Cadel Evans appreciation thread.

[happychappy]

Dragging the entire peloton up on his own.

 

[Captain_Obvious]

He sure did take his sweet time though.

 

[pmtg99]

He sure did take his sweet time though.

Fast enough to drop a 3 time Tour winner

 

[Jamsque]

He rode Gesink, Sanchez, Danielson, Taaramae, Contador, Cunego and Rolland off his wheel, one by one. He didn't attack, just rode away. Beautiful.

 

[auscyclefan94]

If anyone dares call cadel a wheel sucker again I will kill them.

 

[Arnout]

If anyone dares call cadel a wheel sucker again I will kill them.

You will have 24 hours to disappear though before he arrives in Europe

 

[kjetilraknerud]

After this, calling Cadel a wheel-sucker should result in an automatic ban from the forum.

 

[Kwibus]

He did what he had to do, because the others certainly couldn´t today.

This doesn´t mean it´s not impressive. It´s an incredible performance and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

lol do we need another cuddles thread?

anyway amazing ride by evans.

deserves to be in this race still.

I think it is gonna be mighty close.

 

[roundabout]

He was great. Did what he had to do very well. Might have won himself the Tour right there.

 

[gurumuka]

Europcar and Voeckler owe Evans big time!!! WTF though no organised chase; just left to one man? Nice ****** manoeveur by F. Schleck there just at the end. Brothers Schleck know they don't have a hope come TT time. A. Schleck's ride almost reminiscent of another epic getaway a few years ago (FL!) and no I am not suggesting anything else!

 

[leftover pie]

gutsy ride from the great man.

(cadel)

 

[Jamsque]

And for yet another year, we are left saying: Imagine what Evans could do with a team capable of supporting him in the mountains!

 

[Anonymous]

Boy, he looked angry on that climb when nobody would help him.

Great ride by the Aussie

 

[GWAR79]

And for yet another year, we are left saying: Imagine what Evans could do with a team capable of supporting him in the mountains!

Fortunately, we know that Andy cannot ride Cadel off his wheel. Tomorrow they'll finish together then Cadel will ITT into yellow!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Cobblestoned]

It looked ugly as always, but you can't have it all. Chapeau Cadel !

 

[thrawn]

Amazing stage. Cadel was great today.

 

[jobiwan]

What a great ride!!!!!

 

[eztarget]

I just want AS and CE separated by like :03 seconds heading into Sunday. How great would it be to see an actually GC race in Paris!

 

[movingtarget]

Incredible rides by Evans and Andy Schleck.

 

[BullsFan22]

I think Schleck cound take the same amount of time from Evans if he recovers some energy on tomorrow's stage. Evans could have easily won himself the tour today had their been an organized chase much earlier. I am not gonna comment on the 'wheel-sucking' theory, because you ride to your strenghts, and even though I would like to see Cadel attacking more (because he is more than capable) he knows he can win with the ITT coming up.

 

[Muriel]

Superb ride by Cadel. Just about towed everyone up the hill and defended Voeckler's jersey for him.

Reckon he might have a few choice words about Voeckler this evening though

 

[unsheath]

Bravo Cadel. Never asked for a turn from anyone once he realised the onus was on him. Gutsy.

 

[goggalor]

He must have dropped about 40 (?) riders today by riding tempo into a headwind, so very impressive ride. Andy really cracked at the end there though. The lead stabilised at 3 minutes for a long while but was only 2 at the top. Tomorrow will be interesting.

 

[Parrulo]

He must have dropped about 40 (?) riders today by riding tempo into a headwind, so very impressive ride. Andy really cracked at the end there though. The lead stabilised at 3 minutes for a long while but was only 2 at the top. Tomorrow will be interesting.

great ride by evans today. he should have realized that contador wasn't at his best earlier. it was obvious.