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Hopefully today is a Cavendish day.
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Hopefully today is a Cavendish day.
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Now 43K to go and the break has 7 minutes
Doesn't look like the sprinters teams have got it in them to pull the break back. Goss's team had a half hearted go for a few K then gave up Sky have gone back to the front but they're not pulling it back for Cav, they're just rolling along One for the breakaway today ! Might as well support Tommy Voeckler again who's got in the break, but he'll have to go early as there's a couple of faster men in there..............now that the breakaway is pretty certain they're going to stay away they can stop working together to pull out more time and start attacking each other for the win ! |
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Few riders have gone out today..might we see more as legs and minds start to tire?
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For how many more days do people far more knowledgable than myself think that Bradley can keep the yellow jersey for?
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Harmon's theory...........
Having days like today where the peloton have an unofficial day off and just roll along at a steady pace is a sign that they're not all doped up to the eyeballs............'cos if they were they'd be riding hard every day |
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For how many more days do people far more knowledgable than myself think that Bradley can keep the yellow jersey for?
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For how many more days do people far more knowledgable than myself think that Bradley can keep the yellow jersey for?
Barring accidents ................... ![]() The danger day is Thursday with a really hard day in the Pyrenees and a mountain top finish...........any of the riders might crack on a stage like that |
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Harmon's theory...........
Having days like today where the peloton have an unofficial day off and just roll along at a steady pace is a sign that they're not all doped up to the eyeballs............'cos if they were they'd be riding hard every day |
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The podium presentation on Sunday.
Bit of a stretch. There've been days like this in GTs for as long as I've been watching. |
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It has happened twice in not many days now though.
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Blame the route. Too many stages with climbs too far from the finish.
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Brilliant and exciting as they were, I've not really missed HTC at all this tour.
Until today. They wouldn't have allowed this to happen. Ah well, I suppose I'll just root for Christian VdV. |
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Funny how certain people/press outlets have been moaning about Wiggins not being aggressive enough etc.. when his team is the only one who can be arsed chasing breakaways down.
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That isnt the case today though. Obviously they are starting the rest day early.
1997 Tour de France, one year before Festina (so all doped to the eyeballs): St 16: 23 man breakaway, peloton at 6 minutes St 17: 13 man breakaway, peloton at 4 minutes St 18: Solo breakaway, peloton at 5 minutes St 19: 14 man breakaway, peloton at 18 minutes The big name riders only race when they have to. |
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Who is the guy on Eurosport please ? The pundit that looks a little like Alistair McGowan ?
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Who is the guy on Eurosport please ? The pundit that looks a little like Alistair McGowan ?
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=da...HoTF0QWFyay7Bw He does a bit! |
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I think he'll keep it to the end now
Barring accidents ................... ![]() The danger day is Thursday with a really hard day in the Pyrenees and a mountain top finish...........any of the riders might crack on a stage like that I would imagine to be sure, anyone taking time back from him would need to take back what he already has on them, and then the same again to factor in the time trial situation. LeMond took 50+ seconds out of Fingion in 25km in '89. |
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For how many more days do people far more knowledgable than myself think that Bradley can keep the yellow jersey for?
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Team Sky's mission was to have a British rider win Le Tour within four years of forming the team. Assuming that Wiggins is still in yellow on Sunday evening, what do you see happening to Team Sky (as an organisation rather than the individual members)? Think they'll run it for another year then pull the plug?
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What is the fewest number of stage wins in one year by a Tour winner?
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What is the fewest number of stage wins in one year by a Tour winner?
I'm almost sure Greg LeMond won his last tour without taking a stage. Edit - yes he did - he won in 1990 stageless. 1994 - Indurain only took the one ITT 2000 - Armstrong only took the one ITT 2003 - Armstrong only took one stage (although USPS won the team TT) 2005 - same, but team Discovery 2006 - strange one but Oscar Pereiro was eventually named as winner - and he didn't take a stage. 2007 - Contadour only won one stage 2008 - Sastre only won one stage 2011 - Evans only won one stage. Last edited by aggs : 16-07-2012 at 18:18. Reason: edit - thank you wiki! |
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What is the fewest number of stage wins in one year by a Tour winner?
1922 Firmin Lambot 1956 Roger Walkowiak 1960 Gastone Nencini 1966 Lucien Aimar 1990 Greg Lemond 2006 Oscar Pereiro |
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Last one to win it without a stage was Oscar Pereiro after the Floyd Landis DQ, before that it was Greg Lemond in 1990 with 0 stage wins. Quite a few tours with Indurain or Armstrong just winning the TTs, which is the most likely scenario this year too ofc.
Edit: I was a bit slow in typing there it seems
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