ColAgnel said:Also forgot both Cancellara and Boonen to drag their leaders.
I thought one or both of those guys said they aren't riding the tour any more earlier this year?
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ColAgnel said:Also forgot both Cancellara and Boonen to drag their leaders.
ColAgnel said:I'm imagining Le Tour '14 with all Andy and Frank, Contador, Nibali, Nairo, Purito, Valverde, Cadel or even Tejay, Mollema, Costa, Talansky and so on near their top form. Screw the parcours, the riders make the race. This one can be very arduous if they want to.
Also forgot both Cancellara and Boonen to drag their leaders.
biokemguy said:I thought one or both of those guys said they aren't riding the tour any more earlier this year?
ColAgnel said:I'm imagining Le Tour '14 with all Andy and Frank, Contador, Nibali, Nairo, Purito, Valverde, Cadel or even Tejay, Mollema, Costa, Talansky and so on near their top form. Screw the parcours, the riders make the race. This one can be very arduous if they want to.
Also forgot both Cancellara and Boonen to drag their leaders.
Libertine Seguros said:Well, stage 2 is excellent. Stage 5 is nice. Stage 8 I like. Planche des Belles Filles is a pretty useful stage that will hopefully let this shortish climb cause carnage.
But the Alps are bad. Very bad. The Risoul 1850 stage looks on the surface half-decent but feels very laboured, very safe, very uninspired. The Pyrenées... wow. The Luchon stage made me angry. The Pla d'Adet stage is ok. But the Hautacam stage makes me want to punch children in the face, drown kittens and depict the prophet Mohammed. It's like they took all the speculation, all the debate about possibilities, then actively sought out the stage design that would infuriate people the most. You know how Japan has actively destroyed a couple of mountains to claim urban space from the sea? I'd quite happily donate them the mountains the Col de Tourmalet is built on.
the sceptic said:Btw anyone think Wiggins will lose some weight and go for it? He would easily be the favourite for 2nd imo.
Arredondo said:Here is a profile of Jenkin Road, 800 meter at 11.2%, with a part of 33%! (i don't know if i have to believe that)
roundabout said:Would Tourmalet-Aspin/Ancizan-Adet have been really better?
Tourmalet was always going to be used. The only disappointment is that Spandelles didn't make the cut.
the sceptic said:Btw anyone think Wiggins will lose some weight and go for it? He would easily be the favourite for 2nd imo.
roundabout said:Final climb on stage 9
Rasmussen part 2 hopefully
I think that the cobbles are something that ASO aren't overdoing, which is a nice change when they add them. Last time they used cobbles was 2010 and 2004 before that, so it's not like the Alpe or the stupid Tourmalet - which would be an amazing mountain if it wasn't used EVERY FREAKING YEAR!hfer07 said:I'm going to phrase it this way: The fact that ASO has to recur to the cobbles to create an element of "surprise" It only indicates how predictable, boring & lacking in innovation they have become. Why not explore the middle of the country for instance?
I always believe a good TDF "must" have TWO (2) ITT of 55 km each, 7 flat stages, 7 high mountain stages-at least two of them finishing on descent- & 5 "medium-mixed-hilly-mountain stages