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| KurtinSC |
Posted on 23-07-2008 15:51
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So... should CSC send Sastre on the first attack to test Evans to try to weaken him for Schleck... or the reverse? |
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| Osmose |
Posted on 23-07-2008 15:51
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We will see what the Alpe D' Huez does to the riders. its where champions are made 
in the past 14 years only armstrong won alpe d'huez and le tour in the same year(01 and 04)
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| issoisso |
Posted on 23-07-2008 15:53
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KurtinSC wrote:
So... should CSC send Sastre on the first attack to test Evans to try to weaken him for Schleck
I think so. especially because the steepest sections are the bottom ones.
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| KurtinSC |
Posted on 23-07-2008 15:55
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Osmose wrote:
Smoothie wrote:
We will see what the Alpe D' Huez does to the riders. its where champions are made
in the past 14 years only armstrong won alpe d'huez and le tour in the same year(01 and 04)
Yes... but something like 18 of the last 25 riders to wear the yellow after the Alpe D' Huez went on to win the Tour.
It's not so much about winning the stage as it is about having the lead after the stage... for example if Andy Wins but Kohl puts in an insane climb to get second with 3 minutes on the rest.... that would still count as "making champions" I think. |
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| Smoothie |
Posted on 23-07-2008 15:55
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The big guys have got to keep attacking Evans, if he is struggling they need to keep battering him. He will find it hard to find a rythm on this climb. |
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| schleck93 |
Posted on 23-07-2008 15:55
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If i remember right all every time TDF has been on Alpe D'Huez the guy with the yellow jersey after stage has also won the race I'm not sure if the "curse" has been broken.
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| Blues Brother |
Posted on 23-07-2008 15:57
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10 k to the start of the Alpe d'Huez climb  I think that CSC will attack very early on the climb.
Peter Velits and Jerome Pineau has 2 minutes on the peleton now.
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Posted on 23-07-2008 15:58
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Andy Schleck will hit the bottom first and put a really hard pace to follow on to try and rid them of a lot of the riders and leave it to frank and sastre to try and beat
evans and put big time in him otherwise Evans wins the tour |
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| Smoothie |
Posted on 23-07-2008 15:58
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Cancellara is shutting the gap to the break down and the break will only have about 30 seconds coming to the foot of the climb. |
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 23-07-2008 15:59
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I would like to see Velits first at finish..but 2 min. isnt enough |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 23-07-2008 16:00
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CSC's DS Rory Sutherland: "Menchov lost time downhill because he was at 110% uphill."
he also hinted Menchov would lose time today.
It can happen, no doubt at all. I just think it's more likely that Frank loses time.
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| Smoothie |
Posted on 23-07-2008 16:00
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Velits should have gone on the day when Gerrans went he would have smashed those guys. |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 23-07-2008 16:00
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Smoothie wrote:
Cancellara is shutting the gap to the break down and the break will only have about 30 seconds coming to the foot of the climb.
It will be more than 30 seconds at the foot of Huez
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| Blues Brother |
Posted on 23-07-2008 16:01
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Peter Velits has done a fantastic job today, and he is still young and a rider for the future. It would have been fun if he could have won this stage, but as you say Guido, 2 minutes isn't enough.
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| schleck93 |
Posted on 23-07-2008 16:02
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issoisso wrote:
CSC's DS Rory Sutherland: "Menchov lost time downhill because he was at 110% uphill."
he also hinted Menchov would lose time today.
It can happen, no doubt at all. I just think it's more likely that Frank loses time.
I think you mean Scoot Sunderland
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| Smoothie |
Posted on 23-07-2008 16:02
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I was making an estimation to at what speed the gap was coming down when Cancellara was going at the maximum. |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 23-07-2008 16:02
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Yes, Scott, sorry. was thinking of the Health Net rider
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| Blues Brother |
Posted on 23-07-2008 16:05
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Now the gap back to the yellow jersey group from Velits and Pineau is now 1.28 minutes, and it's 3 k to the bottom of the climb, so the gap at the bottom will not be less than 1 minute.
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| Smoothie |
Posted on 23-07-2008 16:05
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Its great that Froome is still there, i wonder if he will be strong enough to attack. |
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| Addy291 |
Posted on 23-07-2008 16:06
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Bottom of the climb, 1min gap.
Time for pain
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