True on both accounts. I just thought it was funny for someone to be calling Sagen a douche while mentioning Cav in the same sentence.
True.
That was an impressive victory by Sagan, lol @ how he crossed the finish line.
Tour de France 2012 |OT| 99th edition (June 30rd - July 22nd)
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True.
That was an impressive victory by Sagan, lol @ how he crossed the finish line.
Kung Fu Jedi
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Good win by Sagan for sure. He looks like he's going to be a force to deal with for awhile.
Crashes were indeed nasty. They were crazy last year and hope that doesn't become the case again this year. The next few days should be safer.
Crashes were indeed nasty. They were crazy last year and hope that doesn't become the case again this year. The next few days should be safer.
keyboardcat
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Sagan is a machine on those hilly finishes. Had high hopes for my boy Edvald today, but bested by a strong Sagan.
Crashes were nasty, surprised we didn't get more in the run-in to the last hill, that right hander was crazy sharp, i guess the teams knew how to handle it.
Crashes were nasty, surprised we didn't get more in the run-in to the last hill, that right hander was crazy sharp, i guess the teams knew how to handle it.
At this pace he might end up at 5 or 6 victories.
Well yeah, Cav's douchery goes without saying.
After all of those crashes I'm somewhat surprised that the riders didn't opt for a neutralized finish, like they did in stage 2 of 2010.
Because this time it was their own fault. The crashes weren't caused by bad track design, but by their general nervosity. It also didn't really matter back then because the winner had already gone over the line,
Doesn't matter. Anybody who was in the lead group, shouldn't have lost time. Time differences are neutralized at the 3 kilometer point in the case of a crash. I don't quite understand why Cavendish lost time though.
davidnic
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I know that it does annoys me how he can get away with unclipped and changing his gears like he did crash. It does goes to show you wiggns need to be up the front more.
The problem is the crashes are happening at the front of the peloton. If you look at how Sagan got held back yesterday and Cavendish the day before that, these people are in the top 20 of the peloton at that point. The crashes are occuring because all candidates for the yellow jersey are trying to get up front where the sprinters are. Maybe the candidates for the jersey should come together and just end the race at the end of the peloton. They might lose a couple of seconds to the sprinters, but they'd be way safer.
outunderthestars
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Yep. He is pretty much done. They'll drag it out as long as possible but it seems pretty clear that he cheated...
Sucks that Hincapie will have to retire with this cloud hanging over his career.
questionmark
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Sucks that Hincapie will have to retire with this cloud hanging over his career.
Sucks that he cheated. Sucks that he is still allowed to compete.
NihonTiger90
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The Canadian guy whose last name I can never spell, David Millar, Frank Schleck.
Schleck, Cavendish, Valverde and Boasson Hagen are the names I've heard who got caught up in the crash but they're still riding in this group two minutes behidn the pelaton. One US rider has had to abandon.
Cancellara, Sagan, Goss avoided it from what I can see.
Same, itv always seems to cut to adverts just before a crash. Think I may need to start watching Eurosport more.Missed the crash which split the pelaton in to two. Damn. Sounds like a dramatic end to the more sprinter-suited stages in the first week.
Frank Schleck in the group left behind
At least Schleck, Valverde, Tony Martin and Boasson Hagen were left behind. Danielson and Asterlosa said to have left the race. Four in total are gone. Gesink is hurt, but still in the first group I believe.
NihonTiger90
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So here is a question: will they vacate all of Armstrong's 7 wins? And since Ullrich finished second 4 times to Lance and he's been retroactively banned, does he get those 4 wins or do they just vacate them all completely? It's going to be interesting for sure.
Kung Fu Jedi
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Yeah, Ryder Hesjedal was caught up in the crash too and looked like he had a bad scrape on his hip after going down. He was the Giro winner this year, so he had a shot at taking the Tour as well. Not any more.
Sagan!
They're vacated or they're going to Ulrich. He should have clean samples from that period. Did his results from that period get banned?
No, he could have won the Tour if he didn't do the Giro. Look at Contador last year.
NihonTiger90
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Doesn't look like it was anything but '05, so yeah, Ulrich would have 5 Tour wins if they decide to go that route.
Kung Fu Jedi
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Well, it is possible to win both in a year. Rare I know, but still possible. We wouldn't have known if Ryder was up to it until the mountain stages though. The point is moot now.
True, but at this moment he still hasn't been awarded the win for 1996 though. So it is one confirmed win + four second places that deserved the yellow jersey.
captscience
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Wow...what a horrific tour for Garmin.
This race was always going to come down to Evans and Wiggins, but what a shame that all the other GC hopefuls were caught in the crash. Hopefully this means some crazy attacking in the mountains as riders try to salvage a stage win.
So we have three candidates left? Wiggins, Evans and Froome. Seems Sky has the advantage on BMC. Too bad Schleck had to wait for Klöden and Cancellera, he seemed quite strong.
Also nice that Jurgen Van Den Brouck took himself out by driving into a ditch. That should stop all those people claiming he'll end up third.
Also nice that Jurgen Van Den Brouck took himself out by driving into a ditch. That should stop all those people claiming he'll end up third.
This stage was awesome. Amazing win by Froome, lots of changes in the GC. Disappointed Dutchies didn't do well though
After years of the same shit, I don´t see how u could expect anything else.
Mainly because before yesterday, Gesink and Mollema were looking great. And despite having fallen yesterday, Mollema still wasn't bad today.
Being upfront the pack all the time doesn´t mean a thing.
Boogerd was doign that always as well, and always ended up losing time.
Doing well in the time trial and in the few uphill finishes before does mean something. And Boogerd finished top ten in the TdF, twice. And four more times in the top 20.
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