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July 20: Stage 18, Blagnac - Brive-la-Gaillarde, 222.5 km
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 20-07-2012 16:16
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jph27 wrote:
It looks like we could have British riders winning 7 of 21 stages and 1-2 on GC if all goes as expected. Who'd have thought that ten years ago, maybe even five years ago?
Hell, when Sky was initiated 3 years ago people laughed off Brailsford and Sky idea that there would be British Tour winner in 5 years 
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| kumazan |
Posted on 20-07-2012 16:17
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jph27 wrote:
It looks like we could have British riders winning 7 of 21 stages and 1-2 on GC if all goes as expected. Who'd have thought that ten years ago, maybe even 1 year ago?
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 20-07-2012 16:24
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lluuiiggii wrote:
I just have to post this here. No space whatsoever for the Green jersey to go (that's actually only the 2nd picture posted on cyclingnews, better ones will come eventually )
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 20-07-2012 16:27
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For a good bike handler, Sagan really didnt handle that final turn too well. He went into it on Cav's wheel and ahead of Goss, but ended up on Goss's wheel with Cavendish already sprinting away.
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| Schleck96 |
Posted on 20-07-2012 16:38
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This was Cavendish gift to my birthday. What a Sprint! |
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| ruben |
Posted on 21-07-2012 00:39
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Alakagom wrote:
jph27 wrote:
It looks like we could have British riders winning 7 of 21 stages and 1-2 on GC if all goes as expected. Who'd have thought that ten years ago, maybe even five years ago?
Hell, when Sky was initiated 3 years ago people laughed off Brailsford and Sky idea that there would be British Tour winner in 5 years
Yeah. And he pulled it off. But there is luck involved. Luck with Contadors tainted beef mainly. Otherwise they could've waited till Saint Glinglin and still no British tour winner |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 21-07-2012 00:42
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kumazan wrote:
jph27 wrote:
It looks like we could have British riders winning 7 of 21 stages and 1-2 on GC if all goes as expected. Who'd have thought that ten years ago, maybe even 1 year ago?
Good stage though. Cav literally flew by the break, although I would have liked LL Sanchez to get another stage win.
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| Squire |
Posted on 21-07-2012 00:52
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valverde321 wrote:
kumazan wrote:
jph27 wrote:
It looks like we could have British riders winning 7 of 21 stages and 1-2 on GC if all goes as expected. Who'd have thought that ten years ago, maybe even 1 year ago?
Good stage though. Cav literally flew by the break, although I would have liked LL Sanchez to get another stage win.
I love LLS, but it would have been so much better if Klöden won. He really deserves a stage win after all these years.
I doubt I would've been able to handle that though, possibly my two favourite riders winning stages two days apart 
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| CountArach |
Posted on 21-07-2012 06:50
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I'm not at all a fan of Cavendish but that sprint was incredible. Once again this stage shows that the sprints have been the most interesting part of this year's Tour.
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 21-07-2012 09:31
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ruben wrote:
Yeah. And he pulled it off. But there is luck involved. Luck with Contadors tainted beef mainly. Otherwise they could've waited till Saint Glinglin and still no British tour winner
I had no clue that one was known abroad.  |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 21-07-2012 09:52
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Aquarius wrote:
ruben wrote:
Yeah. And he pulled it off. But there is luck involved. Luck with Contadors tainted beef mainly. Otherwise they could've waited till Saint Glinglin and still no British tour winner
I had no clue that one was known abroad.
It's common in a lot of european countries, although in most it's known as (in whichever local language) "St. Never's day"
EDIT: For native english speakers looking at this confused, the english equivalent is "When pigs fly"
Edited by issoisso on 21-07-2012 09:53
The preceding post is ISSO 9001 certified
"I love him, I think he's great. He's transformed the sport in so many ways. Every person in cycling has benefitted from Lance Armstrong, perhaps not financially but in some sense" - Bradley Wiggins on Lance Armstrong
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