Tour de France 2012 (with SPOILERS)

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yello

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Pierre Rolland says he didn't get, or didn't hear, anything on the race radio about the peloton waiting for Evans. No harm done in the end so I guess he gets the benefit of the doubt.
 
Noodley

Noodley

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Today's not-very-interesting fact: You can pick up a packet of 20mm carpet tacks from Homebase for £5.99. But they do not tell you how many are in the pack.
 
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yello

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Pierre Rolland appears genuinely upset at the suggestion that he took advantage. And I mean genuinely upset; trembling and emotional. I'm going to totally exonerate him! His radio played up or something.
 
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yello

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aJohnson said:
Frank Schleck criticises 'boring' Tour de France
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He should try 'Procycling Manager' instead then.

Edit: after reading the article, I think what he's trying to say is best summed up by this...

Sometimes you have a good profile for you, sometimes it's bad. Sometimes if it's bad for you, it's good for someone else. It always equals out," Fränk said. "This year it's bad for me. I can live with that."
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So a selective quote then for the sake of an attention grabbing headline. And it worked.
 
aJohnson

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raindog said:
Lot's of praise for Brad just now for having slowed the pace to let BMC get back on.
Classy Brad, they said.
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If he wouldn't have slowed down, I wonder if Nibali would have tried something when Brad had to change bikes.
 
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yello

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raindog said:
Classy Brad, they said.
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First and most important point; I agree.

Second; I'm really starting to get my head around the tour and the attitude to it. The tour is bigger than any one rider or team. Respect the tour, it's traditions, its heritage and you will in turn get respect. Place yourself above, beyond or outside of it and you will in turn be disrespected. It's quite simple.
 
Steve H

Steve H

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yello said:
First and most important point; I agree.

Second; I'm really starting to get my head around the tour and the attitude to it. The tour is bigger than any one rider or team. Respect the tour, it's traditions, its heritage and you will in turn get respect. Place yourself above, beyond or outside of it and you will in turn be disrespected. It's quite simple.
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And now I remember the scorn I felt for Contador two years ago when he attacked Andy Schlek when is mechanical occurred on a mountain.
 
Chuffy

Chuffy

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yello said:
Second; I'm really starting to get my head around the tour and the attitude to it. The tour is bigger than any one rider or team. Respect the tour, it's traditions, its heritage and you will in turn get respect. Place yourself above, beyond or outside of it and you will in turn be disrespected. It's quite simple.
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Isn't this one of the reasons why certain riders were less than popular among sections of the tifosi? Merckx and Armstrong spring to mind.
 
Chuffy

Chuffy

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Steve H said:
And now I remember the scorn I felt for Contador two years ago when he attacked Andy Schlek when is mechanical occurred on a mountain.
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At the risk of repeating an old argument (but hey, the Tour loves a bit of nostalgia!) that was very different. Schleck muffed a gear change and Contador was chasing two other riders with GC ambitions who definitely weren't going to wait (no-one ever criticises them, why not?). A better comparison would be the stage that Cancellara neutralised when loads of riders had crashes because of oil on the road.
 
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