TDF Stage 14 (2013) ***Spoilers***

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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,661
    Millar and Jens having an "I'm too old for this" chat ;)
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Pross wrote:
    When Carlton screams 'they're coming, they're coming' I think he may mean 'I'm coming, I'm coming'

    Not again! :evil: Where's the the mind bleach. :D
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Lichtblick
    Lichtblick Posts: 1,434
    Afore ye all go, doesn't it seem as if some of these guys have been riding for about a hundred years?
    Voigt, O'Grady, Kloden, Millar, Zubeldia for instance.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,661
    yeah that's cos they have...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Lichtblick wrote:
    Afore ye all go, doesn't it seem as if some of these guys have been riding for about a hundred years?
    Voigt, O'Grady, Kloden, Millar, Zubeldia for instance.

    That's because they have. :wink:
    Correlation is not causation.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,661
    JINKS!!!
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Rojas has got to be disappointed with that result btw.
  • Lichtblick
    Lichtblick Posts: 1,434
    Must be the first tour without Hincapie this millennium......
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,661
    Was nt Albissini supposed to be the next Cav?

    Edit - no, thinking of Appollini ei eye ie eye oh... (No I can't remember how to spell it_

    Good to see OPQS congratulating Trentin.
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    There's a real need for some orthodontic work in the OPQS team.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • alan_a
    alan_a Posts: 1,583
    ddraver wrote:
    Was nt Albissini supposed to be the next Cav?

    Edit - no, thinking of Appollini ei eye ie eye oh... (No I can't remember how to spell it_

    Good to see OPQS congratulating Trentin.

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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Above The Cows wrote:
    There's a real need for some orthodontic work in the OPQS team.

    As long as Cav doesn't point them towards his Venezuelan dentist :shock:
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,661
    Alan A wrote:
    ddraver wrote:
    Was nt Albissini supposed to be the next Cav?

    Edit - no, thinking of Appollini ei eye ie eye oh... (No I can't remember how to spell it_

    Good to see OPQS congratulating Trentin.

    http://youtu.be/rLYAuw3dmZo

    Now how would you know that?!? :wink:
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    afx237vi wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    There's a real need for some orthodontic work in the OPQS team.

    As long as Cav doesn't point them towards his Venezuelan dentist :shock:

    :lol:
    Correlation is not causation.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    That was Trentin's first pro-victory.

    He has a weird accent. Not very Italian. Ah, I see he is from Trentino, that explains the 'Austro-Germanic' sound.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • dsoutar
    dsoutar Posts: 1,746
    Macaloon wrote:
    *Applauds* That was a stupendous last 25 km.

    Yup - I do enjoy a good scrap among a decent break at the end. Not sure if it's just me but they seem to be rare beasts these days
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,661
    We had a few last year on "the most boring tour ever" :roll:
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • moray_gub
    moray_gub Posts: 3,328
    afx237vi wrote:
    Pro tip for Carlton: try speaking actual words in the final kilometre instead of random screaming noises.


    I thought he covered the last 10kms quite well today......kinda warming to him as the days go on.
    Gasping - but somehow still alive !
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,661
    Cav -

    Been lucky to witness some amazing teammates wins in my career, but today was the 1st that brought tears to my eyes. @MATTEOTRENTIN ‪#‎soproud‬
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,661
    Controversy Alert...

    Julien Prétot ‏@julienpretotRTR
    Chris Froome skips mandatory Tour de France news conference on the eve of the Ventoux #tdf

    Kind of hope its cos he thinks he should nt take any of the shine off of the breakaway people, but probably not...
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Oooo
    Correlation is not causation.
  • moray_gub
    moray_gub Posts: 3,328
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Oooo

    Every one i've seen he gets asked the "doping" question constantly.
    Maybe he cant be arsed with it any more.
    Gasping - but somehow still alive !
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Super ride by Simon. Panache indeed. He has a nice touch of speed in the sprints but thought to take it up early then even on getting caught he said afterwards he still thought he could win.

    Shame that Trentin won given he did nothing and sat on the back of the original break for a lot of the time I was watching though. Played it well though and the speed in the finale was not easy riding. He said afterwards that yes he has a turn of speed and he has learned a few things about sprinting from Cavendish.

    Crowds were insane at the end and there were some real idiots including that policewomen on a blind corner - Simon said afterwards that he didn't even notice her he was so in the zone.

    That final climb with the wide hairpins was brilliant. Too much of a run in though.

    No French winner so far. Will they get it on the 14th I wonder.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,661
    Moray Gub wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Oooo

    Every one i've seen he gets asked the "doping" question constantly.
    Maybe he cant be arsed with it any more.

    I did wonder how many ways to answer "So Chris, you sat in the bunch and rode tempo all day today then" there are...
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  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    ugh, i'd failed to notice tomorrows stage goes through Valence.

    A young Goat once spent a couple of days there... it was the worst. The international museum of shoes is not worth admittence.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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  • alan_a
    alan_a Posts: 1,583
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    ugh, i'd failed to notice tomorrows stage goes through Valence.

    A young Goat once spent a couple of days there... it was the worst. The international museum of shoes is not worth admittence.

    Best fireworks in France tomorrow night will be just down river at Avignon.
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  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Alan A wrote:
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    ugh, i'd failed to notice tomorrows stage goes through Valence.

    A young Goat once spent a couple of days there... it was the worst. The international museum of shoes is not worth admittence.

    Best fireworks in France tomorrow night will be just down river at Avignon.

    We should save this gold for tomorrow
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,562
    frenchfighter wrote:

    Crowds were insane at the end and there were some real idiots including that policewomen on a blind corner - Simon said afterwards that he didn't even notice her he was so in the zone.

    As I suspected. This confirms he would not have seen the red car in front, and thus wouldn't have been "egged on"

    (Relates to irrelevant commentator discussion upthread)

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