Stage 11 Spoiler

mogulskr · Jul 13, 2006

Damn your fast.

Ian F · Jul 13, 2006

yep... this is shaping up to be a fun Tour to watch... sitting here glued to my computer screen... not knowing what's going to happen... impatiently waiting for the next "auto-refresh" update on Velonews... :help:

I bet Velonews.com makes their entire operating advertising budget during July... I'm hardly ever on there during the other 11 months... :rolleyes:

Ian F · Jul 13, 2006

DRB said:
I think that cyclingnews and eurosport are better.

Ok... might try those tomorrow.

Ian F · Jul 13, 2006

DRB said:
But how 'bout 2 mountain bikers in the top 4. Excellent stuff.

Yep! I've seen Floyd race at Mt Snow. :thumb:

Heidi · Jul 13, 2006

Yah, there were three! Floyd, Cadel, and Rasmussen!

Heidi · Jul 13, 2006

hahahah - Jose's interview...he refers to Rasmussen as, "The bald guy"! hahahah

Echo · Jul 13, 2006

Cadel hung in there nicely today. I'm still picking him for the overall, but damn Floyd is starting to look pretty tough.

Westy · Jul 13, 2006

So what the hell happened to Discovery? Seems that those guys always placed much better when working for Lance. I wonder if not having a strong leader before and during the race has left them weaker.

jacksonpt · Jul 13, 2006

Yea - it was a great stage. I listened on eurosport... from teh sounds of things, Landis was right where he wanted to be... clearly in control. I was really happy to see Levi riding strong again. I heard that he had a couple of bad days (didn't eat/sleep enough, so he basically bonked).

I liked seeing voekler do well early in the stage - and Rasmussen had a good day. Too bad about Mayo though.

All in all - today was much more what I was expecting. Only real "letdown" is discovery. what's going on with them??? Azavedo was teh only one who seemed to have a strong day.

sanjuro · Jul 13, 2006

What about Discovery's "Race to Replace Lance"? Once again the hype machine fails to deliver...

Echo · Jul 13, 2006

Oh man, we're at 17 minutes and George still hasn't crossed the line...

Echo · Jul 13, 2006

sanjuro said:
"Replace Lance"

peter6061 · Jul 13, 2006

That was awesome.

Anyone have or know of a small app that I can keep on the side of my screen that automatically refreshes the data from velonews or another source so I don't new to keep the whole window open? I was thinking about programming one, but wondered if someone alreayd had one.

Nice to see all these mtbers finishing so strong. And to see the US in yellow on Bastille day. :devil:

Westy · Jul 13, 2006

sanjuro said:
What about Discovery's "Race to Replace Lance"? Once again the hype machine fails to deliver...

I hear they are putting tobacco juice in Popovich's chamois cream hoping he'll get nut cancer.

jacksonpt · Jul 13, 2006

peter6061 said:
Anyone have or know of a small app that I can keep on the side of my screen that automatically refreshes the data from velonews or another source so I don't new to keep the whole window open? I was thinking about programming one, but wondered if someone alreayd had one.

espn.com has an OK one. The full window is kinda bulky, but they have a side panel that refreshes with the updates. Just hide the rest of the crap behind other windows.

Echo · Jul 13, 2006

Westy said:
I hear they are putting tobacco juice in Popovich's chamois cream hoping he'll get nut cancer.

approved

Heidi · Jul 13, 2006

Mayo....WHAT THE HELL?????? Abandoned. That guy continuously disappoints.

Echo · Jul 13, 2006

DRB said:
Hincapie finished 4 minutes down.

What standings are you looking at?

douglas · Jul 13, 2006

short interview w/George couple days back..and he says something like well no biggie if I'm not in contention for the yellow jersey

what kind of attitude is that? How about were gonna attack and destroy the other mother f**kers and bring home the yellow !!

Heidi · Jul 13, 2006

Yah, I show him much further back.

douglas · Jul 13, 2006

I like

http://www.letour.com/2006/TDF/LIVE/us/1100/index.html

Heidi · Jul 13, 2006

Wonder what Iban said to the cameraman? Whoa.

Echo · Jul 13, 2006

DRB said:
Eurosport:

AND INTO THE FINISH LINE: Hincapie, Simoni and Pereiro at four minutes back... Dessel charging hard, needed to be within 4'38" to keep his yellow jersey..... DESSEL LOSES IT! 4'46" off pace, and he would have kept the yellow jersey if it were not for the bonus!

I think they mistook Azevedo for Hincapie. According to the "official" timing on the TDF site, George still hadn't finished as of 16:30 :eek:

Heidi · Jul 13, 2006

DRB said:
Eurosport:

AND INTO THE FINISH LINE: Hincapie, Simoni and Pereiro at four minutes back... Dessel charging hard, needed to be within 4'38" to keep his yellow jersey..... DESSEL LOSES IT! 4'46" off pace, and he would have kept the yellow jersey if it were not for the bonus!

That wasn't Hincapie, it was Azevedo. Hincapie is waaaaay further back.

Heidi · Jul 13, 2006

DRB said:
Very well might be.

Umm, it very well is.

golgiaparatus · Jul 13, 2006

Wow, I guess we really saw who is NOT going to win today. Poor George.

Glad for Landis and Lepp. Landis was clearly very strong and working harder than he wanted to.

Jeremy R · Jul 13, 2006

I had to take two truckloads to the landfield this morning, so I got back to my house when they were on the second to last climb and watched the rest of the race before I headed to the office.
Landis was totally in charge.
When Levi or Menchov would attack, Landis would not really react, he would just simply pedal up to them.
He stayed cool the whole stage.
He is gonna be tough to beat.

robdamanii · Jul 13, 2006

Can't believe Discovery is self destructing. They've got a fair amount of talent, but they've got ZERO motivation it seems.

N8 v2.0 · Jul 13, 2006

Overall .. Stage 11

1. Floyd Landis (USA), Phonak, 2057km in 49:18:07 (41.722kph)
2. Cyril Dessel (F), Ag2r Prevoyance, 00:08
3. Denis Menchov (Rus), Rabobank, 01:01
4. Cadel Evans (Aus), Davitamon-Lotto, 01:17
5. Carlos Sastre (Sp), CSC, 01:52
6. Andréas Klöden (G), T-Mobile, 02:29
7. Michael Rogers (Aus), T-Mobile, 03:22
8. Juan Miguel Mercado (Sp), Agritubel, 03:33
9. Christophe Moreau (F), Ag2r Prevoyance, 03:44
10. Marcus Fothen (G), Gerolsteiner, 04:17

Looks like one team was sucking ass today ... sigh

18. Azevedo José (P), Discovery Channel, 07:27
23. Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr), Discovery Channel, 09:00
40. George Hincapie (USA), Discovery Channel, 23:01
41. Paolo Savoldelli (I), Discovery Channel, 24:22
52. Egoi Martinez (Sp), Discovery Channel, 31:26
72. Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Sp), Discovery Channel, 42:19
76. Pavel Padrnos (Cz), Discovery Channel, 44:14
87. José Luis Rubiera (Sp), Discovery Channel, 47:15
111. Viatceslav Ekimov (Rus), Discovery Channel, 59:14

robdamanii · Jul 13, 2006

DRB said:
I doubt they have ZERO motivation. Its more likely sickness or something of that nature that blew them up.

Look at Levi during the time trial or him yo-yoing yesterday.... not a matter of motivation but one of some physical limitation.

True, but nobody is actually trying to play leader for Discovery. They need someone to kick them into gear.

jacksonpt · Jul 13, 2006

robdamanii said:
True, but nobody is actually trying to play leader for Discovery. They need someone to kick them into gear.

I wondered if that was the case - not having a clear cut team leader to turn to/follow might be hurting the overall team effort. No clear cut roles.

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