2011 Tour de France Stage 16 (18/7/2011): Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux - Gap, 162.5km

[Anonymous]

Evans : Just joking

No man, he sux on the down

 

[hrotha]

crack is an expression used in portugal and spain to describe some1 that is awesome/very good at something.

like for example: cristiano ronaldo is a crack (very good at football)

daniel navarro is a crack( very good person in this case i assume)

cruse you hrotha <_<

Wow, you use it in Portugal too?
Iberian bros represent.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

No, I didn't. I just hate it that for the last 60 km we already knew the break won. Turned an exciting stage into a non stage very quickly. Especially with names like Hushovd and EBH in the break... There's just no point in watching anymore.

I bet if gilbert was in there you wouldn't be complaining.

 

[Winterfold]

Some of you guys...

Flat stages suck, breakaways suck, MTF finishes suck unless all the GC contenders kill themselves and even then they suck unless someone had an EPO rocket strapped to his bike, ardennes style stages suck, ITTs suck, TTTs suck.

What a bunch of suckers.

Bike racing is a diverse sport, take pleasure in that diversity

morons.

 

[El Pistolero]

I bet if gilbert was in there you wouldn't be complaining.

If Rojas, Gilbert, Hushovd, EBH, Goss and Samu Sanchez were in the break I wouldn't be complaining, no.

If Gilbert was in the break with a bunch of nobodies I would find it lame as well.

 

[craig1985]

TGBM fail!

 

[just some guy]

Kelly saying he would not like to descend in the wet - these boys must be sh!tting themselves

 

[Maxiton]

crack is an expression used in portugal and spain to describe some1 that is awesome/very good at something.

like for example: cristiano ronaldo is a crack (very good at football)

daniel navarro is a crack( very good person in this case i assume)

cruse you hrotha <_<

Is that the same sense in which it's used in English? Only, in English it isn't slang: So-and-so is a crack marksman? Evans is a crack descender?

 

[Parrulo]

Wow, you use it in Portugal too?
Iberian bros represent.

ya we used it in portugal too. portuguese and spanish are very similar after all.

like ali G would say. RESTECP my iberian bro

 

[El Pistolero]

Some of you guys...

Flat stages suck, breakaways suck, MTF finishes suck unless all the GC contenders kill themselves and even then they suck unless someone had an EPO rocket strapped to his bike, ardennes style stages suck, ITTs suck, TTTs suck.

What a bunch of suckers.

Bike racing is a diverse sport, take pleasure in that diversity

morons.

Diverse? How is it diverse when nothing ever happens like on Luz Ardiden, Plateau de Beille, flat stages? It's that what people hate. Not the type of stages.

This stage was fun for 40km or so. Better than nothing I suppose.

 

[sublimit]

BMC bringing Cadel to the front.. like Royalty getting the red carpet trearment with the way Pauls going on...

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

If Rojas, Gilbert, Hushovd, EBH, Goss and Samu Sanchez were in the break I wouldn't be complaining, no.

If Gilbert was in the break with a bunch of nobodies I would find it lame as well.

pfft, I for one don't mind seeing some lesser names duke it out.
Yes ebh and hushovd are there but it isn't a certainty that they will win. It will be a dangerous and quick finish. I am not convinced.

 

[MartinGT]

Kelly saying he would not like to descend in the wet - these boys must be sh!tting themselves

I sh!t myself in the dry

 

[The Hitch]

oh man I hope for a thundering downhil from saome of the favorites

Sammy Sanchez. Your mothers calling.

crack is an expression used in portugal and spain to describe some1 that is awesome/very good at something.

like for example: cristiano ronaldo is a crack (very good at football)

Ths Spanish expression I associate with Ronaldo is "ful de Estambul".

 

[El Pistolero]

pfft, I for one don't mind seeing some lesser names duke it out.
Yes ebh and hushovd are there but it isn't a certainty that they will win. It will be a dangerous and quick finish. I am not convinced.

If they stay on their bike there's no way one of them will lose.

 

[Cimber]

Diverse? How is it diverse when nothing ever happens like on Luz Ardiden, Plateau de Beille, flat stages? It's that what people hate. Not the type of stages.

This stage was fun for 40km or so. Better than nothing I suppose.

more like 70k. And it was better than all the MTF stages so far

 

[shalgo]

Kelly saying he would not like to descend in the wet - these boys must be sh!tting themselves

Kelly himself did an awesome descent in the rain at the 1989 World Championships.

 

[sportzchick]

I think Skippy deserves a lot of credit probably the same chance as Evans has now.

yeah i agree - so its the best chance for a long time

I started watching le tour in 1995 so its the best chance Ive ever seen at anyrate

back onto the race, the weather could make things very insteresting towards the end of the race

 

[El Pistolero]

more like 70k. And it was better than all the MTF stages so far

40km live. I could care less what happened before the live stream.

 

[jobiwan]

The question is can Martin and the others get away on the climb?

I think they'll all be looking to Hushovd and they'll regret it when Thor lets Hesjedal go up the road on the climb!!

RYDER FTW!!

(1,000 posts for me, cool )

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

If they stay on their bike there's no way one of them will lose.

don't be so sure.
riders are some what fresh here, this is not as predictable as you suggest.
The fact no one will want to enter the sprint with them should make for a good finish.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

How exactly is a break including people like Hushovd, EBH, Hesjedal and Martin "a bunch of nobodies"? Not to mention the Tour's most attacking rider, Roy.

 

[thehog]

Its Pantani v Ullrich 1998 all over again.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

anyway I hope ebh wins.
for some reason I don't really like Ignatiev

 

[Jamsque]

How exactly is a break including people like Hushovd, EBH, Hesjedal and Martin "a bunch of nobodies"? Not to mention the Tour's most attacking rider, Roy.

Because some people are never happy, that's why. Just ignore them and enjoy the great racing.