Tdf Stage 19 *** Spoilers*** Bourg - Le Grand Bornand

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  • napoleond
    napoleond Posts: 5,992
    :x Well jel. I wish the tour would come round my way, or ToB organisers have the same clout in making the council resurface the road.
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  • oneof1982
    oneof1982 Posts: 703
    adr82 wrote:
    My word that road surface looks immaculate


    Just been done by the looks. Went down there in last year's Etape. (as did the tour obviously) Full of potholes.
  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    Graeme_S wrote:
    hammerite wrote:
    little scuffle until the trippers wife steps in to defend it. Runner dude didn't want to mess with her!
    Pretty difficult to look tough when dressed like that anyway!


    That was freaking funny :-) Bloody twat runner
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    It would be amazing if Riblon did enough to take the polka dots away from Froome.

    Current:
    Froom 104
    Quintana 97
    Riblon 93
    Nieve 73
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  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    adr82 wrote:
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    adr82 wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Froome`s arms are disgustingly skinny. Not far off Rasmussen. When he finsishes his career as a hot shot cyclist he should start selling his methodology for going from chubby to borderline anorexic.
    If he wasn't so visibly skinny you'd just be complaining about how such a big guy could get up mountains like he does. We get it, you don't like him.


    Who won an epic mano a mano duel with evil old Michael Rasmussen in the 2007 Tour?
    Come on, who wants to go digging up ancient history? As if it's at all relevant to today's racing!

    :wink:
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    hammerite wrote:
    nweststeyn wrote:
    NapoleonD wrote:
    Just seen this classic pic from yesty on twitter!

    BPiFCLpCEAAYW8D.jpg:large

    video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... s3NxXSb1K0

    little scuffle until the trippers wife steps in to defend it. Runner dude didn't want to mess with her!

    Aside from the beauty of the whole trip and then the attempted fisty-cuffs. That video really shows the speed they go up these damn things.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • hammerite
    hammerite Posts: 3,408
    frenchfighter wrote:
    It would be amazing if Riblon did enough to take the polka dots away from Froome.

    Current:
    Froom 104
    Quintana 97
    Riblon 93
    Nieve 73

    Riblon has gone out the back, think it's more likely to be Nieve. Unless Riblon can take a load of points tomorrow.

    Evans out the back already I think. Doesn't look like a mega pace either.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    froome doesn't look good
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Big shame the SKY boys have recovered amazingly this week. I really hope some of them get smoked early doors. They could potentially turn this stage into a pretty poor day.
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  • ContrelaMontre
    ContrelaMontre Posts: 3,027
    NapoleonD wrote:
    Does no one remember the POC helmet Larsen used in the TT worlds? Looks like an orange Boo ghost from super mario. Or, errrmmm, something else....

    photo.jpg

    The POC TT helmet is awesome. It reminds me of this

    Dark-Helmet.jpg

    I want one!
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    mididoctors wrote:
    froome doesn't look good

    When does he ever
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  • nweststeyn
    nweststeyn Posts: 1,574
    mididoctors wrote:
    froome doesn't look good
    he never looks good, doesnt mean much :)
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    hammerite wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    It would be amazing if Riblon did enough to take the polka dots away from Froome.

    Current:
    Froom 104
    Quintana 97
    Riblon 93
    Nieve 73

    Riblon has gone out the back, think it's more likely to be Nieve. Unless Riblon can take a load of points tomorrow.

    Evans out the back already I think. Doesn't look like a mega pace either.

    That`s a shame although I suppose after his huge efforts yesterday not surprising.
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  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    frenchfighter wrote:
    hammerite wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    It would be amazing if Riblon did enough to take the polka dots away from Froome.

    Current:
    Froom 104
    Quintana 97
    Riblon 93
    Nieve 73

    Riblon has gone out the back, think it's more likely to be Nieve. Unless Riblon can take a load of points tomorrow.

    Evans out the back already I think. Doesn't look like a mega pace either.

    That`s a shame although I suppose after his huge efforts yesterday not surprising.
    You'd think Quintana would have a pretty good chance of taking it off him, tomorrow if not today.
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    Like the Europcar helmets. What are they?
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  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    My God - Kirby is particularly bad today.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    My god we still have over 100k to go :shock:

    I'm flagging and off the back already.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • seanorawe
    seanorawe Posts: 950
    frenchfighter wrote:
    mididoctors wrote:
    froome doesn't look good

    When does he ever

    When he's on the podium accepting another cuddly toy
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  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Getting a bit of rain on the descent it looks like?
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Current:
    Froome 104
    Quintana 97
    Riblon 93
    Rolland 88
    Nieve 73
    Contador is the Greatest
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Would love to have seen what a 100% Thomas could have done this year.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Madeleine time:
    59.25
    19.4km/h av
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  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Turfle wrote:
    Would love to have seen what a 100% Thomas could have done this year.
    With Sky losing EBH and Kiryienka they're really lucky he was able to continue, doing a ton of work for them!
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Just a point on the tripping up the runner vid - that's not the way to do it, he was very close to TJVG and couldn't have taken him out when he fell.

    The correct technique is to step out with a shoulder block, arm out, hooking him down backwards.

    I don't have a cycling vid to demonstrate, but Andy Symonds on a streaker shows how it should be done (from about 35 - features nudity, obviously).

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTWOk6slU_Y
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  • napoleond
    napoleond Posts: 5,992
    Roche and Contador ride off the front, get about 10metres, then drop back in.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Saxo come to the front. Geraint doesn`t like it and like a spoilt child accelerates in front, slows down and puts his jersey on.
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  • alanjay
    alanjay Posts: 363
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Big shame the SKY boys have recovered amazingly this week. I really hope some of them get smoked early doors. They could potentially turn this stage into a pretty poor day.

    Big shame that Contador has held Kreuziger back this tour. If he'd have been let off the leash we'd have had more of a contest.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    Vanmarke has a lazy attack over the summit...

    Seriously thinking of leaving at 4 and going for a ride...this ll be fine on the highlights...
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Unfortunately we have some doping news for you. The judges in the Mantova investigation has sent 27 people to trial. That includes 18 riders, amongst them Damiano Cunego and Alessandro Ballan.
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  • goonz
    goonz Posts: 3,106
    calvjones wrote:
    Like the Europcar helmets. What are they?

    Louis Garneua's (sp)

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