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Le Tour 09: Stage 4: Montpellier - Montpellier 39km (TTT)
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| Waghlon |
Posted on 06-07-2009 21:58
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What if both groups only end up with four riders? That would be hilarious 
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| KurtinSC |
Posted on 06-07-2009 22:04
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Kloden solo's to win of the stage and yellow jersey.
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Posted on 06-07-2009 22:05
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Inferio wrote:
luckyman1 wrote:
1. Garmin
2. Saxo Bank
3. Columbia
Riis should just tie all the bikes together and keep Cancellara on the front
Anyway, Fabian will still be in yellow after tomorrow
No Top3 for Astana after having 4 riders in Top10 in 1st stage?
It's more hope than expectation 
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| issoisso |
Posted on 06-07-2009 22:12
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I will be so glad when the Tour is over and I don't have to hear about Armstrong and Contador every three seconds and can instead talk about real cycling. |
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 06-07-2009 22:14
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issoisso wrote:
I will be so glad when the Tour is over and I don't have to hear about Armstrong and Contador every three seconds and can instead talk about real cycling.
If that first name winning this race..you need to learn to be fan for some other sport...I going after cricket (don't know a thing about that game) |
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| schleck93 |
Posted on 06-07-2009 22:46
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No not cricket, they have indians all over the place!
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| lagetcher |
Posted on 06-07-2009 23:01
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Follow Cricket! Great sport B) |
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Posted on 06-07-2009 23:06
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Only brits and Indians will ever know how to love that sport
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Thor wears a live rattlesnake as a condom.
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| ladagnous |
Posted on 06-07-2009 23:39
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btw denmark as a decent cricket team, so not only indian and english play the game
Ladagnous won Tropicale cycliste Amissa Bongo  |
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 06-07-2009 23:48
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As a South African I disagree but out of interest has anyone realised how similar Armstrong and Warne are?
 [url=www.pcmdaily.com/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=33182] Team Santander Media Thread[/url]
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 07-07-2009 08:18
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How did we turn the discussion from a TTT in Tour de France to cricket?  |
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| socka |
Posted on 07-07-2009 08:45
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back on topic
LA said on twitter he doesnt expect to beat saxo by 41 seconds,i think cancellara will hold to his jersey,which is good for astana,they dont have to work till friday |
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| mrlol |
Posted on 07-07-2009 08:56
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socka wrote:
back on topic
LA said on twitter he doesnt expect to beat saxo by 41 seconds,i think cancellara will hold to his jersey,which is good for astana,they dont have to work till friday
my newspaper said the reason for popo and zubeldia to work yesterday was that cancellara was there, so if they worked, he'd get a bigger lead(presumably on contador) and astana wouldnt have to chase too much because they wouldnt get the jersey now in the TTT. |
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 07-07-2009 10:52
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issoisso wrote:
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sure isso but with a 40km long TTT I think it'll come down too more than that.
A. Why? You basically just said "you're wrong" and nothing else
B. 38kms is pretty short for a Tour de France TTT
65-70 kms would be average.
100kms would be a slightly long one.
I was counting stamina as a decisive factor, but it seems my assumption of a 40km TTT being long is wrong, so Columbia probably shouldn't be discounted so easiily after all, as you said earlier
Anyway GO Fabian
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| Biathlon |
Posted on 07-07-2009 12:11
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Goo Astana!! Lance in Yellow after todays stage!
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Posted on 07-07-2009 12:12
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Whats the weather like in the area?? |
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| Bosskardo |
Posted on 07-07-2009 12:22
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yahoo says sunny, no clouds
and from BBC:
# Sunny
# Max: 31°C 88°F
# Wind: WNW 9mph
# Hum: 26%
# Press: 1011mB
# Vis: Very good
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| KurtinSC |
Posted on 07-07-2009 12:37
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socka wrote:
back on topic
LA said on twitter he doesnt expect to beat saxo by 41 seconds,i think cancellara will hold to his jersey,which is good for astana,they dont have to work till friday
While he may not expect to win by 41 seconds... you can bet he's hoping they will.
I think Armstrong knows he's not going to be able to hang with Contador in the mountains. I think he expected to be in front of Contador after the prologue and get the yellow today.
Now that he's back ahead of Contador, I think that's still his goal. He knows he won't finish in the yellow... but he'll view it as a success if he can wear yellow for a couple of days.
This is his ONLY chance to do that. |
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| Smowz |
Posted on 07-07-2009 12:56
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When you look at the opening stages - it seems clear that a lot of teams do not wish to chase at all early on in the tour (and with Cavendish in this form who can blame them!).
This starts to put pressure on teams as to whether they wish to grab the lead early at all. There is no doubt that all teams will go all out in todays Time trial.
Astana with their supersquad anything but 1st place would be a disappointment - my opinion is that only Garmin and Columbia can beat them. Teams like Saxobank, Liquigas, Cervelo, Quickstep, Rabobank , Katusha and Caisse d'espaigne can all produce good TTTs, they will try and get as close as they can.
I really fear for the silence-lotto squad who may undo Cadel Evans somewhat after his useful opening TT and obvious great prep. They have been advantaged in the last couple of years with no TTT, for Evans to lose anything above a minute on Astana would be bad for him.
I think Saxo will hold on to the jersey and then maybe relinquish it either tomorrow or more like thursday. In fact Thursday (a day that doesn't suit Cav) could be a day for a big gain - this means that some team (french or Skil or someone like that or god forbid another random Columbia rider!) can control until the alps when the real TdF will explode into life! |
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| Biathlon |
Posted on 07-07-2009 13:21
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It's windy and If Cance goes 100% it will split for Saxo Bank and F.Schleck will drop and it's all over And Lance gets yellow
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