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How do you single out one rider as “the tough guy” in a race where 200 races participate in 21 days of racing nearly back-to-back, over the highest mountains in all kinds of weather. How do you single out one rider in a race where a 3-hour 100km Stage raced a bloc over the Telegraph, Galibier, and up l’Alpe d’Huez figures as a “short” stage? How do you pick out one rider in a race lasting more than 86 hours fought out by competitors so tough and closely matched that the time differences are measured in factions of minutes, not fractions of hours?
http://www.velominati.com/blog/the-rules/tour-de-france-rule-5-award-johnny-hoogerland/
Thought we could have a finishing up thread.
http://totallycoolpix.com/2011/07/tour-de-france-2011-1st-week-highlights/
http://totallycoolpix.com/2011/07/tour-de-france-2011-2nd-week-highlights/
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What a fabulous tour, and we should at least have a few weeks before the drugs allegations start..
congrats, you found a pic of TM doing a TT and not looking totally gormless
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Lovely bit of tongue action there.
for those of us that are getting on a bit, think back to when Mig used to win tours, they were dull...
and this year was the total opposite, credit to the guys who designed the course
http://totallycoolpix.com/2011/07/tour-de-france-2011-3rd-week-highlights/
Pictures are awesome.
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Im just watching the highlights from today and noticed that Cav has got some 100mm carbon rims on today. As do a number of other riders. Is it the only stage that he's used the big rims? I assume its because it's a more sheltered shorter stage in paris no?
cadel looks happy with the win
yep, fast and flat so the extra weight doesn't matter
cleanest recent tour? : www.cyclingnews.com/news/2011-tour-de-france-the-cleanest-in-recent-years
I assume its because it's a more sheltered shorter stage in paris
(I don't knoiw much about it but) I'd assume it's because it's a less sheltered, superwide open road an he'd have to ride at about 40mph for 3km or so at the end
I assume its because it's a more sheltered shorter stage in paris no?
Yeah, pretty much. Most of the racing is the 8 laps, so it's almost a crit. No real hills, pretty sheltered from cross winds, so deeper rims work well.
Might be my favourite so far..
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Some fantastic shots in there from probably the best Tour in recent years.
congrats, you found a pic of TM doing a TT and not looking totally gormless
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😀
viva le tour... superb racing...
vive 😉
maybe he means viva la Giro
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viva la vuelta, surely 😉
or even viva il giro
welcome to cerebraltrackworld 😉
Just watching the montage at the end of the highlights and its a reminder the le tour must do massive things for the french tourist industry. Its a perfect showcase.
Its a pity we cant do something similar across the UK that would have a worldwide audience too.
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No carbon QR lever? Cheap skates.
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Awesome brakes, hadn't seem them before.
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A bit of counterbalance to the above picture:
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Phew! That really was THE most exciting TdF in many years.
Epic battles between Schleck, Contador, Evans and Voeckler and of course the green jersey battles between Cavendish and everyone else. The spectacular firework style of racing that Philippe Gilbert delivers, the eye-watering (and sometimes race-changing) crashes involving Hoogerland, Vinokourov, Wiggins, and Contador and the giant-killer 'never say die' fights from Tommy Voeckler to retain the Maillot Jaune for so very long.
I can't wait for next year's Tour!
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