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Le Tour 09: Stage 12 - Tonnerre - Vittel
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 16-07-2009 16:40
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Mustn't be the way they are riding home.
Edited by fenian_1234 on 16-07-2009 16:40
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| Biathlon |
Posted on 16-07-2009 16:40
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Deadpool wrote:
Cadel and Levi fell
it might have been outside 3 km
It where inside..
Words to live by
"What would Lance do?"
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| Smowz |
Posted on 16-07-2009 16:43
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Cav is surely going to win the green jersey now barring a crash or something like that. Hushovd just is not fast enough. |
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| ringo182 |
Posted on 16-07-2009 16:44
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and he didn't have a train today. he was simply faster then everyone else. |
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 16-07-2009 16:46
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Told you it was breakaway day.
Oh and the eurosport team briefing video for Columbia said "Try not to let a break go, but if it does, don't chase"
There's no point slapping a schleck - Sean Kelly on "Who needs a slap"
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| KurtinSC |
Posted on 16-07-2009 16:51
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Can't blame Columbia for this... but I'm annoyed I picked Cav.
Cav has green, and there's no stage left that hushovd could finish high enough for points in that Cav wouldn't also.
Hushovd has to work for the sprint now... not cav. While more wins would be nice... it's not like getting 6 rather than 5 (I'm assuming a win in Paris) means much to him. Now his team is going to rest to make sure he finishes. |
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| Waghlon |
Posted on 16-07-2009 16:52
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Up yours Finland! Denmark: 1, Finland: 0.1
THE THOMAS VOECKLER PROPHET OF PCM DAILY
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 16-07-2009 16:54
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KurtinSC wrote:
Can't blame Columbia for this... but I'm annoyed I picked Cav.
Cav has green, and there's no stage left that hushovd could finish high enough for points in that Cav wouldn't also.
Hushovd has to work for the sprint now... not cav. While more wins would be nice... it's not like getting 6 rather than 5 (I'm assuming a win in Paris) means much to him. Now his team is going to rest to make sure he finishes.
The green will be decided in Paris.
35 for win
30 for 2nd
So if on Saturday we see a Cav 1 hushovd 2 then theres still enough in it to go down to Paris, and it will.
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| KurtinSC |
Posted on 16-07-2009 17:14
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doddy13 wrote:
KurtinSC wrote:
Can't blame Columbia for this... but I'm annoyed I picked Cav.
Cav has green, and there's no stage left that hushovd could finish high enough for points in that Cav wouldn't also.
Hushovd has to work for the sprint now... not cav. While more wins would be nice... it's not like getting 6 rather than 5 (I'm assuming a win in Paris) means much to him. Now his team is going to rest to make sure he finishes.
The green will be decided in Paris.
35 for win
30 for 2nd
So if on Saturday we see a Cav 1 hushovd 2 then theres still enough in it to go down to Paris, and it will.
Will it?
Cav's got 10 points right now. Let's assume nothing changes (though I expect Cav will stretch it out to 15 or 20 with intermediate sprints and finishing ahead on the last sprint stage that may be left to a breakaway).
All Cav has to do is ride Hushovd's wheel and try to pass him in the end in Paris.
If he fails, unless 2-3 guys get between him and Hushovd, he still wins green. For Hushovd to wait... he's going to have to hope that not just HE can beat Cav... but several others can as well. |
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| niconico |
Posted on 16-07-2009 21:17
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NICKI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just watched the stage and the way he did it. Simply amazing!
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| issoisso |
Posted on 16-07-2009 21:54
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A_Schleck wrote:
NICKI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just watched the stage and the way he did it. Simply amazing!
Pfft. If Breschel was there instead of him he'd have won two stages today |
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| niconico |
Posted on 16-07-2009 22:02
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He sure would have. Or well I'm not THAT biased.
Nah, I never had anything against Riis putting Nicki ahead of Matti in the Tour team. I might have said something with I would be seriously pissed if Sørensen wound up whining his way through the Tour like he did last year, but I haven't had any reason to believe he would do that, and of course he crashed last year, so go figure. Matti should have been here at the cost of another guy, who I don't want to name, because I'm done with this subject.
Anyway Nicki has had the season of his career and I don't love Breschel so much that I'd put him in the team ahead of Nicki, and I have never said that. It's a truly deserved victory and he is the kind of rider you really love to see win big victories like this one. He is actually very underrated, so it's assuring to see him put in a performance like today, which was quite similar to his win in La Vuelta in 05.
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| issoisso |
Posted on 16-07-2009 22:09
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A_Schleck wrote:
He sure would have. Or well I'm not THAT biased.
Nah, I never had anything against Riis putting Nicki ahead of Matti in the Tour team.
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This is so dissapointing. Matti deserved that Tour ahead of Larsson, N. Sørensen, O'Grady and Arvesen.
I'm an unforgiving little MoFo, am I not? 
Relaaaaax. I was joking in case it wasn't obvious 
Edited by issoisso on 16-07-2009 22:10
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 16-07-2009 22:09
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Today I saw first realy happy stage winner..that was good to watch.
Larsson..
I have completly forgot that guy..
Edited by Guido Mukk on 16-07-2009 22:11
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| niconico |
Posted on 16-07-2009 22:11
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issoisso wrote:
A_Schleck wrote:
He sure would have. Or well I'm not THAT biased.
Nah, I never had anything against Riis putting Nicki ahead of Matti in the Tour team.
A_Schleck wrote:
This is so dissapointing. Matti deserved that Tour ahead of Larsson, N. Sørensen, O'Grady and Arvesen.
I'm an unforgiving little MoFo, am I not?
Relaaaaax. I was joking in case it wasn't obvious
I bet that was just after the team was revealed. Tempers flaring, saying things you don't mean 
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| issoisso |
Posted on 16-07-2009 22:12
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A_Schleck wrote:
I bet that was just after the team was revealed. Tempers flaring, saying things you don't mean
Probably. After all, as you said yourself:
A_Schleck wrote:
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Kurt-Asle dropped. Another clear proof of why he was selected ahead of Breschel...oh well.
Wtf he is back.
Nicki Sørensen must be dropped then, I need to justify this somehow
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 16-07-2009 22:24
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Teams will have radios on Tour's 13th stage... |
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 16-07-2009 22:32
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Was already mentioned several days ago |
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| Kami |
Posted on 16-07-2009 22:35
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Erm, its only been officialy decided today <.< |
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| Rinhoth |
Posted on 16-07-2009 22:42
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I mentioned that cyclingnews wrote it in their live report on tuesday, but didn't read it anywhere else...
If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or Fight Like Hell.
-Lance Armstrong
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