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New GC candidate emerges akaThor Hushovd appreciation thread.

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Midnightfright

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Could also be the JV not allowing him to eat so he cracks and Garmin can get back onto the program of getting CVV,TD or Ryder in the top 10 then it will be a great Tour rather than having 2 stage wins, Possible green and Yellow for 9 stages that would be stupid
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What people need to remember is not only Thor a skinny little climber he's also climbing with the all of Garmins hope and expectations on his shoulders. He would probably be a few minutes ahead on the GC. Thor to finish with green, yellow and Polka dot jersey and to were them all simultaneously as a show of respect.
 
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thor has been doing amazing stuff lately.

however, i won't forget the wheelsucking from march to the end of april.

he was disgusting then, á lá levi leipheimer.
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I say the wheelsucking is the vital ingredient. Forget training in mountains, the soul must be ready for the shame of sucking wheels. He clearly learned a lot this spring. Of course these words will bite me when he is in the break of the day today.

And for the itt: the wings of the MJ on a rider who (nearly) can follow Cancellara km after km. The blue ribbon of the fastest itt in tour history will belong to the god of thunder riding his cervelo chariot!
 
canyonball

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yesterday's villains... tomorrow's heroes...Classic!

I might read some topics from the spring just for fun:D
 
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Cancellara tweet: We went really fast a bit wet road an then a crash.for shure it was to fast.But a least in danger corner cut stand a securetyguy.#legendthor

What the hell is he trying to say?
 
Arnout

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Was wondering about that too.

Because I know for a fact Cancellara and Hushovd aren't really best friends (remember Paris-Roubaix this year, Tour last year?) so I'm afraid its cynical.

Judging by his spelling I would be surprised if he is smart enough to remember last year anyway.
 
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It is a pity he was not able to keep the yellow jersey for a few more days but eventually the Pyrenees and the alps would have been to much for him to hold on. At least the team tried until the last 10km despite 3 fallers today.

The bit I fail to understand with JV is, that considering the tour is the biggest advert for their sponsors all year, why is he now looking to focus their efforts on 2 relatively unknown American GC riders now and restrict Thor to a supporting role. Who has got them 90% of their publicity in the first week? Who was been in the top 10 for 8 stages. Who will people remember from the Thor de France 2011? What would sponsors prefer? In his current form, without the yellow jersey to protect, he could now go head to head (not literally!!) with Gilbert for the points jersey, still lead out Tyler for the sprints and get points, and go for that elusive stage win. That would would keep a lot of people interested in Garmin.
 
Karl Max

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Arnout said:
Was wondering about that too.

Because I know for a fact Cancellara and Hushovd aren't really best friends (remember Paris-Roubaix this year, Tour last year?) so I'm afraid its cynical.
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I dont think this is about beeing best friends, I think both riders have great respect for each other.

These guys are not in the peleton to be best friends they are rivals, compete and always try to be the best. I dont think they are best friends either, but I do think both riders respect each other very much.
So since I belive there is a mutal respect between these two riders I dont think Cancellara is beeing cynical, when he post this.
 
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Chimay_Blue

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Arnout said:
Was wondering about that too.

Because I know for a fact Cancellara and Hushovd aren't really best friends (remember Paris-Roubaix this year, Tour last year?) so I'm afraid its cynical.

Judging by his spelling I would be surprised if he is smart enough to remember last year anyway.
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I don't think there is any hard feelings between Cancellara and Thor. I have seen them talking and joking around in the peloton many times after P-R.
In P-R Thor actually wanted to pull with Cancellara to fight for the win, but the team managment wouldn't let him. This is why Cancellara tried to speak to the managment in the Garmin car in order to pursuade them to let Thor ride. Thor was forced to police Cancellara, some people call this wheelsucking, but it's just normal tactic. From Garmins point of view it was perfect, but Thor and Cancellara were the loosers. And I guess this is one of the reasons why the atmosphere between Thor and JV probably isn't that great. However, since Van Summeren was up the road with an advantage, the situation was kind of locked, nothing to do about it. I'm happy for Van Summeren though, he rode strong and it's nice for him to finally win such a race.

I think both Cancellara and Thor are profesional and they don't take these things so personally. Yesterday, both Gilbert and Thor had to wait for teammates that crashed and asses the situation. I'm not sure what Leopard's intentions were after the crash. Whether they wanted to be consistent to last years insident (neutralizing the stage), or maybe they wanted to ride. Anyway, this is the kind of situation where the radio plays a significant role. If they didn't have the radio it would be more personal.
 
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Thor annoyed after yesterdays stage. Was looking forward to going straight for the team bus for the first time In a week. G-Cs press contact (Marya Pongrace) had him hang around for an hour doing interviews. During the first 20 nothing happend - noone to talk to. Local Norwegian newspaper quote him: "I'm so pi**ed at this team".
 
Karl Max

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Amused said:
Thor annoyed after yesterdays stage. Was looking forward to going straight for the team bus for the first time In a week. G-Cs press contact (Marya Pongrace) had him hang around for an hour doing interviews. During the first 20 nothing happend - noone to talk to. Local Norwegian newspaper quote him: "I'm so pi**ed at this team".
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Could you please send the link where he is qouted on this. I follow norwegian media quite close and as far as I have seen he have not been qouted on anyting like that. And if he said it would definitly make the headlines in norwegian media.
 
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Amused

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Karl Max said:
Could you please send the link where he is qouted on this. I follow norwegian media quite close and as far as I have seen he have not been qouted on anyting like that. And if he said it would definitly make the headlines in norwegian media.
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Read it in the paper edition of mondays Fædrelandsvennen. Some of it is In this article - but not all of it: http://m.fvn.no/fvna.mob?i=882327&p=fvn

"****ed" might be to strong though... In norwegian it said that he said the following in the general direction of FVN and NRK while standing around waiting - and doing nothing: "jeg skjønner ikke hvorfor jeg må gjøre dette. Jeg er så sur på dette laget.".

"Sur". Could be translated with annoyed as well as ****ed I guess, depending on how it was said...

Not really able to back it up with anything on the web. But that's what the article said.
 
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I bet Thor had a nice long talk with his agent on the rest day:)

In addition to being super strong, I think he's very smart and strategic and a natural leader. He could have a great career after he retires from competitive cycling.
 
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hrotha said:
His spelling looks like what you'd expect from someone who has never formally learned English but who has picked it up from the peloton. It's fascinating.
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He´s actually speaking pelotonglish.

"All your yellow jerseys are belong to us!"
 
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