TdF 2016 stage 3 **spoilers**

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  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,598
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    To be fair they're in a chain of about 20 people* because the UK housing market is stupid, it only takes one person to get cold feet and the whole lot falls down.

    *that is an exaggeration

    Someone needs to take the bull by the horns and take a short term rental to break the chain.
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,433
    Dan Martin ‏@DanMartin86 · 1h1 hour ago

    Any sprinters teams complaining about GC guys being in the front, watch the video and see all the leadout men leaving big gaps in last km


    Nathan Haas ‏@NathanPeterHaas · 59m59 minutes ago

    @DanMartin86 If all the GC guys just ride together, united in time loss, then nobody losses... Issue is everybody wants to make gains!



    Dan Martin ‏@DanMartin86 · 5m5 minutes ago

    @NathanPeterHaas but there wouldn't be any splits if guys didn't sit up and stop pedaling in the middle of the road. Simply pull off to side
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  • deejay
    deejay Posts: 3,138
    edited July 2016
    newton98 wrote:
    That's 28 stages which makes him second ever doesn't it? How far is it to Zabel?
    That's SAD that you mention Zabel that EPO Drug Cheat who by his own admission won 6 green jersey's and 4 Milan-San Remo's with the help of a team also full of EPO drugs. :shock:

    For Interest only.
    1. Eddy Merckx Belgium 34
    2. Mark Cavendish United Kingdom 28
    2. Bernard Hinault France 28
    4 André Leducq France 25
    5 André Darrigade France 22
    6 Nicolas Frantz Luxembourg 20
    7 François Faber Luxembourg 19
    8 Jean Alavoine France 17
    9 Jacques Anquetil France 16
    René Le Greves France 16
    Charles Pelissier France 16
    12 Freddy Maertens Belgium 15
    13 Philippe Thys Belgium 13
    Louis Trousselier France 13
    15 Gino Bartali Italy 12
    Mario Cipollini Italy 12
    Miguel Indurain Spain 12
    Robbie McEwen Australia 12
    Erik Zabel Germany 12
    20 Jean Aerts Belgium 11
    Louison Bobet France 11
    Raffaele Di Paco Italy 11
    23 Maurice Archambaud France 10
    Charly Gaul Luxembourg 10
    Walter Godefroot Belgium 10
    André Greipel Germany 10
    Thor Hushovd Norway 10
    Gerrie Knetemann Netherlands 10
    Antonin Magne France 10
    Henri Pelissier France 10
    Jan Raas Netherlands 10
    Joop Zoetemelk Netherlands 10
    Organiser, National Championship 50 mile Time Trial 1972
  • deejay
    deejay Posts: 3,138
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
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    Well someone has to take over from Frenchie.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    TheBigBean wrote:
    As soon as he got Greipel's wheel I assumed Cav would win, but he didn't come around as quick as he used to, so he'll be finished next year or something.

    Kittel 7th.

    Uphill drag suits power over leg speed.

    Though sounds like the 6hrs+ in the saddle lulled him into a sprocket smaller than he should have.

    Have heard that before in MSR. Feel fine going into the finale but then when you push on there's nothing left.
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  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,104
    Cav wasn't helped by Greipel moving a couple of metres across the road when Cav was trying to come round him either, though he did open up his sprint nice an early to give Cav plenty of time to do it.
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  • dav1d1
    dav1d1 Posts: 653
    Cav said in the interview after, that greipel kicked extra hard as cav went beside him which surprised him he said.
  • Bo Duke
    Bo Duke Posts: 1,058
    André Greipel has a very respectable sprinters record of 10 stages so Cav with 28...... mind blowing.
    '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.' TSP
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Bo Duke wrote:
    André Greipel has a very respectable sprinters record of 10 stages so Cav with 28...... mind blowing.
    After Cavendish, the best in the last 30 years are McEwen, Cipollini and Zabel on 12 each
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  • Bo Duke
    Bo Duke Posts: 1,058
    RichN95 wrote:
    Bo Duke wrote:
    André Greipel has a very respectable sprinters record of 10 stages so Cav with 28...... mind blowing.
    After Cavendish, the best in the last 30 years are McEwen, Cipollini and Zabel on 12 each
    Even more mind blowing! :mrgreen:
    '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.' TSP
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    Mikael Cherel allowed to go up the road in his home town to meet the well wishers
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,649
    Gruber gallery here.
    Nobody takes a cycling photo like the Grubers.

    http://cyclingtips.com/2016/07/photo-ga ... e-stage-3/
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Is Oleg Tinkov a Targaryen?

    Now it all makes sense!

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    Correlation is not causation.
  • mamil314
    mamil314 Posts: 1,103
    Looking at finish sprint pictures, it seems Greipel's air intake is twice the size of Cavendish. Don't they ever encounter insects? Maybe organisers use smoke and incense around finish area to prevent that
  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    Bo Duke wrote:
    André Greipel has a very respectable sprinters record of 10 stages so Cav with 28...... mind blowing.
    Worth remembering that pretty much all of Greipel's wins have come against Cav and then Kittel - it's a fantastic tally to rack up given the competition.
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,182
    If I remember correctly Greipel didn't get to contest the Tour while they were both at HTC either.
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Mad_Malx wrote:
    If I remember correctly Greipel didn't get to contest the Tour while they were both at HTC either.

    Greipel is only 5 total wins behind Cav, something like 139 to 134.
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  • philbar72
    philbar72 Posts: 2,229
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    TheBigBean wrote:
    As soon as he got Greipel's wheel I assumed Cav would win, but he didn't come around as quick as he used to, so he'll be finished next year or something.

    Kittel 7th.

    Uphill drag suits power over leg speed.

    Power to weight. Also aero and shelter. Greipel was also at the wrong phase of pedal stroke when he crossed the line, threw too early and that cost him !!! Kittel should have been better placed. Interesting to see my argument is balanced out by the fact that coquard got 3rd, slipstreaming the faster guys. Sagan in the wind for 4th.

    Cav is using all of the tools he has, Greipel relies on pure brute force and Cav’s savvy riding helped him more than Greipels punching through the air in 54/11…
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,820
    Yeah but we all know the type, and size of race that Greipel wins x
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,820
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