Tour De France

[suburbanreuben]

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Will Schleck definately not contest the stage tomorrow?
I know its a big tour etiquette thing but he's soooo close, i'd have a punt if I was him

How? He won't be allowed to wander off by himself, so he can do it hard, and lose, or twiddle his way home, and lose.

 

[Pickle]

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Will Schleck definately not contest the stage tomorrow?
I know its a big tour etiquette thing but he's soooo close, i'd have a punt if I was him

the sprinter teams wont let anyone go out .

Its a tough one to call.

Tour etiquette, no 'racing' other than for jersey sprint points and the final sprint.

But......if it were me only seconds away from winning the biggest bike race in the world, I'd gun off the start and get as big a gap as I could and then hang on for dear life.

I mean, look at it this way, the unwritten 'no attacking the yellow jersey if they have a mechanical' rule has been ignored, so bugger it I say......race all the way to Paris!

 

[kaiser]

He won't do it. He played his gambit on the Tourmalet and accepted the result. And even if Riis had a notion of attack he'd have rested Cancellara up.

 

[velomaniac]

Most of the time TDF leaves me confused but at least I know its the premier cycle race in the world.

So surely if your a bike racing superstar and a serious team you want to win this race.

Consequently all this tour ettiqette and tactics seems a lot of complete sh***

Race till your knees snap and your lungs blow, just be first across the line because you want to win.

Team orders be blowed :roll:

 

[dbmtb]

Is about all the racing you're going to see today.....

 

[Lysander]

Is that a Chocolate Tour de France???? :shock: May well be one of the finest ideas in the history of Mankind..........the Tour de Frikken France, made out of- literally Frikken Made Out Of- Chocolate!!!!!

As to an attack by Schleck, unless there's a break in the peloton due to a crash or crosswinds like we've seen before, there's no way you can get 39 seconds on a flat stage- especially today, when there are minor contests to be first into Paris, first onto Champs Elysee, and the interim sprints on the champs.

 

[dbmtb]

It is indeed. The Tour went through Tain l'Hermitage this year, where Valrhona have their factory shop. And so did we.....

 

[Grannygrinder]

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Was discussing this with the lads down the pub last night.
We decided, after several pints, that SaxoBank should treat it like a team time trial and hope for the best

 

[Pickle]

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Was discussing this with the lads down the pub last night.
We decided, after several pints, that SaxoBank should treat it like a team time trial and hope for the best

Now that would be cool to see!

 

[REKIBorter]

Respect to Cav, that was an amazing bit of acceleration :shock: