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Didn't one of the pundits say the finish yesterday was a steeper and harder effort (obviously shorter) than in the big mountains? Judging by Contador's gurning I'd say so.
Can it have been harder than the real mountains if Hushovd finished 6th?
It was more of a classics style climb than anything else.
And although I haven't ridden the Mur de Bretagne, I did find some really nasty climbs when I rode across Britanny. None of them compared in difficulty to the big mountains like Ventoux.
Fairy nuff Jon...I think what I was trying to say is that in the high mountains a rider can grind it out, or recover between attacks and that wasn't an option yesterday on the short steep climb. As Thor said, when he started to get dropped he chucked it in to the big ring and put a sprint-style effort in.
I had noticed you missed that.. and the last km profile.. and it's TdF (capital f)..Amateurs
Sheesh...can't you read? 🙂
Anyway, the route map is all but meaningless and creates and unnecessarily long OP 😛
Cav's not happy
nasty crash that
cav not happy either well blocked off
Gesink looks like he's out. If I was Cav I wouldn't be happy either!
Cav's not happy
understandably
Not happy about the crash?
Help me out I've got no TV feed here 🙂
Contador is down!
contador crash! 😮
Oh dear another crash.
Cav not happy about being blocked in the sprint.
gelsink and cav stuff not related
clipped wheel for gelsink, he's still sat out
contador on new bike, throws old one to side,
Dear me, his race for points is over now isn't it?
brackovich even 😆
Oh Contador, that's not how one performs a millarcopter.
They're falling left right and centre!
Doesn't look like Brachovich will be getting onto his bike again. 🙁
will Boonen get points deducted? even if he does, doesn't mean much for Cavendish. must win today with Farrar coming way down
Even the letour.fr official commentary seems to think Boonen was out of order.
Ha ha! Spoilt Toddler throwing toys out of the pram once more! 😆
Why din't he just keep on it, instead of throwing a strop and sitting up?
God of Thunder FTW! 😀
Elf, give it a rest.
I'd be annoyed too if someone deliberately blocked me in a sprint. Nothing to do with being spoiled.
😯 @ sorenson getting tangled with the mtc
Did the motorbike just whip Sorenson's bike out from under him?
cos he got penalised the other day Elf, I'd stick my bottom lip out too
ooop, another man down
F this is frustrating.. sounds like it's all happening today.
NUNS!
Ooh, that cooduv bin a child's face...
Spoilt Toddler shooduv acted more professionally and just got on with the job he gets paid for. Don't see all the others throwing a strop just cos they don't get their own way.
LiDLs.
Replay; YES the motorbike did just nick his bike and leave him a bit confused! One for Question of Sport I think.
Spoilt Toddler shooduv acted more professionally and just got on with the job he gets paid for
there was no way through, if he tried to get through he'd have been docked points again probably...
Cav could have got back on the gas and got 4th or so I think. It would have been better for him to deal with it after the race rather than sitting up, but that's up to him.
Boonen down!
Looks nasty.
Love these bays around St Brieuc, but there are some tight twisty roads until they're clear of Val Andre for more crashes, but the best crepes I've ever had. It'll be very windy in the last 10k
It's more like dominoes than bike racing today, riders down all over the place.
Makes it exciting!
I thought you said it was boring Elfie?
In fact you said that about the lack of Prologue, then a day later were saying how exciting it was that everyone was basically on the same time and it was all to play for...
Make your mind up!
Hey they are going within about a mile of my mum and dad's old house!
Mrs Grips and Lil Grips just now:
MG: Should we watch the racing Meg?
LG: It not racing it bike.
MG: It's bike racing on the road.
LG: No racing bike! Cars, cars racing. Mack! Car yook for Mack!
MG: But this is bike racing, not a movie, Daddy likes it.
LG: No Daddy yike! Meggy watch Cars!
It had to happen sooner or later. Voeckler trying a breakaway
Why did it have to happen?
Because it was Written.
Meggy is right.
.Why did it have to happen?
Because a small or lone breakaway is what Voeckler attempts pretty much every year, and the fact that it hadn't happened yet this year was mentioned in one of the previous TdF threads.
Thomas Voeckler = hero!
**** YEAH TAKE IT
YES, go Cav!! 🙂
Ha ha stick that in yer pipe elfin!! 🙂