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EBH or Hushovd to win the stage. Maybe Eisel from HTC in a break.
I have a feeling Wigans will have a mishpap. Apart from that, it should be a little better than the previous days. I suspect there will be gaps, but Contador and the Schlecks will be fine. Not so sure about Liquigas though. How good is Ivan on cobbles? Astana are well prepped, they will be fine. Saxo have tremendously strong classics riders, so they to will be fine. Cuddles should be ok as well. Sastre and the Rabo boys? Anyone's guess. I think Dennis and Carlos will be good, but Gesink is a basket case...will he even start let alone not blow time? Exactly...he probably will not. Lance should be fine, but I cannot say the same for Levi. LL is a sook. I think Samu will sail by and nobody will notice. Watch out for this man. Mick Rogers should be fine as well along with Kreuziger.
But here is the catch. We saw at the Giro a number of teams lost time on their GC boys because one or two riders around them fell and they were caught in the aftermath and lost minutes. Will their opposition pounce at the Tour after yesterdays surprise peloton reaction to a few crashes? Depends who is holding the cards at the time. Lance will and I think Sky will if they are given a chance. I do not think they will stop for a fallen opponent. Lance will need to get 5 plus minutes today for GC ambitions...highly unlikely to happen.
I have a feeling Wigans will have a mishpap. Apart from that, it should be a little better than the previous days. I suspect there will be gaps, but Contador and the Schlecks will be fine. Not so sure about Liquigas though. How good is Ivan on cobbles? Astana are well prepped, they will be fine. Saxo have tremendously strong classics riders, so they to will be fine. Cuddles should be ok as well. Sastre and the Rabo boys? Anyone's guess. I think Dennis and Carlos will be good, but Gesink is a basket case...will he even start let alone not blow time? Exactly...he probably will not. Lance should be fine, but I cannot say the same for Levi. LL is a sook. I think Samu will sail by and nobody will notice. Watch out for this man. Mick Rogers should be fine as well along with Kreuziger.
But here is the catch. We saw at the Giro a number of teams lost time on their GC boys because one or two riders around them fell and they were caught in the aftermath and lost minutes. Will their opposition pounce at the Tour after yesterdays surprise peloton reaction to a few crashes? Depends who is holding the cards at the time. Lance will and I think Sky will if they are given a chance. I do not think they will stop for a fallen opponent. Lance will need to get 5 plus minutes today for GC ambitions...highly unlikely to happen.
No, there will be a late selection in the pave, and a strong attack from Phillipe Gilbert for the win!
But Cancellara will be back in yellow, and Peter Sagan will move into 2nd.
But Cancellara will be back in yellow, and Peter Sagan will move into 2nd.
- Mar 13, 2009
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reality check $$
This is obviously Saxo Banks day to shine, but why is everybody ignoring Quick Step???
Mellow Velo said:Saxo won't go anywhere. Cancellara O'Grady, Voigt and Breschel to be paired off with the Schlecks.
Shack will want the front, but won't want it hard. All their climbers are hurting already. I'm only surprised, given the carnage, that neither Levi or Horner have broken anything............yet.
BMC? Could........but when was the last time Cadel cobbled? Plus, Hincapie kissed the tarmac twice, yesterday and limped home.
QS? All about control
Rabo? Haha
Garmin? The not so magnificent 7
It will happen and it will be Cervelo. (sorry Carlos)
Iban Mayo was 2004, btw. USPS were joined by Hamilton's Phonak and CSC, in killing him off (what a surprise there)
Who was in yellow and got caught up and delayed in the crash, so lost the maillot?
Thor Hushovd, that's who.
This is obviously Saxo Banks day to shine, but why is everybody ignoring Quick Step???
Publicus said:
Why the heck would be Popovych or Rast a threat?
Unless Popo wins by 20 minutes.2 of the favorites for a normal Paris Roubaix would be Cancellara and Hushovd, both came out of yesterday with no crashes, and both look strong. Both teams have other guys to protect the leaders, and both teams see this as a potential stage win, so I see no reason to not believe both will get free reign on the stage.
my third favorite would have been Tyler based on his cobbles performance earlier this year, but I think with his injuries he probably won't make the finish of the stage near the front.
my third favorite would have been Tyler based on his cobbles performance earlier this year, but I think with his injuries he probably won't make the finish of the stage near the front.
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Break of 7 away - Cummings, Hesjedal, Brutt, Kluge, Rolland, Erviti and Auge.
Mods, any chance of sorting the stickying for this and the stage 2 threads out please?
Mods, any chance of sorting the stickying for this and the stage 2 threads out please?
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Scirea said:Why the heck would be Popovych or Rast a threat?
They are the two Radio Shack riders with Paris-Roubaix experience. If the Shack is going to lay down an attack, it won't be coming from Levi, Klodi, Horner or Jani. That fearsome foursome will likely be holding on for dear life as well
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Hawkwood said:
I think it probably is.
btw O' Grady will win this stage by approxomately 1 minute.
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The Shack?
Yesterday's chase was quite telling, IMO.
Liquigas and Sky did almost all and the only Shacker able to pull a little was Popo.
Didn't look very strong, then, so why now?
Oh and why are we still not a sticky, mods?
Yesterday's chase was quite telling, IMO.
Liquigas and Sky did almost all and the only Shacker able to pull a little was Popo.
Didn't look very strong, then, so why now?
Oh and why are we still not a sticky, mods?
- Mar 13, 2009
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Just saw a cool feature on France 2 about what the Schlecks and Contador think about the pavés.
Many people speculated about whether or not the Saxo Bank would wait for Contador if he fell, and Fränk said in this feature:
"If Contador gets caught in the wrong bordure, that's his own fault. But if he falls, Saxo Bank will not ride at the front. We don't want to win the Tour because Contador fell"
Many people speculated about whether or not the Saxo Bank would wait for Contador if he fell, and Fränk said in this feature:
"If Contador gets caught in the wrong bordure, that's his own fault. But if he falls, Saxo Bank will not ride at the front. We don't want to win the Tour because Contador fell"
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Any people up early today?
So who got up at... what? Like 4:30 am on the west coast of the US? What time is it in Australia? like midnight?
So who got up at... what? Like 4:30 am on the west coast of the US? What time is it in Australia? like midnight?
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