours

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  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    Cav is not going to like that. Can't see anything other than him beaten fair and square there. German Eurosport going nuts- 5 stage wins- are Germany the new cycling superpower?
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,661
    edited July 2013
    Only at sprinting - but possibly so...

    Both Greipel and Kittel are massive hunks of man, almost more suited for Track sprinting than traditional road sprinting, but they ve slimmed themselves down enough that they can get over mountains now...and fair play to them!

    They ve also taken the htc model and perfected it so that they are delivered so perfectly that they can just put out their massive power. The trouble before is that sprinters had to have a Kick/jump to get clear. With a team that is less of an issue. I would imagine that Robbie McEwan would be significantly less prolific against these guys
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  • calmx5
    calmx5 Posts: 230
    Think Cavendish got cocky and gave up too early, and Kittel is on top form anyway - Kittels reaction , he doesn't believe it himself!
  • dougzz
    dougzz Posts: 1,833
    B3rnieMac wrote:
    Think cav came off steegmans maybe a second too early.
    Agree, he didn't use Steegmans fully, but in years gone by he'd have won anyway.
  • alihisgreat
    alihisgreat Posts: 3,872
    Did anyone else notice the guy in the chair at the side of the road when they crashed?

    Quite amusing watching him scrabbling away thinking "oh sh*t oh Sh*t oh sh*t"
  • goonz
    goonz Posts: 3,106
    B3rnieMac wrote:
    Think cav came off steegmans maybe a second too early.

    Think it was a pretty good leadout, Kittel was just too strong.
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  • Lichtblick
    Lichtblick Posts: 1,434
    Kittel looks like your prototype Teuton
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    smithy21 wrote:
    Cav is not going to like that. Can't see anything other than him beaten fair and square there. German Eurosport going nuts- 5 stage wins- are Germany the new cycling superpower?

    Possibly on the flat stuff - Kittel, Dangleknob, Griepel, not forgetting Ciolek. Must be the drugs. :wink:
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • dougzz
    dougzz Posts: 1,833
    ALIHISGREAT wrote:
    Did anyone else notice the guy in the chair at the side of the road when they crashed?
    Quite amusing watching him scrabbling away thinking "oh sh*t oh Sh*t oh sh*t"
    Phil commented on it repeatedly
  • hammerite
    hammerite Posts: 3,408
    Lichtblick wrote:
    hammerite wrote:
    Lichtblick wrote:
    Mr. Cavendish isn't having a very good Tour this year, is he?

    There's a long way to go yet.

    Not for sprint finishes there ain't.

    Two more, then Paris. All the rest are mountainous.

    and if he got 4 wins in total it will be a good tour. I'm not saying he will, but Cav has often been written off.
  • goonz
    goonz Posts: 3,106
    Think he will have written this tour off himself...
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  • Coach H
    Coach H Posts: 1,092
    smithy21 wrote:
    Cav is not going to like that. Can't see anything other than him beaten fair and square there. German Eurosport going nuts- 5 stage wins- are Germany the new cycling superpower?

    So Germany 5 - Sky 1. With a history involving T-Mobile & Gerrolsteiner is it time we had a specific thread on how the Germans must be doping? :roll:

    Just to be clear I am joking, but there is a serious point in there somewhere
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    hammerite wrote:
    and if he got 4 wins in total it will be a good tour. I'm not saying he will, but Cav has often been written off.

    When has he been written off?
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    If Froome refuses to move the white glasses at least he could ask Hesjedal for advice.

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  • Daz555
    Daz555 Posts: 3,976
    Incredible scalp for Kittel - beating the best sprinter on the planet fair and square with no sideshows or excuses for anyone.

    Cav must be wishing he was back in the glory days at Sky picking up 3 wins! :mrgreen:
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  • Lichtblick
    Lichtblick Posts: 1,434
    hammerite wrote:
    Lichtblick wrote:
    hammerite wrote:
    Lichtblick wrote:
    Mr. Cavendish isn't having a very good Tour this year, is he?

    There's a long way to go yet.

    Not for sprint finishes there ain't.

    Two more, then Paris. All the rest are mountainous.

    and if he got 4 wins in total it will be a good tour. I'm not saying he will, but Cav has often been written off.

    HAS he often been written off? Not for a few years, if at all.
    Manx Missile, fastest sprinter on the planet etcetera.

    Bet he changes teams again next year.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    Coach H wrote:
    So Germany 5 - Sky 1. With a history involving T-Mobile & Gerrolsteiner is it time we had a specific thread on how the Germans must be doping? :roll:

    Just to be clear I am joking, but there is a serious point in there somewhere
    Also it's West Germans 0 East Germans 5 and we all know about the East Germans.
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  • Squaggles
    Squaggles Posts: 875
    I really wouldn't like to have the job of interviewing Cav after that stage
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  • Daz555
    Daz555 Posts: 3,976
    Lichtblick wrote:
    Bet he changes teams again next year.
    Isn't his best lead-out buddy joining him at OPQS next season?

    So 3 sprint stages left, including Paris. Still a fair chance of Cav making 3 wins but he'll not be happy - he moved from Sky because he had little support and did not like "only" winning 3 in 2012.
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  • Coach H
    Coach H Posts: 1,092
    Lichtblick wrote:
    hammerite wrote:
    Lichtblick wrote:
    hammerite wrote:
    Lichtblick wrote:
    Mr. Cavendish isn't having a very good Tour this year, is he?

    There's a long way to go yet.

    Not for sprint finishes there ain't.

    Two more, then Paris. All the rest are mountainous.

    and if he got 4 wins in total it will be a good tour. I'm not saying he will, but Cav has often been written off.

    HAS he often been written off? Not for a few years, if at all.
    Manx Missile, fastest sprinter on the planet etcetera.

    Bet he changes teams again next year.

    Not if the press release we are expecting on Aug 1st happens. I still think OPQS need to sign Bernie as well to organise things prior to the final Km
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  • goonz
    goonz Posts: 3,106
    Daz555 wrote:
    Incredible scalp for Kittel - beating the best sprinter on the planet fair and square with no sideshows or excuses for anyone.

    Cav must be wishing he was back in the glory days at Sky picking up 3 wins! :mrgreen:

    Bet he is licking his lips with Renshaw moving over next year.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,661
    btw did anyone really expect Cav to keep on winning 5 stages a tour until he was 36?
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  • napoleond
    napoleond Posts: 5,992
    Must be that UV blood treatment ;)
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,661
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  • hammerite
    hammerite Posts: 3,408
    Lichtblick wrote:
    hammerite wrote:
    Lichtblick wrote:
    hammerite wrote:
    Lichtblick wrote:
    Mr. Cavendish isn't having a very good Tour this year, is he?

    There's a long way to go yet.

    Not for sprint finishes there ain't.

    Two more, then Paris. All the rest are mountainous.

    and if he got 4 wins in total it will be a good tour. I'm not saying he will, but Cav has often been written off.

    HAS he often been written off? Not for a few years, if at all.
    Manx Missile, fastest sprinter on the planet etcetera.

    Bet he changes teams again next year.

    Every Tour when he missed out on the first one or two sprint stages I've often read it - particularly on these spoiler threads on BR that he's "lost the edge" etc... then a couple of stages later he's the Manx Missile again.
  • MrTapir
    MrTapir Posts: 1,206
    Squaggles wrote:
    I really wouldn't like to have the job of interviewing Cav after that stage
    Just hold the dictaphone up really high.
  • Lichtblick
    Lichtblick Posts: 1,434
    ddraver wrote:
    btw did anyone really expect Cav to keep on winning 5 stages a tour until he was 36?

    agree

    And why the heck should he? IMO other teams have upped their game on sprinting/lead out trains/well drilled squads etc. Winning stages ain't as easy for him as it used to be. IMO.
  • goonz
    goonz Posts: 3,106
    On the line Cav was looking over but Kittel was stretching himself over. Think that probably won it for him.
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  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Coach H wrote:
    smithy21 wrote:
    Cav is not going to like that. Can't see anything other than him beaten fair and square there. German Eurosport going nuts- 5 stage wins- are Germany the new cycling superpower?

    So Germany 5 - Sky 1. With a history involving T-Mobile & Gerrolsteiner is it time we had a specific thread on how the Germans must be doping? :roll:

    Just to be clear I am joking, but there is a serious point in there somewhere

    Argos is the only credible team in the peloton regarding doping.
  • Crankbrother
    Crankbrother Posts: 1,695
    Final stage in Paris is gonna be good this year if the big 3 make it there ...

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