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Tour de France 11 Stage 15: Limoux > Montpellier 192km
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 16-07-2011 20:14
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Le Tour de France 2011
Stage 15: Limoux > Montpellier 192km
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Usually in a Tour, the sprinters and breakaway specialists can count on contesting at least two and perhaps even three "transition" stages between the Pyrenees and the Alps. This year though, they've got just the one. With the prevailing wind off the Med likely to be pushing them onwards at a blistering pace, the main issue today could be the heat and the cumulative effect of two weeks in the saddle. But the thought that they are on the verge of the second rest day in St-Paul-Trois-Châteaux should give everyone a boost, especially the sprinters.
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| kumazan |
Posted on 16-07-2011 20:19
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How can they put stages like this on sunday?
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| issoisso |
Posted on 16-07-2011 20:20
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kumazan wrote:
How can they put stages like this on sunday?
This is the stage the Schlecks have been waiting for to make a difference
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 16-07-2011 20:20
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I dunno. I'm probably going to sit through it and do something useful. Climbing the Keirin ladder rankings possibly.
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| kumazan |
Posted on 16-07-2011 20:23
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issoisso wrote:
kumazan wrote:
How can they put stages like this on sunday?
This is the stage the Schlecks have been waiting for to make a difference
But he'll look behind, and will see his brother struggling to keep his pace. He'll then stop and think, "aww, sucks".
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| issoisso |
Posted on 16-07-2011 20:25
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kumazan wrote:
issoisso wrote:
kumazan wrote:
How can they put stages like this on sunday?
This is the stage the Schlecks have been waiting for to make a difference
But he'll look behind, and will see his brother struggling to keep his pace. He'll then stop and think, "aww, sucks".
Did you see the interviews today post-stage? Andy was going on about how he and his brother are the heroes for attacking and how only Basso did the same.
Basso basically called them idiots.
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| kumazan |
Posted on 16-07-2011 20:35
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And idiots they are, indeed. This is THE chance to win the Tour, with AC injuried and tired. If they fail, they'll regret this missed chance for a long time. Maybe for their whole career.
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| Bosskardo |
Posted on 16-07-2011 20:37
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kumazan wrote:
How can they put stages like this on sunday?
I think Giro had a rest day on the weekend. I remember thinking like wtf when I got home for the weekend (had no chance to watch eurosport in the week) to discover it was a rest day.
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 16-07-2011 20:38
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kumazan wrote:
And idiots they are, indeed. This is THE chance to win the Tour, with AC injuried and tired. If they fail, they'll regret this missed chance for a long time. Maybe for their whole career.
Here's hoping.
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| hillis91 |
Posted on 16-07-2011 20:44
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doddy13 wrote:
I dunno. I'm probably going to sit through it and do something useful. Climbing the Keirin ladder rankings possibly.
Down for some now? 
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 16-07-2011 20:58
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issoisso wrote:
kumazan wrote:
How can they put stages like this on sunday?
This is the stage the Schlecks have been waiting for to make a difference
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| BeamMeUp |
Posted on 16-07-2011 20:58
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Trying to start talking about this stage.
Should be the 4th stage win for Cav, no chance for a breakaway win. |
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 16-07-2011 21:00
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Don't know how Mark is feeling a day after Pyrenees. But he will get again all team behind him.. |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 16-07-2011 21:07
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issoisso wrote:
kumazan wrote:
issoisso wrote:
kumazan wrote:
How can they put stages like this on sunday?
This is the stage the Schlecks have been waiting for to make a difference
But he'll look behind, and will see his brother struggling to keep his pace. He'll then stop and think, "aww, sucks".
Did you see the interviews today post-stage? Andy was going on about how he and his brother are the heroes for attacking and how only Basso did the same.
Basso basically called them idiots.
So they call those little acceleration attacks. That when they'll never win the Tour.
And who do they want to see attacking? Evans, who is like always waiting for the time - trial, or Voeckler, who is the yellow jersey? They are the ones that need to attack.
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And idiots they are, indeed. This is THE chance to win the Tour, with AC injuried and tired. If they fail, they'll regret this missed chance for a long time. Maybe for their whole career.
Exactly what I was thinking. If they won't be able to beat Contador in these conditions, when will they?
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| Biathlon |
Posted on 16-07-2011 21:08
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Greipel will take it.
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 16-07-2011 21:50
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28 men break will make it to the finish, with the best one of them being a potential G.C. contender who'll make it back to the top 10.
Aitor Gonzalez 2004 style, though I'm not sure he made it back to the top 10.
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 16-07-2011 21:53
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alexkr00 wrote:
kumazan wrote:
And idiots they are, indeed. This is THE chance to win the Tour, with AC injuried and tired. If they fail, they'll regret this missed chance for a long time. Maybe for their whole career.
Exactly what I was thinking. If they won't be able to beat Contador in these conditions, when will they? They should think of it, sadly they've delegated the thinking to the ear-speaker guy...
And he likes his brother so much that he's never going to take the risk to put him in trouble. Better finish 3rd and 4th (always together), than 1st and 6th, eh ? |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 16-07-2011 21:53
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Excellent, a stage where you can guarantee that the favourites for the stage will give it all they can to win, and not hold anything back.
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 16-07-2011 21:54
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Excellent, a stage where you can guarantee that the favourites for the stage will give it all they can to win, and not hold anything back.
For 200m, and only because they've spent the last 3 days being pulled along by a car
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| dakey11 |
Posted on 16-07-2011 21:57
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