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It could have been a real epic but after Contador's crash, it become a damp squibRattaKuningas said:2014 Tour. No disrespect to Nibali but the time gaps were huge and racing was over almost immediately.
tretiak said:This tour. Running cyclist without bike. Go down in history.
Talk about a guy who can not keep nerves.
Laggard said:Froome attacks on a downhill and gains time. Froome amazingly follows Sagan on a sprinters stage and gains time. Froome crashes and resorts to running uphill.
And this is one of the worst TDFs ever?
PremierAndrew said:tretiak said:This tour. Running cyclist without bike. Go down in history.
Talk about a guy who can not keep nerves.
I think he was planning on running all the way, because he heard the team car was 5 minutes behind
The last few TDF's really haven't been that good, though 2015 wasn't bad.gazr99 said:Swear this topic is brought after almost every Grand Tour nowadays, only 12 days in GC battle has only just started
Giro 2011 was awesome. It was basically Contador attacking for 2 weeks straight. The winner wasn't in doubt, but Contador's sheer dominance was brilliant. That GC makes me sad though because Contador was never the same after that.RedheadDane said:Giro 2011
Sure, the racing was good, but the tragedies overshadowed it.
And the stupid aftermatch as well.
tretiak said:PremierAndrew said:tretiak said:This tour. Running cyclist without bike. Go down in history.
Talk about a guy who can not keep nerves.
I think he was planning on running all the way, because he heard the team car was 5 minutes behind
Why he got no bike of team mates?
rzombie1988 said:Giro 2011 was awesome. It was basically Contador attacking for 2 weeks straight. The winner wasn't in doubt, but Contador's sheer dominance was brilliant. That GC makes me sad though because Contador was never the same after that.RedheadDane said:Giro 2011
Sure, the racing was good, but the tragedies overshadowed it.
And the stupid aftermatch as well.
tretiak said:PremierAndrew said:tretiak said:This tour. Running cyclist without bike. Go down in history.
Talk about a guy who can not keep nerves.
I think he was planning on running all the way, because he heard the team car was 5 minutes behind
Why he got no bike of team mates?
therealthing said:2014 Tour by far. After Contador went there was no point even watching. No way was anyone going to even try to stop Nibali. Boring racing, apart from the cobble stage.
He did beat everyone, but they still went for it and we had some pretty good showings from Anton/Rujano. All of the mountain stages were really cool.Cookster15 said:rzombie1988 said:Giro 2011 was awesome. It was basically Contador attacking for 2 weeks straight. The winner wasn't in doubt, but Contador's sheer dominance was brilliant. That GC makes me sad though because Contador was never the same after that.RedheadDane said:Giro 2011
Sure, the racing was good, but the tragedies overshadowed it.
And the stupid aftermatch as well.
In 2011 Giro I recall Contador destroyed the field on Etna (stage 9). The rest of that race he virtually soft peddled as the competition was completely demoralised and knew they were fighting for 2nd.
Cookster15 said:rzombie1988 said:Giro 2011 was awesome. It was basically Contador attacking for 2 weeks straight. The winner wasn't in doubt, but Contador's sheer dominance was brilliant. That GC makes me sad though because Contador was never the same after that.RedheadDane said:Giro 2011
Sure, the racing was good, but the tragedies overshadowed it.
And the stupid aftermatch as well.
In 2011 Giro I recall Contador destroyed the field on Etna (stage 9). The rest of that race he virtually soft peddled as the competition was completely demoralised and knew they were fighting for 2nd.
rzombie1988 said:He did beat everyone, but they still went for it and we had some pretty good showings from Anton/Rujano. All of the mountain stages were really cool.Cookster15 said:rzombie1988 said:Giro 2011 was awesome. It was basically Contador attacking for 2 weeks straight. The winner wasn't in doubt, but Contador's sheer dominance was brilliant. That GC makes me sad though because Contador was never the same after that.RedheadDane said:Giro 2011
Sure, the racing was good, but the tragedies overshadowed it.
And the stupid aftermatch as well.
In 2011 Giro I recall Contador destroyed the field on Etna (stage 9). The rest of that race he virtually soft peddled as the competition was completely demoralised and knew they were fighting for 2nd.
Carols said:Cookster15 said:rzombie1988 said:Giro 2011 was awesome. It was basically Contador attacking for 2 weeks straight. The winner wasn't in doubt, but Contador's sheer dominance was brilliant. That GC makes me sad though because Contador was never the same after that.RedheadDane said:Giro 2011
Sure, the racing was good, but the tragedies overshadowed it.
And the stupid aftermatch as well.
In 2011 Giro I recall Contador destroyed the field on Etna (stage 9). The rest of that race he virtually soft peddled as the competition was completely demoralised and knew they were fighting for 2nd.
You remember incorrectly. He demolished them repeatedly and gifted stages.