2012 Tour de France: Stage 6: Épernay → Metz (207.5km)

[will10]

Mixed messages - sounds like Poels has NOT abandoned??

 

[Frosty]

Only Zabriskie in the top 112 for Garmin. Vandevelde losing time too

 

[will10]

hammering away up the road

Cadel went from 7th so 6th so someone (dont know who) is gone.

Hagen

10chars

 

[Fetisoff]

Amazing yet interesting that none of the GC top 10 were affected by the crash...

EBH was (.....)

 

[Froome19]

Basso is a fail. Nibali will leave so doesn't count. And I'm looking forward to your reaction when Sagan ****s up.

Nibali will leave? I am sure that information has been reliable attained

Also Sagan cant ****s up because he has already in the first 6 stages gained more success than nearly all of the other riders will.

 

[LaFleur]

Amazing yet interesting that none of the GC top 10 were affected by the crash...

EBH and Hesjedal?

 

[Cancellator]

of course not! merckx is considered the best...

sagan is better sprinter
climbs faster
more explosive
better TTer

good looks and awesome.

so he is better than merckx.

now go and eat a cookie.

Guess what else Merckx did Are you sure you want Sagan to do everything better than him?

 

[Pippo_San]

5th at the Giro for Liquigas is an enormous fail.

Are we really comparing this kind of fail with Rabofail?
It's like apples to oranges.

 

[c&cfan]

+10

ChArAcTeRs

no.. he smoked him like cav did last year. huge difference. 10 meters more and a time cut would appear.

 

[LaFleur]

Lost time today of the top20 contenders:

Peraud, Gesink, Brajkovic, Valverde, Mollema, Schleck, Kruijswijk, (Vanendert), Taaramae, Pinot, Scarponi, Vande Velde & Hesjedal.

Pretty sure that he dropped his chain in the last km or something, should get the same time..

 

[El Pistolero]

We need a new forum for Sagan fanboys. How obnoxious.

 

[jsem94]

hate days like these...

 

[hfer07]

Calton suggesting Sagan a candidate for yellow? Has he seen his mountain stages this year?

I wonder if they drink while commentating, specially Calton & Harmon, because they come up with sh!t that only drunken people would say...

 

[Froome19]

Plain fact of the matter is that this is going to be every tour from now on and that is just the way it is going to be so we better get used to it because this has now occured the past 3 years and there are no signs or obvious ways to deal with this..

 

[c&cfan]

Guess what else Merckx did Are you sure you want Sagan to do everything better than him?

"naturally" yes... lol naughty boy

 

[Eshnar]

Are we really comparing this kind of fail with Rabofail?
It's like apples to oranges.

I wasn't comparing
But it IS a huge fail, really. Especially considering the way they rode.

 

[patrick767]

Schleck, Hesjedel, Gesink, Scarponi, TGBM... god, what a horrible day.

It's so hard to remember what impact crashes made in years past, so maybe I'm wrong, but it seems like the last couple years have been particularly bad on GC contenders. I hate, hate, hate seeing people eliminated from contention by something so random. We're robbed of knowing if the best rider won or simply the best of the lucky ones left over. Perhaps the peloton should have slowed.

There wasn't a thing any of those guys could do about it. You can try to ride near the front, but everyone wants their GC guys near the front. You won't always be there.

 

[Maxiton]

Hadn't realized Geipel involved in crashes. His effort wa pretty impressive in view of that. Doubtless he'd have won that sprint otherwise. But, still, Sagan remains thoroughly impressive. Amazing, really.

 

[Fetisoff]

Also Sagan cant ****s up because he has already in the first 6 stages gained more success than nearly all of the other riders will.

Except for top-5 GC, Greipel and Cav most likely. Not sure whether he'll take the jersey, so if he doesn't it would also include green and polka-dot jersey...


BTW WHERE IS VINO????

 

[El Pistolero]

Nibali will leave? I am sure that information has been reliable attained

Also Sagan cant ****s up because he has already in the first 6 stages gained more success than nearly all of the other riders will.

Same was said about Eric Vanderaerden, but he still ****ed his career up and became a second tier cyclist at age of 25.

He's complaining about all eggs in one basket. Well without Sagan Liquigas would've sucked this year.

 

[Froome19]

EBH and Hesjedal?

Indeed blaming Susan and the CN live report

 

[ferryman]

crashes happen, not necessarily caused by a single rider.

will be interesting how cadel vs. wiggo works out when all those climbers have nothing to lose anymore.

I guess it will come down whether or not they now turn their attention to Polka rather than GC. Either way it should be interesting.

 

[TatryTour2013]

Cav

Sorry about Cav - it would be more interesting with him and more fair as well. So hopefully we will some fight between all 3 fast men later.

 

[Caruut]

Wht else would you liked them to have done?

They had not interests in the crash and they needed to catch the break.

Accept that they are a slightly pathetic team and stay out of the GC fight? Of course it's not going to happen, but it doesn't mean I don't still think they're being cocks.

 

[Frosty]

Pretty sure that he dropped his chain in the last km or something, should get the same time..

Good point. He was certainly taking it casually up to the line. Would have thought he would putting in more effort.

Only Zabriskie for Garmin in the top 138!!!!!