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TdF'13 Stage 12 - Fougères to Tours (July 11)
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 11-07-2013 02:16
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cio93 wrote:
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90° corners with roundabout 600 and 400 metres to go...dunno why ASO thought that'd be a good idea. 
That just ruins the sprint. Only the first 5 or so guys will have any chance, its all due to positioning, and likely crashes behind them.
Why not just have the stage 800m shorter and end on a pretty long looking straight?
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| cio93 |
Posted on 11-07-2013 02:28
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The first one is actually the inside of a roundabout, but the second one will certainly make this a clusterfuck.
4 kilometres of perfectly straight road into the finish? Naaaaahh.
If anything can be drawn from this concerning who wins (no need to discuss my preference obviously), it's probably favouring Greipel with his train. Anyone directly in his wheel might pull a Kittel though.
Having to accelerate out of that corner helps Sagan, but with three guys clearly faster than him, it'll be for second at most.
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| kyanto |
Posted on 11-07-2013 02:42
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Kittel's 3rd stage win Looks like a German day, again. |
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| Jacdk |
Posted on 11-07-2013 03:18
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Cavendish all the way
He has to win this or it will be hell on his team.
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| samdiatmh |
Posted on 11-07-2013 04:04
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valverde321 wrote:
cio93 wrote:
Important bit of information:
90° corners with roundabout 600 and 400 metres to go...dunno why ASO thought that'd be a good idea.
That just ruins the sprint. Only the first 5 or so guys will have any chance, its all due to positioning, and likely crashes behind them.
Why not just have the stage 800m shorter and end on a pretty long looking straight?
+1
or even the finish of Paris-Tour would've been great, a nice wide-open straight road into the finish
but no, ASO just wants an inevitable crash to happen
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| Strydz |
Posted on 11-07-2013 04:56
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samdiatmh wrote:
valverde321 wrote:
cio93 wrote:
Important bit of information:
90° corners with roundabout 600 and 400 metres to go...dunno why ASO thought that'd be a good idea.
That just ruins the sprint. Only the first 5 or so guys will have any chance, its all due to positioning, and likely crashes behind them.
Why not just have the stage 800m shorter and end on a pretty long looking straight?
+1
or even the finish of Paris-Tour would've been great, a nice wide-open straight road into the finish
but no, ASO just wants an inevitable crash to happen
Yeah I can't understand why they wouldn't use the Paris-Tours finish, would make for a good bunch gallop instead of tight turns which plays more to luck and creates the chance for more crashes. We all like exciting racing but ASO really need to pull there heads out of there collective arse's
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| jseadog1 |
Posted on 11-07-2013 05:04
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I went with Sagan here.. but I have a feeling it will be Greipel.
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 11-07-2013 07:09
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Will the roundabout be off camber as well?
Google maps shows road furniture on both corners as well, but that must have been removed.
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 11-07-2013 08:08
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This looks like perfect technical finish for Peter,but i think he will be somewhere between places 2-4 again. 
Usual trio of fast men to battle for the win. And i fear Cavendish to throw someone out again in desperate attempt to win.
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| wogsrus |
Posted on 11-07-2013 09:06
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Could throw up some surprises. |
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| Speedtrash |
Posted on 11-07-2013 09:09
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very bad finish today |
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 11-07-2013 09:17
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ASO are idiots.  |
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| Malkael |
Posted on 11-07-2013 13:07
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Apparently strong crosswinds are being reported out on the course. Which may liven things up, depending on the direction and strength. |
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 11-07-2013 13:10
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Attack 1,5km from the finish has a chance here, those sprinters won't be a lot faster in the 2 turns than the attacker, to me.
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 11-07-2013 13:11
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are we going to see a Terpstra/Dumoulin today
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 11-07-2013 13:20
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Poor finish Hope nobody will fall here! |
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| Malkael |
Posted on 11-07-2013 13:22
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I wonder when the ASO started taking advice on how to make sprint finishes from the Giro. I know people wanted to see a more varied route akin to this year's Giro, but geez ASO we did not mean the sprints  .
Tomorrow is a bit better, but once again I think a few people might be wondering what the ASO were thinking once they see the route to the finish. |
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| ianrussell |
Posted on 11-07-2013 13:22
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Looking forward to another 3 way battle between the top tier of sprinters...or even better maybe a cheeky attack in the chaos of the finale 
Edited by ianrussell on 11-07-2013 13:25
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| CountArach |
Posted on 11-07-2013 13:25
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SSJ2Luigi wrote:
are we going to see a Terpstra/Dumoulin today
Both will be working for their sprinters, so I really doubt it. I wonder if someone like Boom or Westra will go for it though. Either way I don't see it working with the huge speeds we are going to see and the strong Lotto train which will presumably be up the front.
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 11-07-2013 13:30
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CountArach wrote:
SSJ2Luigi wrote:
are we going to see a Terpstra/Dumoulin today
Both will be working for their sprinters, so I really doubt it. I wonder if someone like Boom or Westra will go for it though. Either way I don't see it working with the huge speeds we are going to see and the strong Lotto train which will presumably be up the front.
Yes, maybe not them, but I think an attack has a chance. I don't think the Lotto train can go on top-speed through the turn, while the attacker might take the risk to win, though I haven't seen a proper screenshot from the turn, so can't judge, we'll just see
@Ian I fear that it's inevitable 
Edited by Jesleyh on 11-07-2013 13:31
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