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TdF Route Discussion 2009
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| issoisso |
Posted on 22-10-2008 13:59
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Now that I've seen the profiles for the mountain stages, none of them are as hard as the queen stages of most years, and nowhere near the ones of the early 90s that I was referring to previously. |
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| ruben |
Posted on 22-10-2008 14:18
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Which is perfect for time trial specialist by the way. Go Dekker! |
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| Rin |
Posted on 22-10-2008 14:28
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I think that Tour is mmm....
The stage to Tarbes , looks to me like "We have to somehow build in the Col de Tourmalet"
If I would be a "stage" maker , I would make that stage flat and the next day I would go to the Central Massif and then to the Alps , so that the riders shouldn´t have to ride with the TGV to Paris a whole day |
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| Smitho |
Posted on 22-10-2008 14:45
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To be honest i can see a good descender / climber e.g samual sanchez g doing extremely well if he is in good shape. As this year he is not focusing on the olympics. I reckon he could get a top 3/5. Especially with there being to descents into the finish after big mountains!! |
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 22-10-2008 14:51
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That's highly unlikely, I think. After the descents, there's usually very long flat parts where he'll be catched by the peloton  |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 22-10-2008 15:21
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| Il Gladiatore |
Posted on 22-10-2008 15:38
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Only 3 finishes uphill, last year there where 5. I'm happy there's no timetrail on the day before Paris, but I must say i'm a bit disapointed. |
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| snoep_de_hond |
Posted on 22-10-2008 16:00
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I'm also a bit skeptic about the route. The prologue in Monaco, the return of the TTT and a mountain finish on the last Saturday all look interesting, but the rest of the route is a bit disappointing. Especially the 2nd and 3rd stage in the Pyrenees. |
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 22-10-2008 16:10
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I reckon that the stage to Bourg Saint Maurice looks perfect for armstrong to stach a stage victory if the tour is going badly. |
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| Hasselinhoo |
Posted on 22-10-2008 18:16
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the queen's stage is poor...last years at least there were 3 hc category climbs |
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| Niidirull |
Posted on 22-10-2008 18:36
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Seeing the route i'l be suprised if sanchez won't win a stage in the tdf. |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 22-10-2008 18:39
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except the mount ventoux one, i don't like the mountain stages
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| chuckie |
Posted on 22-10-2008 19:33
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The stregnth of the team will be especially important on those mountains.
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 22-10-2008 20:12
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Evans: "One word sums up the Tour route for me, 'interesting.' It's really going to draw out the general classification riders pretty early on so I'm going to have to be very attentive throughout the race. Just like this year, though, it could come down to the wire on Ventoux. It's going to be a very tiring race."
Evans was quick to place the tag of favourites and pressure onto his rivals at Team Astana
Exactly what isso said, basically  |
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| Shooting Star |
Posted on 22-10-2008 20:37
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Mads Kaggestad will win the TdF next year. Mark my words. |
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 22-10-2008 20:39
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That joke is too old now... |
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 22-10-2008 20:39
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omg can we leave the kaggestad stuff alone
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| ember |
Posted on 22-10-2008 20:42
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Shooting Star wrote:
Mads Kaggestad will win the TdF next year. Mark my words.
Marked..
I'm also disappointed of the mountain stages, why do they put all the H.C in the middle of the stages and not on the end? |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 22-10-2008 20:47
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Shooting Star wrote:
Mads Kaggestad will win the TdF next year. Mark my words.
I will give you all my virtual betting money if you please for the love of god stop making that stale joke.
Please. |
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| Shooting Star |
Posted on 22-10-2008 20:54
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Uh, maybe I'm missing something here, but I've never made other jokes about Mads Kaggestad nor have I seen any on this forum. Why did everyone get so pissed off? Has an other guy used it?
Edited by Shooting Star on 22-10-2008 20:55
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