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Tour de France, Stage 19 - Saturday, Bonneval - Chartres
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 21-07-2012 16:10
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Wiggins doing what he did for all this season so far in TT's 
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 21-07-2012 16:10
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I'm going to win another bet!!!!
But seriously, this time gap is crazy
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| samdiatmh |
Posted on 21-07-2012 16:11
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is Wiggo the 2012 version of Indurain? |
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| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 21-07-2012 16:11
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Not a fan of the TV shots that reduce the size of the cycling just so we can see Luis Leon's face!
Why i find it quite a nice idea to have a shot of current leaders face  |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 21-07-2012 16:11
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Wiggins is freaking doping the road with this. Holy freaking jesus Christ. Puncture or crash and burn. I don't care. This is not normal.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 21-07-2012 16:11
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CountArach wrote:
kumazan wrote:
CountArach wrote:
valverde321 wrote:
CountArach wrote:
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There is no draw to this TT. No stories to follow. Kloden in Top 10, Wiggins and Froome win stage by 2-3 mins on everyone else, and Wiggins wins Tour by like 5 minutes almost all from TT time.
Previous years have been focused on climbers and this year has been focused on the TT riders. Can't we have something like this year but with a real HC mountain finish as well to really shake up the TT specialists?
I'd love a Cobbles GT. Like 3 Mountain stages and 5-6 Cobble stages, that would be awesome.
But that would be too dangerous
I've done some quick thinking and I'm really not sure who could win that... Assuming the cobbles are fairly selective then if Evans were riding like he did in 2010/2011 then he would be a fairly safe bet. Potentially someone like Voeckler who has some decent Ronde results could also do well. But yeah... that would be bizarre to watch.
Wiggins would be the biggest favourite if the cobbles are selective enough.
Maybe... the mountains would be his big downfall. Also I just noticed his top 25 in Paris-Roubaix in 2009. If he rode like that then sure, but he hasn't done cobbles in quite a while. Evans showed in 2010 that he can ride them well, plus he has the mountain bike background. What about someone like Peraud?
@ arthon - Kern always looks like he is wearing shoulder pads, so he might have some competition.
Well Hesjedal is decent on cobbles, comes from MTB.
Sagan?
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 21-07-2012 16:12
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WIGGINS is just simply awesome today 
Not even Cancellara would have lived with him today  |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 21-07-2012 16:12
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Kirchen_75 wrote:
SportingNonsense wrote:
Not a fan of the TV shots that reduce the size of the cycling just so we can see Luis Leon's face!
Why i find it quite a nice idea to have a shot of current leaders face
I'm with Kirchen on this one. LLS is the current leader so it's important to see his reaction when he sees his intermediate time being destroyed.
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| CountArach |
Posted on 21-07-2012 16:13
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valverde321 wrote:
CountArach wrote:
kumazan wrote:
CountArach wrote:
valverde321 wrote:
CountArach wrote:
valverde321 wrote:
There is no draw to this TT. No stories to follow. Kloden in Top 10, Wiggins and Froome win stage by 2-3 mins on everyone else, and Wiggins wins Tour by like 5 minutes almost all from TT time.
Previous years have been focused on climbers and this year has been focused on the TT riders. Can't we have something like this year but with a real HC mountain finish as well to really shake up the TT specialists?
I'd love a Cobbles GT. Like 3 Mountain stages and 5-6 Cobble stages, that would be awesome.
But that would be too dangerous
I've done some quick thinking and I'm really not sure who could win that... Assuming the cobbles are fairly selective then if Evans were riding like he did in 2010/2011 then he would be a fairly safe bet. Potentially someone like Voeckler who has some decent Ronde results could also do well. But yeah... that would be bizarre to watch.
Wiggins would be the biggest favourite if the cobbles are selective enough.
Maybe... the mountains would be his big downfall. Also I just noticed his top 25 in Paris-Roubaix in 2009. If he rode like that then sure, but he hasn't done cobbles in quite a while. Evans showed in 2010 that he can ride them well, plus he has the mountain bike background. What about someone like Peraud?
@ arthon - Kern always looks like he is wearing shoulder pads, so he might have some competition.
Well Hesjedal is decent on cobbles, comes from MTB.
Sagan?
Actually yes, screw that, Sagan would win it.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 21-07-2012 16:13
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samdiatmh wrote:
is Wiggo the 2012 version of Indurain?
Mmmm Wiggins v Indurain would have been interesting |
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| Strydz |
Posted on 21-07-2012 16:15
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Pinot finished it off okay
Hells 500 Crew and 6 x Everester
Don Rd Launching Place
Melbourne Hill Rd Warrandyte
Colby Drive Belgrave South
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David Hill Rd Monbulk
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 21-07-2012 16:16
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alexkr00 wrote:
Kirchen_75 wrote:
SportingNonsense wrote:
Not a fan of the TV shots that reduce the size of the cycling just so we can see Luis Leon's face!
Why i find it quite a nice idea to have a shot of current leaders face
I'm with Kirchen on this one. LLS is the current leader so it's important to see his reaction when he sees his intermediate time being destroyed.
Then show us a replay of his reaction full screen after Wiggins has gone through the check. It add too much empty space, and makes the time-clicker thing too small. Reactions are good, but Id rather see the riding.
I didnt like it at last year's prologue either, they haven't done it since then.
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| kumazan |
Posted on 21-07-2012 16:16
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Pinot. 
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| samdiatmh |
Posted on 21-07-2012 16:16
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Pinot doing better than i thought
stays top 10 |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 21-07-2012 16:18
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I think Pinot has done brilliantly in his maiden TDF, Chapeau |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 21-07-2012 16:21
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Evans looks like he might drop all the way down to 9th - behind Zubeldia, Rolland and Brajkovic.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 21-07-2012 16:22
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The shoulders of Froome are beginning to rock  |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 21-07-2012 16:22
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Chris Anker Sorensen (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank) wins the Combativity Prize of the 2012 Tour de France !
Good save by Zubledia there.
Edited by Alakagom on 21-07-2012 16:23
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| Strydz |
Posted on 21-07-2012 16:23
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lucky escape for Zubeldia
Hells 500 Crew and 6 x Everester
Don Rd Launching Place
Melbourne Hill Rd Warrandyte
Colby Drive Belgrave South
William Rd The Patch
David Hill Rd Monbulk
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 21-07-2012 16:24
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Brajkovic really disappointed. He could've made it all the way to sixth overall if he rode like he does the few times he's actually in form.
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