Undoubtedly there will be a mass exodus from Astana next year. Vino should rebuild with all of the Rock Racing Rejects and form a WWF style cycling team. Capes, Masks, yelling interviews and assaulting other riders with folding chairs.
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Undoubtedly there will be a mass exodus from Astana next year. Vino should rebuild with all of the Rock Racing Rejects and form a WWF style cycling team. Capes, Masks, yelling interviews and assaulting other riders with folding chairs.
He should hire a pilot to parachute him in with bike in full kit... right to the front of the peleton where he would land (rubber side down) and immediately cut his chute and attack.
Where's team FedEx, we need a team FedEx.
Yeah, weird and boring this week. I like the idea of putting some really tough stuff toward the end of the race, but the impact is lessened if you create stages that let them sorta cruise through the earlier parts. If you're in the mountains, finish on top of the mountains. Next week would be a lot better if the contenders had to work a lot harder this week, and it certainly would have made for better racing to this point.
That would be awesome!! I was horribly disappointed that I stayed home to watch today...I should have known better and gone for a ride
I think I know where Vino is.
http://tour-de-france.velonews.com/article/95303/tour-riders-hit-by-pellet-gun
http://tour-de-france.velonews.com/article/95303/tour-riders-hit-by-pellet-gun
At least they have better gun control.France has rednecks too.
How do you say, "Watch This!" in French?
No doubt he'd start his sprint about 20ft up, so when his rear tire hits he'd do a rad burnout creating a smokescreen for his attack. By the time it clears he'd be a good quarter-mile up the road.
No way, that's bush-league. Vino would either:
1. use a giant sniper rifle from his perch on a cliff about 2 miles away
or
2. He'd just wade in and use his hands to completely decimate the field. Picture a train crashing, just people getting piled on top of other people and bikes, Vino tearing off limbs and chainstays left and right.
I have to post this again, just because of it's deadpan awesomeness:
“I’ve never seen Leipheimer attack,” Di Luca said on RAI television.
http://www.velonews.com/article/92332/leipheimer--i-will-attack-
Leipheimer pulling out does suck for Lance though...you know Levi wasn't working for Contador.
“I’ve never seen Leipheimer attack,” Di Luca said on RAI television.
http://www.velonews.com/article/92332/leipheimer--i-will-attack-
Leipheimer pulling out does suck for Lance though...you know Levi wasn't working for Contador.
great day in the tour , but i don't get why george is pissed @ astana and slip stream . can someone please explain ?
sounds juicy
Garmin didn't help with any of the tempo until the end and then came to front to help AG2R. They really had nothing to gain accept keeping George out of the yellow...maybe George should talk to Cavendish about keeping his mouth shut.
As far as I'm concerned, Astana-Discovery-Postal did what they always do and went to the front in the middle of the stage to control the tempo and keep the break from getting too far away from them. They nailed it at about 8 minutes and then just stayed there until AG2R decided to try and reel it back in.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/fuse-lit-once-again-in-columbias-rivalry-with-garmin
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does anybody else think Thor sounds just like the Terminator?
Yup Lance looked good, But Contador Kicked Ass!!!
good stage
good stage
i was really impressed with the ride Bradley Wiggens did today
Boy, this is a weird TdF course. Usually they mix up the sections so there are a few climbing stages, then a few flat, then the finish.
They start the really hard climbing right after a rest day (which riders hate), and then it is a massive pressure cooker until Paris.
They start the really hard climbing right after a rest day (which riders hate), and then it is a massive pressure cooker until Paris.
Lance Noepo.
I thought Lance looked like Cadel Evans...
He is riding very well! I'm hoping he can hold on for 3rd.
Cavendish didn't ride a straight line and pushed Thor against the barriers
I was assuming that Armstrong would attack at some point and lose everyone...but maybe not
Dropped by Cadel Evans today, attacker tomorrow?I was assuming that Armstrong would attack at some point and lose everyone...but maybe not
One thing about Lance is that he was always consistent. Considering his TT results and today I would guess he will lose more time to the best climbers and put time into everyone except AC, Evans and possibly Wiggins.
That was iffy. The finishing straight had a bend at about 50 meters and Thor was on the inside line. Cavendish pinched him, but I don't think it was intentional.
The race refs said that they had decided to call it basically as soon as it unfolded--even before Thor lodged a complaint for them to review.
Cavendish looked pretty tired...and right before the squeeze he clearly looked over his shoulder so he knew exactly where Thor was.
What I thought was funny was that instead of being dramatic and talking about how Armstrong was sucking, Paul and Phil kept talking about how good he looked at 37
What I thought was funny was that instead of being dramatic and talking about how Armstrong was sucking, Paul and Phil kept talking about how good he looked at 37
All Lance
All positive
All the time
Paul and Phil said he looked great. He got beat by Cadel Evans who cried after the stage and said it was his worst day ever. :lol:
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So can we assume Lance is officially out of the running? nail in the coffin and all that...(I've not been paying attention)
Not really. He's done some pretty retarded things towards the end of previous tours.
I guess the bigger question in my mind is how relevant his results of years past are to whatever athlete he is right now.