2012 Tour de France: Stage 16: Pau → Bagnères-de-Luchon, 197 km

[Bala Verde]

These stages are way too hard/long for doping free cycling to become interesting...

no doping talk here.

 

[icefire]

The break climbs Tourmalet 4 mins faster than the sky train

 

[Finn84]

Hincapie has crashed somewhere unseen by cameras.

 

[Panda Claws]

You know this stage sucks when Kern, who has been crap in all the last few stages is still in front of the peleton...

 

[Bala Verde]

Who was that guy who wanted to ban unzipped jerseys?

lol that's something to start worrying about when you see a stage like this.

 

[Eshnar]

These stages are way too hard/long for doping free cycling to become interesting...

 

[Parrot23]

Here's a question for all of you:

What is Alberto thinking (or doing) when he's watching this at home right now?

 

[maltiv]

The break climbs Tourmalet 4 mins faster than the sky train

Sky must have done the climb at like 4,5 w/kg, insane stuff

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Here's a question for all of you:

What is Alberto thinking or doing when he's watching this at home right now?

"I would've attacked here".

 

[Bala Verde]

Here's a question for all of you:

What is Alberto thinking or doing when he's watching this at home right now?

"You win the tour in bed."

So I guess he fell asleep with the TV on in the background.

 

[Apollonius]

Nobody has the balls to attack. Poor going from Cadel and Nibali.

 

[Bala Verde]

Vino with a pointless attack?

EDIT. he drops LTD and Izaguirre and follows CAS.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Somebody asked how one softpedals the Tourmalet.
I think that question has been answered today.

Plus one.


ten charac

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Kessiakoff is morte

 

[For The World]

"You win the tour in bed."

So I guess he fell asleep with the TV on in the background.

Maybe if he's having a siesta.

Otherwise, I think he's doing a Clubber Lang in Rocky 3. He's out there, training, already winning the Vuelta in his mind.

 

[vcampbell]

Chris Anker destroying the field

 

[rxgqgxnyfz]

Vino with a pointless attack?

Dropping Kes ;(

 

[maltiv]

Contador would've finished the stage by now

 

[Publicus]

Here's a question for all of you:

What is Alberto thinking (or doing) when he's watching this at home right now?

He's probably on his Pro Form Tour de France stationary bike showing the peloton how it is done! No seriously, he's probably like: yeah they miss me.

 

[Fergoose]

So Nibali & Evans are settling on a head to head in the ITT to decide the last step of the podium and VdB is settling for... I have no idea what.

Europcar must be setting up something for Rolland. Fingers crossed that'll trigger off a response from the likes of RSNT & Lotto to preserve their fantastic losers positions*. Or I am desperately clutching at straws.

*Great to finish in the top 10 but pathetic to spend the last two weeks defending it.

 

[vcampbell]

Maybe there is something not okay with me, but I just can't stand Voecklers faces, and what he is doing on the bike.

 

[bubblegum]

evans didnt do to well the last time he attacked from 40+ km out, what made everyone think he'd attack more than 70km out?

 

[Eshnar]

Guys... it's not exactly like AC pulled a Pantani in every stage he rode.

 

[ClappinCheeks]

whats with Voeckler making sex faces at the camera, are we supposed to be admiring his suffering? what a toss bag

 

[Climbing]

Here's a question for all of you:

What is Alberto thinking (or doing) when he's watching this at home right now?

I think he's training... btw what is there to watch? The surroundings?