TDF Stage 17 - Thursday, July 22 2010, Pau - Col du Tourmalet, 174 km

[roundabout]

Just because it's his last tour?

Charteau all the way.

 

[Nickbeam]

I see Vino in a break tomorrow.

i don't think Saxo and co will let him go, he's a top 10 rider atm.

 

[The Hitch]

If contador doesnt win this stage, he could be the first mj in paris to not have won a stage for a long time. Also first winner in a while to do that in any gt.

I worded it so that Oscar Perreiro doesnt count cos Flandis was on the mj in paris.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Yep, I think you're right lucky. Saxo will absolutely send someone with Vino if he goes on the break.

I anticipate a break of Charteau, Moreau, Pineau, Gadret, Pauriol, Popovych, Vino, Valls, and Voigt. Perhaps Geraint Thomas.

 

[Publicus]

If contador doesnt win this stage, he could be the first mj in paris to not have won a stage for a long time. Also first winner in a while to do that in any gt.

I worded it so that Oscar Perreiro doesnt count cos Flandis was on the mj in paris.

Didn't AC do that in the 2008 Giro?

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Didn't AC do that in the 2008 Giro?

I think that's right.

 

[Climbing]

I hope Andy will really try it, so to see a fantastic battle... and I hope Alberto will lose his chain.

 

[The Hitch]

Didn't AC do that in the 2008 Giro?

yep so thats
2010 giro
2009 vuelta
2009 tdf
2009 giro
2008 vuelta
2008 tdf

2008 giro

7 gts ago.

and how many years was the last time it happened in tdf?

 

[roundabout]

1990, i think.

 

[Big GMaC]

yep so thats
2010 giro
2009 vuelta
2009 tdf
2009 giro
2008 vuelta
2008 tdf

2008 giro

7 gts ago.

and how many years was the last time it happened in tdf?

I am pretty sure lance did it one year

 

[alberto.legstrong]

I hope Andy will really try it, so to see a fantastic battle... and I hope Alberto will lose his chain.

HATER !!!

Actually I hope Albertos stops at the finish line before crossing for 15 seconds and then crosses, and then crushes everyone in the TT.

 

[roundabout]

Nah, Lance won the TT in 2000.

 

[roundabout]

Pereiro won without winning a stage

 

[kurtinsc]

Lance won the last ITT in 2000 and the last ITT and TTT in 2005. Those years were close to being without victories though.

 

[Big GMaC]

Yeah 1990.

Man those T were phenonmenal lengths in the Indurain years!

Why did they stop?

 

[Big GMaC]

Pereiro won without winning a stage

But he never wore yellow in Paris I think that was the question

 

[roundabout]

Yes, i can't read.

 

[icefire]

If contador doesnt win this stage, he could be the first mj in paris to not have won a stage for a long time. Also first winner in a while to do that in any gt.

I worded it so that Oscar Perreiro doesnt count cos Flandis was on the mj in paris.

Since Valverde in last year Vuelta to be accurate

 

[icefire]

Yeah 1990.

Man those T were phenonmenal lengths in the Indurain years!

Why did they stop?

UCI has now regulations on max number of stages, max overall length of GT, max length of stages, max number of stages over 200 kms and so on. They pretend that shorter races will lead to the Clinic forum being closed by lack of activity

 

[hfer07]

Schelck needs to call Michael "the Chicken" Rassmussen & get his tips on how to drop Conti on the climbs- then AC himself has to bonk or get a mechanical problem, so Andy can ride away from him.......

seriously- I hope the peloton is ripped apart at bottom of the Tourmalet so the two of then ride away and have a one-on-one memorable battle to the last breath .....

 

[Publicus]

Schelck needs to call Michael "the Chicken" Rassmussen & get his tips on how to drop Conti on the climbs- then AC himself has to bonk or get a mechanical problem, so Andy can ride away from him.......

seriously- I hope the peloton is ripped apart at bottom of the Tourmalet so the two of then ride away and have a one-on-one memorable battle to the last breath .....

It could be 2007 all over again, with Andy reprising the role of an attacking Alberto Contador.

 

[The Hitch]

Yes, i can't read.

lol very nice

 

[The Hitch]

Anyone have one of those gradient per kilometer pictures of the tourmalet?

 

[Mellow Velo]

Anyone have one of those gradient per kilometer pictures of the tourmalet?

I can't help but feel it will kick off spectacularly, but end in more track stands.

 

[dgodave]

Anybody know if the WIND will factor? Like on the last long portion of last years Ventoux?
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