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

[jobiwan]

Well, I'm logging off for a while to watch the stage!! What a ride, win or not!

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

apparently 2.15 the gap still...

 

[thirteen]

I thought you were an Evans fan.

touché!

lol!

 

[BYOP88]

Now I've seen it all Frank ahead of Evans etc on a descent.

 

[RdBiker]

What are the Eurosport guys saying - is Fränk ahead of Contador??? Can't be

 

[Ramira]

I can't wait to see an image of Monfort at the finish line, he's going to be soooo exhausted. But damn has he done his job well the last 3 days.

 

[patrick767]

Just got a chance to check in... wow, very big and gutsy attack by Andy Schleck. Where's he been before today? Having two riders up the road looks to have been a great move too. It seems his pull from Posthuma didn't last long before Andy left him behind, but I take it Monfort is a big help for him in picking out lines on the descent? I wonder how much of this was planned ahead.

I'm guessing Contador et al. figured his attack was way too early and they can bring it back together later. Maybe they're being too confident.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Question is: How far beyond Briancon is Andy going to have company?
Monfort is certainly running low, imo.
The rest are already not playing ball.
Time for the other favs to get their heads together.

 

[Franklin]

can you please dissapear from this thread now. All you can talk about is Evans and you think the whole world revolves around him, please be gone

In all fairness...

Evans has been up front all the TdF. He hasn't been hiding, yet that is what he has been accused of... but check the results.. from week 1 he is there.

Cadel is being judged way to harshly by many people here. he's riding within his limits and has shown his face at front more than once.

 

[RdBiker]

Just got a chance to check in... wow, very big and gutsy attack by Andy Schleck. Where's he been before today? Having two riders up the road looks to have been a great move too. It seems his pull from Posthuma didn't last long before Andy left him behind, but I take it Monfort is a big help for him in picking out lines on the descent? I wonder how much of this was planned ahead.

I'm guessing Contador et al. figured his attack was way too early and they can bring it back together later. Maybe they're being too confident.

Poosthuma drove the break on for a long long time so the tactic probably was to keep Monfort fresh to help Andy.

 

[Ferminal]

Question is: How far beyond Briancon is Andy going to have company?
Monfort is certainly running low, imo.
The rest are already not playing ball.
Time for the rest to get their heads together.

Maybe he could help bail Ireland out.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

2'30 for Andy...

If they can't pull it together in the favorite group fast than it's done.

 

[sportzchick]

can you please dissapear from this thread now. All you can talk about is Evans and you think the whole world revolves around him, please be gone

All the forum is slamming Cadel Evens....I'm just balancing things up

Deal with it!

 

[sulgpallur]

andy is gonna win the tour right here no1 working

 

[ak-zaaf]

Question is: How far beyond Briancon is Andy going to have company?
Monfort is certainly running low, imo.
The rest are already not playing ball.
Time for the rest to get their heads together.

Nobody is riding.
Evans is best placed, he has to do it.

 

[Ramira]

Exactly, why do people care how a race happens an hour out from the finish? The history books remember places, not attacks. Fun to watch, but if it results in a loss, it's not impressive.

Ofcourse, sports aren't about the joy and excitement of watching it. It's all about the results, that's why only sports teams that win championships have fans and why no-one ever bothers watching sports live but rather buys books of sports statistics.......o wait.

 

[The Hitch]

If i was the Katusha or quickstep i would help andy. Even as a Samu fan i would do it as a way of supporting attacking riding.


Wow Voeckler zooms past all the others without pushing a pedal.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

I don't think Cadel has done anything wrong today. He has played the only card really he can play.

 

[GroupDK]

what the are the favorites doing- come on giving away the tour..

 

[khodder]

Andy has actually gained 15 seconds so far on the descent.

 

[Publicus]

And Andy is asking for help.

 

[ericthesportsman6]

No one chasing behind...Andy getting closer to three minutes.

 

[Jamsque]

No-one is chasing!

Dekker, shut the eff up and leave the thread alone so we can watch the race in peace.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

All the forum is slamming Cadel Evens....I'm just balancing things up

Deal with it!

the forum is just stating they'd rather andy win then evans.

deal with it. OPINIONS OMG

 

[RdBiker]

2'30 for Andy...

If they can't pull it together in the favorite group fast than it's done.

They should bring 1-2 min back on the flat so maybe they won't catch him after all before the climb kicks up