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auscyclefan94 said:Is this climb good for Basso?
Captain Serious said:
The only place you'll see Wiggo is falling off the back.sublimit said:Possibly.. look out for Wiggo though but I'm still not certain they can get caught
Campionissimo said:
Tougher than I expected. Contador won here in 2006.
Ha! Gloat indeed. If I wasn't so poor and tight I could possibly get Eurosport on Fox down here (pay tv)Moondance said:My parents' HDTV has a great feed
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Campionissimo said:
Tougher than I expected. Contador won here in 2006.
Great feed! Thanks!Captain Serious said:
auscyclefan94 said:Swizerland is such a scenic country, seems like a good place to ride your bike!
Moondance said:Yeah, but they're only doing the last 4k of the climb, so Basso's gonna have to attack at the base if he wants to ride FTW.
Yup, the break just started up it.roundabout said:Looks like they're on the murderous Col du Pillon now.
Jamsque said:The only place you'll see Wiggo is falling off the back.
auscyclefan94 said:why are they only doing the last 4km?
auscyclefan94 said:why are they only doing the last 4km?
Moondance said:Cause that's how they designed the parcours. They're gonna do a 1st cat. now, short descent, and then do the last 4k or so of the climb to Leysin.
auscyclefan94 said:Swizerland is such a scenic country, seems like a good place to ride your bike!
auscyclefan94 said:Meh, the profile looked different to that...break will definetly stay away now.