TDF 2013 Stage 16 **Spoilers** Vaison-la-Romaine - Gap

hammerite

Above The Cows wrote:

hammerite wrote:

How come Vacansoleil have won so much?

Juan Antonio Flecha and Johnny Hoogerland. Your breakaway specialists. Hoovering up intermediate sprint points and combativity awards.

still surprised that's more than 3 stage wins Argos-Shimano.

RideOnTime

hammerite wrote:

Above The Cows wrote:

Chris Froome wrote:

Good morning Mrs Above The Cows, My name's Chris and I'm calling from Fenton's Solicitors, have you been injured in an accident that wasn't your fault?

He's "working from home" usually based in the call centre in Swansea. It's where he met Miss Cound.

Well I have just seen him putting up a dish.
They're being generous though it's a bungalow.

ddraver

I was going to do a post on why Mont Ventoux is so seperate from the other mountians but it appears that it's actually fairly mundane

Basically the Rhone river formed during the last stages of Pyreneean and Alpine uplift. Whilst the mountains were being uplifted, Erosion from the rivers (now called La Toulourenc) kept up with it creating the wide valley that separates the mountain from the alps

That would be why finding stuff on it was so hard...

RideOnTime

Quintana wrote:

The Mad Rapper wrote:

RideOnTime wrote:

Froome must be tired.

Nah, he'll have been fine and raring to go 5 mins after he finished the stage.

Well I'm very tired. I'm not getting any younger. Did you see that ba*tard in the yellow?

goonz

So a rest day and what do Garmin do?

Go skydiving!!!!

hammerite

goonz wrote:

So a rest day and what do Garmin do?

Go skydiving!!!!

It's a 3 week holiday for Garmin. They have a river trip on the Seine booked for 8pm next Sunday.

inkyfingers

hammerite wrote:

goonz wrote:

So a rest day and what do Garmin do?

Go skydiving!!!!

It's a 3 week holiday for Garmin. They have a river trip on the Seine booked for 8pm next Sunday.

Garmin have a nice little niche, get a few nice wins here and there, but when even when they don't win everybody loves them.

goonz

While Sky get pasted in press conferences about whether they are doping ha!

hammerite

goonz wrote:

While Sky get pasted in press conferences about whether they are doping ha!

nah, they'll be making sure they get Froome to the finish line (9pm finish this year).

timoid.

So does Quintana wear the white jersey tomorrow (which he leads) or the polka dots which he is second to Froome. Which is the higher ranked jersey? I think Nieve derserves a day in the dots after animating many climbs and then hauling Alberto's sorry ahhhhs up the Ventoux.

Comment of the day goes to James Richardson. "Rolland will have to hand over the polka dot jersey tonight...he can keep the shorts and socks though".

Paulie W

Whie. Nieve in polka dots.

hangeron

Can't find the geology post from yesterday...what is Ventoux made of..is it just limestone?

goonz

hangeron wrote:

Can't find the geology post from yesterday...what is Ventoux made of..is it just limestone?

Moonrock.

above_the_cows

goonz wrote:

hangeron wrote:

Can't find the geology post from yesterday...what is Ventoux made of..is it just limestone?

Moonrock.

Cheese!

ddraver

hangeron wrote:

Can't find the geology post from yesterday...what is Ventoux made of..is it just limestone?

It's the same rocks as the post I made on the Montpellier stage basically. A lot of limestone.

rick_chasey

Paulie W wrote:

Whie. Nieve in polka dots.

I'd always thought white was bottom in priority.

Paulie W

Rick Chasey wrote:

Paulie W wrote:

Whie. Nieve in polka dots.

I'd always thought white was bottom in priority.

It's on the Le Tour website that way round.

graeme_s-2

Rick Chasey wrote:

Paulie W wrote:

Whie. Nieve in polka dots.

I'd always thought white was bottom in priority.

Presumably a jersey you own by right takes precedence over one that you're looking after for somebody else.

MrTapir

Paulie W wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

Paulie W wrote:

Whie. Nieve in polka dots.

I'd always thought white was bottom in priority.

It's on the Le Tour website that way round.

Could the rider choose if he had a choice of two?

RichN95.

Rick Chasey wrote:

Paulie W wrote:

Whie. Nieve in polka dots.

I'd always thought white was bottom in priority.

Quintana isn't actually leading the KOM (Froome is), while he is the genuine leader of the white jersey.

So it takes priority because he is actually winning that competition.

goonz

Slow day today aint it....

above_the_cows

goonz wrote:

Slow day today aint it....

I've tidied my filing cabinet...

hammerite

Above The Cows wrote:

goonz wrote:

Slow day today aint it....

I've tidied my filing cabinet...

there's so little action in France it seems the Gendarmes have headed over to Turkey.

dish_dash

I know that Cofidis have been getting the kicking for being quiet... but what about Lampre-Merida. They've been very anonymous too haven't they?

hammerite

dish_dash wrote:

I know that Cofidis have been getting the kicking for being quiet... but what about Lampre-Merida. They've been very anonymous too haven't they?

Cunego might be a good shout to get in a break and make it stick in the next couple of days.

hammerite

dish_dash wrote:

I know that Cofidis have been getting the kicking for being quiet... but what about Lampre-Merida. They've been very anonymous too haven't they?

Cunego might be a good shout to get in a break and make it stick in the next couple of days.

hangeron

ddraver wrote:

hangeron wrote:

Can't find the geology post from yesterday...what is Ventoux made of..is it just limestone?

It's the same rocks as the post I made on the Montpellier stage basically. A lot of limestone.

thanks...but booo for limestone

any rock that dissolves in the rain is rubbish.

ridgerider

hangeron wrote:

ddraver wrote:

hangeron wrote:

Can't find the geology post from yesterday...what is Ventoux made of..is it just limestone?

It's the same rocks as the post I made on the Montpellier stage basically. A lot of limestone.

thanks...but booo for limestone

any rock that dissolves in the rain is rubbish.

Surely any rock that dissolves in rain is mud?

goonz

Above The Cows wrote:

goonz wrote:

Slow day today aint it....

I've tidied my filing cabinet...

I've actually gotten some work done today.

And to think I was hoping to put the new disabled post preview function to test...will have to wait for tomorrow I guess for more activity.

Or I could just post on the doping thread...

ddraver

Ridgerider wrote:

hangeron wrote:

ddraver wrote:

hangeron wrote:

Can't find the geology post from yesterday...what is Ventoux made of..is it just limestone?

It's the same rocks as the post I made on the Montpellier stage basically. A lot of limestone.

thanks...but booo for limestone

any rock that dissolves in the rain is rubbish.

Surely any rock that dissolves in rain is mud?

Nearly

Any rock (or mineral in a rock) that dissolves in the rain becomes mud