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Tour de France 11: Stage 3: Olonne-Sur-Mer > Redon 198km
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| Immortal |
Posted on 04-07-2011 16:46
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Boonen managed to hold onto Petacchi's wheel.
Unfortunately for him, Petacchi came 161th. |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 04-07-2011 16:46
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Kirchen_75 wrote:
SportingNonsense wrote:
That final turn with the cofidis crash was the key. Thats what really caused Cavendish to lose position.
EBH gets squeezed and almost crashes, which forces Cav wide, Duque crashed, and a gap emerges for the first 5/6/7 riders
Indeed it wasn't over for Cav until then when he ran out wide and lost momentum.
By the way it was Dumoulin who crashed
Yeh, he went into that turn pretty much side by side with Rojas
Cavendish blames Romain Feillu
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| davincibomb |
Posted on 04-07-2011 16:47
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Guido Mukk wrote:
Poor Eisel..he is not popular guy at the HTC..falling yesterday..step off early today.
Martin should left a little for mountains also.
Cav was still realy fast at the end.
Garmin have theyr best GT ever so far
Eisel was once a very good sprinter. But he became older, and he concentrates more on the cubblestone races now. what a fail, that HTC chose him for the tour. |
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 04-07-2011 16:47
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Immortal wrote:
Boonen managed to hold onto Petacchi's wheel.
Unfortunately for him, Petacchi came 161th.
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| Lorkan |
Posted on 04-07-2011 16:48
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Yeh, he went into that turn pretty much side by side with Rojas
Cavendish blames Romain Feillu
Cavendish is a whiner... a super sprinter, but still a whiner... |
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 04-07-2011 16:48
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Kirchen_75 wrote:
SportingNonsense wrote:
That final turn with the cofidis crash was the key. Thats what really caused Cavendish to lose position.
EBH gets squeezed and almost crashes, which forces Cav wide, Duque crashed, and a gap emerges for the first 5/6/7 riders
Indeed it wasn't over for Cav until then when he ran out wide and lost momentum.
By the way it was Dumoulin who crashed
Yeh, he went into that turn pretty much side by side with Rojas
Cavendish blames Romain Feillu
Only takes 20 minutes for Cavendish to blame someone for failure.
Good to see he is quick enough on that front.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 04-07-2011 16:49
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Cavendish' words in short hand:
He chose to drop back from HTC, slotted in well, and went in to that last corner with Feillu on Left, Rojas on right, and Feillu forced his way onto Farrar's wheel and Cav had to take avoiding action.
He still actually managed to produce a very strong sprint in the end. His form is there.
The video does make it seem more like EBH caused Cav to move wide, but I think EBH might have been hindered by Feillu. That corner was certainly a squeeze to get on Farrar's wheel.
Edited by SportingNonsense on 04-07-2011 16:50
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 04-07-2011 16:52
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No luck at all for Sky today. Thomas done great lead-out but then on the corner Hagen and Swift lsot his wheel. Swift will prove himself though  |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 04-07-2011 16:54
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Well done Garmin. A deserved win for Farrar after great teamwork.
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| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 04-07-2011 16:54
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Cavendish' words in short hand:
He chose to drop back from HTC, slotted in well, and went in to that last corner with Feillu on Left, Rojas on right, and Feillu forced his way onto Farrar's wheel and Cav had to take avoiding action.
He still actually managed to produce a very strong sprint in the end. His form is there.
The video does make it seem more like EBH caused Cav to move wide, but I think EBH might have been hindered by Feillu. That corner was certainly a squeeze to get on Farrar's wheel.
Odd call to abandon from Renshaw's wheel, maybe it was too far out for Renshaw to lead him out.
It is a missed opportunity for Cav but there are plenty of sprint's to come. Wednesday Cap Frehel and Thursday Chateauroux. And his form and attitude are there to fight for both stage wins and points for maillot verde.
Edited by Kirchen_75 on 04-07-2011 16:55
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 04-07-2011 16:56
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Kirchen_75 wrote:
SportingNonsense wrote:
Cavendish' words in short hand:
He chose to drop back from HTC, slotted in well, and went in to that last corner with Feillu on Left, Rojas on right, and Feillu forced his way onto Farrar's wheel and Cav had to take avoiding action.
He still actually managed to produce a very strong sprint in the end. His form is there.
The video does make it seem more like EBH caused Cav to move wide, but I think EBH might have been hindered by Feillu. That corner was certainly a squeeze to get on Farrar's wheel.
Odd call to abandon from Renshaw's wheel, maybe it was too far out for Renshaw to lead him out.
It is a missed opportunity for Cav but there are plenty of sprint's to come. Wednesday Cap Frehel and Thursday Chateauroux. And his form and attitude are there to fight for both stage wins and points for maillot verde.
HTC simply ran out of riders. Only Goss and Renshaw left for Cav with 2km to go, sticking with Renshaw wouldnt have worked - it did actually make more sense to drop back and find a better wheel, i.e. Farrar, but that corner arguablly cost Cav victory.
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 04-07-2011 16:58
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Pellizotti2 wrote:
My prediction for today:
1. Farrar
2. Cavendish
3. Galimzyanov
4. Swift
5. Bozic
Quite happy with my prediction. 2/5 of the Top 5 riders, with Farrar on the right spot too. Galimzyanov was unfortunately blocked when Dumoulin crashed. Swift would have been up there if Sky's leadout hadn't splitted up.
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 04-07-2011 17:01
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Pellizotti2 wrote:
Pellizotti2 wrote:
My prediction for today:
1. Farrar
2. Cavendish
3. Galimzyanov
4. Swift
5. Bozic
Quite happy with my prediction. 2/5 of the Top 5 riders, with Farrar on the right spot too. Galimzyanov was unfortunately blocked when Dumoulin crashed. Swift would have been up there if Sky's leadout hadn't splitted up.
Butting Cavendish and Farrar inside tour top 5 is not quite strong oracle stuff |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 04-07-2011 17:05
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Apparantely Cavendish and Hushovd have been declassified from the intermediate sprint
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| hillis91 |
Posted on 04-07-2011 17:05
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Apparantely Cavendish and Hushovd have been declassified from the intermediate sprint
Both? 
What did Hushovd do? It was Cav that headbutted
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 04-07-2011 17:06
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Apparantely Cavendish and Hushovd have been declassified from the intermediate sprint
Even better for Farrar and (hopefully this year) Rojas.
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| Il Grillo |
Posted on 04-07-2011 17:07
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davincibomb wrote:
Guido Mukk wrote:
Poor Eisel..he is not popular guy at the HTC..falling yesterday..step off early today.
Martin should left a little for mountains also.
Cav was still realy fast at the end.
Garmin have theyr best GT ever so far
Eisel was once a very good sprinter. But he became older, and he concentrates more on the cubblestone races now. what a fail, that HTC chose him for the tour.
Eisel is still a strong rider, he is also capitaine de route for HTC its those guys you need in a 3 week race.
HTC simply started to early 15-10k to go, the speed was already really high with several team formating at the front and HTC had to invest to much to stay up the front. |
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 04-07-2011 17:08
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Apparantely Cavendish and Hushovd have been declassified from the intermediate sprint
Ok..drama continues |
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| hillis91 |
Posted on 04-07-2011 17:10
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Stupid descision by the race leaders. Stupid. None of them deserved to be disq!
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| Stijn_vranken |
Posted on 04-07-2011 17:11
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nice win by farrar!
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