TdF 2015 - Stage 4 - Seraing - Cambria ***Spoilers***
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All the dust can't be good for the lungs, especially breathing at a hard cardio rate.0
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No more Gc for Pinot, stage wins need to be his target now. He's capable of it...Pinot’s panic and subsequent meltdown were disappointing. Not an ideal characteristic in a GC rider.
That doesn’t moderate my amazement that these highly funded teams (even FDJ is rich compared to me) can’t reliably get a bicycle through a few cobbles with a flyweight rider perched on it.
He's still young, and he was talking after yesterday's stage about how he wasn't expecting today to go well. He's shown before that he's a nervous, fragile personality so he probably just needs to mature a bit and get used to the expectation and pressure that comes with being a second tier GC contender with genuine ambitions for the overall.0 -
Nope. Top 6 or Kom Jersey. Maybe another stage.Jrod is looking good. guess that jersey may be his this year
GC podium, I'm calling it now0 -
He's 6.30 down - 5.00 or less down on most GC riders . He's not going to get on the podium obviously, but a top ten is certainly very realistic. And he's most likely to get a stage win hanging with the big boys and doing an attack which doesn't interest them. The KOM may come into his thoughts though.No more Gc for Pinot, stage wins need to be his target now. He's capable of it...Twitter: @RichN950 -
Absolutely brilliant.
Alan Sugar could learn a few things from De Heer Coucke with regard to lightening up
Who's the Sporza pundit with the long grey hair. I can never remeber his name. He was on the Oude Kwaremont for the RVV Sportive....We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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That was reasonably enjoyable. 6.5 / 10.
TJvG - When your form is good, you don't have bad luck, and it looks like it's true for him.
About right there. Never going to be memorable, but a reasonable watch.0 -
Joking aside, Nano-man weighs 57kg (anyone got an update on that?) whereas Alberto Contador[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19644331#p19644331]the article don[/url] wrote:Special mention for 31kg nanoweight Qunintana coming in with the front group.
But well done Panzerwagon
Nanotana. Like it.
62 kg, Chris Froome 71 kg, Rigoberto Urán 62 kg and Vincenzo Nibali 65 kg.
Going to be good days and bad days when Froome weighs 20% more than Nano-man...'Performance analysis and Froome not being clean was a media driven story. I haven’t heard one guy in the peloton say a negative thing about Froome, and I haven’t heard a single person in the peloton suggest Froome isn’t clean.' TSP0 -
LOL. There is no way Chris Froome is 71 kg! Take at least 5 kg from that and you're in the ballpark.0
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sorry but that's not accurate and the first tank action wasn't even German so your 'fairytale' is even more removed. The first successful 'use' of a tank (as in actual real military engagement) was in the Somme a year earlier at Fleur-Courcelette in September 1916 by a D1 of the British army.The first successful use of tanks in warfare was at the Battle of Cambrai in 1917. So it was perhaps appropriate that someone nicknamed Der Panzerwagen should win a stage to Cambrai.
The Germans didn't even think tanks would work so only built about 20 or so during WWI
So not appropriate at all :roll:0 -
Is each way 1st to 3rd or 1st to 4th? If the latter then my man Barguil is decent value at over 100 / 1.Latest odds for GC:
Froome 5/6
Quintana 9/4
Contador 9/1
Nibali 12/1
Van Garderen 25/1
Rodriguez 40/1
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Bonnet's operation successful0
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Who's the Sporza pundit with the long grey hair. I can never remeber his name. He was on the Oude Kwaremont for the RVV Sportive....
Eddy Planckaert!!!0 -
Leading the congo is Forbes-listed billionaire OmegaPharma owner Mark Coucke
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He's 6.30 down - 5.00 or less down on most GC riders . He's not going to get on the podium obviously, but a top ten is certainly very realistic. And he's most likely to get a stage win hanging with the big boys and doing an attack which doesn't interest them. The KOM may come into his thoughts though.No more Gc for Pinot, stage wins need to be his target now. He's capable of it...
If he keeps his head together (which looks doubtful at the moment) then don't be surprised to see him top 5.0 -
Leading the congo is Forbes-listed billionaire OmegaPharma owner Mark Coucke
He has a castle in our little suburb. Belgians don't normally come out well from leading the Congo, however."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'"
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He has a castle in our little suburb. Belgians don't normally come out well from leading the Congo, however.
Bahaha!0 -
[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19644806#p19644806]disgruntledgoat[/url] wrote:
Leading the congo is Forbes-listed billionaire OmegaPharma owner Mark Coucke
He has a castle in our little suburb. Belgians don't normally come out well from leading the Congo, however.
Apocalyptic
...a rare 100% loyal Pro Race poster. A poster boy for the community.0 -
Who's the Sporza pundit with the long grey hair. I can never remeber his name. He was on the Oude Kwaremont for the RVV Sportive....
Eddy Planckaert!!!
Thats it! I ll have lost it again by the end of the day though...We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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In more Tom Boonen news - he was there at the finish
Contador is the Greatest0 -
Shane Stokes caught up with Jim Ochawitz yesterday for his bi-weekly update on Taylor Phinney's condition. Still no news. Still, grafter that he is, Stokes managed to get 300 words out of it.
I really don't know why that guy winds me up so much. Is it the laziness? The bad writing? His stupid hair? The moustache?"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'"
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During the stage Contador made a planned bike swap, moving from his normal Specialized bike to his Roubaix-bike shortly after the first pavé sector. Afterwards he was on the verge of making another bike swap, which could cost him a lot of time.
“Bueno, I have to cross my fingers. There was a moment where I thought about stopping to change my rear wheel. I damaged my rim at 25km from the finish. It wasn’t running smooth but I realized that if I stopped I would lose time so I tried to continue. It worked out,” Contador said.
The damaged rim was touching his brakes, slowing the Spaniard down. He was extremely grateful for the support from his teammates, especially classics specialist Peter Sagan.
“I have to thank my teammates," he said. "They were extraordinary. They worked hard. They’ve done everything to help me. Peter delivered an incredible battle. He fought for the victory but sacrificed his chances for me.”
The Spaniard wasn’t worried too much about the gap on Froome. “Hombre, there’s still a long way to go. There’s a thousand things that can happen in so many ways. This Tour is about being consistent, always riding near the front. After the team time trial we reach the Pyrenees. Until then I have to try and recover to tackle those with optimism,” Contador told AS.Contador is the Greatest0 -
In more Tom Boonen news - he was there at the finish
and on the sporza round up in the evening saying what a nice guy Tony is.We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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I can't beleve G created and maintained a gap, Froome came through and then the 'Classics' riders refused to work. They really are a joke.Contador is the Greatest0 -
Thanks.Contador is the Greatest0 -
I can't beleve G created and maintained a gap, Froome came through and then the 'Classics' riders refused to work. They really are a joke.
I think they all thought Tony M was too knackered after his chase back on (which in fairness Tony says he was at 9 km to go) and were setting up for a bunch spr....BANG! Tony goes
Nothing in it for the classics riders to work. Froome and Gee arguable should ve just kept going as Sagan was playing a little too much on the front of the chaseWe're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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Who's the Sporza pundit with the long grey hair. I can never remeber his name. He was on the Oude Kwaremont for the RVV Sportive....
Eddy Planckaert!!!
Did you watch Vive le Velo?
He was on it last night with a bloke called Boonan. "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19644806#p19644806]disgruntledgoat[/url] wrote:
Leading the congo is Forbes-listed billionaire OmegaPharma owner Mark Coucke
He has a castle in our little suburb. Belgians don't normally come out well from leading the Congo, however.
Can someone please post that to the post if the tour thread? Too much of a faff on an iPad on the bus. Especially with all the people looking at me having laughed up snot onto it....Warning No formatter is installed for the format0 -
sorry but that's not accurate and the first tank action wasn't even German so your 'fairytale' is even more removed. The first successful 'use' of a tank (as in actual real military engagement) was in the Somme a year earlier at Fleur-Courcelette in September 1916 by a D1 of the British army.The first successful use of tanks in warfare was at the Battle of Cambrai in 1917. So it was perhaps appropriate that someone nicknamed Der Panzerwagen should win a stage to Cambrai.
The Germans didn't even think tanks would work so only built about 20 or so during WWI
So not appropriate at all :roll:
pwned 8)0 -
sorry but that's not accurate and the first tank action wasn't even German so your 'fairytale' is even more removed. The first successful 'use' of a tank (as in actual real military engagement) was in the Somme a year earlier at Fleur-Courcelette in September 1916 by a D1 of the British army.The first successful use of tanks in warfare was at the Battle of Cambrai in 1917. So it was perhaps appropriate that someone nicknamed Der Panzerwagen should win a stage to Cambrai.
The Germans didn't even think tanks would work so only built about 20 or so during WWI
So not appropriate at all :roll:
pwned 8)
I think tony needs to breathe a little though... :shock:We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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"He's on my bike!" That bit was fab.Correlation is not causation.0
