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Le Tour 09: Stage 11 - Vatan - Saint Fargeau
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 15-07-2009 14:34
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Brit commentators say, it dips up but with cavendish team support as he always gets it won't cause him a problem
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| stuartmcstuart |
Posted on 15-07-2009 14:38
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doddy13 wrote:
Brit commentators say, it dips up but with cavendish team support as he always gets it won't cause him a problem
Cavendish himself has identified this stage as 'winnable', and that really says it all for me, because he and his team are very thorough in their stage analysis.
Unless he's on an off day or involved in a crash, I expect him to be up there fighting for the victory. |
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| ember |
Posted on 15-07-2009 14:40
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Cavendish is definately the big favourite for today....The final kilometer isn't that hard.....The only excitement will be if Hushovd can manage second and hold on his green jersey |
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| schleck93 |
Posted on 15-07-2009 14:41
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With the uphill I expect guys like Hushovd, Rojas, Ciolek and Freire that are better uphill than Cavendish to be closer to him or maybe beat him. Unless they just hang in his wheel like always 
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| Ildabaoth |
Posted on 15-07-2009 14:42
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schleck93 wrote:
 it's only 3%
I quite don't get it. Isn't it (30/500)*100%=6%, for the last 500m? Somebody tell me if I'm mistaken, thanks.
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 15-07-2009 14:47
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ember wrote:
Cavendish is definately the big favourite for today....The final kilometer isn't that hard.....The only excitement will be if Hushovd can manage second and hold on his green jersey
Hushovd needs 2nd today to keep it
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 15-07-2009 14:54
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looks to me like 6%
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| schleck93 |
Posted on 15-07-2009 14:58
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Ildabaoth wrote:
schleck93 wrote:
it's only 3%
I quite don't get it. Isn't it (30/500)*100%=6%, for the last 500m? Somebody tell me if I'm mistaken, thanks.
The danish comentators said that it was 3% for the last km.
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| Ildabaoth |
Posted on 15-07-2009 15:01
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schleck93 wrote:
Ildabaoth wrote:
schleck93 wrote:
it's only 3%
I quite don't get it. Isn't it (30/500)*100%=6%, for the last 500m? Somebody tell me if I'm mistaken, thanks.
The danish comentators said that it was 3% for the last km.
Yes, 3% for the last km, but 6% for the last 500 m. That's the important thing. Elsewhere we could say it's -0,3% for the last 5 km and conclude that it's a descending sprint.
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| ruben |
Posted on 15-07-2009 15:10
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Ildabaoth wrote:
schleck93 wrote:
it's only 3%
I quite don't get it. Isn't it (30/500)*100%=6%, for the last 500m? Somebody tell me if I'm mistaken, thanks.
It's definately 6%, maybe Danish commentators are bad calculators?
On google maps it's even 7% for 100m. |
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| Ildabaoth |
Posted on 15-07-2009 15:13
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Not bad calculators, Ruben. It's actually 3% for the last km, but that data is misleading because it's almost flat between -1km and -500m and then it's 6% for the last 500m. As I said, you can say, without being wrong, that the last 10 km are in average -0,34% , but that doesn't mean it is a slightly descending sprint.
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 15-07-2009 15:15
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the british commentators keep saying (and Sean Kelly) say the sprint shouldn't cause problems for people like Cavendish. It's not too bad.
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| ruben |
Posted on 15-07-2009 15:15
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I was talking about the last 500m... |
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| Ildabaoth |
Posted on 15-07-2009 15:25
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ruben wrote:
I was talking about the last 500m...
This is quite pointless, Ruben. You said perhaps Danish commentators were bad calculators, but I pointed out it wasn't the case; they talked about the last kilometer and it is true that it's about 3% ( (199-167/1000)*100%=3,2% ). But, as I also said, the average climb rate of the last kilometre is misleading because is during the last 500 that the road goes uphill, not before that.
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| ruben |
Posted on 15-07-2009 15:35
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I more or less assumed everyone already knew it was about the last 500m, sorry. |
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 15-07-2009 16:01
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I demand Freire win.. |
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| Ildabaoth |
Posted on 15-07-2009 16:12
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What's Columbia's idea? I don't think today's stage is suited to Cavendish.
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| stuartmcstuart |
Posted on 15-07-2009 16:12
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Guido Mukk wrote:
I demand Freire win..
He really messed up yesterday, I hope he starts collecting points soon or I'll lose my 'Daily Dollars... |
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 15-07-2009 16:13
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They still have Kirchen, Hincapie, and Eisel, all of whom could do well today, even if Cav can't handle the finish. |
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 15-07-2009 16:14
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I have to think Hushovd will have it today... |
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