Um, it was not an "automatic must love Lance" for me either. I simply admire what he has done with the Livestrong organization and find Contador annoying.Quote:
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Um, it was not an "automatic must love Lance" for me either. I simply admire what he has done with the Livestrong organization and find Contador annoying.Quote:
Originally Posted by jobob
What an exciting stage today. Andy and Alberto battling it out on the climb then working together to catch the break away. Bummer about Cadel. Levi moves up to 6th but looses more time to the leaders. Wow.
Jens Voight eats nails for breakfast. Just sayin'.
Just saw that Cadel had a broken arm. I guess that would explain the day.
What a stage. So happy for Andy and Levi.
No kiddin'!!Quote:
Originally Posted by ny biker
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Originally Posted by ny biker
Did you catch the point when Schleck and Contador dropped him? He was trying so hard to stay with them so he could help Schleck on the descent, but then he cracked. Went from 60 to 0 in 0.01 seconds. The man is amazing. He really gave it his all.
The man put everything into helping Andy and had nothing left. A true team player!
Jens is fabulous.
My heart really went out to Cadel! I love that Andy took the yellow.
I was yelling at the TV: SOMEBODY HELP HIM!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Thorn
Although I didn't want to see Lance go out of contention - primarily because I think the casual cycling audience will now stop watching...
I think it's great that people are paying attention to the other cyclists. Would Jens get this attention if Lance had been in contention? And Cadel's broken elbow - I can't imagine staying in with that kind of injury.
So, even though it's sad that Lance had a run of bad luck, it's good for the other cyclists. Other than Contador, I'd be happy seeing any of the top 10 win.
Poor Cadel, I hairline fractured my elbow when I was 13 talk about pain! He is full of guts to say he won't abandon unless they think he will cause permanent damage.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dogmama
Jens always looks like he will rip his handlebars off, I love him!
I like Bob, too bad you have to get Craig to see his show. We just fast forward to Ask Bobke. Phil and Paul are way more interesting to me anyway, even if Phil seems scatter brained this year.
No wonder Cadel looked like he was going to heave for much of the race. Yikes.
I hope Jens got Most Combative for that stage. What a trooper.
Keep an eye out for Denis Menchov of Rabobank. I think he likes having no attention...kinda like a stealth rider.
Wonder what 'Strong will do with his freedom. I'd actually like to see him win a stage, or just mess with the top teams for Levi.
Jeez, CycleGod...no more injuries for these boys please.
I LOVE watching Jens! He is not a smooth cyclist...watching him time trail is like watching someone have a fight with their bike for miles and miles. He was awesome yesterday. So sad when he finally blew up...nothing left.
I don't wish for crashes or injuries...by my goodness this has been an interesting tour!
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I think Jens Voight is absolutely fabulous. Watching him is pure inspiration. I felt so bad for Cadel yesterday ... and more mountains to come....
Oh man I'm so glad a Portuguese guy won today!! Go Paulinho!! I'm Portuguese and I feel like I barely ever see any Portuguese cyclists, so this is really cool :D
Belarusian here (well, 1/2) who is equally bummed! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by XMcShiftersonX
My bit-o-Portuguese pride swelled up yesterday, too. But given that I'm a French citizen and it was the 14 juillet, I was a bit bummed that a French rider didn't win.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/oth...in-sprint.html
When I saw that I was shocked. Then I thought it must be the camera angle; they were sprinting so hard and wobbling side to side.
But no.
What was he thinking?
This is interesting, about David Millar. He rode most of the last big mountain stage alone and in pain, but he didn't want to quit even if he missed the time cut.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/mill...n-through-pain
I like his comment about breaking the big climb into 5k segments. That's a good technique when you're suffering and have a long way to go -- although my segments tend to be much shorter, i.e., to the next telephone poll. But still, it can help you get to the end.
I haven't seen the footage yet but on the velonews live coverage, Charles Pelkey gave Renshaw the "wanker of the day" award for that headbutt. And Davis Phinney also thought it was DQ-worthy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zen
I'm glad no one crashed as a result.
Really.Quote:
Originally Posted by ny biker
That was incredibly dangerous.
I saw the head butts when watching live but I missed Renshaw cutting Tyler off. No wonder he was so ticked off.
The aftermath interviews were great. All the commentators were so revved up, I was expecting the guys would be livid, but no. Julian Dean was completely calm and just shrugged it off to "that's sprinting". It was about as upset as I've ever seen Farrar, but he was still not throwing wheels.
ETA: Renshaw's been thrown out.
I'm so glad they kicked Renshaw out of the Tour... what a douche. It was obvious that both accounts were intentional. I don't like him and I don't like Cavendish. This was a similar situation to what Cavendish did to Thor last year. Then they try to play the "I didn't know I was doing anything wrong" BS. Please. They know the rules, they've been doing this long enough. I really like Farrar, he's a good sprinter and he plays fair.
And yet the stories on velonews.com and cyclingnews.com say that Dean and Farrar were really mad. Hmmmm.Quote:
Originally Posted by redrhodie
They apparently got madder after watching the video. Dean didn't know Renshaw had cut into Tyler's line, and Tyler didn't know about the headbutt.Quote:
Originally Posted by ny biker
That's the very behavior that turned me against Robbie McEwen a couple of years ago. I used to really like him until I saw him doing that.
Wow, I just finished watching the stage on Tour Tracker (I can't watch live at work anymore--too obvious, even though I work from home!)
What a unpleasant couple of moves by Renshaw! I know nothing about the guy except that he's a great leadout guy. Now, however, he's totally lost any respect I had for him.
Other than that, I enjoyed the stage very much. Love that lavender.
Yeah, in that post race interview with Tyler, it was clear he was pretty POed. Ironically, they replayed the Hincapie debacle from last year during the broadcast... more HTC Columbia/Garmin drama...
The pace into the finish was crazy. I'm excited when I hit 35 MPH going downhill. lol
What a strange tour this has been this year. Who knows what the remaining days hold!
I agree about the Robbie McEwen thing - I liked him til I saw him do that same thing. I also liked Renshaw, but now not so much. And now, this pic, where he and Bernard Eisel are looking right at me, means a lot less to me. :)
Can't make any bets on the drama in between but I know one guy who's gonna be on the podium. i saw that in him last year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Possegal
Also, stage 17 sounds like a great one to watch in it's entirety.
Just finished watching....Renshaw's head butt was painfully obvious, but slowing it down, it does really look like Julian Dean "started it" by throwing an elbow at Renshaw ...., but Renshaw then nearly pushing Tyler into the barriers was pretty inexcusable.
It seems like Renshaw's actions should have more consequences. He could have seriously injured somebody - perhaps ended a cycling career. Obviously Cavendish won, in part, due to Renshaw's actions. I think Cavendish's win should be stripped - just as if he had been doping. After all, he did not win "fair & square."
Well, we'll see what taking away one of Cavendish's main lead out guys will do to him... it should be interesting.
Brent Bookwalter graduated from Lees McRae College a year before I did - our college continues to have a sick cycling team, constantly making the news because no one knows where the hell Banner Elk, North Carolina is :)
The hill at the end today was incredible.
I kept expecting to see someone finally run out of steam and start walking.
Very steep indeed. Very exciting there at the end.
What's the conversation like in the Astana camp?
VINO: (in Russian) Glad you got 10 seconds 'Berto, but if you'd have helped me win the stage we'd be sharing 8k Euro right now.
CONTADOR: (in Spanish) Yay me! Viva Espana!