Tour de France 2012

[scotty]

IDT is from the devil, don't do it!

We don't all stay next to bike parks

['Dale]

Read a recent article about 'The Greats In Cycling'.

Names included were Merckx, Fignon, Kelly, Lemond, Armstrong, Indurain, Voigt.

 

Sagan is great.

He is not a Great. Capital G.

That tag is earned over years of awesome performance and great sportmanship.

 

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Below Sagan's dad.

 

http://velonews.competitor.com/files/2012/07/father-sagan-668x421.jpg

['Dale]

'Greats' in today's peloton woud be the 40 year old German and this dude...

 

http://velonews.competitor.com/files/2012/07/fab-328x421.jpg

[Wyatt Earp]

Read a recent article about 'The Greats In Cycling'.

Names included were Merckx, Fignon, Kelly, Lemond, Armstrong, Indurain, Voigt.

 

Sagan is great.

He is not a Great. Capital G.

That tag is earned over years of awesome performance and great sportmanship.

 

 

 

 

Now we see i 2 i

[petatodd]

For the first time in many years I am not bothering to follow closely ..... I'd rather be out riding my bike

 

I do watch when it's on and I'm near a TV, anyway we won't know for a month or longer after the finish if the winner is really the winner anyway

 

Lees maar wat die 'ekspets' skryf, ek is net 'n 'ubber so weet nie juis veel van 'road race' tactics nen so aan nie - onthou as jy nie al pro 'gecycle' het nie mag jy mos nie eintlik comment nie

 

And you spoil it by showing you are as far from being an expert as I am from being Peter Sagan.

 

Go ride your bike, you clearly have nothing to contribute to the TDF thread.

['Dale]

Danielson also limped in yesterday after a disastrous day for Garmin.

Making Hesjedal the only top 10 GC contender now for the team...

 

http://velonews.competitor.com/files/2012/07/danielson-finish-280x421.jpg

[NotSoBigBen]

And you spoil it by showing you are as far from being an expert as I am from being Peter Sagan.

 

Go ride your bike, you clearly have nothing to contribute to the TDF thread.

 

ok

[Zook]

Sagan did very well to win supporters over yesterday. Killer ride!

 

Something did surprise me the day before though. In Cav's win on stage 2 Sagan lost two positions in the final dash, from 4th to 6th (if I remember correctly). On the day I suspected he wasn't able to mix it up at tour level, but obviously yesterday he did. So I wonder what accounts for the difference? Either the final uphill suited him more, or he just had a bad/unlucky day on stage 2. Be good to see how it plays out on other sprint stages!

 

Whatever happens, to take 2 stage wins home on his debut tour is already huge.

['Dale]

Sagan did very well to win supporters over yesterday. Killer ride!

 

Something did surprise me the day before though. In Cav's win on stage 2 Sagan lost two positions in the final dash, from 4th to 6th (if I remember correctly). On the day I suspected he wasn't able to mix it up at tour level, but obviously yesterday he did. So I wonder what accounts for the difference? Either the final uphill suited him more, or he just had a bad/unlucky day on stage 2. Be good to see how it plays out on other sprint stages!

 

Whatever happens, to take 2 stage wins home on his debut tour is already huge.

 

Yeah, Zook, I don't think the laaitie is a pure sprinter like Cav/Greipel.

Add some gradient and you get the power sprinters like Boonen, Hushovd, Sagan.

[Bianchisti]

In fact, sprint finishes for the next 3 days until the mountains over the weekend.

 

Cav vs Greipel vs Farrar vs Petacchi, the wunderkind wheelsucker Sagan??.

 

The GC dudes will just wanna keep it safe.

Impressive to see how BMC is way upfront keeping Cadel out of trouble.

 

Must admit that the final 10km stretches to the finish have been wild this year!

 

Fixed!

[Cav']

Fixed!

Still doing this dance http://velorooms.com/Smileys/msn/smiley_chicken.gif

[Cyclewizz]

ok

 

Gee Ben what have you done to these hubbers ??

Even though you from the dark side and this is a roadie thread, these guys seriously want you out of here.

 

Have you been causing some hubbers pain on the tracks ???

[awesme]

Feel the love...

 

G

 

Gee Ben what have you done to these hubbers ??

Even though you from the dark side and this is a roadie thread, these guys seriously want you out of here.

 

Have you been causing some hubbers pain on the tracks ???

[TNT1]

Don't care if it's a repost.

I love this kid, he's crazy.

Sagan has said "next victory as my salute I will dance entire Swan Lake ballet before the first looser crosses the line"

[TNT1]

Tomorrow for Sagan no more celebrations. OK because Mr Oss bring also tin of Quality Street...

[LOOK695]

'Greats' in today's peloton woud be the 40 year old German and this dude...

 

http://velonews.competitor.com/files/2012/07/fab-328x421.jpg

I am a 40 year old german, but you were probably not refering to me