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Le Tour de France 2014 - Stage 7 - Épernay - Nancy
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| jere5000 |
Posted on 11-07-2014 19:57
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Hey guys, I had a question i found quite confusing...
I love watching the tour and watch every stage but I had thought that Rodriguez was one of the favorites this year after a 3rd place last year etc...I'm shocked to see him 46 min back of the lead and continually being dropped from the peloton. Why is this do you think? I thought he was an elite?
Jeremy
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| TimoCycling |
Posted on 11-07-2014 19:57
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jere5000 wrote:
Hey guys, I had a question i found quite confusing...
I love watching the tour and watch every stage but I had thought that Rodriguez was one of the favorites this year after a 3rd place last year etc...I'm shocked to see him 46 min back of the lead and continually being dropped from the peloton. Why is this do you think? I thought he was an elite?
He crashed in the Giro and is mainly here for stagewins and building form for the Vuelta. |
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| Jacdk |
Posted on 11-07-2014 20:08
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niconico wrote:
What do you guys think about tomorrow's finale? If no break is allowed to stay away I really fancy Kwiatkowski here. He's shown great capabilities riding uphill this season.
Purito is obvious but who is too think he is any mentionable shape considering how he has fared so far. Then there's also Valverde.
Tomorrow will be favorites day and i will be very surprised if we don't see Contador, Valverde and anyone else with a big time gap to Nibali not testing him, so Astana will be at the front and trying to control the race and i don't think they will allow anyone to get away. |
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| Jacdk |
Posted on 11-07-2014 20:42
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jere5000 wrote:
Hey guys, I had a question i found quite confusing...
I love watching the tour and watch every stage but I had thought that Rodriguez was one of the favorites this year after a 3rd place last year etc...I'm shocked to see him 46 min back of the lead and continually being dropped from the peloton. Why is this do you think? I thought he was an elite?
Rodriguez as someone else said crashed during the giro and was forced to leave so this is kinda his Plan C where he uses the TdF to get ready for Vuelta. |
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| wogsrus |
Posted on 11-07-2014 21:18
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Seeing footage of Talansky blowing up about Gerrans is hilarious. Bloke seriously has no clue. |
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| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 11-07-2014 21:24
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Matthias Frank fractured femur. Very likely to abandon.
Edit: He has abandoned.
Edited by Kirchen_75 on 11-07-2014 21:25
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 11-07-2014 21:25
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Kirchen_75 wrote:
Matthias Frank fractured femur. Very likely to abandon.
Edit: He has abandoned.
He has abandoned.
Atapuma's abandon was also because of a broken femur.  |
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| TimoCycling |
Posted on 11-07-2014 21:28
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Wow basically my whole velogames ruined... I had Froome, Frank and Atapuma. Also Pinot and Riblon turned out to be shit. Vanmarcke, Talansky, Rogers Bardet are left to get me points. |
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| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 11-07-2014 21:36
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TimoCycling wrote:
Wow basically my whole velogames ruined... I had Froome, Frank and Atapuma. Also Pinot and Riblon turned out to be shit. Vanmarcke, Talansky, Rogers Bardet are left to get me points.
Hey welcome to the club Cav and Frank abandon and Démare sucks good times  |
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| Riis123 |
Posted on 11-07-2014 21:39
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TimoCycling wrote:
Wow basically my whole velogames ruined... I had Froome, Frank and Atapuma. Also Pinot and Riblon turned out to be shit. Vanmarcke, Talansky, Rogers Bardet are left to get me points.
Well, what did you expect from Pinot, Talansky and Bardet? That they suddenly became sprinters? A little to early yet! |
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| Anderis |
Posted on 11-07-2014 21:45
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Riis123 wrote:
That they suddenly became sprinters?
Talansky was a sprinter in PCMdaily database in 2010 IIRC.
And he beat Rojas in a sprint last year in TdF. |
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 11-07-2014 23:27
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Anderis wrote:
Riis123 wrote:
That they suddenly became sprinters?
Talansky was a sprinter in PCMdaily database in 2010 IIRC.
And he beat Rojas in a sprint last year in TdF.
well that's not the hardest sprinter to beat though. he always gets fourth place 
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| Movistar |
Posted on 11-07-2014 23:53
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Hmm, with the amount of time Contador has to gain, i dont think you will see any quiet stage during the next 3 days, Contador and the other top GC contenders have to test and test and test Nibali and his team every mountainstage the time is to much to relay on TT and the biggest mountain stages.
I hope you are right but as we have seen in the past the GC favorites even when they are behind seem to wait until the major stages. They had to test Froome when he was in the same position and barely even tried. |
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| Shonak |
Posted on 12-07-2014 00:44
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Kirchen_75 wrote:
Matthias Frank fractured femur. Very likely to abandon.
Edit: He has abandoned.
Too bad for him and IAM. I read in the german "Tour" magazine an interview with him couple of weeks ago IIRC and he seemed more than ready to ride Tour de France as a contender. Well, Reichenbach to the rescue then? (Which is also better for my velogames team  )
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 12-07-2014 00:46
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SSJ2Luigi wrote:
Anderis wrote:
Riis123 wrote:
That they suddenly became sprinters?
Talansky was a sprinter in PCMdaily database in 2010 IIRC.
And he beat Rojas in a sprint last year in TdF.
well that's not the hardest sprinter to beat though. he always gets fourth place
IIRC last year Rojas finished every stage in 7th or something 
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| Jacdk |
Posted on 12-07-2014 01:03
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Movistar wrote:
Hmm, with the amount of time Contador has to gain, i dont think you will see any quiet stage during the next 3 days, Contador and the other top GC contenders have to test and test and test Nibali and his team every mountainstage the time is to much to relay on TT and the biggest mountain stages.
I hope you are right but as we have seen in the past the GC favorites even when they are behind seem to wait until the major stages. They had to test Froome when he was in the same position and barely even tried.
Ya i hope so to, because i am almost certain that if we don't see Contador attack tomorrow he is not where he is supposed to be.
Also did you guys hear the BMC problems.... hehe seems like Contador has to watch out for the BMC rage train. |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 12-07-2014 11:06
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Shonak wrote:
Well, Reichenbach to the rescue then? (Which is also better for my velogames team )
Already 34 minutes down He's probably going for stages in the mountains.
An absolute shame about Frank. I thought he was looking very good for a solid GC this year.
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| TimoCycling |
Posted on 12-07-2014 11:18
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Riis123 wrote:
TimoCycling wrote:
Wow basically my whole velogames ruined... I had Froome, Frank and Atapuma. Also Pinot and Riblon turned out to be shit. Vanmarcke, Talansky, Rogers Bardet are left to get me points.
Well, what did you expect from Pinot, Talansky and Bardet? That they suddenly became sprinters? A little to early yet!
No, but they didn't look too good so far. Also with Talansky falling my luck is not high .
But yeah, we'll see today. |
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| samdiatmh |
Posted on 12-07-2014 11:23
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Riis123 wrote:
TimoCycling wrote:
Wow basically my whole velogames ruined... I had Froome, Frank and Atapuma. Also Pinot and Riblon turned out to be shit. Vanmarcke, Talansky, Rogers Bardet are left to get me points.
Well, what did you expect from Pinot, Talansky and Bardet? That they suddenly became sprinters? A little to early yet!
when Froome finishes 6th on a flat stage 1, why not? |
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| Shonak |
Posted on 12-07-2014 12:44
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Pellizotti2 wrote:
Shonak wrote:
Well, Reichenbach to the rescue then? (Which is also better for my velogames team )
Already 34 minutes down He's probably going for stages in the mountains.
Oh, well nevermind then. 
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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