Tour de France 2011 STAGE 20 - Grenoble 42.5 km ITT

[Cervelo77]

I want to see an on form Contador vs an on form Cadel Evans next year.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Blimey! Cadel finally does a tv interview..........in Australian!

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

ACF where art thou

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

I want to see an on form Contador vs an on form Cadel Evans next year.

Conta wins that easy.
Not trying to take anyhting away from cuddles, but there is no one who comes close to a peaking conta

 

[Chef_Vodnik]

There goes the fanboys argument that he must be clean

Except, you know, his form peak, well, it wasn't, how do I put this, supposed, in a way, to be, put bluntly, during the Dauphinée.

 

[El Imbatido]

Blimey! Cadel finally does a tv interview..........in Australian!

and we didn't get to see it as sbs went to commercials

 

[Zoncolan]

Cuddles paying tribute to Aldo Sassi. Nice. Tears welling up and all.

 

[Parrulo]

If conta avoids the giro he will break LA's record.

i hope he goes for tour-vuelta doubles from now won. should make the vuelta entertaining for us and the tour a nice training ride for contador

 

[Ferminal]

A few "clinic" suggestions going around - please just take it there and go for broke.

 

[Tugboat]

ACF where art thou

Masturbating?

 

[icefire]

Wanna bet next year will have 0 time trials?

And no downhill stage finishes

 

[luckyboy]

There goes the fanboys argument that he must be clean

Who cares? I would rather have Ricco win than Andy Schleck

 

[Catty69]

Please. Please please ban the colour co-ordinated leaders jersey and Knicks. They look absolutely stupid. Either team Knicks or black.

 

[Barracuda]

ACF where art thou

He's on the floor sucking his thumb curled up in a ball !!!

What a huge effort and richly deserved ..

Greatest tour in recent memory !!!

 

[labratty]

Masturbating?

Must have fallen off by now, probably on the way to the hospital.

 

[pedaling squares]

I don't. Hopefully he gets a little more dedicated to his craft. He's got the talent, just doesn't seem to have it upstairs.

I hope this Tour will be a lesson for Andy. He lost the Tour in the Pyrenees and he almost won it in the one stage where he gave it a real go.

Agree with these. I'd like to see more a more hungry and mature approach from Andy. And I'd really like to see Frank come to France as the team's top mountain domestique and not a pseudo co-leader. If Andy would just drop Frank when he isn't strong and thus clearly define their roles I think he'd be far better off.

 

[El Imbatido]

Wanna bet next year will have 0 time trials?

yeah next year there will be a prologue on the Ventoux

 

[Zoncolan]

I want to see an on form Contador vs an on form Cadel Evans next year.

If it's a course like we had this year, Contador wins by more than 2 mins easy.

 

[movingtarget]

Fantastic race by Evans. I knew he could win after the strength he showed over the past few days. Very deserved. Good to see TV hang on as well for fourth place.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

i hope he goes for tour-vuelta doubles from now won. should make the vuelta entertaining for us and the tour a nice training ride for contador

yeah.. I like AC a lot more atm then I did a few weeks ago.
He is a champ. Great ride this tour all things considered.
He has 2 giros, so I am content there.

 

[Ferminal]

Who ever thought the GT Evans wins would be genuinely entertaining?

I think most people dreaded the idea because they expected it would be a dull affair.

Of course it's not all down to Evans, but he played a key role.

 

[mr. tibbs]

Evans:

"I've had some bad moments in the last ten years, but that makes the good moments better. [...] In past years, 2007, Contador had a really good day; I had an average day [...] 2008, I was on my limit [...] That was the hardest Tour I ever rode in my life. [...] The plan today was [...] do the best you can. [...] I haven't had time to reflect on [the victory], but we'll see."

Interviewer: "Riding into Paris tomorrow you'll have the yellow jersey on your shoulders. How will that feel?"

Evans: "I hope the sun's out."

Chapeau, Evans.

 

[mikkemus23]

Congrats to Cadel on winning the most exciting Tour in years. Good show. Tough on Andy though...

 

[Barracuda]

And no downhill stage finishes

And no uphills either ..... itll be indoors on rollers with cooling fans in front of them ...

Harden up Andy !!!

 

[dbrmuz]

Not if any future Tours have ITT's in them.

Or descents.

Congrats Cadel!!!