Tour de France 2013 *spoilers*
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Pedrosanchezo
Veteran
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- Perthshire, scotland
I did. Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on perspective) she closed the door and buggered off upstairs. The couch is more than a user on cyclechat - it is also a borderline comfortable sleeping location for men who piss of their partners.
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
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- The Red Enclave
Tell her it could be worse - it could be golf.
oldroadman
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- Ubique
Yes, that goes on for days...ah, see the parallel. At least it's not a load of blokes/women ruining their walk by getting annoyed that a ball won't go where they want it to.
Don't know about Eurosport, but French tv got it wrong:
http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/vide...o/ViveLeVelo_30juni/MV_130630_VLV_irizar_wint
(The replay starts after about 1min 20)
Sorry Smutchin, but it seems I was much closer
Now if Vanmarcke wins a stage as well... I believe I should start participating in fantasy cycling
Fun indeed and actually... you can't really argue the results neither of those tactics in the past years (often stage wins, white jersey, polka dot jersey)
Now... Francis De Greef, that's a guy you can question race tactics of
(I feel bad always attacking him... I hope he sets me straight at one point or another... but still, so far what I've seen - especially this Giro - he was really doing all his ideas at the worst possible moments in the race
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smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
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- The Red Enclave
Ok, today's wild stab in the dark... Rui Costa.
Sawing him descend in the TdS, I like your guess... still I believe that Sagan will see today as his best chance to avoid needing to sprint against the likes of Greipel (stage 5 could be that as well, but with less certainty), so I believe this time he will expect his team to stay aboard much longer to make sure this time it is a (limited) sprint
(kinda hoping that someone else will win it like yesterday... makes better tv
)BTW Smutch... what did you think of Sky yesterday... they already needed Porte pulling the bunch (in the 2nd stage)... not a good sign, right?
thom
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- The Borough
In my opinion it is far too early for Sky to be showing to take the yellow jersey - they just needed Porte & Froome to finish in the bunch with EBH too if possible to sprint. Last year they were no better than yesterday at this stage. I think Froome's tactic of jumping away was just a bit more than about keeping himself safe - had one of the GC riders been unnerved, they might well have made a mistake on the descent.
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
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- The Red Enclave
Sounds like Geraint Thomas was in all sorts of difficulty, which doesn't bode well. But apart from that, I don't see that you can read anything into Sky's performance as a team yesterday.
I thought Froome's dig was just him having a bit of fun - there was a definite glint in his eye in the post-race interview.
I thought Froome's dig was just him having a bit of fun - there was a definite glint in his eye in the post-race interview.
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
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FDJ's antics yesterday reminded me of Vini Fantini in the Giro.
