thom
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Particularly if the guy who came first gets dqed for drug abuse...I refer you to my early remark - respect the tradition and gain respect. The tour is no place for the '2nd place is 1st looser' attitude!
Tour de France 2012 (with SPOILERS)
- Thread starter Flying_Monkey
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Chuffy
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I didn't know that about 1999. I'd heard that there was a crash and Zulle got dropped on the Passage, but I'd never heard about USPS driving the peloton to put time into him. Given all the anti-Lance stuff I've read over the years it's surprising that an actual example of poor form rarely gets mentioned.
I thought Voeckler only attached the break as they approached the finish? I'm sure he was doing his Hollywood routine almost to the line.
thom
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See this post for a reference to it - 2nd two last paragraphs.
"Armstrong and his team had been in front of the crash. His main rival that year, Alex Zulle, was stuck behind. Armstrong’s group accelerated immediately and gained about six minutes on the stalled pack. Zulle ended up finishing second by more than seven minutes."
I only heard about it so when I mentioned earlier I was off about the details. It's hard to find on google a reference to it because you want to do a search for "Armstrong attacks" but you can imagine what turns up...
Edit : I think this incident was why the race was neutralised when they rode the passage last year.
Jens Voigt twitter quote just now:"buuh that action, trying to gain time when other suffer from punctures and crashes = lack of class ! Enough said to that."
Peteaud
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Jens Voigt twitter quote just now:"buuh that action, trying to gain time when other suffer from punctures and crashes = lack of class ! Enough said to that.
spot on
spot on
Andrew_Culture
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What's happened to ITV4's budget over the last few days? Four days ago they had a full mobile studio, then some of the wall panels disappeared, then last night they had to use Belgian TV's setup and today they just have a fold up table in a layby!
Peteaud
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They spanked the budget on the 1st week.
Chuffy
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Might depend on how much space there is at the finish. Given that they only have Imlach, Boardman and a roving Boulting they don't need all that much space.
Peteaud
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Why does Boardman always look so miserable?
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User169
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Like Wiggo's comment: " find the culprits and send them to a football match".
He has never struck me as someone who ever enjoys himself probably the classic driven type which is why he achieved what he did??
OK, I'm going to play devil advocate and a different take on the Evans punture and Wiggins .....
on itv4 Wiggins was asked what the problem was going up the climb, he replied he was having a bike problem and wanted to change bikes, now maybe, just maybe when he heard of Evans punture he took the opportunity to slow the peloton under the guise of helping Evans but really to change bike, stopping any attack from Nibali etc
edit... forgot to add a smilie...
That would be being unfair to him, he said he had struggled with his bike all day so if that was the case he was still where he needed to be so we can safely think he would have ended Cadels Tour if he had continued so I am happy to give him the benefit of the doubt on this
I don't think he does. He and Boulting are actually an excellent comedy act. I watch the highlights just for that if I've seen the race live. He's got good comic timing too.
OK, I'm going to play devil advocate and a different take on the Evans punture and Wiggins .....
on itv4 Wiggins was asked what the problem was going up the climb, he replied he was having a bike problem and wanted to change bikes, now maybe, just maybe when he heard of Evans punture he took the opportunity to slow the peloton under the guise of helping Evans but really to change bike, stopping any attack from Nibali etc
edit... forgot to add a smilie...
I thought he slowed the peleton after he changed bikes. But then my feeble brain can't remember what I had for breakfast so maybe I got that wrong. Anyway, I know you're only playing devils advocate, but I like to think he slowed the peleton for the right reasons, not for any personal gain.
Noodley
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Or maybe Liggett blew it all paying for himself to be spanked in every town in the first week?
