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Old 11-06-2012, 22:17
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Onto the Tour of Switzerland now - half of the peleton had just been held up at a level crossing, so many arguments about what happens next.

Aha, commisars have put a car at the head of the first peleton group and are stopping them from racing so that the second group can catch up, paced by motorbikes.

Meanwhile there are 3 guys 8 minutes down the road, so looks like their lucky day.
New definition of unlucky = turning up to a race and seeing Peter Sagan's name on the start list.
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Old 12-06-2012, 23:18
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New definition of unlucky = turning up to a race and seeing Peter Sagan's name on the start list.
Sagan v Cav at the tour could be very interesting.

Would have liked to see Sagan have a crack at the overall though. He can climb and that would have been interesting
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Old 13-06-2012, 00:27
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Sagan v Cav at the tour could be very interesting.

Would have liked to see Sagan have a crack at the overall though. He can climb and that would have been interesting
how good is sagan in the mountains ?

is he a serious contender ?

'the boys' were suggesting that he might need to lose weight and change his training regime before he could be a grand tour contender...........I suppose similar to Wiggo
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Old 13-06-2012, 07:59
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how good is sagan in the mountains ?

is he a serious contender ?

'the boys' were suggesting that he might need to lose weight and change his training regime before he could be a grand tour contender...........I suppose similar to Wiggo
he's only young but he's won a stage in Paris Nice that had a few climbs in it. He's not a GC contender yet but i'd like to see him have a proper go at a week long race to see where he is
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Old 13-06-2012, 13:35
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And Andy Schleck.
...scratch that.
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Old 13-06-2012, 22:58
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Not sure if this is better for the tour. Andy had to attack as he can't TT. Not sure we will get the same explosive attacks from Wiggo or Evans, although cuddles is a bit more exciting since his world champs win
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Old 13-06-2012, 23:01
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Not sure if this is better for the tour. Andy had to attack as he can't TT. Not sure we will get the same explosive attacks from Wiggo or Evans, although cuddles is a bit more exciting since his world champs win
If Radioshack survive until the Tour, it might give Frank a freer hand to attack now that Andy is out.
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Old 14-06-2012, 00:41
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David Millar has been called up for the Olympic squad..........
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Old 17-06-2012, 12:35
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Decisive stage of the TdSuisse today with better recorded coverage of the stage than the pitiful 4.5km last night.

Are we starting a separate Tour thread? Otherwise, I think this one needs an amended title.

The bookies have got it down as a Evans v Wiggins ITT play-off with everyone else ranked as outsiders.
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Old 17-06-2012, 12:52
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Decisive stage of the TdSuisse today with better recorded coverage of the stage than the pitiful 4.5km last night.

Are we starting a separate Tour thread? Otherwise, I think this one needs an amended title.

The bookies have got it down as a Evans v Wiggins ITT play-off with everyone else ranked as outsiders.
If most people agree to an amended title , i have no problem in changing it.
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Old 17-06-2012, 14:26
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Mark Cavendish has won the Ster ZLM Toer
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Old 17-06-2012, 14:41
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Decisive stage of the TdSuisse today with better recorded coverage of the stage than the pitiful 4.5km last night.
Yeah, it's been a bit rubbish the last couple of weeks with ES not showing any live coverage of the last couple of days of the Dauphine or the Tour de Suisse

At least there's decent highlights tonight.............the ES1 highlights clash with the football but ES2 has them scheduled for 5.30

Ideally we'd stay here for the Tour but you know full well that other threads will be started...........I suppose we could have a gentlemans agreement amongst the 'regulars' to stay here and maybe post links to this thead in the newbie threads ?
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Old 17-06-2012, 14:46
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Talking about the thread title............I've just noticed it say 'tread' not 'thread'..........oh well, it's only been here for 6 months...............
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Old 17-06-2012, 14:53
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Mark Cavendish has won the Ster ZLM Toer
Without winning a stage either!
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Old 17-06-2012, 15:05
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Cav and Wiggo battling for yellow in the tour?
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Old 17-06-2012, 15:34
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Have Sky named their team for the tour yet ?
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Old 18-06-2012, 18:16
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Cav and Wiggo battling for yellow in the tour?
Cav's got no chance unless he's suddenly able to climb.
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Old 18-06-2012, 18:30
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Have you not read Jens Voigts tweets about Cav tearing up the climbs recently?
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Old 18-06-2012, 19:05
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Have you not read Jens Voigts tweets about Cav tearing up the climbs recently?
More here

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/oth...-ZLM-Toer.html

According to this, he is targetting the Green Jersey and the Olympics more than individual sprint stage wins.
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Old 19-06-2012, 20:44
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Have you not read Jens Voigts tweets about Cav tearing up the climbs recently?
I didn't know Jens was on Twitter. Have you got the link?
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Old 20-06-2012, 13:34
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I didn't know Jens was on Twitter. Have you got the link?
https://twitter.com/#!/thejensie
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Old 21-06-2012, 14:33
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Well now we know what the SKY team is for the Tour:

Bradley Wiggins
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Mark Cavendish
Bernhard Eisel
Chris Froome
Christian Knees
Richie Porte
Michael Rogers
Kanstantsin Siutsou
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Old 21-06-2012, 16:25
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looks a good strong team...........
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Old 21-06-2012, 20:51
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Vacansoleil-DCM team:

Kenny van Hummel
Johnny Hoogerland
Wout Poels
Rob Ruijgh
Lieuwe Westra
Kris Boeckmans
Gustav Larsson
Marco Marcato
Rafael Valls
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Old 21-06-2012, 20:54
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BMC:

Marcus Burghardt
Steve Cummings
Cadel Evans
Philippe Gilbert
George Hincapie
Amaël Moinard
Manuel Quinziato
Michael Schär
Tejay van Garderen
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