Evans - which stage will be his bad day?

[TourOfSardinia]

Every year Cadel Evans proves he is only human (and cuddly too) and has a bad day and slides down the GC.

God forbid that it happens in TdF 2011 but .... just supposing ... if it does happen this year which stage do you think it might be?

 

[auscyclefan94]

God forbid we make another Evans thread of which the topic is just plain silly

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

14 and 19

but yeah could have been in one of the other threads

 

[jobiwan]

Stages 14, 18, and 19. The Schlecks know what to do now, and they're gonna GIT ER DONE.

 

[spalco]

The Galibier stage looks like one where someone with underwhelming team support could lose monstrous amounts of time imo.

 

[Dermie]

God forbid we make another Evans thread of which the topic is just plain silly

I agree but!!!
He will be a minute up when we get to the ITT then he will only get in half a minute ahead of his nearest rival - AS

 

[UlleGigo]

As a long time supporter of Cadel this is obviously always the fear. Week 3 as usual I guess. However, he does look better this year.

In previous years he has lost 5 to 10 seconds on stages like today and I have consoled myself that he could get that back in the ITT. Then he would blow up mega some time in the third week ruining all hope.

Today he lost nothing. Except to Frank. Who imo is due a bad day himself. So here's hoping this year is different.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

he will have more than 1 bad day.

 

[jens_attacks]

if he'll have a bad day it will be the last mountainous stage but i doubt he will have it.

 

[jobiwan]

I agree but!!!
He will be a minute up when we get to the ITT then he will only get in half a minute ahead of his nearest rival - AS

Wait, you think Cadel will GAIN time in the mountains???

 

[meat puppet]

NONE!

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[BM1979]

he will have more than 1 bad day.

Didn't you say he would do that today

 

[schweinika]

he won't have one. he'll win this tiny thing we call Le Tour de France

 

[TreCime]

He looked good today--I hope the rest from skipping the Giro is the key to winning this year

 

[greenedge]

Go Cadel. I hope he has none. And if he does the others will have a bad day on that excact stage.

 

[Woody22]

he will have more than 1 bad day.

Well seeing as almost everything you predict in these forums turns out wrong I think I canl safely say that Evans will not be having a bad day in this years tour.

 

[movingtarget]

Evans had his bad day yesterday. Contador had a worse day.

 

[spanky wanderlust]

evans is a real threat to win this. he is solid this year. no "bad" days.

he is a sure bet for the podium. although at this point anything short of winning is a loss.

 

[spanky wanderlust]

God forbid we make another Evans thread of which the topic is just plain silly

yup. but how does this achieve fame and glory for the op?

 

[Boeing]

the big stages are spread enough for him to recover. this route just might suit him. however tomorrow might be a reckoning

 

[Anonymous]

If he has one it will be on the Alpe. Memories of watching Sastre ride away while the Schleck Bros stuck their thumbs in his eye.

 

[El Pistolero]

Plateau de Beille.

 

[No_Balls]

I say Galibier. Big time.

 

[spanky wanderlust]

I say Galibier. Big time.

do you make a distinction between having a "bad day" and just getting beaten by better climbers while on peak form?

 

[Ferminal]

do you make a distinction between having a "bad day" and just getting beaten by better climbers while on peak form?

Plateau de Beille, Alpe D'Huez, Sierra Nevada, Mortirolo. Bad day = losing time, however it happens