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Wednesday, July 4 - Tour de France, Stage 4: Abbeville - Rouen, 214.5km
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 04-07-2012 17:01
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fjhoekie wrote:
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siwi wrote:
Saxo Bank doing good so far. Breakaway 3 times, mountain jersey, 8th first sprint, 6th second sprint. Not as bad as (some) thought they would be.
Nasty crash, hope no GC riders got hurt (or others, but dont know how realistic it is)
Wiggo fell for sure, don't know about his condition...
Dont think so. Eisel was the guy in Sky kit down
Dutch and Belgian media both say Wiggins and Cavendish both fell over Robbie Hunter.
This is what Eisel looks like: https://twitter.com/UCI_Overlord/stat...70/photo/1
Nothing on twitter about Wiggins, so unlikely to be serious
Edited by SportingNonsense on 04-07-2012 17:02
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| Vien |
Posted on 04-07-2012 17:03
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Arashiro the most agressive rider, wtf?
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| cio93 |
Posted on 04-07-2012 17:04
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Vien wrote:
Arashiro the most agressive rider, wtf?
The jury obviously misread it as "most awesome rider" 
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 04-07-2012 17:04
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Vien wrote:
Arashiro the most agressive rider, wtf?
Can't deny that he deserves it after today  |
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| Teddy The Creator |
Posted on 04-07-2012 17:04
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Vien wrote:
Arashiro the most agressive rider, wtf?
He started the attack, worked at the front for the whole break, and continued to push at the end when the others retires. Plus he probably used his Jedi mind tricks on the judges.
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| ianrussell |
Posted on 04-07-2012 17:05
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Why Moncoutie in the break on a day like today? :/ |
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| ruben |
Posted on 04-07-2012 17:06
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Wtf Veelers :/
And sad crash  hopefully no gc contenders injured. I saw Wiggins down. Menchov and JvdB at huge distance, but hopefully they were just held up.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 04-07-2012 17:06
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ianrussell wrote:
Why Moncoutie in the break on a day like today? :/
French teams need TV exposure, cause they are not going to get anything else from this race  |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 04-07-2012 17:07
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sutty68 wrote:
ianrussell wrote:
Why Moncoutie in the break on a day like today? :/
French teams need TV exposure, cause they are not going to get anything else from this race
They could've sent someone else. Moncoutié needs to save himself for the mountains.
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| ianrussell |
Posted on 04-07-2012 17:09
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Pellizotti2 wrote:
sutty68 wrote:
ianrussell wrote:
Why Moncoutie in the break on a day like today? :/
French teams need TV exposure, cause they are not going to get anything else from this race
They could've sent someone else. Moncoutié needs to save himself for the mountains.
Yeah, just seems very odd to not be any other team member. Maybe he's annoyed the DS somehow  |
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| ianrussell |
Posted on 04-07-2012 17:11
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Any info on how the crash actually happened yet or what the cause was? |
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| Kentaurus |
Posted on 04-07-2012 17:19
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As a note now though, I think I'm starting to favor Evans even more in the GC as this goes on. So far they BMC Team has been doing a great job of protecting Evans, knowing where to be and when. Wiggens on the other hand while still being protected from the crashes, is getting caught in them. I think this all plays in BMC's favor later on.
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| Rin |
Posted on 04-07-2012 17:24
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I just saw the last 10km so I have a question:
I was said that FDJ did some borderline move with Di Gregorio involved causing a split.. What did they do there or did they nothing?
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| CountArach |
Posted on 04-07-2012 17:25
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Vien wrote:
Arashiro the most agressive rider, wtf?
He attacked out of the break about 40km from the end and stayed ahead for a while.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 04-07-2012 17:26
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Kentaurus wrote:
As a note now though, I think I'm starting to favor Evans even more in the GC as this goes on. So far they BMC Team has been doing a great job of protecting Evans, knowing where to be and when. Wiggens on the other hand while still being protected from the crashes, is getting caught in them. I think this all plays in BMC's favor later on.
Not to mention Wiggins has already lost one of his top Mountain Domestiques, while Evans has all teammates I think, and we already know TVG is in great form.
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| Bushwackers |
Posted on 04-07-2012 17:43
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I don't know about you guys, but I think that this would be a different race if Sky brought Danny Pate. For one, Sivtsov is already out of it, showing that choosing him over Danny was a stupid mistake. And the whole team hasn't had a clue about what to do/where to be. They are a complete mess. If Danny Pate were here, Cavendish would have another stage win, because Danny actually knows how to look after his team mates and keep them out of trouble. I must be Nostradamus or something because I told you all before the race started that without Danny Pate, Sky will not succeed. Good enough for them.
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| Schleck96 |
Posted on 04-07-2012 17:50
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The fact of Sivtsov being already out doesn't mean that it was a mistake bringing him to the Tour. He had a broken bone (I don't remember which one xD) so it wasn't his fault. And actually it was a better choice than Pate because the main focus of Team Sky is the GC for Bradley and Sivtsov would be a much better Team Mate in the Mountains... |
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| Montolivo |
Posted on 04-07-2012 17:56
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Bushwackers wrote:
I don't know about you guys, but I think that this would be a different race if Sky brought Danny Pate. For one, Sivtsov is already out of it, showing that choosing him over Danny was a stupid mistake. And the whole team hasn't had a clue about what to do/where to be. They are a complete mess. If Danny Pate were here, Cavendish would have another stage win, because Danny actually knows how to look after his team mates and keep them out of trouble. I must be Nostradamus or something because I told you all before the race started that without Danny Pate, Sky will not succeed. Good enough for them.
Edit: Not to be rude, but you are joking, right?
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 04-07-2012 17:58
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Bushwackers wrote:
I don't know about you guys, but I think that this would be a different race if Sky brought Danny Pate. For one, Sivtsov is already out of it, showing that choosing him over Danny was a stupid mistake. And the whole team hasn't had a clue about what to do/where to be. They are a complete mess. If Danny Pate were here, Cavendish would have another stage win, because Danny actually knows how to look after his team mates and keep them out of trouble. I must be Nostradamus or something because I told you all before the race started that without Danny Pate, Sky will not succeed. Good enough for them.
I cant even read the rest of the post after that!
Do you think Pate would still be there with a fractured Tibia?
Edit: Yeah, you better actually be joking, or else.... yeah...
I think anyone could predict a Sky fail. They are going for 2 jerseys, and will probably get 0. They didn't choose Pate, because they did not need him.
Sivstov vs. Pate is an awful comparison too, since I bet Sivstov is there for Wiggins where as Pate could only be there for Cav.
Edited by valverde321 on 04-07-2012 18:00
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| Deda |
Posted on 04-07-2012 18:08
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I put my last 20 pcm$ on Cavendish today
If offense is the best defence, does it mean that defence is the worst defence?
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