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Tour de France 11 Stage 21: Créteil > Paris Champs-Elysées 95km
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 24-07-2011 16:44
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We have nice winner..emotional..deserved one |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 24-07-2011 16:44
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Who was the Garmin rider in the TT helmet? That was weird!
Anyway I thought Hagen would win, but to be honest I was really disappointed with Rojas.
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| ember |
Posted on 24-07-2011 16:44
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12. BOLE Grega 163 LAMPRE - ISD 2h 27' 02" + 00' 00"
19. PETACCHI Alessandro 169 LAMPRE - ISD 2h 27' 02" + 00' 00"
That feels like the Tour summed up for Petacchi, one not to remember.
Also, according to The Inner Ring, Roy did what he promised, attacking on Champs Elysees. Truly deserved super combatitive |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 24-07-2011 16:44
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hillis91 wrote:
Wilier wrote:
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Aaah, Cavendish took it. No suprise. But Eddy showed a great punch.
Eddy was directly in Cav's wheel, but he didn't get 1 cm closer. Easy way to become 2nd in a sprint though. 
Pst. He showed that he is up there, and that he got the punch that many people says he dont have.
There was never any doubt that Hagen could follow Cavendish' wheel all the way to 2nd place 
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| cactus-jack |
Posted on 24-07-2011 16:45
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What are the odds for a Cav-win on this stage? 1.0001?
I feel that the best result of the day comes from Edvald Boasson Hagen, Cavendish is not human, but look at who Edvald beat; Greipel, Farrar, etc.
To sum up my highlights of the Tour:
- Hushovd with 7 days in yellow and climbing with some of the best riders to keep it
- 2 incredible stages and a team timetrail for Thor
- 2 stages for Edvald and two 2nd places
- Andys attack
- Evans winning and working so hard over several climbs
- Voeckler outdoing himself, this was more impressive than 2004 I feel.
This Tour has been far better than anything I could have imagined. Just 49 weeks untill the next one! Now we just sit back, relax and wait for a thrilling Vuelta! |
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| ember |
Posted on 24-07-2011 16:45
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valverde321 wrote:
Who was the Garmin rider in the TT helmet? That was weird!
Millar, funny thing |
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| ruben |
Posted on 24-07-2011 16:50
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So..
Remember this day kids.
Cadel Evans will be known as the last winner of the Tour before the Wilco Kelderman-era |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 24-07-2011 16:51
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SportingNonsense wrote:
hillis91 wrote:
Wilier wrote:
hillis91 wrote:
Aaah, Cavendish took it. No suprise. But Eddy showed a great punch.
Eddy was directly in Cav's wheel, but he didn't get 1 cm closer. Easy way to become 2nd in a sprint though.
Pst. He showed that he is up there, and that he got the punch that many people says he dont have.
There was never any doubt that Hagen could follow Cavendish' wheel all the way to 2nd place
To be fair, most people dont hold the distance, usually the gap gets larger so the fact Hagen held the gap is a sign that he does have an alright acceleration.
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| Wilier |
Posted on 24-07-2011 16:54
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cactus-jack wrote:
I feel that the best result of the day comes from Edvald Boasson Hagen, Cavendish is not human, but look at who Edvald beat; Greipel, Farrar, etc.
Well, that's not really a strong feat considering the bad positions from which Greipel and Farrar sprinted. Greipel had to overtake like 5 other sprinters to still become 3rd and was the only one faster than Cav at the line.
HTC did everything right today. They had Bak in the break so they didn't have to chase. This way they a completely fresh sprint train, which no other team can match. Easy win for Cav. |
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 24-07-2011 16:56
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and Evans and Frandy burger |
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| kumazan |
Posted on 24-07-2011 16:56
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Good way to make sure you're playing the right anthem.
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| Wilier |
Posted on 24-07-2011 16:57
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ruben wrote:
So..
Remember this day kids.
Cadel Evans will be known as the last winner of the Tour before the Wilco Kelderman-era
+1 
Edit: Next year he'll have Gesink, Mollema and Kruijswijk in support too.
Edited by Wilier on 24-07-2011 16:58
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| pmtg99 |
Posted on 24-07-2011 16:58
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Terrible rendition of national anthem, Did they just get some random off the street? But, it's a beautiful sight Evans with the Yellow and draped in the aussie flag |
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| ember |
Posted on 24-07-2011 17:01
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ruben wrote:
So..
Remember this day kids.
Cadel Evans will be known as the last winner of the Tour before the Wilco Kelderman-era
No. Watched him race in Rogaland GP and Ringerike GP (which he won this year). definately a huge talent, strong climber and diesel on the flats, nice combination, and very impressive considering his born in 91. A man who may win the Tour in the future. But he won't be as dominant as Contador has been in top form. I think there just are too many talents coming up. That said, I won't mind Keldermann becoming huge in cycling, a great guy  And if Kruijswiik nor Mollema wins the Tour, he might be the one who can do it for Holland.
On the other hand, there have also been lots of talents who don't succeeds when it gets serious, hopefully Keldermann pulls it through. And he has every chance of doing it, being part of Rabobank, and their tradition for developing young riders.
Edited by ember on 24-07-2011 17:06
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| kumazan |
Posted on 24-07-2011 17:03
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lol, Fränk's daughter doesn't like Cadel. 
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| ember |
Posted on 24-07-2011 17:03
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Very nice to see Evans finally win a Grand Tour, great! |
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| siwi |
Posted on 24-07-2011 17:08
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Grats to Cav, Evans, Samuel, Rolland, Roy and Garmin
Weird that it is over now |
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 24-07-2011 17:10
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Well done Cav and Cadel (and most of the other riders). Great day.
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| Deda |
Posted on 24-07-2011 17:11
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Great win from HTC, total domination, but still nothing from Stapleton on the sponsorship issue. Shame if there is not one great company willing to sponsor such a winning machine.
If offense is the best defence, does it mean that defence is the worst defence?
If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord will delete my browser history.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 24-07-2011 17:11
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Haha the cutout of Dave Zabriskie
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