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Saturday, June 30 - Tour de France, Prologue: Liege - Liege, 6,4 km
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 30-06-2012 16:45
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Menchov will be scary, judging by today. Wouldn't mind seeing him on the podium in Paris. 
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 30-06-2012 16:49
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Spartacus, excellent!
Menchov's done a good job, Wiggins even better.
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 30-06-2012 16:50
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Well, that was rather predicatable, but enjoyable all the same.
Wiggins seems to be in decent form, Hesjedal doing very well too. Could be a very close Tour.
There's no point slapping a schleck - Sean Kelly on "Who needs a slap"
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| ruben |
Posted on 30-06-2012 16:51
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Very small differences between the favorites. Only a few really dropped the ball like F Schleck, Valverde, Sanchez and Cobo
Non-prologue riders like Dan Martin, Gesink, Van den Broeck lost very little time to most of the other contenders. Only Wiggins and Menchov get more than 10 seconds on them.
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| Schleck96 |
Posted on 30-06-2012 16:52
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This Weekend i'm out so I didn't have the opportunity to follow the stage. I only saw Gilbert a little bit and he looked pretty good. I even said to my stepfather that a Top10 could be his result. Not so far I guess. It's great to see RSNT in yellow  |
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 30-06-2012 16:53
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Nibali was surprisingly strong, AS I PREDICTED
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| Riis123 |
Posted on 30-06-2012 17:00
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fcancellara wrote:
Nibali was surprisingly strong, AS I PREDICTED
Indeed he was. It's obviously a little early too say, but after this prologue I am pretty convinced that he will make the podium as many as my bets also suggests before the start of the Tour. I would love to see Nibali contend for the GC in the end.
Edited by Riis123 on 30-06-2012 17:00
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 30-06-2012 17:42
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Smowz wrote:
| Wiggins | | | Menchov | a 6 | | Evans | a 10 | | Nibali | a 11 | | Hesjedal | a 11 | | Gesink | a 19 | | Van den Broeck | a 21 | | Leipheimer | a 21 | | Valverde | a 28 | | Schleck | a 31 | | Sanchez | a 33 |
Sorry in advance to Avin for not including Velits or Sagan in this table 
I get it with Sagan but you will be sorry soon for not including Velits
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| cio93 |
Posted on 30-06-2012 17:49
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That f***king streak of bad luck for German athletes isn't going to end, huh?
*really, really, REALLY pissed...*
(pretty good ride by Gretsch, though)
Edited by cio93 on 30-06-2012 17:50
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 30-06-2012 18:08
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Bad luck ? They put the maximal pressure and even a little more in the tires, to increase its output. That didn't puncture Martin's tire, but that increased the probability of such a thing happening. |
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| jokovic |
Posted on 30-06-2012 18:15
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Aquarius wrote:
Bad luck ? They put the maximal pressure and even a little more in the tires, to increase its output. That didn't puncture Martin's tire, but that increased the probability of such a thing happening.
still it is bad luck..
some other riders also put maximal pressure to increase its ouput but they didnt had a flat tire. |
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| cio93 |
Posted on 30-06-2012 18:16
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Don't take my numbers too seriously as I'm by no means a technical expert, but on 7k, that's like an increase of probability from 1% to 5%, 10% at the very most.
1/10 or even 1/20 isn't bad luck?
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 30-06-2012 18:17
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Wiggins rode a near perfect prologue, but what can you do when Cancellara is on fire like that 
Hats off to Fabian, totally awesome display |
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| Schleck96 |
Posted on 30-06-2012 18:19
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I wonder if in long TT's, Fabian will be able to dominate the opponents. |
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| jokovic |
Posted on 30-06-2012 18:23
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sutty68 wrote:
Wiggins rode a near perfect prologue, but what can you do when Cancellara is on fire like that
Hats off to Fabian, totally awesome display
In my opinion i think he didnt find his rythm in the beginning but a very strong second part (The last 3 km) |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 30-06-2012 18:32
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jokovic wrote:
sutty68 wrote:
Wiggins rode a near perfect prologue, but what can you do when Cancellara is on fire like that
Hats off to Fabian, totally awesome display
In my opinion i think he didnt find his rythm in the beginning but a very strong second part (The last 3 km)
I agree, his second part was Wiggins as he should be, first part was a bit lost.
Though Fabian would've killed him anyway |
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 30-06-2012 18:32
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cio93 wrote:
Don't take my numbers too seriously as I'm by no means a technical expert, but on 7k, that's like an increase of probability from 1% to 5%, 10% at the very most.
1/10 or even 1/20 isn't bad luck?
I mean the more you're playing with limits, the most likely you are to have an "accident". Which is what happened. It's still bad luck, but it was probably avoidable. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 30-06-2012 18:35
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I loved Sagan's move that kept him on his feet, stylish way of taking risks! |
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 30-06-2012 18:36
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Ian Butler wrote:
jokovic wrote:
sutty68 wrote:
Wiggins rode a near perfect prologue, but what can you do when Cancellara is on fire like that
Hats off to Fabian, totally awesome display
In my opinion i think he didnt find his rythm in the beginning but a very strong second part (The last 3 km)
I agree, his second part was Wiggins as he should be, first part was a bit lost.
Though Fabian would've killed him anyway
The second part had much less dangerous curves. As a G.C. favourite, Wiggo couldn't afford taking much risks there. On the second part he just had to deliver, which he did. I don't think he was lost in the first part, just careful. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 30-06-2012 18:41
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That could also be true. These facts remain: Cancellara is Spartacus, Wiggins is on the form of his life. |
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