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

[will10]

4 mins to go for Cav..... eeek

Rojas hasn't finished yet either though

 

[Chef_Vodnik]

Frank to do the TT of his life beating his brother and Cadel to the nr. 1 spot with Andy and Cadel tying on second, down to the 1/1.000.000 of a second. You heard it here first.

Like Suisse, eh?

 

[Nastyy]

Hmm. Just checked the results and it shows that Andy didn't get points, so Samu wins the KoM, so the KoM line was in the finish line.

 

[Kwibus]

Was that De Gendt up there? If so, WTF?! ride of the day..

Yeh it was him. He said this was the first day he actually felt good legs this tour.
He also crashed hard the first day I think.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Contrary to lies posted earlier, Samu has won the polka dot as per the official site.

 

[Cerberus]

I am 99% certain they have changed the starting order in the past to avoid two teammates going off one after the other.

ok fair enough, my apologies then.

 

[luckyboy]

Hell Yeah Sanchez

 

[davestoller]

Andy has plenty of time to win this......
Tommorow might be Cadel's last chance

I cant wait!!!!!!

Night All!

Its all about how they recover tonight.
Mentally and physically.

I think Evans consistently has more in the tank, went when he needed to, conserved when he needed to.

I think he will be riding with brilliance.

 

[jobiwan]

Hmm. Just checked the results and it shows that Andy didn't get points, so Samu wins the KoM, so the KoM line was in the finish line.

Well, I would have liked Andy to get it, but Samu deserves it! Yay for Samu!

 

[No_Balls]

take it to the clinic, please. Rolland did everything right, classy win!!

No, it wasnt a classy win.

 

[therhodeo]

Contrary to lies posted earlier, Samu has won the polka dot as per the official site.

Happy for Sammy.

 

[GroupDK]

Who can blame them after being ridiculed by danes since the 90ies?

sure but that was a different era..

but still was shocked the couples of times I went to france about how much money means there..there are not much respect for princips..

ranks also 25 thats is low . !

Not so fund of french mentality, sure I find there madames god damn hot, but ..(but still not 24/7 !!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CHswsOxlw4


(but then again dont know if its worse in other EU countrys..)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index

 

[kjetilraknerud]

If we had time bonuses, Cadel would have been 37 seconds behind Andy now. Just a mathematic experiment, I know, but still interesting.

 

[will10]

over 80 guys not to finish, Rojas and Cav will both lose 20 points and a big group will not be kicked out, safety in numbers again.

 

[Spider1964]

Good win, but I wouldn't call it classy. Sitting on Sammy's wheel until he had dragged him to Conti and then attacking...Not classy.

Karma.

Sammy sat on CE for 2 days and attacked him earlier in the stage?

What comes around goes around.

 

[WinterRider]

It's a French (Teams) one, two, three in the white jersey competition, with one and three being French riders. Could this be a sign of things to come?

 

[spalco]

Cav leading the grupetto, lol.

DIdn't make it according to EUrosport. But Rojas is in the group too.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Frank to do the TT of his life beating his brother and Cadel to the nr. 1 spot with Andy and Cadel tying on second, down to the 1/1.000.000 of a second. You heard it here first.

TdS last year was the TT of Frank's life!

 

[Cervelo77]

In other news, Garmin-Cervelo leads the teams competition by over 10 minutes.

 

[hrotha]

Best Alps ever? Best ones I've ever seen at any rate. Pity that Evans couldn't shake Andy in the end.

I have quite the WTF face regarding Europcar. If Voeckler hadn't been stupid he might have won this.

 

[davestoller]

No, it wasnt a classy win.

He attacked Contador several times, from the front.
Brass Balls Award.
Name all the people who drop Contador on a mountain top finish.

At least the stage wasnt gifted to him the was the jury gave it to Hinault, courtesy of M. Lemond.

He earned it.

 

[El Pistolero]

Lol, bummer. Samu should have known better of letting a Frenchman on his wheel the entire climb. Dumb move, but in the end he has the polkadots.

 

[Maxiton]

Here comes cav

 

[Dead Star]

Rojas and Cav both finish together outside the time limit?

 

[personal]

Huge autbus in. Safe.