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| Alakagom |
Posted on 09-07-2012 16:48
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Well, I think many will need a rest after today especially 
You can discuss the past week and the one coming.
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Is Wiggins beatable ? Will someone ally to defeat Sky ? Will Froome make podium ? Is Evans strong enough to challenge Wiggins ?
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| jph27 |
Posted on 09-07-2012 16:49
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I want to see a Le Mond-Hinault style battle, but with two riders who are nowhere near as talented. |
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 09-07-2012 16:50
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Nibali will strike back.
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| Eden95 |
Posted on 09-07-2012 16:52
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Well a lot of people are complaining that 'the Tour is already over', but I think after today and with another TT later in the race that the closest rider to Wiggins being almost 2 minutes behind will make the next week exciting, as anyone aspiring to win etc. Will have to stick it for Sky and try something, even Evans.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 09-07-2012 16:53
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Nibali and Evans had better work on their descending. They'll need to throw themselves down the mountains to get themselves back in touch with Wiggins.
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 09-07-2012 16:53
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Wiggins and Froome will make it a 1-2 in Paris in the final time trial. Evans can't match them there, as we saw today. He'll be third. That's what I think.
What I hope is that all of those three collapses and falls out of the podium. Cheering for Nibali, Menchov, Zubeldia, Monfort and Van den Broeck.
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| kumazan |
Posted on 09-07-2012 16:56
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Nibali and Evans had better work on their descending. They'll need to throw themselves down the mountains to get themselves back in touch with Wiggins.
Let's not kid ourselves, they can't gain that much time in the descents. If they want to gain serious time back on Wiggins it'll have to be uphill.
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| samdiatmh |
Posted on 09-07-2012 16:57
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I don't think Wiggo/Froome can follow if Evans pulls out the efoort he did last year while chasign Schleck up the Galibier
edit: unfortunately, stage 11 is the only one remotely like that
though 17 can throw a surprise if Evans&Nibali work together to launch down the mountain
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 09-07-2012 16:58
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kumazan wrote:
SportingNonsense wrote:
Nibali and Evans had better work on their descending. They'll need to throw themselves down the mountains to get themselves back in touch with Wiggins.
Let's not kid ourselves, they can't gain that much time in the descents. If they want to gain serious time back on Wiggins it'll have to be uphill.
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| Roman |
Posted on 09-07-2012 16:58
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If nothing else, I hope at least that Froome will be allowed/will fight against Wiggins. This would make this Tour a little bit more interesting..
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 09-07-2012 16:58
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The only thing that'd make this interesting is if Froome betrays Wiggins and goes for his own chances. He has a real chance of winning the Tour, so why not?
Edit: Zabel'd.
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 09-07-2012 16:59
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CrueTrue wrote:
The only thing that'd make this interesting is if Froome betrays Wiggins and goes for his own chances. He has a real chance of winning the Tour, so why not?
Because he gets paid by Sky ?
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| chris01 |
Posted on 09-07-2012 16:59
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Wow 3 stage wins from Great Britain this year and only 1 of them from Cav! The only way Evans can win the tour is if he has at least 2m on Wiggins going into the final TT, which i am 99.9999% sure he can't do unless Wiggins just absolutely fails in the mountains.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 09-07-2012 16:59
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CrueTrue wrote:
The only thing that'd make this interesting is if Froome betrays Wiggins and goes for his own chances. He has a real chance of winning the Tour, so why not?
I hope he does too. Wiggins just doesn't look like he's at a healthy body weight.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 09-07-2012 17:01
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kumazan wrote:
SportingNonsense wrote:
Nibali and Evans had better work on their descending. They'll need to throw themselves down the mountains to get themselves back in touch with Wiggins.
Let's not kid ourselves, they can't gain that much time in the descents. If they want to gain serious time back on Wiggins it'll have to be uphill.
True, but the way the route is designed doesn't help a huge amount there. Wednesday's stage is an example of that.
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| DavydeFauw |
Posted on 09-07-2012 17:02
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Who can make it Sagan difficult for the green jersey? |
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| ianrussell |
Posted on 09-07-2012 17:04
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I'm hoping that we see some serious attempts to attack Sky over the next week. Stage 8 showed any team can become vulnerable if they have to consistently work hard through a stage. Hopefully the reaction will be what the hell rather than lets conserve what little we have. |
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| kumazan |
Posted on 09-07-2012 17:05
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SportingNonsense wrote:
kumazan wrote:
SportingNonsense wrote:
Nibali and Evans had better work on their descending. They'll need to throw themselves down the mountains to get themselves back in touch with Wiggins.
Let's not kid ourselves, they can't gain that much time in the descents. If they want to gain serious time back on Wiggins it'll have to be uphill.
True, but the way the route is designed doesn't help a huge amount there. Wednesday's stage is an example of that.
Wednesday is a great stage to crack them uphill and use the descents to increase the gap. That's how it works, they won't won more than a handful seconds (if any) if they attack going downhill, differences are made uphill.
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| ianrussell |
Posted on 09-07-2012 17:06
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DavydeFauw wrote:
Who can make it Sagan difficult for the green jersey?
Misfortune is about it. If he keeps getting top 5's on the flat and getting loads of extra opportunies elsewhere I can't see anyone getting near to him. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 09-07-2012 17:07
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DavydeFauw wrote:
Who can make it Sagan difficult for the green jersey?
Don't think anyone can this year, he is just too good |
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