2011 Tour de France Stage 18 - Pinerolo - Galibier Serre-Chevalier 200.5km

[Parrulo]

Contador's about to stick his foot up Andy's rear, so he wants to make sure his knee will fit.

i lol'd so hard

 

[TimChristy]

This Versus coverage with about 3 minutes of racing followed by 3 minutes of commercials (Nissan, Geico, and Izod) is getting old real fast

 

[Maxiton]

Contador's about to stick his foot up Andy's rear, so he wants to make sure his knee will fit.

lol



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[Granville57]

Contador's about to stick his foot up Andy's rear, so he wants to make sure his knee will fit.

 

[Zoncolan]

Kirby is an idiot

 

[Ferminal]

Nice, Liquigas on the front.

Cav dropped yet?

Looks like I joined in just in time, peloton at the start of the steep stuff?

 

[thirteen]

Contador's about to stick his foot up Andy's rear, so he wants to make sure his knee will fit.

another one who greatly appreciated that

 

[Maxiton]

Been saving that one for something special?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Ok, it's definite, they are not using the Agnello.
Yoann Gene is leading the pace and the fav teams are just sitting there. Nobody gonna put in a hard pace.

Very disappointed already

 

[Lupetto]

http://www.dewielersite.net/db2/wielersite/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=30460

check him out next month in tour of utah

Henao will do Utah and Colorado, right? UNE and Gobernacion De Antioquia will make it a real hard in the mountains. The altitude of Colorado will be perfect for the Colombians.

 

[Maxiton]

Ok, it's definite, they are not using the Agnello.
Yoann Gene is leading the pace and the fav teams are just sitting there. Nobody gonna put in a hard pace.

Very disappointed already

Whataya mean, not using it?

 

[Parrulo]

the only bad thing about nibali stepping up to be a main GT rider is that the fearful liqui train is now split in 2 and isn't nearly as powerful

the giro 2010 liqui train would reduce the peloton to like 10 guys on the agnel alone

 

[Grayguard]

Samu said they'll be trying for the stage win...

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Whataya mean, not using it?

Not using it = not using it to make the race hard. They are riding easy pace.

 

[Maxiton]

Ok, it's definite, they are not using the Agnello.
Yoann Gene is leading the pace and the fav teams are just sitting there. Nobody gonna put in a hard pace.

Very disappointed already

Did you mean the Galibier? They're not using it?

 

[just some guy]

the only bad thing about nibali stepping up to be a main GT rider is that the fearful liqui train is now split in 2 and isn't nearly as powerful

the giro 2010 liqui train would reduce the peloton to like 10 guys on the agnel alone

In the neutral Zone...

was a thing of Beauty

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

the tour gives you agnello, the peloton stands still on it. it makes me sick these new generations of cyclists

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Did you mean the Galibier? They're not using it?

No you are completely misunderstanding.

When we say 'not using it' we mean that the teams don't ride a hard pace to make a selection. They are currently riding soft pace on the Agnello, so they are not using the climb to make a selection.

It's a matter of saying

 

[sportzchick]

I wish SBS would hurry up & get the coverage started....

So nervous I'm about to burst...

 

[dbrmuz]

Well as usual us here in Oz are being subject to Tommo's idiocy instead of getting coverage of today's stage.

Still,watching Matt Keenan explaining some of the intricacies of the stage,and racing in general,as Mike nods his head (like he's about to fall asleep) is amusing-you can see that Tommo doesn't understand any of what Matt's just said.

 

[Grand Tourist]

Ok, it's definite, they are not using the Agnello.
Yoann Gene is leading the pace and the fav teams are just sitting there. Nobody gonna put in a hard pace.

Very disappointed already

I think we'll see fireworks on the Iozard.

 

[Pharazon]

seriously did any of you REALLY expect anything to happen on the agnello?

 

[Parrulo]

having 40k btw climbs certainly doesn't help . . .

 

[Maxiton]

Not using it = not using it to make the race hard. They are riding easy pace.

Didn't really make sense to me to have it come first. Seems like it would have been more interesting as the final climb. I mean, what's the point? Apparently the teams agreed.

 

[SirLes]

Farrar getting a nice pull up the steep bit! Good timing. Clearly having a rest for Paris!