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Tour de France: Prologue - Rotterdam
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| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 03-07-2010 16:00
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i was talking about Martin's time lol... |
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Posted on 24-11-2024 16:39
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| Wyman |
Posted on 03-07-2010 16:01
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Wow... +21 at split :S
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| lagetcher |
Posted on 03-07-2010 16:06
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I've heard it started to rain heavily just as Wiggins started. Don't know if it's correct though with no live coverage yet.
Edited by lagetcher on 03-07-2010 16:06
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 03-07-2010 16:06
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From what I can tell on Twitter, the rain returned shortly before Wiggins' ride! 
I wonder why Wiggins wasnt the 1st Sky rider to go, as opposed to after EBH, who was never going to win the stage.
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| CountArach |
Posted on 03-07-2010 16:07
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Kirchen_75 wrote:
i was talking about Martin's time lol...
That makes much more sense. My mistake lol.
Rain coming down apparently. You've got to like Martin's chances now.
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| Wyman |
Posted on 03-07-2010 16:08
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It must be... +46 seconds isn't the best start :/
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| Smowz |
Posted on 03-07-2010 16:08
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The weather makes it a gamble... but that was a big disappointment for Wiggins and SKY. Will be interesting to see whether anyone can get near Tony Martin. |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 03-07-2010 16:09
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Regardless of the weather though, that was a bad time by Wiggins.
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| SotD |
Posted on 03-07-2010 16:09
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Can someone give me the list of starting times?
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 03-07-2010 16:09
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Wiggins started, rain started at a similar time.
Roads soaked, didn't take any chances. It's a long race, this is just the start.
There's no point slapping a schleck - Sean Kelly on "Who needs a slap"
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| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 03-07-2010 16:14
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Lovkvist starts at 17:17 Leipheimer 17:18 and Vino at 17;20 |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 03-07-2010 16:15
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Lots of things said about how some rider's hopes may end in the first week. The prologue was a stage where Wiggins needed to gain time, and thats been wasted (wonder if Sky regret putting EBH first now, they really should be), so he really needs to have improved his climbing, or else hopes of a podium become increasingly unlikely.
You cant fully blame it on the weather, Grischa Niermann just went faster than Wiggins ...
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| Grobar |
Posted on 03-07-2010 16:18
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is there any live video streaming? |
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| lagetcher |
Posted on 03-07-2010 16:19
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Grobar wrote:
is there any live video streaming?
I'm not aware of anything starting for 10 minutes. |
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| Smowz |
Posted on 03-07-2010 16:20
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I think this year though, a lot more difference will be made in the climbs. Last year it was all about 4 stages: Verbier, Grand Bornard, Annecy TT and Ventoux (though last was a bit of a procession). So opening in Monaco was more of a big deal.
This year there seems more to it. Complications in the first week, stage 7 through to 10, stage 14 to 17 and the last TT. I dunno we shall see how Contador, Schleck, Armstrong etc. go.
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| CountArach |
Posted on 03-07-2010 16:21
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https://live.cycli...atest.html
"When Martin got through it was barely raining, just a few drops. But just a few minutes ago (Zabriskie, Wiggins) it was raining a lot." |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 03-07-2010 16:27
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Farrar goes 2nd
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| Smowz |
Posted on 03-07-2010 16:27
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methinks rain has just stopped Farrar a 18 seconds... |
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| Smowz |
Posted on 03-07-2010 16:30
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Leipheimer hops off his zimmerframe to record equal 2nd... Kloden perhaps a chance. |
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| lagetcher |
Posted on 03-07-2010 16:33
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Smowz wrote:
Leipheimer hops off his zimmerframe to record equal 2nd... Kloden perhaps a chance.
Shame - I'd liked to have seen Levi compete the tour on his zimmerframe. Could be hard work over the cobbles though... |
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