Official Thread: Stage 17 Bourg-Saint-Maurice to Le Grand-Bornand

[Bala Verde]

I love all the contemporary explanations, well fed by the Versus crew, about how professional cyclists improve their climbing skills.

Cadence, bike set up, weight loss, diet (particluarly the swap from wheat to rice), come on guys we can add to this...

 

[Pharazon]

The tour website is saying van Hummel is still in the pack...is this correct? Is he still with the peleton...the stud is getting stronger!!

no chance


that tour tracker thing never tracks the people at the back properly..it only picks up the 'big' names

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Tony martin is Very Good!

 

[Parrot23]

Cadence, bike set up, weight loss, diet (particluarly the swap from wheat to rice), come on guys we can add to this...

"Oranges" and Austrian "fried chicken" (provided the franchise is open) and certain nationalities. Also closed mouth breathing.

Lots of people were waxing lyrical about this in the Giro, I recall.

 

[Carl0880]

15:27 CEST
Menchov had to stop for a wheel change...he'll hope the remainder of the stage is less complicated, in terms of crashes and mechanical issues.


Menchov's day is getting better and better.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Evans falling behind already aswell.

 

[Publicus]

15:27 CEST
Menchov had to stop for a wheel change...he'll hope the remainder of the stage is less complicated, in terms of crashes and mechanical issues.


Menchov's day is getting better and better.

It's all part of his master plan!

 

[ak-zaaf]

kenny is out ((((

 

[TRDean]

kenny is out ((((

of the tour?

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

I love all the contemporary explanations, well fed by the Versus crew, about how professional cyclists improve their climbing skills.

Cadence, bike set up, weight loss, diet (particluarly the swap from wheat to rice), come on guys we can add to this...

Willpower?

 

[ak-zaaf]

of the tour?

yes.

on belgian tv they just said he fell and hurt his knee.


too bad he has to leave this way.

 

[BroDeal]

kenny is out ((((

They killed Kenny. You bastards.

 

[Publicus]

This is a brutal 2nd Category climb.

 

[ak-zaaf]

They killed Kenny. You bastards.

i wonder if rats are eating his remains right now =/

 

[Carl0880]

yes.

on belgian tv they just said he fell and hurt his knee.


too bad he has to leave this way.

Well on that note, come on Yauheni Hutarovich, your the lanterne rouge now.

 

[issoisso]

Where's Kenny btw?

Crashed and abandoned

he was the coolest lanterne rouge in so long

he got dropped at every speedbump yet somehow always came in inside the time limit.

I'm sad

 

[Publicus]

They killed Kenny. You bastards.

Dang, you beat me to it.

 

[ak-zaaf]

and now they announce di luca got caught on cera in the giro.

 

[Bala Verde]

"Oranges" and "fried chicken" and certain nationalities.

Also closed mouth breathing.

Lots of people were waxing lyrical about this in the Giro, I recall.

hmm oranges make sense. They are in fact orange, so they resemble the sun, and the sun is really really high up there. So when you eat the fruit that resembles what lies really really high, you ought to become a fast ascender.

closed mouth breathing - I mean you don't have to be a scientist to figure this out - obviously leads to a concentration of oxygen inhalation, an O2 bomb sucked up through your nostrils which evidently warms it up to body temperature, hence reducing energy expenditure which would occur when sucking cold air up through the mouth...

Fried chicken is just a code name for a very very hot Rasmussen - in the erotic sense - which just makes you ride away from him like the devil...

ah and the always underrated will power of course. Sheer mental ability - like true Uri Gellers - subdueing that mountain top, almost like the guy who split water...

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Since the only real hero is gone now.
What of importance remains in this tour?
Can anyone tell me please?

 

[TRDean]

Crashed and abandoned

he was the coolest lanterne rouge in so long

he got dropped at every speedbump yet somehow always came in inside the time limit.

I'm sad

I'm sad too!!! Really sad!!

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

and now they announce di luca got caught on cera in the giro.

Serious????

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

and now they announce di luca got caught on cera in the giro.

Really?
...

 

[Publicus]

and now they announce di luca got caught on cera in the giro.

The Killer is killed.

 

[ak-zaaf]

Danilo Di Luca provisionally suspended

Earlier today, the UCI advised Italian rider Danilo Di Luca that he is provisionally suspended. The decision to provisionally suspend Mr Di Luca was made in response to a report from the WADA accredited laboratory in Paris indicating an Adverse Analytical Finding of Recombinant EPO (CERA) in blood samples collected from him at the Giro d’Italia on 20 May and 28 May 2009.

These adverse findings were a direct result of a targeted test programme conducted on Mr Di Luca using information from his biological passport’s blood profile, previous test results and his race schedule.

The provisional suspension of Mr Di Luca remains in force until a hearing panel convened by the Italian Cycling Federation determines whether he has indeed committed an anti-doping rule violation under Article 21 of the UCI Anti-Doping Rules.

Mr Di Luca has the right to request and attend the analyses of both his B samples.

Under the World Anti-Doping Code and the UCI Anti-Doping Rules, the UCI is unable to provide any additional information at this time.

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