2011 TDF: Stage 19 - Modane - Alpe-dÂ’Huez

[battery89]

Contador made this tour de france. Absolute hero. So much panache.

AWESOME STAGE

 

[Ferminal]

problably sanchez

Samu wins it by 10 points.

 

[Arnout]

Beautiful win by Rolland. I wanted Sanchez to win, but I'm fine with Rolland. I even think I have him in my Tour selection.

 

[T-Nielsen]

Cadel looked like a determined potato. Going to be interesting tomorrow.

Well done Rolland. Well done Contador. Dying with your boths on.

 

[Zoncolan]

Looks like AC on the podium behind Cuddles/AS.

 

[personal]

57 seconds between AS and CE.

This could be an EPIC finish. I'd love to see CE beat AS by :57 seconds tomorrow and start the last stage DEAD tied.

We could have a fight in the Paris!!!

 

[TimChristy]

Samu owes AC dinner tonight! P!ss poor move chasing him down

 

[VeloCity]

weird...just started watching the stage online and reading this thread and wondering wtf you guys were talking about before realizing the Eurosport feed I was watching is about 10 minutes behind real-time

 

[Parrulo]

Well, explain to me why?

Drag Rolland up to Contador without asking him to work.

^^that

cooking himself to bridge to some1 and taking a guy on his wheel.

dum dumb dumb

 

[luckyboy]

What???? "poor Evans"???

Couldn't get any time on Andy

 

[seldon71]

Schleck needs to finish fourth to win mountain jersey - doesn't!

So Samu may have stolen the stage from Contador, but come on - he had mountain title to win!

And Rolland had every right not to pull Conta or Samu. They are fighting Voeckler in overall for Top5.

Absolutely correct tactics by BOTH Sanchez and Rolland!

The failures today : Basso (who hadn't it) and Voeckler (too brave leading to tactical failure)

 

[DenisMenchov]

Well done Pierre!!!!

EPIC TT COMING!!!!

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Samu wins it by 10 points.

8, no?

Live tour ticker had him 24 behind. He took 2nd (16x2=32).

 

[kjetilraknerud]

For those of you who know the rule book:

What happens if Cadel beats Andy by 57 seconds tomorrow? Is it the best placing on the final stage that decides it? Cadel and Andy sprinting on Champs Elysèe?

 

[RedheadDane]

i freaky love this!

 

[Zoncolan]

Tommy D. finally having his crap day?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Rolland climbed it in 41 minutes, same as Armstrong in 2001

 

[Magnus]

Anybody got the -20 points limit?

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

That is what cycling is about, an amazing stage.

Schleck was freakin wrecked man.

TT Battle Royale

 

[kurtinsc]

Samu owes AC dinner tonight! P!ss poor move chasing him down

He won himself the polka-dots with that chase. Should he have sacrificed that for Contador's potential stage win?

 

[Connor Pass]

Was the KoM point the finish line or was it a few hundred metres before?

If it was at the finish Samu has it - but I thought there was a line before the final corner and maybe that's why Schleck was leading his group...

 

[goggalor]

Samu and Rolland kiss and make up.

 

[Finn84]

27'05" is the time limit I think.

 

[The Hitch]

So Samu gets the polka in Paris.

Rolland gets Alpe.

Shame Contador gets nothing. How much time does he need on Frank for the podium?

 

[patrick767]

Too bad for Andy... he needed more time on Evans going into the ITT tomorrow. Andy will need enough left to ride a great, for him, ITT to hold onto his lead. Evans is likely low on gas now too though, so we'll see.

It's altogether possible that Evans gains significant time but only enough to make it a near tie. Then we have a race for the yellow on the Champs-Élysées!