2011 Tour De France Stage 17 (20/7/2011): Gap > Pinerolo, 179km

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

I dislike some riders intensely but not as much as I enjoy guys like contador, samu, ebh and uran today

uran was pretty awesdome today.
in fact uran has been so much more awesome then evans in this race.. oh wait

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

A question for everyone, if Contador can win this does it rate better than Pantani coming from a long way back to win in '98?

Also, would be the first to win Giro/Tour double since Pantani.

if contadfor attacks tomorrow on the big climb before galibier than he can become maybe in the shadow of pantani.

 

[patrick767]

Dear Andy and Frank Schleck,
We've said it before and we'll say it again. Contador is not your only rival and even if he was, you won't gain time by staring at him constantly instead of going for a real attack.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Which frankly is to be expected. He's been strong throughout. I can't imagine he can hold it all the way to Paris.

Contador looks like he's getting very comfortable. Very comfortable.

so you think he's going to get better and better after a very hard 3 week giro?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Mollema says he also almost mist a corner in the downhill later on.
Fun descend

 

[Midnightfright]

Hagen owned that race and is now the new Peter Sagan. Ahh hang on he's older and Sagan hasn't ridden a GT yet

When Sagan is old enough for puberty he's going to own the world. Whats up with these Nowegians and there descending.

 

[Alpe d'Huez]

Glad to see a smile still on Voeckler's face. He's going to have a tough two days ahead of him, but he looks good.

 

[Cerberus]

no no no. please tell me he didn't!

He didn't.

 

[GroupDK]

Where did this Contador english interview get shown?

not sure, but it was the danish interviewer that talk to him in english, so dont know if showed on other channels

 

[The Hitch]

Samu.. Every day it is something else.. We will see what tomorrow brings."

ever the philosopher

How's Contador's English? Better than Nadal's?

No. Contadors english seems worse than a year ago.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Which frankly is to be expected. He's been strong throughout. I can't imagine he can hold it all the way to Paris.

Contador looks like he's getting very comfortable. Very comfortable.

you know more then most I was against the giro-tour double before the tour but at this point I am all for it, if it saves this tour.

even if andy can manage to do something special I'd be happy. Tho I disle the guy.

Props to evans tho, if he wins he deserves it.

 

[BM1979]

to be fair ryo did state that andy sucks in the raib otherwise is ok yesterday.

maybe not fair to judge evans on this tho. I reckon cadel is looking tired.[/QUOTE]

I disagree , he covered every attack with ease and didn't look troubled at all in the climb , im not sure what heppened on the descent , the coverage was awful

 

[funnytanlines]

nice that tommy v is still in yellow. great tour for him.

 

[Arnout]

A question for everyone, if Contador can win this does it rate better than Pantani coming from a long way back to win in '98?

Also, would be the first to win Giro/Tour double since Pantani.

No-one can beat Pantani. As much as I like Contador and his riding style, Pantani is more than that.

I lived in Italy for some time. Say ciclismo, they often don't care. Say Giro and they nod. Say Pantani and you get the Italians excited and you know how they talk when they are excited.

 

[patrick767]

Glad to see a smile still on Voeckler's face. He's going to have a tough two days ahead of him, but he looks good.

And why not? There's no indication that he's struggling but even if he gets completely blown away tomorrow, he's far exceeded everyone's expectations and had a spectacular TdF.

 

[Jeanne]

who's most combative today?

 

[kjetilraknerud]

The great thing about EBH today was that he knew that he was the strongest sprinter, and still attacked on the climb. That's the riding of a champion.

 

[Carl0880]

A question for everyone, if Contador can win this does it rate better than Pantani coming from a long way back to win in '98?

Also, would be the first to win Giro/Tour double since Pantani.

No, because Contador came in this as a favorite, and he is one of the better TTs.

In 98, Ullrich was the ultimate favorite, defending champ and there was a heavy belief back then that a pure climber could not win the Tour, after Indurain and Lemond. Ullrich at the time was also perceived as a guaranteed 5 time tour winner.

Pantani also launched an attack on the Galibier about 60km before the stage end, and of course Ullrich cracked in the mind.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Did Phil or Paul ever mention the spanish Armada being samu and AC?

 

[dgodave]

Tommy D finishes with Tommy V.
.

 

[jsem94]

I loved that shake of hands when Conti and Samu crossed the finish line, they had really tried.

 

[Climbing]

Now those descents are over... Basso time I suppose!

 

[auscyclefan94]

who's most combative today?

Ruben Perez

 

[thirteen]

I'm 99.9999999% certain they made that quote up.

thank you.

sorry for being gullible -- it's just that so many stupid things have come out of his mouth recently

 

[bjaelkesex]

Dear Andy and Frank Schleck,
We've said it before and we'll say it again. Contador is not your only rival and even if he was, you won't gain time by staring at him constantly instead of going for a real attack.

The commentator said something like "it's no wonder Andy fears the descends with his head turned around like that!"