2014 Santos Tour Down Under - *Spoilers*

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  • mroli
    mroli Posts: 3,622
    "There's going to be no stopping Greipel and I think Gerrans wins it" :roll:
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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    Kittel's win:
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  • jimmythecuckoo
    jimmythecuckoo Posts: 4,718
    Can't wait to get home for the highlights later.

    Missed the racing so badly during the brief off season.
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  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    Gerrans beats Griepel? Damn!
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Paul 8v wrote:
    Gerrans beats Griepel? Damn!


    In a nutshell, Paul
  • phil s
    phil s Posts: 1,128
    frenchfighter wrote:
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  • smokey_bacon
    smokey_bacon Posts: 1,639
    So does that make Cav Maverick?
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Just watched Sky's 2 hours of ad breaks infested, Sky chat.
    Thank goodness they even managed to squeeze in a few kms of actual racing.
    Kept away from the result, so watched it "as live", this afternoon.
    First day of the season and there's a Belkin rider lying in the ditch, just before the kite, as usual!
    Great to have racing back.

    Kudos to Greipel for making the climb, but the finish was up a drag as well, so no surprise
    that Gerrans won the neck a neck, sprint.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    FDJ team...check out those quads!
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Profiles for rest of week:
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  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    frenchfighter wrote:
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    Have to say, they're great those gifs. Do you make them? The ultimate time-saving highlights for sprint stages :)
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    FJS wrote:
    Have to say, they're great those gifs. Do you make them? The ultimate time-saving highlights for sprint stages :)

    Another fun fact about Frenchie is he's one of the only people I've ever met who pronounces gif properly!
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    iainf72 wrote:
    FJS wrote:
    Have to say, they're great those gifs. Do you make them? The ultimate time-saving highlights for sprint stages :)

    Another fun fact about Frenchie is he's one of the only people I've ever met who pronounces gif properly!
    Surely it's just like 'gift' but without the t. Isn't it?
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  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    iainf72 wrote:
    FJS wrote:
    Have to say, they're great those gifs. Do you make them? The ultimate time-saving highlights for sprint stages :)

    Another fun fact about Frenchie is he's one of the only people I've ever met who pronounces gif properly!
    "Jif" I believe :mrgreen:
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    iainf72 wrote:
    FJS wrote:
    Have to say, they're great those gifs. Do you make them? The ultimate time-saving highlights for sprint stages :)

    Another fun fact about Frenchie is he's one of the only people I've ever met who pronounces gif properly!

    Offended.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    RichN95 wrote:
    iainf72 wrote:
    FJS wrote:
    Have to say, they're great those gifs. Do you make them? The ultimate time-saving highlights for sprint stages :)

    Another fun fact about Frenchie is he's one of the only people I've ever met who pronounces gif properly!
    Surely it's just like 'gift' but without the t. Isn't it?

    Fail.
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  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    Fun Frenchie facts? He's going to end up like the Stig "Some say, he is banned from the town of Chichester"...
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    FJS wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    tumblr_mzrdnfb5kH1swtjjuo1_400.gif
    Have to say, they're great those gifs. Do you make them? The ultimate time-saving highlights for sprint stages :)

    Nope not me but agree they are all you need for highlights! There are some good sites where you can make gifs pretty easily.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    frenchfighter wrote:
    FDJ team...check out those quads!
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    First few races back after the of season I always find myself surprised by how muscular / lean pro riders are.

    Within half an hour I've already adjusted again.


    Separately I never actually end up watching these races. Wrong time zone and it all feels a bit weird.
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  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    I'm intrigued where sjmclean is.

    Did you get up in the middle of the night, or are you Aus-based?

    Love this race, SSN in a morning with 3 mins of highlights to start my day. Get home and it's recorded and ready to watch. Lovely, jubbly.
  • slim_boy_fat
    slim_boy_fat Posts: 1,810
    Just watched the two hours from last nigh I had recorded. Great win for Gerrans, Greipel was obviously tired from the hill but he had a decent lead out so great effort from Gerrans.
  • Crampeur
    Crampeur Posts: 1,065
    frenchfighter wrote:
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    Kittel is the new Jan Raas
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Crampeur wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
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    Kittel is the new Jan Raas


    No idea what you mean.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Nothing that exciting,

    10k to go: Saxo on the front drilling it, Greipel punctured but is back on now, he seems to be climbing well. If he gets the win or second and Gerrans finishes lower than 2nd he will be leader.

    Seems all the big teams fancy a win today.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    McEwan's commentary is a bit better than the two from last night. Saxo really want this, OGE just appeared with Gerrans.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    5km to go, Garmin take over.

    Sorreson (saxo) out the back, think it was a mechanical. Saxo riders dropped straight off the front.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    a movistar and katusha rider crash, Movistar rider very angry.


    Stannard has a attacked.

    Porte goes
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Ulisia (lampre) wins, looked very strong,

    Gerrans second, looked to have to slam on the breaks when Impy couldn't stick on.

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