The pet snake of Froome
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I’m sure he has enough records that he’s forgot about this one
- Jul 25, 2012
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It's Merckx, I'm pretty sure he hasn't.
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Is it that he's just downplaying his chances, lack of altitude training aso..and going for the Green?
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I would probably think this is one of his more important records. He doesn't have the TdF overall win record alone.
- Jul 25, 2012
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Yeah, any Tour record is likely to be among the most important to riders because it's the one race that really has a chance to transcend the sport and make you a star outside it. You could win 10 Giros and 10 Vueltas in a row and people outside of cycling wouldn't care, but win 1 Tour and you're in the national news for weeks.
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Merlier doesn't change his line at all, so I don't really know what you are referring to.
It's a pretty big stat, and I imagine even the smallest ones means something to him. People of that nature are insane.
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Wow, just 2 from Merckx's record. I'm sure the Belgian will comment if his record is at least equalled.
- Feb 20, 2012
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Merlier tries to go to the right right as his leadout ends to make space for Philipsen and to make the way around longer for Cavendish. This fails because Cav is already past him at this point.
Cav gets the longer way around Merlier and gets there way before Philipsen.
I think he's referring to the bit where Merlier clearly drifts to the right as Cavendish passes him. Just a guess though.
Given this break, the points competition may be turning in to a straight fight between Cav and the time limit.
- Apr 30, 2011
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Definitely. I think Sunday is the biggest risk with a short stage, lots of climbing from early on and not a lot of time in the valleys. Fingers crossed.
Indeed - rather dfferent discipline but TT time was reasuring that he's not in terrible shape. He just needs to stick with the main Bus so as long as he's not one of the 15 weakest in the race it should be OK.
Any ideas where the race guide is - used to be able to get a nice PDF off the main tour website showing points available per stage, time limit % applied etc - but struggling to find one for this year.
- Apr 30, 2011
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Not in Mario Kart but here you don't have weapons to launch at passing riders (I have no idea what you're hinting at).
- Aug 13, 2011
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Merlier starts to go right like Red Rock said, on top of Rickaert going in front of Morkov and slowing down. They’re starting to try anyway they can to impede Quickstep.
Based on today, maybe Cav will try going in the breaks for the mountains to be further ahead and thus be able to finish inside the time easier.
- May 5, 2010
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Well... you could eat a lot of beans right before the sprint...
- Apr 20, 2012
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What Van der Poel is doing is amazing, but Cav really is the star of this tour. Awesome comeback.
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