I feel bad for them everything seems to be going wrong this tour. I mean Iban has no chance of anything great excpet maybe a stage win. However today just pissed me off, Iñigo Landaluze of Euskadi has been a pro for like 4 years and has never won anything but the asshole sprinters come and take what was to be his fisrt win ever away from him. McEwan has had like 113 wins in his career. What happened to all this crap amstrong talks about guys in the peloton letting ppl win even if they can be beat. Like no one waited for Iban but everyone waits for lance which is understandable but today the sprinters just pissed me off they have no sympathy. :mumble:
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So what are saying here JMAC, the sprinters should have just sat up when they caught the two break away guys in a display of sympathy? Maybe you can give Al Trautwig some commentary tips.
Plus, those two were trying so hard to dick each other around that neither of them won. Paul Sherwen had it dead right, with about a km left...he said that as long as they didn't try any tactical stuff with each other, they'd make it.
The whole affair reminded me of Don Beebe swatting the ball out of poor Leon's hand right as he reached the goal line. I still have nightmares over that one.
Gotta cross the line first to win and they wanted the other to lead them to the line and zap them. .. how incredibly stupid...
JMAC said:
They didn't wait for Iban b/c the pace was already picked up by the time Mayo crashed. Also, if they had reduced their speed, the peloton would've bunched and they's what Lance doesn't want, especially on the cobbles.
JMAC said:
ok... but that means that they have to trust that EVERYONE will just sit up.
If you were in first place (Green jersey) and you sat up, but the guy in 2nd didn't and he stole the jersey from you, wouldn't you be pissed? YES... so you go for it.
I agree with the commentators that if they had not spent valuable time talking to each other and trying to figure out what to do, that one of the two would have won. Letting people win a stage is one thing, but for the entire peleton to slow down would never happen. The stage was their stage (the 2 on the break) to win or lose. They messed up and lost.
the iban is cryin thing is getting old, when was the last time iban was IN yellow? 2 totally different situations. iban got dropped cause of his weak team.
those 2 riders shot themselves in the foot, insert the homer simpson "DOH!!!"
it is professional racing
those 2 riders shot themselves in the foot, insert the homer simpson "DOH!!!"
it is professional racing
Either he or Simioni could have won that stage if they hadn't goofed around and just rode. They started jockeying to be on the other guys wheel and they got caught. Their own fault. If they had just kept hammering they'd have beaten the chaxe group by around 10sec.
Stupid mistake for both of them.
Stupid mistake for both of them.