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Saturday, june 16th - Tour de Suisse, stage 8: Bischofszell - Arosa 148km

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Trofinios said:
Well, if they want to win they have to race from so far out, hoping to break, or drop and isolate Costa. Where else can they gain 50 seconds? Today? Nope. On Sörenberg? Nope. Glaubenberg is where they must try. Sure, it won't be easy, Costa seems strong and Valverde seems in decent shape to be there for Costa if he needs help.

Still, as I see it, Glaubenberg is where you have to do something if you're aiming to win Tour de Suisse.
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You're probably right, but it would require some epic form to build up a big enough gap on the Glaubenberg. And who really has that?
 
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Gentlemen, let´s not forget Rui Costa is a very good rider and is in super form and highly motivated (just remember yesterdays ITT). His team is strong and if he has Valverde to back him up then it will be very difficult for anyone to gain time on him! I think last chance was yesterday but he defended himself very well. Let me share with you some portuguese pride and give a cheer for Rui Costa (remember this name!!!) FORÇA RUI!!!!!!!!
 
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burning said:
He will probably forget to eat his jel
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No no, Gesink has a good team arround him to remind him to eat his jel. Even on the final MTF's Kruijswijk and Mollema will still be there reminding him to eat his jel.

The reason Gesink sometimes sucks at TT's is because then he doesn't have a team to tell him to eat his jel's, so he forgets naturally. But that is only a problem if he is isolated from his team, or in TT's where he has no team arround him. That is why Rabo is sending three GC guys to the TDF, so that Gesink will always have Kruijswijk and Mollema arround him to tell him to eat his jel. The only thing that will stop Gesink from reaching the podium this TDF is if he forget's to eat his jel in those nasty long TT's. When you forget to eat your jel in 30km TT's, you won't notice until the end, so the damage is limited. On those 50km TT's however, by the time he starts feeling that he forgot to eat his jel, he will still have 20km left to TT! That is disastrous! It is absolutely necesarry for Gesink to eat his jel in the TDF!
 
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Maaaaaaaarten said:
No no, Gesink has a good team arround him to remind him to eat his jel. Even on the final MTF's Kruijswijk and Mollema will still be there reminding him to eat his jel.

The reason Gesink sometimes sucks at TT's is because then he doesn't have a team to tell him to eat his jel's, so he forgets naturally. But that is only a problem if he is isolated from his team, or in TT's where he has no team arround him. That is why Rabo is sending three GC guys to the TDF, so that Gesink will always have Kruijswijk and Mollema arround him to tell him to eat his jel. The only thing that will stop Gesink from reaching the podium this TDF is if he forget's to eat his jel in those nasty long TT's. When you forget to eat your jel in 30km TT's, you won't notice until the end, so the damage is limited. On those 50km TT's however, by the time he starts feeling that he forgot to eat his jel, he will still have 20km left to TT! That is disastrous! It is absolutely necesarry for Gesink to eat his jel in the TDF!
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Hilarious! I like your sense of humour ;) Let's hope Kruijswijk and Mollema are professional enough to remember when to tell Gesink to eat his gel...
 
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Maaaaaaaarten said:
No no, Gesink has a good team arround him to remind him to eat his jel. Even on the final MTF's Kruijswijk and Mollema will still be there reminding him to eat his jel.

The reason Gesink sometimes sucks at TT's is because then he doesn't have a team to tell him to eat his jel's, so he forgets naturally. But that is only a problem if he is isolated from his team, or in TT's where he has no team arround him. That is why Rabo is sending three GC guys to the TDF, so that Gesink will always have Kruijswijk and Mollema arround him to tell him to eat his jel. The only thing that will stop Gesink from reaching the podium this TDF is if he forget's to eat his jel in those nasty long TT's. When you forget to eat your jel in 30km TT's, you won't notice until the end, so the damage is limited. On those 50km TT's however, by the time he starts feeling that he forgot to eat his jel, he will still have 20km left to TT! That is disastrous! It is absolutely necesarry for Gesink to eat his jel in the TDF!
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A good one!! Done with humor. Better than ****ing on people.
 
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Parrulo said:
post counts go up at insane speeds sometimes.

i think i made over 300 posts in a single day during one of the stages of the tour last year. :eek:
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Then I would not be able to watch the race. Lack of multitasking abilities...
 
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Maaaaaaaarten said:
No no, Gesink has a good team arround him to remind him to eat his jel. Even on the final MTF's Kruijswijk and Mollema will still be there reminding him to eat his jel.

The reason Gesink sometimes sucks at TT's is because then he doesn't have a team to tell him to eat his jel's, so he forgets naturally. But that is only a problem if he is isolated from his team, or in TT's where he has no team arround him. That is why Rabo is sending three GC guys to the TDF, so that Gesink will always have Kruijswijk and Mollema arround him to tell him to eat his jel. The only thing that will stop Gesink from reaching the podium this TDF is if he forget's to eat his jel in those nasty long TT's. When you forget to eat your jel in 30km TT's, you won't notice until the end, so the damage is limited. On those 50km TT's however, by the time he starts feeling that he forgot to eat his jel, he will still have 20km left to TT! That is disastrous! It is absolutely necesarry for Gesink to eat his jel in the TDF!
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Gesink's jel always crashes (falls out of his back pocket).
 
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Parrulo said:
watching on tv with laptop for the forum ofc otherwise i wouldn't have watched much of the race lol
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I do, but following the forum race comments more than writing during the race. It is a great source for updating and analyze. I love it!
 
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