I don't watch much cycling, except the Tour de France, so my knowledge is lacking. What is a 'champion attitude'? Please bear in mind I already don't like Evans from what I have seen of him on local TV over the years in Australia, so I'm not attacking you, just curious.koji said:
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Tour de France 2011 Official Thread (July 2-24)
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For those interested, a video of the last descent of the stage (Pramartino) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcXElHKrxrc.
Dead Man said:
The Champions of old, they attacked everyday, start of the stage, start of a climb, fuck it, they went. Now they all spend their time planning and thinking, making sure they don't waste any energy. Sure it's the smart thing to do, but it makes cycling so boring, did you see the tour last year? When they were all just eying each other for days. Sad stuff.
"When I felt myself breaking I knew the others were hurting as well so I attacked."
Yeah, that does sort of bug me about what I have been watching. It seems they are so busy trying to win with minimum effort that they might lose simply because they didn't try hard enough.koji said:The Champions of old, they attacked everyday, start of the stage, start of a climb, fuck it, they went. Now they all spend their time planning and thinking, making sure they don't waste any energy. Sure it's the smart thing to do, but it makes cycling so boring, did you see the tour last year? When they were all just eying each other for days. Sad stuff.
"When I felt myself breaking I knew the others were hurting as well so I attacked."
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Kabouter said:
Rob Ruijgh <3
Edvald Boasson Hagen (SKY), Perez Moreno (EUS), Tjallingii (RAB), Foforov (AST), Muraviev (RSH), Amador (MOV), Casar (FDJ), El Fares (COF), Leukemans (VCD), Hivert (SAU), Mollema (RAB), Paterski (LIQ), Chavanel (QST) and Bozic (VCD)
If this is another Norwegian day, I'll fly down to France tomorrow.
If this is another Norwegian day, I'll fly down to France tomorrow.
Kabouter said:
Hope for some Dutch success FINALLY though. We really really need some, hasn't been much this season in cycling, well, except for Marianne Vos winning basically everything in women's cycling.
Leukemans is Belgian and Mollema is Dutch right? mollema seems like a good climber, so he could have a chance. how is his finishing?
I'm going on holiday in Nice tomorrow, so I'll travel France no matter what
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Is there anyone actually in Norway at the moment? They all seem to be in France/Italy.
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kottila said:
I loved the reaction from the Norwegian commentators, it reminded me of IdrA vs MMA, going from jubilation to shock in a second.
You could see them looking back constantly, I figured the Schlecks were really really close. Tour coverage was just horrible. Norway this year has got to be the most successful country ever, two riders and four stage wins? Good lord.knitoe said:
Also: Most popular parking lot in the Tour de France, ever.
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Are you insane. Edvald is not a sprinter, he's a complete rider (except for climbing mountains). He wins hilly classics, time trials and sprints and he's known as one of the biggest talents in cycling for years
That's as ignorant as saying Thor Hushovd is a sprinter, even though he's completely changed as rider over the last years.
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It was surprising when they finally cut back to Contador and Sanchez only to have Evans and Schleck with them. It was a WTF moment for me.
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I don't think the gap between Contador/Sanchez and the rest was much more than 10-15s at any point, the coverage was pretty poor at showing this. Once they started working together they pulled the gap quite easily. Though Contador/Sanchez did seem to slow up a bit in the last km.
Bad luck to Voekler, I still think they need to break him if anyone else is to win. The yellow jersey can do strange things to a man at the end of three weeks of racing.
Bad luck to Voekler, I still think they need to break him if anyone else is to win. The yellow jersey can do strange things to a man at the end of three weeks of racing.
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What a great win by Edvald for Team Sky. That really made up for yesterday.
Fair play to the Schlecks (mostly Frank) for coming back to the two Spaniards. Bad luck to Thomas but that's why descending is so special.
Another great stage in this years tour, a real improvement over the passive recent years.
The course designer deserves great credit for a very good route with lots of different finishes.
Fair play to the Schlecks (mostly Frank) for coming back to the two Spaniards. Bad luck to Thomas but that's why descending is so special.
Another great stage in this years tour, a real improvement over the passive recent years.
The course designer deserves great credit for a very good route with lots of different finishes.
Alrighty. 3 hc climbs today. Time to see who this year's winner of Tour de France will be? I doubt they will try to save the deciding attacks for tomorrow's stage, seeing how on the ball the favorites have been lately, attacking each other every chance they get.
Exciting hours ahead. I'm pumped.
Exciting hours ahead. I'm pumped.
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