Tour de France 2011 Stage 7: Le Mans - Châteauroux 218 km

[Dekker_Tifosi]

cyclingnews forum posters enjoying another exciting TDF stage

 

[Parrulo]

cyclingnews forum posters enjoying another exciting TDF stage

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[Tuarts]

But Petacchi has been rubbish and Swift has been mostly a leadout man.

Yes Petacchi's been rubbish, which is why I said Denis has been better. Swift was a leadout once, yesterday. He was meant to be last in line on stage 3.

Gal' has 2 top 10 and a top 20 (iirc) - for an upcoming sprinter I don't have high hopes or lofty expectations for him so he's ok imo.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Even at *** speeds the peloton crashes

 

[mr. tibbs]

Klodi?!

 

[Bavarianrider]

 

[therhodeo]

Even at *** speeds the peloton crashes

No joke. Nice parking job by the Astana car by the way.

 

[Shardi]

Zubeldia, Popovic, Kreuziger, random french guy

 

[Maxiton]

Bit of a snoozefest, I confess. Stages like this would be perfect for some "up close and personal" features about riders and teams, features which are sorely missing in contemporary cycling coverage.

The NBC coverage just jumped back in time about ten minutes. Weird.

EDIT: Now they're back on the right timeline but showing astupid banner ad on the screen.

 

[mr. tibbs]

Zubeldia, Popovic, Kreuziger, random french guy

Haha cheering for the random French guy. Clever DSing by Teh Shucks.

 

[Jamsque]

Yet more Shackers crashing.

 

[Archibald]

cyclingnews forum posters enjoying another exciting TDF stage

looks like I tuned in a bit early then. no surprise, HTC on the front...

has there been a consensus as to what will happen with the intermediate sprint yet?

HTC on the prowl, about 20kms to go til the intermediate and the gap's down to about 2 mins. should be bang on swallowing the break just before the first sprint?

 

[luckyboy]

Kloden must be the only Shack guy who hasn't crashed then?

 

[Jamsque]

Kloden must be the only Shack guy who hasn't crashed then?

Kloden is far too boring to do something as interesting as crashing.

 

[Bavarianrider]

Kloden must be the only Shack guy who hasn't crashed then?

Not crashing is always a sign for good legs.

 

[Maxiton]

How did RS manage to crash?

 

[just some guy]

Popo must hate that Lance is not riding - every tour without him turns to cr@p

 

[PedalCastro]

Off to work, brilliant, i'll miss the finish after watching this all day. Enjoy! And curses to part time work who can randomly call you in whenever, even during the TdF!

 

[mr. tibbs]

Kloden must be the only Shack guy who hasn't crashed then?

Just about. Unfortunately, I think he's going to insist on working for Horner on Super Besse. Or Leipheimer. He won't take the lead until it's painfully obvious that he's got the best legs.

 

[Machu Picchu]

Kiryienka's missing the cut has probably already been mentioned elsewhere but do you think Movistar were expecting too much from him or did they just have no-one else after the recent tragedies?_?

 

[Jamsque]

Looks like the catch won't come until after the intermediate sprint, probably deliberate. I wonder what HTC's strategy will be, I think they might send Goss out on his own to try and take as many points as he can and save Cav for the finale.

 

[riobonito92]

Soft pedalling on the front now - htc/garmin don't want to catch the break before the sprint - will others (lotto?) take over?

 

[Maxiton]

Kloden is far too boring to do something as interesting as crashing.

I read a telling interview with Kloden a couple of years ago. Enjoys football and camping or something. Doesn't ride his bike for pleasure, and doesn't consider cycling a true sport. It's just, he said, his job, one he is good at.

Honest, but sad.Pretty hard for me to support him after that.

 

[mr. tibbs]

Gotta love Paul's geography/history lessons. One of the stronger points of P&P.

 

[Frosty]

Shack down again.