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Tour de France 09 - Pre Race Thread
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 26-05-2009 22:18
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Rui_Costa wrote:
There's none that shows the profiles??
Only of mountain stages
Expect the rest in June.
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| Rui_Costa |
Posted on 26-05-2009 22:20
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| Rui_Costa |
Posted on 26-05-2009 22:24
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The stage Saint-Gaudens to Tarbes has the climbs too early, if that finished on the second mountain it would be a great final for the stage |
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 26-05-2009 22:30
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Rui_Costa wrote:
The stage Saint-Gaudens to Tarbes has the climbs too early, if that finished on the second mountain it would be a great final for the stage
On the top of the Tourmalet?
Where the top looks something like this
https://graphics8....rmalet.jpg
I guess the stage could end at La Mongie as it has in the past
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| issoisso |
Posted on 26-05-2009 22:30
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Rui_Costa wrote:
The stage Saint-Gaudens to Tarbes has the climbs too early, if that finished on the second mountain it would be a great final for the stage
There's no room for a stage finish at the top of the Tourmalet. The only possibility would be a finish (as has happened before) at the La Mongie ski station midway on one side.
Or better yet, as many fans have suggested over the years, climb one side to the top, then descend to finish at La Mongie on the other side.
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| Rui_Costa |
Posted on 26-05-2009 22:34
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Wh can't it finish at the top of Tourmalet??
(I'm really stupid sometimes I know) |
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 26-05-2009 22:36
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Room, there's none of it.
You need, Media, Anti-Doping, Podiums.
There whole tour cavalcade is HUGE. It's difficult to fit in many places.
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| issoisso |
Posted on 26-05-2009 22:39
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Rui_Costa wrote:
Wh can't it finish at the top of Tourmalet??
(I'm really stupid sometimes I know)
That would be a perfectly legitimate question....if I hadn't already told you the reason why 
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| Rui_Costa |
Posted on 26-05-2009 22:41
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issoisso wrote:
Rui_Costa wrote:
Wh can't it finish at the top of Tourmalet??
(I'm really stupid sometimes I know)
That would be a perfectly legitimate question....if I hadn't already told you the reason why
Now I get it. (yes isso you had explained but if I'm a bit stupid when I'm really awake, when I'm almost asleep, 'm even more stupid |
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| chrica04 |
Posted on 27-05-2009 01:09
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Bornand and Ventoux look EPIC! |
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 27-05-2009 01:40
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Isso you said this tour avoids Contadors weakness but the stage to verbier looks pretty similar to the one he cracked on in Paris-Nice
Edited by mb2612 on 27-05-2009 01:40
 [url=www.pcmdaily.com/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=33182] Team Santander Media Thread[/url]
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| Roman |
Posted on 27-05-2009 06:43
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No. Stage to Verbier is completly different... And Contador will be winner there 
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| cscsam |
Posted on 30-05-2009 20:39
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Come on andy schleck please beat the astanas. My heads says contador though but andy had a really good liege so he will give him a good run.
When journalists at the Tour de France ask me if I am the best sprinter, I answer 'Yes', and that's seen as arrogance, but if they don't ask me, I don't say I'm the best sprinter in the world.
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| ruben |
Posted on 31-05-2009 00:41
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Thomas Dekker will own them all |
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| Michal4444 |
Posted on 31-05-2009 08:25
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cscsam wrote:
Come on andy schleck please beat the astanas. My heads says contador though but andy had a really good liege so he will give him a good run.
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| hakab |
Posted on 03-06-2009 14:34
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Not many of you like astana(okey only Biathlon) but it seems like the captain situation for the Tour has been taken care of.
Contador is ofc the captain, with Levi as number 2 and Armstrong number 3, but Bruyneel still belives Armstrong will be up there fighting for the win in Paris.
And as main contenders outside their 3 he names reigning champion Carlos Sastre, Andy Schleck and Cadel Evans
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And like it was discussed in the Tour de Suisse 2009 thread, the last spot in the Tour de France squad for Saxo Bank is going to Breschel or Arvesen like Breschel told Danish TV2
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| Biathlon |
Posted on 03-06-2009 14:49
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And I'm Proud of it! Conta will win so easy if everything goes the way it should. Lance top 5!
Riis have to pick Arvesen.. I am sure he will!
Edited by Biathlon on 03-06-2009 14:49
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 03-06-2009 15:14
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I don't believe for a second that Lance is 3rd captain. Come on .. why would Levi be above Lance, seeing how the Giro evolved? |
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 03-06-2009 15:34
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Lance was better than Levi in the Giro, so why Levi 2nd. No sense. |
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 03-06-2009 15:39
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Letour.fr are in the process of uploading profiles, timetables and detailed final km details. |
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