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Saturday, June 30 - Tour de France, Prologue: Liege - Liege, 6,4 km
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| felix_29 |
Posted on 30-06-2012 18:48
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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.
You know that they don´t put 10+ bars on the tires as some years ago? Even 9 bars are unusual nowadays, so now way Martin had a too high tire pressure.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 30-06-2012 21:23
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Froome rode the prologue with nose plugs in. Probably didnt help
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 30-06-2012 21:44
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so it has started. The best is back and took prologue win. |
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| kumazan |
Posted on 30-06-2012 22:03
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Froome rode the prologue with nose plugs in. Probably didnt help
So much for the marginal gains team. Although maybe that's what they have to do to avoid him to beat Wiggins again. 
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| jsh312mufc |
Posted on 30-06-2012 22:05
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kumazan wrote:
SportingNonsense wrote:
Froome rode the prologue with nose plugs in. Probably didnt help
So much for the marginal gains team. Although maybe that's what they have to do to avoid him to beat Wiggins again.
wouldn't surprise me |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 30-06-2012 22:34
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Someone mentioned Engoulvent for a good result here, finished outside the top-100. |
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| pcm2009fan |
Posted on 30-06-2012 23:30
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Wow almost forgot about the tour today what with EURO, bank accounts and job applications.. thanks to my little sister of all people for reminding me.
I was tipping Gerraint Thomas for the win today only to unhelpfully find out he wasn't even here. My sister correctly chose Cancellara as winner (since when did she even know the difference between a climber and a sprinter..?)
So... Wiggo looked undeniably promising, disappointed with Sanchez, happy just to see Valverde back, Menchov looked (worryingly) good, Martin was unlucky (but he will have later chances to impress) and for a small-ish lad Chavanel rode his heart out.
See you all tommorow |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 30-06-2012 23:47
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FreitasPCM wrote:
Someone mentioned Engoulvent for a good result here, finished outside the top-100.
I did wonder why some were thinking he could do well. Clearly they were miles out!
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| fickman |
Posted on 01-07-2012 00:35
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If Wiggins doesnt have a lot of bad luck, he is going to crush them all.
I can see a Podium like this:
1. Wiggins
2. Menchov + 2:00
3. Evans + 3:00 |
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| fernando97 |
Posted on 01-07-2012 01:20
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fickman wrote:
If Wiggins doesnt have a lot of bad luck, he is going to crush them all.
I can see a Podium like this:
1. Wiggins
2. Menchov + 2:00
3. Evans + 3:00
This prediction is just a little bit too drastic, don't you think? He is not that much better... (if he's better) |
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| ruben |
Posted on 01-07-2012 01:21
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Oh god the Sky fans are unbearable already.
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| CountArach |
Posted on 01-07-2012 01:53
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ruben wrote:
Oh god the Sky fans are unbearable already.
Spot on. It is a long 3 weeks.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 01-07-2012 08:42
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SportingNonsense wrote:
FreitasPCM wrote:
Someone mentioned Engoulvent for a good result here, finished outside the top-100.
I did wonder why some were thinking he could do well. Clearly they were miles out!
You can't always know in cycling, it's a hard sport to predict.
I still think Engoulvent is a pretty decent prologue-rider.
Though clearly, he didn't show any of that yesterday. |
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| kumazan |
Posted on 01-07-2012 09:49
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FreitasPCM wrote:
Someone mentioned Engoulvent for a good result here, finished outside the top-100.
Yeah. They should have the Grand Départ in Luxembourg one day, then Engoulvent would surely make the top 5.
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