linnega Posted July 18, 2007 Posted July 18, 2007 Excellent result for Soler and for Barloworld. Great to see a young rider attack from far out, catch the breakaway's and immediately set about taking them apart with constant accelerations. As for the critics of TBL, none of what was said previously is invalidated. TBL were not getting enough exposure early on, but have clearly shown that they have mountain riders that needed to be saved for the real stages rather than ride in pointless breakaways just to get themselves on TV. Well planned by Corti and hopefully he continues to do the same great job.
Gumpole Posted July 18, 2007 Posted July 18, 2007 Who was the other TBL rider in the main peleton, finished with Vino or the group just ahead of them? I think that Soler can go for the Polka dot jersey. Rasmussen will be too busy defending the yellow??Gumpole2007-07-18 01:22:51
Red Zone Posted July 18, 2007 Posted July 18, 2007 I just read on Letour.com that Soler fancies himself for a crach at the yellow, thats confidence for you, go boy! Looks to me that Klodi or Levi are best placed for yellow. Vino too far behind
SwissVan Posted July 18, 2007 Posted July 18, 2007 Shot Barlow World For some reason the damn PVR did not record yesterdays stage (was probaly recording to many things at once...) had to wait up untill 10pm to watch the replay. Great stuff. Looks like Valverde is the man now, Rasmussen? well I hope he can hang on..
Cruxpearl Posted July 18, 2007 Posted July 18, 2007 Was a bit surprised that Popovich got the nod for most aggressive rider for the day!!!!I would have thought that Soler would be the most aggressive rider on the day???He broke away with Popovich in the beginning, and then fell back to attack them from more than 2 minutes out and leave them for dead as well as holding off a hard chasing pack to the end for his most impressive win!!!Or am I too biased on this one??
AndreZA Posted July 18, 2007 Posted July 18, 2007 I managed to get home with 1.4km to go. I don't know if I would have been able to see any more. My nerves were shot after that. RH was interviewed on SC last night and he said that they are an all round team and he does not mind doing his own work in a sprint. He can't expect someone like Soler to try and lead him out in the sprint.
DRIVETRAIN Posted July 18, 2007 Posted July 18, 2007 I watched the Tour from the beginning with even more interest since B/W's entry - some people I know claimed they'll never get a podium finish or even place anywhere - Lets hope for better things now - Well done B/W .... "DT"
pastapouch Posted July 18, 2007 Posted July 18, 2007 Crux i guess it's a Cannondale thingy!! might just be a hidden... ... ... ... Cervelo I was foruntate to be home at 4. so watched it all live. Was great to see Sole Hernandez riding away from TWO DSCs. Vat so DSC, they chased so hard and couldn't catch him. I thought it would be a boring downhill-ish finish. Wasn't , was as exiting (well almost) as a mountaintop finish. Guess its also the end of Vino, he was crying after he finished the stage.
slowpoke Posted July 18, 2007 Posted July 18, 2007 i am soooo impressed well done TBW keep up the good work you boys are doing so damned well my only concern is who'd gonna be left on the team next year cos everyone's gonna be snatched up by the "bigger" teams! oh, and i just have to say this to all the negative k@k-stirring naysayers: "naanaananaanah! VAT SO!"
Cruxpearl Posted July 18, 2007 Posted July 18, 2007 Crux i guess it's a Cannondale thingy!! Welll.... I DO own one exactly like the ones they are using... ...well actually not exactly like one... it used to be a Barloworld Bike!!!!http://www.tcsn.co.za/downloads/Sys6Bora.jpg
Hendrik Petoors Posted July 18, 2007 Posted July 18, 2007 Ek het darem dieselfde stand vir my MTB Tandem...... so ek het darem iets wat aan 'n Connondale geraak het!!!!!!! Ek is soooo trots.
Tumbleweed Posted July 18, 2007 Posted July 18, 2007 my brother just called. he's just come from barloworld's celebation brekkie. apparently the champers was flowing. and he got me one of the new jerseys
Old Dog Posted July 18, 2007 Posted July 18, 2007 Who was the other TBL rider in the main peleton, finished with Vino or the group just ahead of them? That was Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr - one of the old Russian states). He has been lurking around in the background and not loosing too much time. Currently 24th on GC @ 9 minutes. Perhaps we will see something special from him?
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