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TdF'13 Stage 19 - Bourg-d'Oisans to Le Grand-Bornand (July 19)
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| Tjoertszc |
Posted on 19-07-2013 21:58
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Just got back home, and I must say I am thrilled to see Svein Tuft finishing with the gruppetto. Crashed and dropped early, but shows true fighting spirit to finish his debut Tour. |
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| ruben |
Posted on 19-07-2013 22:34
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Mollema with the best 10 of the GC men today. Miracles do happen. |
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 19-07-2013 22:37
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Good he could continue and is back to form. He'll have to watch out for Fuglsang though tommorrow. But atleast 7th is already secured unless he crashes
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| fickman |
Posted on 19-07-2013 22:37
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Daggen wrote:
Anyone who saw a kid in glasses on the Col de l'Epin today? 
Would u mind posting the pictures??? |
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| ruben |
Posted on 19-07-2013 22:38
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I_Mayo wrote:
Guido Mukk wrote:
Mollema still there? And he should be sick
Considering the fact that it is Rabobank, that "should" should be interpreted as most likely not. jesus christ you people are sour
Mollema was lucky they didn't race on the first climbs, which gave him the chance to recover during the stage. Otherwise he'd be finished. I'm very glad they did take it easy though. |
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| ruben |
Posted on 19-07-2013 22:40
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Also re:Costa top 5. Well no, he did have some TERRIBLE days in the mountains as well. I mean really terrible. And it's not like he worked much those days. He was simply not good. Inconsistent.
But obviously on good days he's one of the strongest |
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| ruben |
Posted on 19-07-2013 22:43
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Spilak23 wrote:
Good he could continue and is back to form. He'll have to watch out for Fuglsang though tommorrow. But atleast 7th is already secured unless he crashes Fugslang looks way fitter so yeah. Good chance. Fugslang already had his bad days on the first ITT and Ax-3 |
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| Jeremy |
Posted on 19-07-2013 23:30
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ruben wrote:
Also re:Costa top 5. Well no, he did have some TERRIBLE days in the mountains as well. I mean really terrible. And it's not like he worked much those days. He was simply not good. Inconsistent.
But obviously on good days he's one of the strongest
Yeah he's not a GT guy. Valverde's flat was the best thing that could have happened to Rui. I doubt he'd even make top 10... one terrible day would be enough. |
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| ianrussell |
Posted on 20-07-2013 09:07
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dienblad wrote:
ianrussell wrote:
Not that long a climb but excellent performance at the end of a tough stage and from the break too. No wonder he had a minute by the summit.
To annoy all the Costa & Movistar fans: after being in the attack this long today, 3 days after being in another one, and still have this speed up the final climb? He's even more doped than Froome! At least Froome showed being a kind of human the last 2 days....
And if not for the given time gaps in all the hilly-mountain-TT stages, than Kittel would still be in yellow..... 
It's not a crazy number and I'd warn against picking a number from one climb and declaring it naturally impossible anyway. Factors to take into account are he saved energy in an unusually big break for much of the stage, it wasn't that long a last climb and I believe there was a tail wind up that climb too.
Clearly he rode it well as he gapped the chase by some margin. Of course he may be doped just like any other rider but this one number on one climb doesn't prove anything to me other than that was a solid performance. |
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