Tour de France 2012

[mazambaan]

Quoting from another forum a few weeks ago "and that cheeky little Manx monkey pops out from nowhere and nips across the line". Very apt for this stage.

['Dale]

Tch, tch, tch!

 

Peyragudes - Swiss BMC rider Michael Schar was run over by the doctor's car and sustained cuts and bruises during the 17th stage of the Tour de France cycle race on Thursday, his team said.

The incident occurred on the ascent to the Port de Bales 110km into the stage, Tour organisers said in a statement.

"Schar has minor cuts on his right knee and an elbow injury that will need further evaluation," team doctor Max Testa was quoted as saying in a BMC statement.

[Baldrick]

someone packed a big flag in their suitcase ............

 

http://velonews.competitor.com/files/2012/07/cav-wins-1-580x435.jpg

[nickc]

You mean the 22 year old who, virtually, won the Maillot Vert in his debut TDF?

 

 

:clap:

['Dale]

Manx Missile thanx EBH

 

http://cyclingtipscontent.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Tour-de-France-2012-stage18-2-2.jpg

['Dale]

Nah, not the Schleck Sistas...

 

Some crazy fans. Awesome!

 

http://cyclingtipscontent.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Tour-de-France-2012-stage18-1.jpg

[Cav']

Wiggins FTW in the TT today.

But i reckon Cuddles will do his best ever ITT too

[TNT1]

Wiggins FTW in the TT today.

But i reckon Cuddles will do his best ever ITT too

 

It will be interesting to see how Froome goes. It will prove a good insight into how he is handling the pressure of all the talk around him.

Wiggins is quick to point out that Froome has never had any pressure on him as he isn't a favorite contender. I think what Froome is going through now is far worse pressure. I'm keen to see how he copes.

[Cav']

 

 

It will be interesting to see how Froome goes. It will prove a good insight into how he is handling the pressure of all the talk around him.

Wiggins is quick to point out that Froome has never had any pressure on him as he isn't a favorite contender. I think what Froome is going through now is far worse pressure. I'm keen to see how he copes.

Yeah agree.

I think he will give it his all (i wonder what will go through his head the hour he's on the bike- shoulda woulda coulda)

 

The other guy i'd watch out for today is Tejay

[TNT1]

1 Jimmy Engoulvent (Saur-Sojasun) 12:00:00

2 Jan Ghyselinck (Cofidis) 12:01:00

3 Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Sharp) 12:02:00

4 Sebastian Langeveld (Orica-Greenedge) 12:03:00

5 Julien Fouchard (Cofidis) 12:04:00

6 Johan Vansummeren (Garmin-Sharp) 12:05:00

7 Albert Timmer (Argos-Shimano) 12:06:00

8 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Katusha) 12:07:00

9 Bernhard Eisel (Sky) 12:09:00

10 Bram Tankink (Rabobank) 12:10:00

11 Mark Cavendish (Sky) 12:11:00

12 Yann Huguet (Argos-Shimano) 12:12:00

13 Yohann Gene (Europcar) 12:13:00

14 Juan José Haedo (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff) 12:14:00

15 Cyril Lemoine (Argos-Shimano) 12:15:00

16 Karsten Kroon (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff) 12:16:00

17 Jonathan Cantwell (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff) 12:17:00

18 Roy Curvers (Argos-Shimano) 12:18:00

19 Pablo Urtasun (Euskaltel-Euskadi) 12:19:00

20 Cedric Pineau (FDJ-BigMat) 12:20:00

21 Anthony Roux (FDJ-BigMat) 12:21:00

22 Borut Bozic (Vacansoleil-DCM) 12:22:00

23 Marcel Sieberg (Lotto-Belisol) 12:23:00

24 Bert Grabsch (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) 12:24:00

25 Luis Ángel Maté (Cofidis) 12:25:00

26 Anders Lund (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff) 12:26:00

27 Nicolas Edet (Cofidis) 12:27:00

28 Jean Marc Marino (Saur-Sojasun) 12:28:00

29 Greg Henderson (Lotto-Belisol) 12:29:00

30 André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) 12:30:00

31 Sebastien Hinault (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 12:31:00

32 Nick Nuyens (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff) 12:32:00

33 Matthew Goss (Orica-Greenedge) 12:33:00

34 Joan Horrach (Katusha) 12:34:00

35 Maxim Iglinskiy (Astana) 12:35:00

36 Kris Boeckmans (Vacansoleil-DCM) 12:36:00

37 Matthieu Sprick (Argos-Shimano) 12:37:00

38 Baden Cooke (Orica-Greenedge) 12:38:00

39 Alessandro Vanotti (Liquigas-Cannondale) 12:39:00

40 Manuel Quinziato (BMC) 12:40:00

41 Daniel Oss (Liquigas-Cannondale) 12:41:00

42 Luca Paolini (Katusha) 12:42:00

43 Michael Albasini (Orica-Greenedge) 12:43:00

44 Rubén Plaza (Movistar Team) 12:44:00

45 Jerome Pineau (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) 12:46:00

46 Daryl Impey (Orica-Greenedge) 12:48:00

47 David Zabriskie (Garmin-Sharp) 12:50:00

48 Federico Canuti (Liquigas-Cannondale) 12:52:00

49 David Millar (Garmin-Sharp) 12:54:00

50 Koen de Kort (Argos-Shimano) 12:56:00

51 Jurgen Roelandts (Lotto-Belisol) 12:58:00

52 Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis) 13:00:00

53 Francis de Greef (Lotto-Belisol) 13:02:00

54 Nicki Sorensen (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff) 13:04:00

55 Kristjan Koren (Liquigas-Cannondale) 13:06:00

56 Lars Bak (Lotto-Belisol) 13:08:00

57 Stuart O'Grady (Orica-Greenedge) 13:10:00

58 Stephen Cummings (BMC) 13:12:00

59 Julien Simon (Saur-Sojasun) 13:14:00

60 Michael Morkov (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff) 13:16:00

61 Arthur Vichot (FDJ-BigMat) 13:18:00

62 Brice Feillu (Vacansoleil-DCM) 13:20:00

63 Romain Zingle (Cofidis) 13:22:00

64 Martin Velits (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) 13:24:00

65 Blel Kadri (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 13:26:00

66 Danilo Hondo (Lampre-ISD) 13:28:00

67 Rubén Pérez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) 13:30:00

68 Mathieu Ladagnous (FDJ-BigMat) 13:32:00

69 Yukiya Arashiro (Europcar) 13:34:00

70 Christophe Kern (Europcar) 13:36:00

71 Christian Knees (Sky) 13:38:00

72 Vasili Kiryienka (Movistar Team) 13:40:00

73 Adam Hansen (Lotto-Belisol) 13:42:00

74 Simon Gerrans (Orica-Greenedge) 13:44:00

75 Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) 13:46:00

76 Yaroslav Popovych (RadioShack-Nissan) 13:48:00

77 Marco Marzano (Lampre-ISD) 13:50:00

78 Christophe Riblon (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 13:52:00

79 Jorge Azanza (Euskaltel-Euskadi) 13:54:00

80 Guillaume Levarlet (Saur-Sojasun) 13:56:00

81 Pieter Weening (Orica-Greenedge) 13:58:00

82 Sylvester Szmyd (Liquigas-Cannondale) 14:00:00

83 Dries Devenyns (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) 14:02:00

84 Kevin de Weert (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) 14:04:00

85 Jérémy Roy (FDJ-BigMat) 14:06:00

86 Simone Stortoni (Lampre-ISD) 14:08:00

87 Luis León Sánchez (Rabobank) 14:10:00

88 Marco Marcato (Vacansoleil-DCM) 14:12:00

89 Dimitriy Fofonov (Astana) 14:14:00

90 Sébastien Minard (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 14:16:00

91 Christian Vandevelde (Garmin-Sharp) 14:18:00

92 Cyril Gautier (Europcar) 14:20:00

93 Mikale Cherel (FDJ-BigMat) 14:22:00

94 Davide Malacarne (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) 14:24:00

95 Marcus Burghardt (BMC) 14:26:00

96 Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil-DCM) 14:28:00

97 Maxime Bouet (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 14:30:00

98 Jens Voigt (RadioShack-Nissan) 14:32:00

99 Vladimir Karpets (Movistar Team) 14:34:00

100 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky) 14:36:00

101 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Saur-Sojasun) 14:38:00

102 Sergio Paulinho (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff) 14:40:00

103 Yiry Trofimov (Katusha)) 14:42:00

104 Dominik Nerz (Liquigas-Cannondale) 14:44:00

105 Michael Schär (BMC) 14:46:00

106 Pierrick Fedrigo (FDJ-BigMat) 14:48:00

107 Amael Moinard (BMC) 14:50:00

108 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 14:52:00

109 Andriy Grivko (Astana) 14:54:00

110 Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) 14:56:00

111 Philippe Gilbert (BMC) 14:58:00

112 Rafael Valls (Vacansoleil-DCM) 15:00:00

113 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana) 15:02:00

114 George Hincapie (BMC) 15:04:00

115 Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) 15:06:00

116 Gorka Izagirre (Euskaltel-Euskadi) 15:08:00

117 Gianpaolo Caruso (Katusha) 15:10:00

118 Daniel Martin (Garmin-Sharp) 15:12:00

119 Richie Porte (Sky) 15:14:00

120 Steven Kruijswijk (Rabobank) 15:16:00

121 Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) 15:18:00

122 Levi Leipheimer (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) 15:20:00

123 Peter Velits (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) 15:22:00

124 Juanjo Cobo (Movistar Team) 15:24:00

125 Laurens Ten Dam (Rabobank) 15:26:00

126 Jelle Vanendert (Lotto-Belisol) 15:28:00

127 Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) 15:30:00

128 Ivan Basso (Liquigas-Cannondale) 15:32:00

129 Michele Scarponi (Lampre-ISD) 15:34:00

130 Michael Rogers (Sky) 15:36:00

131 Sandy Casar (FDJ-BigMat) 15:38:00

132 Jérome Coppel (Saur-Sojasun) 15:40:00

133 Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) 15:42:00

134 Eduard Vorganov (Katusha) 15:44:00

135 Rui Costa (Movistar Team) 15:46:00

136 Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) 15:48:00

137 Maxime Monfort (RadioShack-Nissan) 15:50:00

138 Denis Menchov (Katusha) 15:52:00

139 Chris Sorensen (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff) 15:54:00

140 Chris Horner (RadioShack-Nissan) 15:57:00

141 Andreas Kloden (RadioShack-Nissan) 16:00:00

142 Nicolas Roche (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 16:03:00

143 Thibaut Pinot (FDJ-BigMat) 16:06:00

144 Janez Brajkovic (Astana) 16:09:00

145 Pierre Rolland (Europcar) 16:12:00

146 Haimar Zubeldia (RadioShack-Nissan) 16:15:00

147 Cadel Evans (BMC) 16:18:00

148 Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) 16:21:00

149 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Lotto-Belisol) 16:24:00

150 Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale) 16:27:00

151 Chris Froome (Sky) 16:30:00

152 Bradley Wiggins (Sky) 16:33:00

Edited July 21, 2012 by TNT1

[Cippo]

Who's this Wiggins guy starting last. Is he that bad?

[Cippo]

Froome should give it stick today just to prove a point. He deserves another stage win.

[Zac.A]

Froome should give it stick today just to prove a point. He deserves another stage win the yellow jersey.

 

fixed.

[Cippo]

I wasnt gna say that people might think I have something against Wiggo.

[Flowspeed]

Tch, tch, tch!

 

Peyragudes - Swiss BMC rider Michael Schar was run over by the doctor's car and sustained cuts and bruises during the 17th stage of the Tour de France cycle race on Thursday, his team said.

The incident occurred on the ascent to the Port de Bales 110km into the stage, Tour organisers said in a statement.

"Schar has minor cuts on his right knee and an elbow injury that will need further evaluation," team doctor Max Testa was quoted as saying in a BMC statement.

 

 

... I guess Schar will have a few scars

[kosmonooit]

I know this is so yesterday, but a classic.

 

http://velonews.competitor.com/files/2012/07/gilbert-dog-problem1-654x421.jpg

 

Philippe Gilbert had to be restrained when he approached the family that let their dog run out in front of him, causing him to crash. Photo: Graham Watson