2012 Tour de France: Stage 5: Rouen → Saint-Quentin (196.5km)

[DominicDecoco]

No lack of attack there.

Let's not be naive here, shall we.

 

[l.Harm]

then again Renshaw sprinted at the speed of light. Does he know that the rest is onyl sprinting at 90%?

Van Hummel was sprinting at 100%

 

[karlboss]

Van Hummel was sprinting at 100%

I think everyone but cav were pretty close to 100.

 

[BillytheKid]

Let's not be naive here, shall we.

Yes mam!

I'll try harder for you.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

They are probably going so slow because they rode into higgs-boson particles slowing them down

 

[Fetisoff]

They are probably going so slow because they rode into higgs-boson particles slowing them down

Good one

 

[vcampbell]

They are probably going so slow because they rode into higgs-boson particles slowing them down

This is at a cycling forum too, yeees Thank you!

 

[dgodave]

then again Renshaw sprinted at the speed of light. Does he know that the rest is onyl sprinting at 90%?

Massive.
.

 

[iZnoGouD]

how many km left?

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Picardy

To commemorate passing through Picardy today:

Magpies in Picardy by T.P. Cameron Wilson (1889-1918)

The magpies in Picardy
Are more than I can tell.
They flicker down the dusty roads
And cast a magic spell
On the men who march through Picardy,
Through Picardy to hell.

Complete here

 

[Bala Verde]

how many km left?

58 chillometers

 

[BillytheKid]

They are probably going so slow because they rode into higgs-boson particles slowing them down

Has the Olympic Road Race always been so close to the end of the Tour? I can't remember off the top of my head, but I was wondering if that's more play here than the mystics of physics.

 

[Bala Verde]

Has the Olympic Road Race always been so close to the end of the Tour? I can't remember off the top of my head, but I was wondering if that's more play here than the mystics of physics.

You are calling the riders alchemists then? Trying to find the recipe to turn carbon into gold?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I heard the reason Cavendish wins so much is because he found a way to sprint around higgs-boson particles actually. So he never slows down

 

[BillytheKid]

You are calling the riders alchemists then? Trying to find the recipe to turn carbon into gold?

You may be on to something...

 

[DenisMenchov]

Has the Olympic Road Race always been so close to the end of the Tour? I can't remember off the top of my head, but I was wondering if that's more play here than the mystics of physics.

When Olympics are in July/August, yes. I remember that Sydney Olympics were in September, so that was an exception.

 

[Fetisoff]

I heard the reason Cavendish wins so much is because he found a way to sprint around higgs-boson particles actually. So he never slows down

Is that the reason he's wearing the stupid vent-less helmet? It actually repels the Higgs bosons?

 

[patterson_hood]

I heard the reason Cavendish wins so much is because he found a way to sprint around higgs-boson particles actually. So he never slows down

I know he's short but I'm not sure he's small enough to fit into quantum mechanics...

 

[Catwhoorg]

Has the Olympic Road Race always been so close to the end of the Tour? I can't remember off the top of my head, but I was wondering if that's more play here than the mystics of physics.

2008 Games ran Aug 8-24 RR was on Aug 9
2004 Games ran Aug 13-29 RR was on Aug 14
2000 Games ran Sept 15-Oct 1 RR was on Sept 27

So no, it hasn't always been as close to the end of Le tour.

 

[Pentacycle]

I heard the reason Cavendish wins so much is because he found a way to sprint around higgs-boson particles actually. So he never slows down

He'll go down even more then, how will he break now when there's another crash?

 

[TourOfSardinia]

I heard the reason Cavendish wins so much is because he found a way to sprint around higgs-boson particles actually. So he never slows down

If Dr F_rrari found a way to manipulate the Higgs Field then he might be able to adjust the mass of his climbers when the going gets tough!

 

[BillytheKid]

2008 Games ran Aug 8-24 RR was on Aug 9
2004 Games ran Aug 13-29 RR was on Aug 14
2000 Games ran Sept 15-Oct 1 RR was on Sept 27

So no, it hasn't always been as close to the end of Le tour.

Then some of the reason for the lull in racing?

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Kirby's "clinic" comment there was amusing - he pretty heavily emphasised that there are legal issues they have to consider.

 

[Red Rick]

Physically speaking, Cav's lost weight to get his mass to be imaginary. Assuming he truly weigths something (relativistic mass) he'd never be able to drop below the speed of light. Or he jumps on a couple of tachyons

 

[Red Rick]

If Dr F_rrari found a way to manipulate the Higgs Field then he might be able to adjust the mass of his climbers when the going gets tough!

Nice, we're getting to the subject of my high school profile paper