Bat-ass Posted June 4, 2012 Posted June 4, 2012 I'm not a huge Wigins fan, find him bland, boring and typically English, BUT i think he's the man to beat...... He's pretty much winning everything Cuddles won in the TDF build up last year.... Looks to be riding at a different level to the rest of the TDF gc contenders..Seems to be the ultimate alrounder. He can smoke the owes 4km's around a track, win a 50km TT, and climb with the best...This is his year... Barring the million variables and diasters that cycling throws at you!!!
Zac.A Posted June 4, 2012 Posted June 4, 2012 I'm not a huge Wigins fan, find him bland, boring and typically English, BUT i think he's the man to beat...... He's pretty much winning everything Cuddles won in the TDF build up last year.... Looks to be riding at a different level to the rest of the TDF gc contenders..Seems to be the ultimate alrounder. He can smoke the owes 4km's around a track, win a 50km TT, and climb with the best...This is his year... Barring the million variables and diasters that cycling throws at you!!! I thought last year was his year, according to Phil, and then he crashed.
'Dale Posted June 4, 2012 Posted June 4, 2012 But still, selfish to hold on to Froome for so long.Like Voeckler at the tour, as soon as he cracked for real he let his man go and win the stage. If you've got a team riding for you, then you have to ride like a team player, if there is someone in a better position than you on the day then they should go for it. Froome surprized everyone, including his own team, with his strength.If he was let loose (sooner), there is no doubt that the result would've been different. Wiggo is the 'Great British Hope' and hopefully Team Sky won't be blinded by that again.Would Froome be the nr 2. GC contender?
Cav' Posted June 4, 2012 Posted June 4, 2012 I go for EBH to win stage 1I think it will be a breakaway and someone like Sylvain Chavanel taking it, as the big boys will take it easy on the first stage
Cav' Posted June 4, 2012 Posted June 4, 2012 This was 2011's results - Might be the same scenario in 2012..... 1. WIGGINS Bradley 121 SKY PROCYCLING 26h 40' 51" 2. EVANS Cadel 71 BMC RACING TEAM 26h 42' 17" + 01' 26"3. VINOKOUROV Alexandre 11 PRO TEAM ASTANA 26h 42' 40" + 01' 49"4. VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen 31 OMEGA PHARMA - LOTTO 26h 43' 01" + 02' 10"5. RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquim 141 KATUSHA TEAM 26h 43' 42" + 02' 51"6. KERN Christophe 136 TEAM EUROPCAR 26h 43' 56" + 03' 05"7. PERAUD Jean-Christophe 66 AG2R LA MONDIALE 26h 44' 21" + 03' 30"8. SIVTSOV Kanstantsin 26 HTC - HIGHROAD 26h 45' 05" + 04' 14"9. BRAJKOVIC Janez 1 TEAM RADIOSHACK 26h 45' 13" + 04' 22"10. VOECKLER Thomas 131 TEAM EUROPCAR 26h 45' 22" + 04' 31"11. SORENSEN Chris Anker 197 SAXO BANK SUNGARD 26h 45' 52" + 05' 01"12. MONCOUTIE David 55 COFIDIS LE CREDIT EN LIGNE 26h 47' 31" + 06' 40"13. COPPEL Jérôme 41 SAUR-SOJASUN 26h 48' 04" + 07' 13"14. RUIJGH Rob 216 VACANSOLEIL-DCM 26h 49' 53" + 09' 02"15. ZEITS Andrey 18 PRO TEAM ASTANA 26h 52' 33" + 11' 42"16. PINOT Thibaut 157 FDJ 26h 53' 45" + 12' 54"17. SANCHEZ Samuel 101 EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 26h 53' 48" + 12' 57"18. ROLLAND Pierre 138 TEAM EUROPCAR 26h 53' 59" + 13' 08"19. PIRES Bruno 184 TEAM LEOPARD-TREK 26h 54' 44" + 13' 53"20. GESINK Robert 81 RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM 26h 57' 08" + 16' 17"
Cav' Posted June 4, 2012 Posted June 4, 2012 I think it will be a breakaway and someone like Sylvain Chavanel taking it, as the big boys will take it easy on the first stageAlso Phillipe Gilbert (completely forgot he started)
Christie Posted June 4, 2012 Author Posted June 4, 2012 From the live updates it looked like a hectic finish. Evans took the win with a late attack - how about that for throwing your hat into the ring.Schleck got dropped on the last climb...
Cav' Posted June 4, 2012 Posted June 4, 2012 From the live updates it looked like a hectic finish. Evans took the win with a late attack - how about that for throwing your hat into the ring.Schleck got dropped on the last climb...UNBELIEVABLE - nice work CadelHis form is better than I thought
LeTurbo Posted June 4, 2012 Posted June 4, 2012 And here I was getting all excited about an update ... Cav' 1
Christie Posted June 4, 2012 Author Posted June 4, 2012 Wiggins takes over the GC lead, Evans 2nd @ 1 second.
petatodd Posted June 4, 2012 Posted June 4, 2012 From the live updates it looked like a hectic finish. Evans took the win with a late attack - how about that for throwing your hat into the ring.Schleck got dropped on the last climb...only a Cat 3 nogal
TNT1 Posted June 4, 2012 Posted June 4, 2012 Wiggins takes over the GC lead, Evans 2nd @ 1 second. Ah, ****! I'm gonna get p!ssed...
TNT1 Posted June 4, 2012 Posted June 4, 2012 Schleck got dropped on the last climb... You sound surprised. Pray tell why?
TNT1 Posted June 4, 2012 Posted June 4, 2012 It's like watching a kindergarten class... Also dropped, and more surprisingly, was Andy Schleck of RadioShack-Nissan. Riding next to Astana's Alexandre Vinokourov, the younger Schleck crossed the finish line more than three minutes after Evans, which will undoubtedly bring the next lecture of Johan Bruyneel.
'Dale Posted June 4, 2012 Posted June 4, 2012 I think the sponsors are getting edgy with RNT's performance.Bruyneel must be under big pressure. This is a 'super team' after all.
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