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

[The Hitch]

gesink already dropped . . . .

its pathetic that he is still racing. he should be getting ready for the vuelta

Hes saving himself for a mountain the Dutch call theirs.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

ebh of the back it looks like.
hmm..

 

[Pharazon]

ebh dropping out the back by the looks of it

 

[Mambo95]

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.

The reason why people get annoyed by stages can be seen in the first few pages of this thread. There were completely unrealistic expections of what might happen. Sanchez to attack on the descent, Contador to attack to the way up, Gilbert to attack 100km out etc. These were never going to happen. The sane people just said 'it'll be a breakaway'.

Edit: And just as I press submit, Contador attacks.

 

[sportzchick]

I always love it when the breakaway rider/riders succeeds

If you got the balls to take the peleton on you deserve to win...

 

[mr. tibbs]

Ominous words: "Thor Hushovd gets into the wheel of Jeremy Roy."

 

[shalgo]

Hesjedal looks like an awkward teenager who, after a growth spurt, is too big for his bike.

 

[Anonymous]

I've enjoyed Hushovd this Tour, but I couldn't bare seeing him win another stage.

I'm afraid he's going to crush everyone in the descent.

Go Ryder.

Paul just said Ryder has a MTB background, so.....

 

[craig1985]

Paul Sherwen on the logic of Ryder Hesjedal being a former MTB rider = somebody who own's on the descent.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Ignatiev sucking wheels now

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Hes saving himself for a mountain the Dutch call theirs.

indeed.
he talked about it a lot prior to the tour, I suspect it is where he has a go.
and fails. The form wont be there.

 

[jobiwan]

Weather's absolutely awful on the climb. Stay safe everyone, no crashes please!!

 

[sportzchick]

stop acting like calimero

who?????????

 

[The Hitch]

Contador !!!!!

 

[Ramira]

gesink already dropped . . . .

its pathetic that he is still racing. he should be getting ready for the vuelta

He doesn't want to let down his teammates who worked so hard for him by giving up. Apparently getting dropped every time the road goes up a tiny bit is great way to reward them ^^.

And Contador going!

 

[bicing]

Yeah contador!!!

 

[Jamsque]

Ebh goes!

Contador goes!

 

[Parrulo]

contador gone

 

[craig1985]

Bertie attacks.

 

[Ferminal]

Settle down Bertie.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Contador attacks!!

 

[woodie]

Contador goes!!!

 

[Gingerale]

go ryder go!

he's used to bad weather. it's nothing.

oh my; contador!

 

[thirteen]

yes yes yes

 

[Publicus]

Terrible sign for Leopard Trek