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Tour de France 2011 Thread
- Thread starter Spikey
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Stapel
International Regular
Well, Johnny Hoogerland made it!
But what a freak day! Van den Broeck, Vinokourov, Zabrisky, Willems... all out with broken bones. And then this lunatic taking out Flecha and Hoogerland, the latter ending up as a rolled roast in the barbed wire....
Just saw Johnny at the price ceremony...... In pain and in tears.
NOS Sport - Auto rijdt Johnny prikkeldraad in
Dutch commentary, but who cares......
But what a freak day! Van den Broeck, Vinokourov, Zabrisky, Willems... all out with broken bones. And then this lunatic taking out Flecha and Hoogerland, the latter ending up as a rolled roast in the barbed wire....
Just saw Johnny at the price ceremony...... In pain and in tears.
NOS Sport - Auto rijdt Johnny prikkeldraad in
Dutch commentary, but who cares......
PhoenixFire
International Coach
Can't believe how old Vinokourov is, thought he was much, much younger than 37.
PhoenixFire
International Coach
Just seen the video of what happened today. Am very angry.
The Tour is hard enough as it is without some ****head driver pissing about on the road and knocking people into barbed wire fences. Disgraceful stuff, hopefully he'll get sued by the teams, felt so bad for Hoogerland.
The Tour is hard enough as it is without some ****head driver pissing about on the road and knocking people into barbed wire fences. Disgraceful stuff, hopefully he'll get sued by the teams, felt so bad for Hoogerland.
Stapel
International Regular
Hoogerland himself was pretty mild, stating that the driver probably did not do this on purpose...
As bad as it is, it does have a side to it. Johnny Hoogerland has been lifted to hero status!
That's what your arse looks like after being smashed into barbed wire at 35 mph:
And that's your face when you HAVE to get to the pricing ceremony first, before you can get to a hospital to get 33 !!! stiches.
As bad as it is, it does have a side to it. Johnny Hoogerland has been lifted to hero status!
That's what your arse looks like after being smashed into barbed wire at 35 mph:
And that's your face when you HAVE to get to the pricing ceremony first, before you can get to a hospital to get 33 !!! stiches.
PhoenixFire
International Coach
What a hero, hope he can carry on to complete the tour.
weeman27bob
International Regular
Hopefully someone with more knowledge than me can spread some light on this.
But it always strikes me as odd why there aren't more team breakaways.
Say one of the teams without any contenders for GC or any sprinters, someone like AG2r of Confidis. Why don't they send something like 5 or 6 riders out in a breakaway in an effort to get a stage win, rather than sending perhaps one?
But it always strikes me as odd why there aren't more team breakaways.
Say one of the teams without any contenders for GC or any sprinters, someone like AG2r of Confidis. Why don't they send something like 5 or 6 riders out in a breakaway in an effort to get a stage win, rather than sending perhaps one?
Magrat Garlick
Global Moderator
Well a breakaway has to be allowed to be formed, basically. If the peloton doesn't like the composition of the breakaway they won't let it go, and any team with 5-6 in front won't be joined by anyone else (they won't have a chance against 5-6 who can attack at different times). Thus it'll be that team vs 19 others.
weeman27bob
International Regular
Seems to make sense.
Thanks for the responses.
Thanks for the responses.
Magrat Garlick
Global Moderator
Chapeau to Cav for staying with the field yesterday. High speed finale.
Neil Pickup
Cricket Web Moderator
I keep reading talk that Cavendish is headed for Sky next year.
Why on earth would he want to leave HTC when a team rides like that for him?
Why on earth would he want to leave HTC when a team rides like that for him?
PhoenixFire
International Coach
He won't leave HTC. No chance.
Neil Pickup
Cricket Web Moderator
He'd be out of his mind.
Tomorrow looks fun... will be the big guns going head-to-head for the first time, I figure - anyone like to pick the stage winner and the yellow jersey after they've got to Luz-Ardiden?
I'm going to go Evans in yellow, although Sanchez might be able to keep within 40' and hold on. Stage winner... some nutter on a break.
Tomorrow looks fun... will be the big guns going head-to-head for the first time, I figure - anyone like to pick the stage winner and the yellow jersey after they've got to Luz-Ardiden?
I'm going to go Evans in yellow, although Sanchez might be able to keep within 40' and hold on. Stage winner... some nutter on a break.
PhoenixFire
International Coach
Some nutter on a break. Voeckler in a nut shell.
Magrat Garlick
Global Moderator
Chavanel for the stage. It's 14 July.
Leopard will yawn their way through for another week, so yeah, Evans in yellow sounds like a decent bet.
Leopard will yawn their way through for another week, so yeah, Evans in yellow sounds like a decent bet.
Magrat Garlick
Global Moderator
Geraint Thomas in the break. Remember his TdF debut when he barely kept up the pace as soon as the climbs turned 1 %.
PhoenixFire
International Coach
Hakon, respond to my trolling plz
Magrat Garlick
Global Moderator
Actually meant to credit Thomas there but came off all wrong. Meant to illustrate how far he's come from that stage, probably the best domestique Sky has now.
Pickup on Geraint Thomas ca 2008, for evidence.
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