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Le Tour de France 2014 - Stage 10 - Mulhouse - La Planche des Belles Filles
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 14-07-2014 15:05
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wackojackohighcliffe wrote:
Who's gonna challenge Nibbles now?
Porte is the only guy at the moment who can come close to something that's called "challenging Nibali", but that's still far from the real battle. Vincenzo just has to ride carefully until the end and he'll win this.
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| atlanta |
Posted on 14-07-2014 15:05
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Just 1 favourite was bad enough but 2? This is a joke |
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 14-07-2014 15:06
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Oh shit, Tour is pretty much over GC wise. Shame to see this. 
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| deek12345 |
Posted on 14-07-2014 15:06
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Porte vs nibbles then |
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| CountArach |
Posted on 14-07-2014 15:06
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Shonak wrote:
So, CountArach and Aquarius won now? Tour was promised to be something special, seems to be all gone by now.
Nibbles was a Ferrari client so you know... not quite.
Now for a bit of dark humour:
Edited by CountArach on 14-07-2014 15:06
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 14-07-2014 15:06
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Geraint Thomas TdF podium 2014. You heard it here first 
Spoiler Ah the wonders of marginal gains 
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| ryant |
Posted on 14-07-2014 15:06
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Well to win the Tour you have to be lucky with crashes etc and Nibbles has done just that, you cant just say he is an undeserved winner as he's proved he was in great form and would have likely won anyway, even without Contador's crash/abandon :/
Such a shame though, I have to say
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| Jacdk |
Posted on 14-07-2014 15:06
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Stromeon wrote:
jihardy wrote:
This is set to be a crap Tour De France, it will be an undeserved win for whoever wins
Sorry what? Trolling or actually serious? 
Actually he is 100% right.
Who ever wins didn´t win because they were the best, they will win because they were just lucky enough to be apart of the race when the biggest favorites left the tour do to crashes. |
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| Smoku |
Posted on 14-07-2014 15:07
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Nin1388 wrote:
Now its upto Nibali to lose this. Though it may look like it's over, this year's been crazy enough... I just hope that everyone will be ok |
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| Roextro |
Posted on 14-07-2014 15:08
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I_Mayo wrote:
jihardy wrote:
This is set to be a crap Tour De France, it will be an undeserved win for whoever wins
Second idiotic post in a row? How (if of course he wins) Nibali would be undeserved winner. Giro and Vuelta winner who has had the absolutely best TdF performance so far, no matter if Froome's and Contador's hadn't crashed.
I think I put out the wrong statement, I meant that this tour will become significantly easier for the eventual winner |
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| Jacdk |
Posted on 14-07-2014 15:08
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ryant wrote:
Well to win the Tour you have to be lucky with crashes etc and Nibbles has done just that, you cant just say he is an undeserved winner as he's proved he was in great form and would have likely won anyway, even without Contador's crash/abandon :/
Such a shame though, I have to say
Of course Nibali wouldn´t have won, the race yesterday showed that Contador was in better form and Nibali would have been destroyed today. |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 14-07-2014 15:08
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I_Mayo wrote:
jihardy wrote:
This is set to be a crap Tour De France, it will be an undeserved win for whoever wins
Second idiotic post in a row? How (if of course he wins) Nibali would be undeserved winner. Giro and Vuelta winner who has had the absolutely best TdF performance so far, no matter if Froome's and Contador's hadn't crashed.
No matter what, this will always be remebered like this.
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 14-07-2014 15:08
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Jacdk wrote:
Stromeon wrote:
jihardy wrote:
This is set to be a crap Tour De France, it will be an undeserved win for whoever wins
Sorry what? Trolling or actually serious?
Actually he is 100% right.
Who ever wins didn´t win because they were the best, they will win because they were just lucky enough to be apart of the race when the biggest favorites left the tour do to crashes.
Lucky? Yes.
Undeserved? No.
Two completely separate things...
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| atlanta |
Posted on 14-07-2014 15:09
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Metriz- wrote:
atlanta wrote:
Richie Porte is gna win Le TDF
If Porte wins this year, does that mean Kennaugh wins next year like all the sky haters talked about last years tour?
Porte would not be a shock though i don't think. Porte has been 3rd best climber since last year. He just had no consisteny.
Wow just realised Kwait is in break. How did he bridge to that?. |
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| jph27 |
Posted on 14-07-2014 15:09
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Well, we might at least get a Frenchman on the podium now. |
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| gotlandrules |
Posted on 14-07-2014 15:09
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Jacdk wrote:
Stromeon wrote:
jihardy wrote:
This is set to be a crap Tour De France, it will be an undeserved win for whoever wins
Sorry what? Trolling or actually serious?
Actually he is 100% right.
Who ever wins didn´t win because they were the best, they will win because they were just lucky enough to be apart of the race when the biggest favorites left the tour do to crashes.
Staying on the bike is a part of cycling, crashed happen. Nibali couldnt have won even without the crashed so i fail to see how it would beUndeserved.. |
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| dark_x2012 |
Posted on 14-07-2014 15:09
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If only Astana didn't set up the tempo and left him return. He wouldn't have abandoned, would have lost some time and nobody wouldn't say he didn't deserve his upcoming win. But now even some of his fans would say he wouldn't have beaten Froome and Contador in a fair battle. |
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| Shonak |
Posted on 14-07-2014 15:09
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Metriz- wrote:
atlanta wrote:
Richie Porte is gna win Le TDF
If Porte wins this year, does that mean Kennaugh wins next year like all the sky haters talked about last years tour?
At least that would mean that a guy (Kennaugh) wins le Tour that I like - which hasn't happened in some time.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| ryant |
Posted on 14-07-2014 15:09
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Jacdk wrote:
ryant wrote:
Well to win the Tour you have to be lucky with crashes etc and Nibbles has done just that, you cant just say he is an undeserved winner as he's proved he was in great form and would have likely won anyway, even without Contador's crash/abandon :/
Such a shame though, I have to say
Of course Nibali wouldn´t have won, the race yesterday showed that Contador was in better form and Nibali would have been destroyed today.
Yes of course, he'd have lost 15 mins by now by your standards, Contador would be lucky to get 30 seconds here and there... 
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 14-07-2014 15:10
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Stromeon wrote:
Geraint Thomas TdF podium 2014. You heard it here first
Spoiler Ah the wonders of marginal gains
Change this to 2015 and you won't be far off. His focus is changing now. Paris Nice showed him he's capable of that.
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