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Tour de France, Stage 7 - Saturday, July 7th Tomblaine / La Planche des Belles Filles
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 07-07-2012 16:44
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I might back down here, i am incredibly biased...
But i can get excited and carried away
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 07-07-2012 16:45
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jph27 wrote:
issoisso wrote:
LOL the cyclingnews forum crashed under an avalanche of fanboys registering to post 
I do like your posts in the Clinic, just biting my tongue for now.
Whilst the clinic is a good idea for a forum, it is everything that is wrong with the CN news forum.
Doping discussion is good; when claims are founded, when a rider puts in a good performance, more often than not that get a post in the clinic. If we watch cycling with a cynical eye, we will never enjoy it. Enjoy the racing, then if the issues come up later, tackle them then.
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Posted on 07-07-2012 16:45
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jph27 wrote:
issoisso wrote:
LOL the cyclingnews forum crashed under an avalanche of fanboys registering to post
I do like your posts in the Clinic, just biting my tongue for now.
Oh it would be the same in an italian forum if it was Liquigas doing this, or a spanish forum if Movistar were doing it.
I just thought it was funny that with CN.com's resources they can't prepare the server to handle a load that can't possibly be all that high
The preceding post is ISSO 9001 certified
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Posted on 07-07-2012 16:45
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Chris Froome up into ninth place  |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 07-07-2012 16:46
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doddy13 wrote:
jph27 wrote:
issoisso wrote:
LOL the cyclingnews forum crashed under an avalanche of fanboys registering to post
I do like your posts in the Clinic, just biting my tongue for now.
Whilst the clinic is a good idea for a forum, it is everything that is wrong with the CN news forum.
Doping discussion is good; when claims are founded, when a rider puts in a good performance, more often than not that get a post in the clinic. If we watch cycling with a cynical eye, we will never enjoy it. Enjoy the racing, then if the issues come up later, tackle them then.
A very fair comment doddy, very fair indeed  |
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 07-07-2012 16:47
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valverde321 wrote:
One thing is Team Sky suspiciously dominating.
Another thing is the "Sky Fans" over-rating all the riders, saying that these guys have been this good their whole life. In all honesty, most of these guys are coming from years of anonymity.
TBH though they all have shown they could have been capable of this in the past
Rogers with his 3 ITT Worlds
Porte with his white Jersey
Wiggins is the one who mostly came from nowhere in 2009 as he did not have much climbing experience
Froome on the other hand was always known since back in 2006(someone may correct me on the year) when he was leading a UCI Nations Cup stage-race only to fall on the last stage and lose the jersey before the year after for Barloworld attacking over the top of a big mountain on the tour and finishing 14th in the last stage TT he then had a decent year in 2008 before getting Biharzia for two seasons and only coming back in the middle of last year. |
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| fickman |
Posted on 07-07-2012 16:50
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BORING!!!!!!!! Another Mountain Team Time Trial and there are 2 ITT to come and the Mountain Team Time Trial in Oirineos and the Alpes. Boring TDF ever.
Sky is way too srong, evereyone else besides Evans and Nivali shold go home and try to race Vuelta. |
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Posted on 07-07-2012 16:51
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VDB rode great to only lose 1"52 in the end such a shame really:/ |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 07-07-2012 16:52
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jt1109 wrote:
valverde321 wrote:
One thing is Team Sky suspiciously dominating.
Another thing is the "Sky Fans" over-rating all the riders, saying that these guys have been this good their whole life. In all honesty, most of these guys are coming from years of anonymity.
TBH though they all have shown they could have been capable of this in the past
Rogers with his 3 ITT Worlds
Porte with his white Jersey
Wiggins is the one who mostly came from nowhere in 2009 as he did not have much climbing experience
Froome on the other hand was always known since back in 2006(someone may correct me on the year) when he was leading a UCI Nations Cup stage-race only to fall on the last stage and lose the jersey before the year after for Barloworld attacking over the top of a big mountain on the tour and finishing 14th in the last stage TT he then had a decent year in 2008 before getting Biharzia for two seasons and only coming back in the middle of last year.
Rogers = ITT/ mountain? Ummm no.
Froome = Had never shown anything before the Vuelta
Porte = decent, but young rider put in by a break, lost time all the time.
Wiggins = Obviously good with 4th in 2009. But dominating all stage races now and beating the like of Nibali, stayed with Evans easily.
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| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 07-07-2012 16:52
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valverde321 wrote:
One thing is Team Sky suspiciously dominating.
Another thing is the "Sky Fans" over-rating all the riders, saying that these guys have been this good their whole life. In all honesty, most of these guys are coming from years of anonymity.
This is going to be a looooong Tour, if Sky keep winning.
I honestly prefer Contador vs. Schleck to this.
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| kumazan |
Posted on 07-07-2012 16:52
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issoisso wrote:
LOL the cyclingnews forum crashed under an avalanche of fanboys registering to post
Maybe they took it down on purpose to avoid the shitstorm. 
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| Johan92 |
Posted on 07-07-2012 16:52
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TBH though they all have shown they could have been capable of this in the past
Rogers with his 3 ITT Worlds
Porte with his white Jersey
Wiggins is the one who mostly came from nowhere in 2009 as he did not have much climbing experience
Froome on the other hand was always known since back in 2006(someone may correct me on the year) when he was leading a UCI Nations Cup stage-race only to fall on the last stage and lose the jersey before the year after for Barloworld attacking over the top of a big mountain on the tour and finishing 14th in the last stage TT he then had a decent year in 2008 before getting Biharzia for two seasons and only coming back in the middle of last year.
If past is Vuelta 11 and Dauphine 12.
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| ruben |
Posted on 07-07-2012 16:54
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Yeah it's horrible now sky fans are going to think they destroyed every contender. Not regarding the 90% out due to fall and another 10% out due to bad preparation (sanchez etc)
Basically all Sky had to do is drop Nibali, Menchov and JvdB. JvdB flatted, Menchov wasn't good enough and Nibali was there until 200m.
The rest was never a factor due to yesterday or before the tour |
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| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 07-07-2012 16:56
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I thought Frank Schleck rode amazingly (after he realised Klodi is dropped)
finished 12th +1' 09'' |
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| markene2 |
Posted on 07-07-2012 16:57
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Lol at people saying they shown what they where capable of. Rogers showed he was a very good ITT rider in the T-Mobile time, T-Mobile was filled with drugs. But he is climbing better now than ever. Froome popped out of nowhere at the Vuelta. Porte is a decent climber at most, he won the Youth classification at the Giro, when he was in the break, where almost all favorites lost a BIG ammount of time.
And now they are doing what US Postal was doing, out of nowhere.
Flashback from todays stage
Venga Vino
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 07-07-2012 16:58
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markene2 wrote:
Lol at people saying they shown what they where capable of. Rogers showed he was a very good ITT rider in the T-Mobile time, T-Mobile was filled with drugs. But he is climbing better now than ever. Froome popped out of nowhere at the Vuelta. Porte is a decent climber at most, he won the Youth classification at the Giro, when he was in the break, where almost all favorites lost a BIG ammount of time.
And now they are doing what US Postal was doing, out of nowhere.
Flashback from todays stage
Uphill?
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 07-07-2012 16:58
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baseballlover312 wrote:
Rogers = ITT/ mountain? Ummm no.
Froome = Had never shown anything before the Vuelta
Porte = decent, but young rider put in by a break, lost time all the time.
Wiggins = Obviously good with 4th in 2009. But dominating all stage races now and beating the like of Nibali, stayed with Evans easily.
Johan92 wrote: If past is Vuelta 11 and Dauphine 12.
Rogers was 9th in the tour
Porte was 7th in the giro and top 20 every mountain stage that year in his first year as a pro
Froome : Is the once who was injured for 2 years with Biharzia so results from 2009-2011 are all affcted by this
Wiggins : As i said is to me the most likely as to my knowledge before 2009 he had never shown anything on mountains for 8 years as a pro. |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 07-07-2012 16:59
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ruben wrote:
Yeah it's horrible now sky fans are going to think they destroyed every contender. Not regarding the 90% out due to fall and another 10% out due to bad preparation (sanchez etc)
Basically all Sky had to do is drop Nibali, Menchov and JvdB. JvdB flatted, Menchov wasn't good enough and Nibali was there until 200m.
The rest was never a factor due to yesterday or before the tour
The thing is. In such steep finish Evans ( biggest contender ) was expected to take some time on Wiggins. Evans who on Fleche Wallone, could't drop Wiggins who is not a great climber on very steep gradients...
Did he take any ?
Today was perfect for Sky. Wiggins wins this in TT and doesn't drop time in mountains ( that's how they see it planned to win Tour ). They achieved that today.
Still long way to go and everything can happen. Crashes, Wiggins can blow somewhere etc.
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| Riis123 |
Posted on 07-07-2012 16:59
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ruben wrote:
Yeah it's horrible now sky fans are going to think they destroyed every contender. Not regarding the 90% out due to fall and another 10% out due to bad preparation (sanchez etc)
Basically all Sky had to do is drop Nibali, Menchov and JvdB. JvdB flatted, Menchov wasn't good enough and Nibali was there until 200m.
The rest was never a factor due to yesterday or before the tour
I have to agree. Still, it was a very decent stage taking the fact that early mountain stages have been shit for the last 5 years or so. Maybe the alps in 2010 as the only exception. As a Valverde-fan and in generel fan of spanish riders it's bad, but looking past that i thought it was exciting.
Given the circumstances, tomorrow will be extremely interesting. Really looking forward to it. And i don't remember who thought Dan Martin could win today, but I think we after all can agree that their tactics today was a bit optimistic. |
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 07-07-2012 17:00
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Kirchen_75 wrote:
I thought Frank Schleck rode amazingly (after he realised Klodi is dropped)
finished 12th +1' 09''
Did you see him attack once he realised Cance was catching him haha like someone shoved a rocket up his arse. |
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