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Tour de France, Stage 7 - Saturday, July 7th Tomblaine / La Planche des Belles Filles
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| Roman |
Posted on 07-07-2012 16:26
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Alakagom wrote:
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How? How can Rogers, Porte, Froome and Wiggins can be so good... suddenly this year.. 
Porte was undermined with Contador in team, he was always very good climber ( in my view ). Froome, well Vuelta 2011 already  Wiggins, well it began at 2009 and improved from 2011 onwards.
Rogers is the only one very much surprising this year.
Well, I know, but it's all incredible.. It's unbelievable to compare 2010 versions to versions 2012 of these 4 riders.. It's almost like they all were on a PCM mountain training camp.. 
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 07-07-2012 16:26
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Van den Broeck can still recover from his bad luck. Zubeldia's the best RadioShack for the second year in a row in the Tour so far, nobody believes in him.  |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 07-07-2012 16:26
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Lol, the graphic said "Karsten Kroon".
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| gotlandrules |
Posted on 07-07-2012 16:26
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valverde321 wrote:
Froome should be leader.
I really hope he didn't dope, because I like him the best on Team Sky, but I seriously have my doubts about Team Sky....
What was Garmin doing? Working hard, just to drop Martin?
I really hope more than those 4 can compete in the mountains, or it will be a boring tour.
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| jph27 |
Posted on 07-07-2012 16:26
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sutty68 wrote:
SportingNonsense wrote:
That was fun 
Really sucks for Van den Broeck - he looked strong. But everyone else just got Froome'd.
Impressed by Taaramae aswell
Fly the flag with pride 
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| johannes-w |
Posted on 07-07-2012 16:27
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So now cheering for 1. Taaramae great ride by him although he lost a little before the finish and 2. Nibali - great rider he is the best podium candidate now i think, hopefully he does a good tt |
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 07-07-2012 16:27
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What about Taaramae as well, massive surprise, perhaps more so than sky!
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 07-07-2012 16:28
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TheManxMissile wrote:
having 4 battle is better than 2 a la contador vs schleck, contador vs rasumssen, contador vs schleck again etc.
I will say it now with 100% confidence, there is no doping at Team Sky!!
I there is i would probably lose all faith in cycling and sport...
How can you say that with 100%? Did you see what they did? They didn't even crack when they dropped off after doing like 2 km each. Of course, I'm not saying they're doping, I don't think so, but you can't say they're not.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 07-07-2012 16:28
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baseballlover312 wrote:
Boring. Horrible.
The Sky train is horrible for cycling. Sorry Alakagom. It takes all the excitement out of it. Your not even surprised when a climber gets shed. It makes it the most boring thing ever. No tactical attacks. Just ride everyone away with your assembly line. I was disappointed by crashes. I'm disappointed by this. Worst Tour in recent years. And I doubt it will get better, judging by Dauphine. Not sure I'll watch it again.
I like the irony of this, from a big Armstrong fan, but also because of what happened in the Tour of California stage in your avatar!
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| issoisso |
Posted on 07-07-2012 16:28
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Roman wrote:
Alakagom wrote:
Roman wrote:
How? How can Rogers, Porte, Froome and Wiggins can be so good... suddenly this year..
Porte was undermined with Contador in team, he was always very good climber ( in my view ). Froome, well Vuelta 2011 already Wiggins, well it began at 2009 and improved from 2011 onwards.
Rogers is the only one very much surprising this year.
Well, I know, but it's all incredible.. It's unbelievable to compare 2010 versions to versions 2012 of these 4 riders.. It's almost like they all were on a PCM mountain training camp..
He was undermined by Contador. When he didn't have Contador his climbing was excellent, like....uhh....losing 4 to 6 minutes in every real mountain stage of the 2010 Giro.....uhm....
LOOK! A DISTRACTION!
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"I love him, I think he's great. He's transformed the sport in so many ways. Every person in cycling has benefitted from Lance Armstrong, perhaps not financially but in some sense" - Bradley Wiggins on Lance Armstrong
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 07-07-2012 16:29
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Froome in dots
There's no point slapping a schleck - Sean Kelly on "Who needs a slap"
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| issoisso |
Posted on 07-07-2012 16:29
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Pellizotti2 wrote:
Lol, the graphic said "Karsten Kroon".
I noticed
Kroon's looking so different these days
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"I love him, I think he's great. He's transformed the sport in so many ways. Every person in cycling has benefitted from Lance Armstrong, perhaps not financially but in some sense" - Bradley Wiggins on Lance Armstrong
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 07-07-2012 16:29
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baseballlover312 wrote:
TheManxMissile wrote:
I will say it now with 100% confidence, there is no doping at Team Sky!!
I there is i would probably lose all faith in cycling and sport...
How can you say that with 100%? Did you see what they did? They didn't even crack when they dropped off after doing like 2 km each. Of course, I'm not saying they're doping, I don't think so, but you can't say they're not.
I can, i have faith. I'm a fan, and i trust in their ability.
I sound like ive joined a cult.. the Cult of Team Sky, please subscribe
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 07-07-2012 16:30
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gotlandrules wrote:
valverde321 wrote:
Froome should be leader.
I really hope he didn't dope, because I like him the best on Team Sky, but I seriously have my doubts about Team Sky....
What was Garmin doing? Working hard, just to drop Martin?
I really hope more than those 4 can compete in the mountains, or it will be a boring tour.
I have the same feelings as you, hope they are clean since i like the team in general, but have some serious doubts.
Since when is Richie Porte World class? Wasn't he a time trialist and decent climber?
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| siwi |
Posted on 07-07-2012 16:30
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I hate Sky. I really do. Come on Evans/Nibali/all other than Sky. |
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 07-07-2012 16:30
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oh, and Taaramae in white.
There's no point slapping a schleck - Sean Kelly on "Who needs a slap"
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Posted on 07-07-2012 16:30
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Froome timetrialing in front of the whole bunch and then just crushing TdF 2011 winner to the line looks suspicious.
Sky fans give me the hate. Now.
Edited by Kirchen_75 on 07-07-2012 16:31
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 07-07-2012 16:31
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Didn't think I'd enjoy the UK Postal tactic, but I think that was pretty exciting. Much, much better than the Dauphiné mountain stage.
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| Andro |
Posted on 07-07-2012 16:31
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Oh well, not much else to do than root for Nibali now. |
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| I_Mayo |
Posted on 07-07-2012 16:32
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issoisso wrote:
Roman wrote:
Alakagom wrote:
Roman wrote:
How? How can Rogers, Porte, Froome and Wiggins can be so good... suddenly this year..
Porte was undermined with Contador in team, he was always very good climber ( in my view ). Froome, well Vuelta 2011 already Wiggins, well it began at 2009 and improved from 2011 onwards.
Rogers is the only one very much surprising this year.
Well, I know, but it's all incredible.. It's unbelievable to compare 2010 versions to versions 2012 of these 4 riders.. It's almost like they all were on a PCM mountain training camp..
He was undermined by Contador. When he didn't have Contador his climbing was excellent, like....uhh....losing 4 to 6 minutes in every real mountain stage of the 2010 Giro.....uhm....
LOOK! A DISTRACTION!
This. Well maybe not the pic. |
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