Stage 10 - Wednesday, July 14 2010, Chambéry - Gap, 179 km

[Cerberus]

What? Come on now...it is obviously **** poor strategy by Riis!

Lol, nice one.

 

[Zoncolan]

We've seen before that wearing yellow makes you time trial like an absolute madman, so I don't think Contador taking 2+ minutes out of Schlecklet in the ITT is a done deal, but I think Andy needs at LEAST three/three and a half minutes advantage to have a good chance of defending.

Three, three and a half minutes to have a chance?!
He isn't riding against Canc in the worlds you know.
If Andy has yellow going into the final TT, he'll lose 1:30-2:00 to AC.

 

[The Hitch]

Dont worry andi's got fabians bike from the spring

well it would be really suspicious if andy holds his own in a time trial when hes on a road bike, and one built especially for cobbled classics at that

 

[Roland Rat]

How far are they to the final climb, so that I can switch the feed back on at work?

 

[roundabout]

hey, on german eurosport they are now talking about how much money teams have made so far in the TdF so far, and how much money people make for finishing in places in the KotM or Points compitition, anyone know were a regular idiot like me can find this info out? Am suprised that Milram have so far 15,000 euros earned... just one good placing from Ciolek and thats all that i can recall....

http://www.letour.fr/2010/TDF/COURSE/docs/reglement.pdf

prize money is somewhere near the end of the document

edit: or the middle

 

[Moondance]

hahahaha

Et tu, Christophe?

 

[Straßenrennen]

well it would be really suspicious if andy holds his own in a time trial when hes on a road bike, and one built especially for cobbled classics at that.

Was talking about why andy was collecting bottles from the team car.

 

[Straßenrennen]

http://www.letour.fr/2010/TDF/COURSE/docs/reglement.pdf

prize money is somewhere near the end of the document

Thankyou could only find the 2006 edition.

 

[The Hitch]

Et tu, Christophorus?

fixed it for you. Very nice though.

 

[Cerberus]

well it would be really suspicious if andy holds his own in a time trial when hes on a road bike, and one built especially for cobbled classics at that

You're just on of the people who don’t believe in cycling, you cynics and sceptics: I'm sorry for you. I’m sorry that you can’t dream big. I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles.

 

[Lyds97]

About 25 km I think. According to Cycle Sport they're due to reach the top at 16:43 (CET).

 

[Lyds97]

How far are they to the final climb, so that I can switch the feed back on at work?

About 25 km I think. According to Cycle Sport they're due to reach the top at 16:43 (CET).

 

[ak-zaaf]

AAAAARRRGGHHH!!!!

I still can't get over the fact that my uncle had lunch with Joop Zoetemelk, and I'm sitting on my ass behind the TV... All those times my uncle and I went biking together, and talked about cycling, and instead he chooses the mother of his children to accompany him.

IAMSOMAD!!!!!

Lunch with Zoetemelk...

-So you won the tour right?
-Yep
-Tell us about it
-Pfffff
-And your World title?
-I attacked in the end and won solo
-That's it?!
-Pretty much
-How was your time at Raleigh?
-Can I eat now?

 

[Roland Rat]

About 25 km I think. According to Cycle Sport they're due to reach the top at 16:43 (CET).

Thanks.





Blah blah length requirements blah.

 

[The Hitch]

You're just on of the people who don’t believe in cycling, you cynics and sceptics: I'm sorry for you. I’m sorry that you can’t dream big. I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles.

to paraphrase jimmy mcnulty.

What the f**k did i do

 

[Jamsque]

Three, three and a half minutes to have a chance?!
He isn't riding against Canc in the worlds you know.
If Andy has yellow going into the final TT, he'll lose 1:30-2:00 to AC.

Andy lost 42 seconds to Contador over less than nine kilometres in the prologue this year, and let's not forget that Alberto beat Spartacus in the final ITT of last year's tour. Obviously I don't expect Andy to do as badly as he did in the prologue, but again going back to last year's final week ITT Andy lost 1'44" to Contador over a course that was 10km shorter and had much more climbing than this year.

I think Andy could easily lose 2'30" to Alberto in Bordeaux, even if he is in yellow.

 

[Straßenrennen]

How far are they to the final climb, so that I can switch the feed back on at work?

okay according the cycling news live feed the last climb starts at 145KM and at the moment there is 73km from 179km left... sooo.. 40km left... basically id say 1hr?

 

[The Hitch]

About 25 km I think. According to Cycle Sport they're due to reach the top at 16:43 (CET).

Lunch with Zoetemelk...

-So you won the tour right?
-Yep
-Tell us about it
-Pfffff
-And your World title?
-I attacked in the end and won solo
-That's it?!
-Pretty much
-How was your time at Raleigh?
-Can I eat now?

Et tu, Christophe?

You're just on of the people who don’t believe in cycling, you cynics and sceptics: I'm sorry for you. I’m sorry that you can’t dream big. I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles.

What? Come on now...it is obviously **** poor strategy by Riis!

IMO, a pretty fair ACF impression.

In the absence of entertainment, and more importantly of acf, this stage 10 discussion is quite witty.

 

[Roland Rat]

to paraphrase jimmy mcnulty.

What the f**k did i do

I'm about half way through the second season but struggling a bit as I'm finding it a bit dull compared to the first... is it worth pushing on, or scrap it and jump to the third?

 

[Cerberus]

to paraphrase jimmy mcnulty.

What the f**k did i do

I was joking, It's a slightly modified Armstrong quote from his farewell speech after his seventh Tour win. Since you "accused" Schleck of motor doping I thought it was funny to repost that in Schlecks' "defence". I considered putting I smillie in, but I though the joke was obvious and I hate being to unsubtle. Apparently it was less obvious than I though, or perhaps just less funny. *insert smillie of your choice here*

 

[ak-zaaf]

Top 3 predictions for today?

1. Bouet
2. Deveneyns
3. Pineau

Based on absolutely nothing.

 

[The Hitch]

I was joking, It's a slightly modified Armstrong quote from his farewell speech after his seventh Tour win. Since you "accused" Schleck of motor doping I thought it was funny to repost that in Schlecks' "defence". I considered putting I smillie in, but I though the joke was obvious and I hate being to unsubtle. Apparently it was less obvious than I though, or perhaps just less funny. *insert smillie of your choice here*

I know you were joking. And i can tell you were paraphrasing armstrong, even though i was not familiar with the speech.

hence why i put your post in my hall of fame of great posts in last 30 mins (above)

 

[ak-zaaf]

I'm about half way through the second season but struggling a bit as I'm finding it a bit dull compared to the first... is it worth pushing on, or scrap it and jump to the third?

Keep watching and stop after 4.

Can't skip anything if you want to pick it up again later on IMO.
Thought the second season got better near the end and Beadie is great

 

[Lyds97]

I'm about half way through the second season but struggling a bit as I'm finding it a bit dull compared to the first... is it worth pushing on, or scrap it and jump to the third?

Off topic but as there's nothing going on..
Just finished second season and felt pretty much the same way but it the dock stuff does get more interesting and towards the end the focus shifts back to the drug stuff.

 

[Zoncolan]

Andy lost 42 seconds to Contador over less than nine kilometres in the prologue this year, and let's not forget that Alberto beat Spartacus in the final ITT of last year's tour. Obviously I don't expect Andy to do as badly as he did in the prologue, but again going back to last year's final week ITT Andy lost 1'44" to Contador over a course that was 10km shorter and had much more climbing than this year.

I think Andy could easily lose 2'30" to Alberto in Bordeaux, even if he is in yellow.

IMHO Andy is stronger this year than in '09. AC might be a little weaker. Andy had nothing to gain going flat out last year in the TT.
I wouldn't read much in the prologue results, as it was too wet and short to give a real indication of form.
IMHO 1:30 is what Andy can defend. Question is, can he get those extra 50 seconds?